Poisoned!

The chronicles continue: Yesterday, Adam and I slept longer than we should then milled around the house a bit until both of us were hungry enough to seek out food. For some strange reason, I was craving Tijuana Flats. (This was extremely odd because I rarely ever CRAVE any variety of Mexican food. It's not really a favorite of mine.) After a delicious lunch of floutas and carnitas-something-or-another, we went exploring. The house hunt is back in full-swing so we went browsing through our favorite neighborhoods and discovered a LOT of houses are still for sale! (Lucky us!) After going home and changing into warmer clothes (the wind was picking up and our springtime days were fading fast), we headed out to the bike shop in Ghent (similar to Avondale). I've only taken Nora (the new cruiser) for a ride once but it made me wish she had gears. So we went to see other options. At first I wanted to exchange Nora for something faster but after looking at the options, and I know this sounds silly, they didn't have anything nearly as cute! The guy at the store was amazing and friendly and generously offered to order any bike I wanted from the TREK website then exchange my precious Nora. Later, at Bed Bath& Beyond I discovered then bought the most amazing invention ever; a head massager that looks like a whisk. It was only $3.99 and worth every penny!!


Before we knew it, it was dinner time. Adam and I opted to go to a place we'd never tried before: The Silver Diner; an upscale version of Steak n Shake. The service was MUCH better at The Diner and each table had a jukebox which, for a quarter, YOU could choose which song was played throughout the restaurant. So far, the ambiance and service were GREAT but I was disappointed that their Fish & Chips weren't fried with tempura batter (it mimicked fried catfish) and Adam's meatloaf looked like it came straight out of a Fancy Feast can. We paid and decided to salvage our dinner by going across the street to Skinny Dip, a froyo-bar. I mixed strawberry and sweet coconut frozen yogurt then topped it off with spoonfuls of fresh strawberries and sprinkles of shaved coconut. Talk about addicted...I can't get enough of this place! The night progressed and we went home to watch The Social Network (a movie about the invention of Facebook), our most recent Netflix movie that we've been sitting on for at least a week. I'm not sure how true the plot is but it made me really dislike Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder. Of course, when you're worth billions of dollars, you can afford not to care what other people think. As most nights, I ended it by reading my current novel in bed. The the Revenge of the Silver Diner attacked. I got the worst stomach cramps I've had in my entire life. Then it happened; I couldn't keep anything down. It was MISERABLE and I will never be returning to the Silver Diner. I set my alarm for 7am so I could wake up (if I managed to fall asleep) and call in to work. I wasn't scheduled until 1230 so hopefully they found someone to take my shift. I felt guilty because I'm not usually one to call in sick and I didn't want my bosses thinking less of me. Plus, Sundays are HUGE money making days and Lord knows I need money! I'm still feeling uneasy but I've managed to keep down a biscuit and some bacon that Adam made for brunch. Up until now, I've spent all day in bed and I plan on going back as soon as this blog is finished.

OH, as for the unfinished business of what to do with Nora: I think I've decided to keep her. As greedy as this sounds, I plan on (when time/money permits) buying a geared (maybe even a "mountain") bike. That way, I can have the comfort and vintage cuteness of a cruiser and the efficiency and speed of a geared bike. In other words, have my cake and eat it too.

Enjoy your Sunday, everyone. I'm going back to bed.