During my hiatus from the blog, not only did I drive around the block a lot, I also finished my first two courses for my master's. During finals week, Manda didn't see me very much. We were two ghosts passing in the night. Thankfully, it was only a week!
We also traveled to Alabama to meet her new niece, Sarah Ann, and eat. Seriously. All we did was eat during the four days we were there. Manda's mom made her famous BBQ the first night of our trip. We were so excited about it that during our lay-over in Memphis we ate Lay's potato chips and Reeses Pieces to avoid spoiling our appetites. No lie.
The next day Manda took me to her favorite BBQ restaurant (Bob Sykes). I don't know if you've eaten a lot of BBQ within 24 hours, but that'll mess with your internal pipes. I had a moment of panic in the restaurant bathroom when my stomach was rejecting the BBQ overload. Remember #10 from our holiday adventures list last Thanksgiving? I almost had a repeat. The bathroom had two stalls, both empty. I did eenie-meenie-miny-mo and went to the right. I was just finishing up my business when someone occupied the other stall. She was the one who discovered that toilet didn't work. I almost cried with joy at her misfortune.
Anyways back to the eating. After a gynormous lunch of southern BBQ, we had a sleep over at her cousin's where we gorged ourselves on candy, pizza, ice cream, and home made peanut butter cake. *burp*
I could not eat breakfast the next morning because my stomach was on strike. For lunch we had mexican food. Lots of mexican food. For dinner we met a couple of Manda's former high school groupies and decided to go easy with soup and salad ... and a huge dessert. *groan*
For breakfast on the last day we were there, Manda's mom made breakfast casserole. Don't know if you've had the southern version, but the only thing missing is the gravy... every other breakfast food is included. It was damn good.
On the way to the airport, Manda's grandparents insisted we meet them at their favorite Chinese restaurant. After arriving, we refused to eat. There simply was no room anywhere in our bodies to shove additional food. Well... we did have an ice cream cone while we watched them eat. But other than that, we succeeded in our forced anorexia for a few hours.
We're now spending all our free time at the gym. Damn southern food! :o)
Peace Out.
:o)
We also traveled to Alabama to meet her new niece, Sarah Ann, and eat. Seriously. All we did was eat during the four days we were there. Manda's mom made her famous BBQ the first night of our trip. We were so excited about it that during our lay-over in Memphis we ate Lay's potato chips and Reeses Pieces to avoid spoiling our appetites. No lie.
The next day Manda took me to her favorite BBQ restaurant (Bob Sykes). I don't know if you've eaten a lot of BBQ within 24 hours, but that'll mess with your internal pipes. I had a moment of panic in the restaurant bathroom when my stomach was rejecting the BBQ overload. Remember #10 from our holiday adventures list last Thanksgiving? I almost had a repeat. The bathroom had two stalls, both empty. I did eenie-meenie-miny-mo and went to the right. I was just finishing up my business when someone occupied the other stall. She was the one who discovered that toilet didn't work. I almost cried with joy at her misfortune.
Anyways back to the eating. After a gynormous lunch of southern BBQ, we had a sleep over at her cousin's where we gorged ourselves on candy, pizza, ice cream, and home made peanut butter cake. *burp*
I could not eat breakfast the next morning because my stomach was on strike. For lunch we had mexican food. Lots of mexican food. For dinner we met a couple of Manda's former high school groupies and decided to go easy with soup and salad ... and a huge dessert. *groan*
For breakfast on the last day we were there, Manda's mom made breakfast casserole. Don't know if you've had the southern version, but the only thing missing is the gravy... every other breakfast food is included. It was damn good.
On the way to the airport, Manda's grandparents insisted we meet them at their favorite Chinese restaurant. After arriving, we refused to eat. There simply was no room anywhere in our bodies to shove additional food. Well... we did have an ice cream cone while we watched them eat. But other than that, we succeeded in our forced anorexia for a few hours.
We're now spending all our free time at the gym. Damn southern food! :o)
Peace Out.
:o)