Happy Mardi Gras!

Happy Mardi Gras everyone! As I write this, I can guarantee that Rex has ended and the annual meeting of the courts has finished the interesting part. If you have never experienced watching this with "Uncle" Wayne and the Dramatic Duo you are missing out on a side splitting experience!

It has been a while since I updated, mainly because I worked like a mad fiend last week. We had 4 basketball games last week: one on Sunday, 2 on Wednesday and one more on Sunday. It kept me jumping and I got some ot. But now, the season is over and I am sad because I LOVED it! I am still involved though, because I have to work with the AE's to finish their season recaps. But, not the same. =(

Talk about your weird days. I sent a random text to my ex wishing him a Happy Gras (we met at Gras 2 years ago and we both loved going) and we ended up IM'g for a good chunk of the day. Random. He actually told me that he was married, that he was expecting twins and when they are due. And I was actually ok with it. Ok, I did know, but we talked about a lot of different things and I kept thinking.."I miss him as a friend, but I am SO GLAD to be out of that situation!" That, to me, seems like the biggest improvement/mindset/proof that I am over him.

Today is Mardi Gras and I LOVE Mardi Gras! It was a bit of a bummer not being in New Orleans this year, but I am going to do everything I can to get out there during the year so I can see it when it is not all crazy. Yesterday I ordered a King Cake from a bakery here in town and this morning I picked it up, which meant driving to work! Yea! As much as I love the El, I miss driving. Course, I was running a bit late, so I parked at the meters close to work. I have to say, I was a bit bad and had a small piece of king cake. It wasn't that bad. I have had better and I have had worse, so I chalk that up as a good thing. I had planned for a month to go to Wishbone for red beans for lunch. Well, I get there and since they have red beans on their Mardi Gras dinner buffet, they do not have them for lunch. I ask about something else and that isn't safe for me, so I get up and walk out, bummed that I wasn't going to have something I associate with New Orleans.

Well....I had remembered seeing a Creole hole in the wall during the fall on a walk and I decided to see if I could find it. I did...they had red beans and jumbalaya! OMG..I got more food then I would have gotten at Wishbone for less! It was just spicy enough for me and it was sooo good! Nom, nom nom! The owner brought in some king cakes he had purchased from a different bakery and gave me a slice to take with me. I gave it to one of my co-workers who didn't get some of the one I brought in, and asked him to share it with the HR guy. The HR guy got the baby! Soo...I say, since the piece was served to me, given to co-worker and split that the 3 of us ALL got the baby and split the good luck!

all in all, not a bad day! =)