The way birthdays should be celebrated - just as the celebrants want!

Saturday, October 4, 2014

The day started with the alarm going off at 7 this morning.  Double and triple ugh!  But, to do what we want today, this is what must happen.  I remembered to do my weigh-in, but (another ugh), I have gained almost 2 pounds!  I don't understand it.  I have been in between 1000 and 1200 calories every day. I have done my exercises, I have done my walking, I have done my PT.  Oh, how frustrating!
We are on the road by 7:30, and stop for coffee (and tea for me) at Speedway here in Bethel, then stop for gasoline at WalMart in Amelia before hitting 275 for Columbus -- on our way to COSI, which is Corgan's choice for his birthday 'party.'  He didn't want a party with school buddies, he wanted to hang with his family for his 10th birthday, how about that?
We stop in Grove City to have breakfast at a Crackhead Barrel.  I had already decided 'to hell with calorie counting' today - this is my birthday celebration, too, so I had the apple struesel french toast breakfast.  Man, was it good!
After our breakfast, we went on to COSI, and we spent the day there.  Of course, I took a blue zillion pictures and will share them with Facebook later (my back will not stand the strain of doing it now - it's barely standing up to me writing this blog!).  They close at 5, and we were there until just about then.  Not til the very end, but close.  My back was letting me know it was not happy with me, but I just kept telling it to shut up and do a little bit more.  I only walked somewhere between 5 and 10 miles today.  At least.

We were going to go back to Grove City (yes, the Crackhead Barrel) for our supper, but, believe it or not, when we left COSI, we weren't really hungry yet, AND the service we got there was pretty slow, plus our food was on the cold side - we really don't recommend this store to anyone - so we decided to go to the Crackhead Barrel in Milford, which is much closer to home.  We figured we'd be a lot hungrier by the time we got there!  We were right.  It was a good decision to go to the store that we know.  Corgan and I both got our chicken-n-dumplings - which was the whole reason we chose Crackhead Barrel as our supper choice!  Since the meal - the supper - was MY birthday 'party' choice, we had decided to use that as the birthday party, with the opening of gifts and all, which we did.  I had been planning to get myself a piece of their carrot cake, but when the waitress found out it was my and Corgan's birthday, she said we each got an ice cream sundae for free!  FREE!  Okay, the carrot cake can wait.  Corgan and I both chose strawberry sundaes, and may I say YUM?  Then we opened our gifts....
He'd open one, and then I would.  They did good!  Corgan got pants (jeans - black and gray) from Grandpa and Granny.  He also got a Super Mario bag and Cookie Dough Oreos from us and he didn't mock those as much as he did the jeans.  He got a hunting video game with a gun from Jean.  He got Pokemon cards and a new Super Smash Bros for his 3DS from his mom & dad.  There was actually a reaction from the 3DS game!  Wow - a reaction from SpockChild!  Win!
I got some lilac bath stuff (in the Harry Potter box!) from Jean, a jar of orange marmalade and a carrot cake pop from Corgan, another Blue Willow angel and THAT OHIO BENGAL HELMET T-SHIRT (in the Superman box!) from Josh and Chelle!  Oh, and my Jamberry Nail Wraps from Ron, of course.   Oh, I am super pleased and super happy!  Well, except for the angel - I'm gonna have to rearrange that china cabinet again.  Ha!

Ron and I came on home, and I have done this blog, and now I'm going to bed.  My back is demanding that I go lay down, and it's time I listen to it.  2 Tylenol PM and ....... some zzzzzzzzzs, I hope.

Church, lunch, and football tomorrow.  My Bengals are on the Sunday Night Football game, so I MUST stay up tomorrow night.  I MUST.  I MUST.  I MUST.