Restaurants

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Stuffed

I just got in from dinner at La antigua. I got the enchilades verdes again even though I had avocado for lunch AND I got L’s guacamole. I think I should cut myself off from avocado for a few days, but I have two left at home. 🙂

To my delight, my enchilades were better than the first time I had them! There was less green sauce and what was there was less cilantroey. Usually a dish isn’t as good the second time around, so this was a nice surprise.

L had fajitas and we both had a beer, meaning that with the damn chips we’re served at the beginning, we were stuffed coming out of there. Next time I go there, I will tell them, “No chips!!!”.

We toyed with the idea of going to the Saltwater Saloon for another beer and a game of shuffleboard, but neither of us was in the mood to consume anything else tonight.

I’ve decided to take the plains route back to Canada, so he and I will be seeing each other again when I drive through Wichita. I was promised the house to myself for a few hours so I can use the tub. That almost makes me want to go back to Canada. Almost. 😀

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Writing Day

This grey cold day wound up being perfect inspiration. I haven’t sat down to write for several hours in a row since the days I was finishing up Full-Time RVing in Canada.

There are no words to describe what it felt like to have the right words flow effortlessly out of me like that. It’s still a little too soon to make an official announcement about this ebook, but I’m hoping to do so during the next week. I’ve talked about it so much that it will be nice to have something concrete to show for all that talk! Right now, I have three quarters of a solid first draft and a quarter of a very rough beta draft. 🙂

I’m going to finish my current chapter, then call it a day. L invited me out to dinner at a location of my choice (“It’s Saturday night, we have to go out”) so we’re heading to La antigua at 6:00. I had avocado for lunch, so I don’t know yet if I’ll be having green enchiladas or something new. 🙂

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Shuffleboarding

As scheduled, the gang (B&S and L from Kansas, plus R&S from Colorado, plus moi) headed down to the saloon for a few games of shuffleboard this afternoon.

This was my first time playing. I discovered that I suck at scoring, but I have a natural gift for knocking the opponent off the board!

S from Colorado got me an awesome gift on the way out the door!

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It’s an insulated beer can holder. 🙂 I says, “I stole this from”, but she paid for it! I saw her! 😀

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Errand Day

I awoke to a very grey and heavy sky, a good day to go for a drive, even a short one into town, to charge the laptop in the truck. My PayPal transfer had finally landed in my inbox, so a Walmart run was definitely in order. The couple of times I’ve gone into town lately with L as well as with S&B, I was able to duck into Walmart for a few things, but I was due for a proper grocery.

Another thing on my Walmart list was motor oil, but I decided to wait to get some and just go get an oil change even though the budget is super tight. I forgot that US prices for such things are reasonable, so an oil change wound up being just $33. Woohoo! They even vacuumed the cab for that price, a nice perk.

I picked up something interesting in the produce aisle, so I now have to Google “How to cook cactus but first, how the hell do I get rid of the spines on the dang thing?!” I will report back on this.

The beach gang is heading down to the saloon for happy hour tonight, so that will be a fun mid-week activity. I may learn how to play shuffle board….

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A Treat For Lunch

I was just about to head into the kitchen to make a peanut butter sandwich for lunch when L came by and invited me to lunch. He tried to get me to vote on where we would go, but I could tell he had his mind set on something and I made him decide. He brought me to Bayside Seafood because he had a hankering for their stuffed crab.

We both ordered the seafood platter, which came with catfish, ginormous shrimp, scallops, oysters, crawfish (my second time having these delicious beauties), and the stuffed crab. Everything was delish, with the crab being particularly worthy of an O-M-G. It was stuffed with sweet peppers and I don’t know what else. If I ever go back to that restaurant, I just want crab!

L and I are happy to have found each other this winter, two single travelers with a lot in common who became fast friends almost immediately. One can never have too many friends.