During my two weeks of waiting for Kristy to come back to Missouri I attempted to find activities to occupy me. I fished some, I exercised a lot, I played some disc golf, but mostly I just moped around.
I did take in a few movies at the local $2.50 theater. I saw "X-Men 3", "The Davinci Code", and "The Breakup". That last movie should serve as an indicator of how desperate I was for things to do. On the other hand however I did discover the $2.50 theater which is called "The Palace". It is way nicer than any cheap seat theater I have ever seen. The quality of this theater is better than that of the normal theaters in this town charging $8-$12. Of course the Palace only shows late run movies but that's cool, it's cheap and high quality.
So besides the movies I did check out one thing that Springfield is famous for. Apparently the Oriental dish known as "Cashew Chicken" was actually not invented in the Orient. Apparently one of the first Asian restaurants to open up in Springfield was not doing so well so the owner came up with a plan. He combined a local dish (fried chicken) with some Asian seasoning sauce and poof, he invented Cashew Chicken. The locals directed me to Canton Inn to take my first taste of this local legend. I must admit it was good, but it was a far stretch from Asian food. It was exactly what you would expect out of Asian food from the Midwest. But like I said it was very good. Check out Wiki's entry on Cashew Chicken
So to put it short, I was lost without my family.
p.s. I want to thank my best friend Ray for calling each day to check on my welfare while Kristy and the girls were in Ohio. I am sure at times (especially when I went and watched the chick flick) he was very worried about my continuing depression. But we got through it.
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