Day: November 18, 2008

Dinner with Di

I weighed myself this morning and I was a half pound down.  Not anymore after tonight’s meal.  I have not kept the entire South Beach diet the last month or so due to cancer and vacation.  I keep hoping that chemotherapy will take off the rest of the weight.  I may have a few South Beach conflicts with this meal.  Please note I did not eat everything.

  • one (1) margarita (not South Beach approved)
  • chips & salsa (not South Beach approved)
  • guacamole (not completely South Beach approved)
  • two (2) cheese enchiladas (not South Beach approved)
  • one(1) queso taco puff (not South Beach approved)
  • one (1) soft taco (not South Beach approved)
  • Mexican rice (not South Beach approved)
  • refried beans (not completely South Beach approved)
  • one (1) Butterfinger (thanks Life Group) (not South Beach approved)
  • TUMS (thanks CVS)

So, the healthiest things were the salsa, guacamole, and the beans.  I still anticipate being only one to one and a half pounds up when I get home.  I can’t complain too much about that.  The food and the company were great.

Sunrise on I-45

This has been quite the day.  I backed out of the garage at 4:20 this morning heading to MD Anderson in Houston.  That is about a 270 mile drive.  10% the way there, or 27 miles, I was at 75 and Mockingbird.  Go figure.  Ennis was just past the quarter mark on my trip.  My appointment was at 10:00 am, and I arrived at 9:30.  Not too bad.  I did hit some Houston traffic, but the Dallas traffic I deal with seemed worse.

Sunrise was right around Buffalo, Texas.  It was kind of fun to see night turn into day.  The sky went from black to a real dark blue to a purple to a light purple to sunlight right in my eyes.  I stopped in Madisonville for breakfast with the lights on.  I left with my sunglasses on.  I also had a pit stop right before hitting the worst part of the Houston traffic.  That was timed well.  I did not know how smart that actually was.

My two test took about an hour and a half, I spent about an hour exploring different parts of MD Anderson.  The people in nuclear medicine seemed a little cranky.  I guess they don’t like explorers.  All I wanted was some isotopes so that Trey would have something cool at show-n-tell.  Sheesh!

After that I drove to the hotel, unfortunately it is a different one from last time.  It’ll do.  I had lunch at Subway (thanks Life Group) and saw the new James Bond movie.  The movie was $7.50 (matinee price) the theater parking was $3, and a small popcorn was $5.75.  I skipped the popcorn and drove four blocks away, parked at a strip mall and walked.  I still had to pay for the movie though.  I then got a cafe mocha grande from Starbuck’s after the movie.  I have Starbuck’s card, so the mocha grande was essentially free.

Tonight is Mexican food with Cousin Di then Clone Wars!  ttfn