So yeah...my grieving time is over. I turned 38 on Monday and let me tell you, it's not super fun to turn 38. Whatever blech. Sigh. We took the Grammies and the Papa and the chicks out for a crab feast Monday night at Joe's Crab Shack. It's Katie and Jessica's favorite place for two reasons. The crab and the dancing. Anytime they aren't shoving butter covered crab in their faces and dripping butter down their paper "Let's Get Crackin' " bibs they are dancing their little selves crazy. They do all the dances with the staff of Joes. Katie's favorite is Car Wash. We all had the bucket o' crab and shared a treat with a candle. I wished for good health. It's all I wanted. I have not received it yet but here's to hoping.
Mike got me a new stereo for my dented and crappy minivan. I should not say my van is crappy. It is nice and it runs great and has barely any miles on it. But it is dented because I am bad at parking and it is still a VAN. Which automatically makes it crap. But now I have pimped out tunes so yay for the van. My parents got me all sorts of goodies from Williams Sonoma, one being the two volume set of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, by Julia Child. Yes this was the inspiration for Julie & Julia and yes I loved the movie except for the Julie parts and yes, I am now obsessed with Julia Child and am making my first attempt at one of her recipes tomorrow night. I have been reading volume one and it is an amazing book. It has like seven pages on artichokes alone, which by the by are my favorite vegetable in the universe. Tomorrow night I am making sauteed chicken in cream and onions over steamed lemon scented rice and browned mushrooms in butter and wine. YUM. I'll be posting on my recipe blog how things are going as I learn some mad French skills in the kitchen. Thanks to Mom and Dad for setting me on my way. If the scale moves an inch upward I will blame you guys.
I guess in general, I am glad to be 38. I am happy where I'm at. But I feel frustrated that I do not have the energy and that I've been feeling so sick. I don't feel I can make plans with people because I never know how I will feel. I feel like I cancel plans and that I let down the people I love. I hate it. But I am working with a good GI specialist and hopefully, we will figure this whole thing out and hopefully it's easy to correct. I try really hard not to focus on this aspect of my life on the blog because it just makes me want to slap me when I read about it and I assume others feel the same way. Thanks for the good wishes and email and love you have sent to me. I have the best friends and family and lurker readers that a girl could ever hope for. You guys rock.
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