After being away I was glad to be home and get some appointments taken care of yet by the time the weekend came around, I was ready to socialize again.
Mary Ann, wanted to know the airport short cut which lent itself to lunching at Rosie's new locale. It's especially busy at lunchtime. We made it there before the big rush.
The daily specials were fried catfish / a foot long chili beef dog. Mary Ann ordered the first and I, the latter. I knew I needed to just eat half to leave room for dessert. Their strawberry pie is delish.
But today there was also another special at a table across from us, Buddy Mac sat down. He greeted the wait staff by name and stuck up a conversation with us immediately. He donned a military green cap and jacket with cavalry patches which we admired and he proceeded to share war stories one after another. Mary Ann knew something about aircraft but I had no clue as to the different planes.
The conversation turned to his return and finding a job at Central High as he oversaw the Print shop. One of his students told him about the newest English teacher who was quite a looker, I knew where that story was going... After 9 years of dating, they got hitched. Mac's lunch arrived before ours but he kept on visiting. I worried about his fish getting cold but he didn't seem to worry about it. Mary Ann had taken one English class at Central so he filled her in on their history.
Then he had a bigger tall tale re: his knowledge about a group of his boys stealing the Hall Indian mascot from my high school. They had kept it hidden in a fishing boat covered with a tarp and left on Central's front courtyard. He had helped return it but never revealed its captors.
Our lunches arrived and we chowed down. Buddy Mac had started visiting with another table who were thanking him for his service. At the end of the meal, I stopped our waitress and inquired about our check not being on the table. She pointed over to Buddy Mac who had paid for our meals. When we thanked him, he said "it was the gentlemanly thing to do..."
We continued visiting out into the parking lot. He certainly made our outing extra special...
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