Doc Hop

After a full month of moving and wresting with AT&T, Addam and I finally got to enjoy a completely stress-free weekend together, and we made sure to make the most of it.

We slept in on Saturday, woke up slow, listened to some music and headed to Oleta State Park around 2 p.m. Before hitting the trails we stopped by The Blue Marlin, a nearby bar/fast food restaurant on the water, for a quick lunch. There wasn’t much day light left, but we got a good hour of biking in before heading toward the beach.

We picked up some food and drinks on the way, and once we got to the water I had the most amazing pad thai I’ve had since leaving Chicago. The sun was down, but the beach was still relatively busy. It was a warm night, so we stayed for a couple of hours before heading back to the mainland.

On our way home Addam and I got sidetracked and decided to stop by Red Lobster to say hello. Lobsterfest just started and was in high gear, so the place was completely packed inside and out — making Addam all the more happy that he wasn’t working. We said hello to Vicki, who invited us to head by her house and hang out with Tati and John until she got off.

We took her up on her offer and spent the evening chilling beside John’s boat until she got off. Cameron, who I guess was a friend of John’s but who may have been a Red Lobster employee, was there as well. He was wearing a suit and name tag, so I’d be lying if I said he didn’t make a strange first impression, but he was very friendly, and I warmed up to him quickly. I really don’t know that much about him, but hopefully we’ll all hang out again sometime soon.

We got home really late but were up before noon today (Sunday), which I’m pretty proud of. Addam did some laundry and ran by the grocery store in the morning, and after taking Yoga on a long walk through the park, we spent the evening cooking.

We made a second batch of pitas, which came out a lot better than the first. (Even though the first was amazing.) From there Addam went to work on a roasted chicken, while I made a vegan chicken fettucini pizza with broccoli.

Everything came out really well, so we spent the majority of the night eating way more than we probably should have. The refrigerator is stock full of left overs for the work week, so it looks like I’ll be eating well.

While today was pretty calm, I’m warn out and my bed is calling me. I’ll make sure to update as I push through my work week, but in case you do not hear from me before my next production day, I wish everyone an extremely relaxing Monday. Eat well!

“Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.” — Harriet Van Horne, newspaper columnist and film critic (1920-1988).