Today was my very special day with Missy. She has been feeling left out lately because I do more with Alex (e.g. scouts, baseball) and she didn't want to go to Alex's game tonight. So, Beth took Alex to the game, and I took Missy out for a date night. We all ate dinner together, then I took Missy to Somethin' Funn. The place was pretty much deserted, in fact, the only other person in there was an attendant. We got to drive a go-kart all by ourselves, and the attendant let us go longer than usual. We drove until the car battery started wearing down. Afterwards, we went to Kelainey's for ice cream (she chose lemon custard) and went for a stroll downtown, ending up at Courthouse Coffee for a juice. We ran into a kid from the softball team and Missy told him and the barista all about how it was her special day out with Daddy. We were walking back to the car when Beth and Alex pulled up across the street from us and suggested we go for ice cream. We already had, so they went while we went home. Oh yes, and a fantastic Missyism: as we were walking around downtown, I saw a poster for First Fridays coming up - a downtown festival on the first Friday of each month all summer - and told Missy "we'll definitely have to check out First Fridays." She agreed. "Yeah, Daddy, I'd really like to try my first fried eggs, because I never had one before." I roared. She didn't want me to tell Beth that she thought that was what I said. Ha!