That is me....I am the height of laziness because instead of going back out into the cold kitchen for a knife, I am gnawing my piece of steak off the end of the fork! Hopefully, and gladly, no one can see me in the privacy in my room because it feels 'caveman' to eat this way. The way I remember this steak when I first ate from it at Carrabba's, it should just fall apart, but not so. Likely it dried some in the fridge waiting to be eaten and now I pay the price. If I was a bear cub I would be holding it with both hands and tearing at the chunk of meat, but being very ladylike, I simply tear it from the fork end!
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Thinking about the fun time spent in the classroom Tuesday, I remembered a time when I worked for the preschool in administration years ago. The soda machine was in the classroom so I had to go through there to get at the machine. Ms. Deb was teaching the kids about having a good breakfast in the morning to help them be a better student and as I came through, she drew me into the class. Big mistake! She asked, "Ms. Kim, can you tell the class what you had for breakfast this morning?" and I told the truth----Cheetos!!! They all laughed but I jumped in, explaining it is cheese and bread, like a grilled cheese sandwich might be! Actually they use corn meal in making them but that is neither here nor there to little kids. I should have lied and said an apple, yogurt, and English muffin....Deb never asked me that type of question again! It is like the Bill Cosby bit where he describes giving his kids chocolate cake for breakfast and how they loved him for that!
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Last night for dinner, before choir rehearsal, I met Suzanne at Panera Bread where I had their wonderful mac 'n cheese. The cheeses used make it white and creamy instead of yellow and gummy. The order taker told me they were out of French baguettes but offered me sliced bread in its place. Sure, makes no difference to me. Suzanne got a bag of chips with her meal but wanted bread, so she went up to exchange the chips. She came back to the table with a look on her face, the chips plus a chunk of bread, saying, "How can Panera Bread be out of bread?" We found this quite funny...I thought they might have to change their name now....She did get bread but it was not the usual stuff they give out. She wondered what would have happened if she ordered soup in the bread bowl....It would just be ladled out onto her tray and slosh all over....Yes, we had way too much fun with them being out of bread! I ordered my mac 'n cheese to-go, knowing that I would never eat it all, which worked out nicely.
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Rush just made the remark that he was going away tomorrow through the weekend because it was only 46 this morning when he got up. I know that feeling! It was 30 here and Justin sent a text message saying he did not want to get out bed. We did though, meeting at Panera for breakfast (different location, with bread!) where I enjoyed a cherry pastry and he, a cobblestone muffin. Usually we go to lunch after Bible study but he had to go home and study for a test he is taking in his afternoon class. On my way home from Bible study, I called Mom and reported our cold temperatures. As I drove southbound on 9-A, the car thermometer was climbing, getting up to 43 as I went along. Laughingly, I told Mom I was going to keep heading south until I got warmer temperatures, probably getting to Miami before it would be warm enough for me! I wonder where Rush is going to find warmer temperatures, since he almost to Miami in Palm Beach!
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It is that time of the year again---time to gather the tax information and take it in to the CPA. Ugh! He always send a packet at the end of the year to use to help his clients organize their paperwork, a checklist of sorts, to help streamline the process but I do not use it. As each year goes by, my returns are less and less complicated, especially with no real estate transactions to account for in recent years. I have been staying put in one home since 2006! Imagine that! Since I am going to WI and MN a month from today, I had better get a move on organizing my stuff and get it submitted. Hopefully I do not have to pay additional taxes but will not be surprised if I do. My income has, of course, been dramatically diminished which was taken into account when we did the estimates last year and the investments have been returning toward health which may offset the decrease in income.....Glad I pay some one else to figure this all out, money well spent!
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This evening is an Outreach meeting at 6:30 and I expect to be home again in no time at all. There are only a few of us who come to these meetings and usually do not run long. This Saturday I was planning to go to Gainesville for a Digital Outreach seminar but have since changed my mind about it. If Paul or Brian or Rick (Outreach Elder) was going to go, I would be all over it but that is not the case. Hopefully it will be taking place again, perhaps at Victory as was originally thought, and then we can all go. Our website is not working and no one seems to know how to prod it to life again. Everything costs money, that is the long and short of it.
