If you put on the menu, under the "Salads" section, an entree item with a description like this: "Tuna salad and chicken salad on a bed of lettuce and tomatoes" then what people are going to expect is an entree-sized lettuce and tomato salad with a small scoop - maybe a quarter cup each - of tuna salad and chicken salad.
They are not expecting enormous scoops of both tuna and chicken salad laid on approximately one lettuce leaf, shredded, with two tiny wedges of tomato and two tiny cucumber slices.
Bah.
I asked for a side order of toast and made sandwiches, but I'd really been in the mood for a big ol' salad. The waitress wasn't exactly obsequiously alert, either. By the time I'd found her to ask for my toast, the other people at the table were half done with their lunch.
Welcome to fall. The leaves are beginning to turn, here, and today the sky is grey and it's misting all over the place. I'm almost relieved. Yesterday was so pretty I couldn't stand being at work. At least if it's misting I don't mind staying inside and working.
I don't mind the mist and rain as much as most other people do, though. I'm not sure why that is.
I started overloading last night, making Christmas plans. I'm going to have to start with the baking almost immediately after Thanksgiving. It's a good thing we have lots of freezer space. And I'm still trying to figure out the optimal way to get a half-decent tree into our living room without making it completely awkward. Not for the first time, I wish we could move the entire entertainment system.
Hmm. I wonder if we could put one of the new chairs up in the bedroom for the duration? Hmm...
And then Matt brought me an American Science and Surplus catalog. It's extra-thick, with more toys that usual, and a whole section devoted to gifts and stocking stuffers. I love this catalog. Last night I got fifteen pages into it, and already I had all but two pages dog-eared. I stuffed it into my bag to take to work so I can take a highlighter to it.
It's full of gadgets and toys and stuff at discount prices, and it makes a perfect catalog for buying stocking stuffers and silly presents. How about a kit for growing crystals, or a frog origami kit? The possibilities are endless!
Of course, this will bring me to my Ultimate Geek activity - I'll create a spreadsheet of people we plan to get presents for, and then I'll list the suggested presents and their approximate prices. Once we're decided, the sheet will list whether we've actually got each item, where it's been ordered from, whether it's been wrapped, and - if applicable - whether it's been shipped.
Geek and (Christmas) Freak, all rolled up into one.
We haven't even got past Hallowe'en, yet, I know. But we're going to give away root beer barrels so I won't be tempted, so aside from running to the store for the supplies for my costume (which shouldn't be more than about $15... Less, if I can find what I need at the thrift store) there's not much left to do for Hallowe'en.
You may commence chortling with assumed superiority now. You're not going to ruin anything for me.
Word of the Day: obsequious - fawningly attentive
- nothing
Current Projects:
- crafty things
Diet Progress: 14 lbs lost
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