| October 6, 2003 - Juicy chunks of cow meat |
| Dear Friends, I had juicy chunks of cow meat twice this weekend; if you count Friday as part of the weekend, which I always do. Two colleagues of mine and I went to my usual steak place where I had my usual filet mignon. But guess what! I ordered a gin and tonic to quench my parching thirst. When the waiter brought it out, he said, "The bartender made two gin and tonics by mistake, so she poured them both into this big glass. I'll only charge you for the one." Talk about manna from heaven! It really made my day! Then on Sunday I came into town and decided I wanted filet mignon with a gin and tonic again. So that's exactly what I got. I initially started out hanging around a street festival with friends of mine. We looked about a bit and then ended up at Ye Olde Watering Hole where I had a couple of beers. I then announced that I was going for a steak. I have difficulty eating food from the street vendors during festivals, because twice in the past I've gotten ill from them. Also, street festivals are OK, but this one is just more and more crowded every year it seems. So I went into the Big City and had my steak, gin, and then some vodka. I then ended up back over at Ye Olde Watering Hole for a while and left there about 8:00 p.m. Believe it or not, I actually went to bed early and got a great night's sleep. That means I'll be able to do my torture exercises tonight. Oh yes, some bootilicious news. I've lost an inch in my waist! And that means that I've had to put my belt down a notch at a hole where it's never been before. (Doesn't that sound salacious?) But boy am I sore after everything The Torturer had me doing Saturday! Oy! Now the secret to all of this, Dear Friends, is to ride the bicycle a lot. Weight lifting does not burn calories that much, no matter what you might think. On top of that, you have to cut out alcohol during the week, but it's OK to drink on the weekends. At least in my case it is. Last week I was very bad at avoiding Ye Olde Watering Hole, but this week will be a total alcohol-free week until Friday afternoon. As I said earlier.....Oy! Now on Saturday we had another Milton incident. You'll remember that he's the guy who always gets really, really drunk at Ye Olde Watering Hole. When I came in on Saturday at about 5:30, he was already schnockered du jour. He murmeled, "That Wild Turkey really tore me up. I'm going home before I make a fool of myself." So off he staggered only to return about an hour or two later. He then found out it was a guy named Houston's birthday, so he insisted on singing Happy Birthday over and over and buying Houston a drink, who was rapidly becoming annoyed with him. At one point Milton said something like, "Well you know I think...." but never finished the sentence as we all stood there waiting to see what it was he thought exactly. This kind of thing happened again and again and finally Houston said, "Help me out here, JOHNNYLEEN. I don't know how much more of this I can take." And I answered that I had had to deal with him (Milton) and Sally yapping at me just a couple of weeks ago, and that he (Houston) would just have to take it like a man. Not only that, I was standing right next to Milton, so it's not like my every last nerve wasn't being grated as well! Again, Oy! Now I want all of you to do me a favor and go look at SARRRAHJANE's page. Here's the link. She's feeling a little down and out these days, so I think some nice fan mail would cheer her up. Tell her JOHNNYLEEN sent you. Next entry Previous entry Go to diary entries Go back home |