It's amazing how contrasts in my life keep things lively. I had such a day yesterday. Michael and I ran errands, and I got a haircut, which doesn't sound all that interesting, but I love these cool fall days.
Before I get too much further, I want to make an observation. I have aquaintances who are constantly trying to get their kids to stay out of their way - get out of the house, go stay with other people, watch TV in the basement, etc. They don't like the company of their own kids, which astonishes and saddens me. I actually LIKE hanging out with my son. He's good company.In a few years he will be gone to college and I will miss him terribly. I cherish the time I have with him today.
[Every time I think about that I feel a bit guilty about not including my daughter. I would like to hang out with her, too, but she chooses to live elsewhere...]
I took Michael to Walmart yesterday and we got him some "compression shorts." I had never heard of these until a couple of weeks ago. They are to wear under gym shorts when one is wrestling. They look pretty much like bicycle shorts, I think. After he put them on, Michael wouldn't model them for me. He said it was too embarrassing.
I laughingly suggested we go to Waffle House when we set out yesterday, and he said "YES!" so after Walmart and the library, we stopped for lunch, except I talked him into IHOP instead of Waffle House. Michael ordered crepes. I had eggs. The crepes were a dessert portion, which we didn't realize would be so small until it arrived. He polished them off in a minute. I called the waitress over and he got more food. It ended up that he ate this: blueberry crepe, two eggs over easy, 4 pieces of bacon, hash browns, and pumpkin pancakes.
We left there and went to pick up a sandwich for Mother and he said "I'm still kind of hungry..."
He likes crepes, and so for dinner I tried making them. I had never made them before, but I had watched my aunt Evalyn make them once. I made two fillings; asparagus in a cream sauce, and a ham/onion/portobello mushroom melange, sauteed in some sherry and butter. The crepes were a little too thick, but not bad. I made a cherry cobbler for dessert.
YUM.
After dinner, Michael said he was really full, and he took a catnap. Fifteen minutes later he said "I'm hungry!" I suggested oreos and milk - that was after he had a big bowl of cobbler. We have to get more oreos and milk...
He's been asleep almost 12 hours now. I think he's growing...
Back to my original premise - I spent a fair amount of time yesterday at Walmart, then made French crepes for dinner. The irony strikes me as funny...
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