Just the medicine

"My weaknesses have always been food and men, in that order"
Dolly Parton

I really love Dolly Parton. She came in concert, and I tried to beg, borrow, and steal myself a ticket, but alas, she has many who love her and a ticket was impossible to come by.

Anyway, the past couple of weeks have been hard. The house got robbed, I took in a roommate, and all my clients projects seemed to be due in one week. Last night when I got off the plane, I was shaking. I think sometimes life gets to be too much, and I won't back off, so my physical body decides to head up a revolt. That happened two years ago. My body decided to give me mono. That sure was a wake up call.

Last night, I could tell I was on bad ground. I needed to check work email and go back to the house, but instead, I decided to meet up an old friend for drinks at Mi Cocina, and it did the trick.

I'm not a huge Mi Cocina fan. I think the fajita meat is impossible to chew. I think the nachos are very bland. And I think they put too much liquor in their drinks so that you don't notice the other issues I have stated above, but the company was nice. It was stupid fun. Just having margaritas and bland nachos and shooting the breeze.

People get at me about my food obsession. Honestly, I have grown to love food because some of my happiest times were spent around a table with people. I have decided to cook more at home. I am experimenting with lasagna on my friend Alec and his kids next weekend. Ok maybe I shouldn't experiment when I'm feeding four children. Maybe I should just stick to old fashioned sausage. But I thought the recipe I found for chicken and gouda sounded too good to pass up. Thoughts?