retirement food...

i think i've found my Retirement Food - when i've retired, probably losing a few teeth, not able to withstand anything requiring too much work, this seem like a good meal...
cream spinach mixed with just garlic spinach, and a side of mashed potatoes and gravy. yum...
anyhow, that's what's for lunch from Boston Market... not that hungry today, so just got the 'sides'.

finally saw my friend J. back from her backpacking trip in 'stralia; we both fell sick with bad colds, then you know how life is, conflicting schedules. plus we live 50 or so miles apart from each other so it's not very easy to just 'drop by' on a weeknight. it was very nice to catch up!
we went to this place called Texas Roadhouse, which is kinda like a Jack Astor's except while you wait they give you a bucket of really yummy roasted peanuts, and everyone just throws the shells on the floor - it's what they do. the steak & ribs were very good for the price, and huge plateful of food. the bread came with yummy honey butter...... i think i can just sit there, order a drink, have the free bread & peanut and call it a nice meal out!!! we loiter at Borders afterwards until they close... nice, peaceful evening.

sat night i find myself at my friend P's wedding reception... her wedding & original reception was in Feb in Hawaii, but sweetheart that she is, she planned another one locally for friends & family who couldn't make it (time or money wise) to Hawaii... the reception was in her backyard, with long tables and a little porch-stage, lots of candles all around, and a tiki-themed bar complete with a few professional bartenders... weddings and receptions and showers are always akward situations for me; most of the time you know MAYBE a handful of people if you're lucky, and rarely get seated next to people you would've chosen to spend a whole evening getting to know otherwise... you talk about fluffy things like work and pets and vacations and really, would still have covered the same topics if you sat next to some other random strangers that evening...

i showed up 'late' (it was a walk in walk around type of thing) but i got there before the belly dancer... P hired a belly dancer and she was absolutely amazing!!! not the prettiest, but she had a lot of makeup on, the whole exotic smoky-eye look, and long wavy hair down to her butt.
and could she move! she had fabulous abs, and a great body... the girls i was sitting with were all saying how UN-womanly we feel when we see the way she can move her body and look like the very essence of a woman - sexy, confident, fun...!~

afterwards, we were talking to the dancer, who was super nice... we told her how impressed we were, great body she had... and she told us that she has a sock stuffed in her skirt at the back of her butt, and 'everything but the kitchen sink' stuffed into the bra-top that is supporting her chest. :) and believe you me she looked like it was all hers!!!! i think her revelations are very entertaining and nice to know; how hard it takes for a woman to look womanly with curves and toned muscles & everything, when the perfect womanly look from the dancing we saw was 'enhanced' !!

the party started dispersing bit by bit, the older relatives were going home. i met this pair of half-vietnames-half-white sisters and found a drinking buddy in Angie, who is bumming with her sister for a year until she can save enough to get to vet school at UC Davis. we had a soju shooter, a barcadi coco shooter (chased down with a slice of lime and sooo yummy), a rum-cranberry shooter (not so tasty) and a triple-sec/sweet-sour/whisky mix shooter. at the end there was a bit of drama with P's younger brother and the friend of the 18-yr-old cousin acting a bit scandalous in a bedroom upstairs...

all in all, a good evening of drinking, fun and not too much of required-fluff-conversations...

and of course played hockey this weekend, was glad to be able to get 4 games in. had decent games, just need to work on not freezing up and stopping to skate once my blade make contact with the puck...