Carrot Cake will be the death of me

My supervisor knows that I love carrot cake.

She also knows when my birthday is.

She also knows I'm on a diet.

I ate three.

Eating my way through Chicago

Ahh, food. I decided that after my vacation, I would go on a diet. A major, zero carb diet. I know it's not the healthiest diet to be on, but I just want something to jumpstart my weightloss which has been at a plateau for a couple months. I figure I'll do the low-carb thing for a little while and slowly add in the complex carbs.

Oh, thai noodles, how I'll miss thee.

And Garrett's popcornsicle ... I'll have to put you on hold ...

Serrano ham-wrapped asparagus, I think I'm allowed to keep you ...

Sushi, my love. Ahh, sushi ...

I don't know if I can give you up. Maybe I'll save you for a special occasion.

Holy Cow! Chips ... I wonder if I can duplicate you with turnips?

Holy Cow! burger ... I can eat you without a bun. I could eat two (okay, that's stretching it).

I never thought I would miss pizza. But Chicago pizza, how I'll miss thee. I'll just have to dream about you instead.

In the meantime, on vacation I enjoyed myself. We didn't go anywhere especially ... special, but we had some damn good meals. The Grill, 1492 Tapas, Timothy O'Toole's, Harry Carey's, Salude (wine bar), Gino's East, Cindy's Pizza, Garrett's Popcorn, Silver Spoon Thai, Hot Woks Cool Sushi, all the food at Taste of Chicago .... ahh, good stuff. I think I might be okay with my memories of carbs for now ... :) Excuse me, I need to hunt down some meat.

I'm back!

We got back in late Monday night, and while I had a wonderful time I'm thrilled to be home. I slept so wonderfully last night, in my own bed, until 8:30 this morning! And it's good to see my baby boy. I'm sure there are photos and blog posts to come from me, but for now I just wanted to say hi and leave you with this!

B-R-B

My bags are packed, I'm ready to go ...

Okay, well that's a lie. But Spencer's packed and ready to spend 5 (!!!!) days with Grandma and Grandpa, and everything's set for my brother to dog/housesit (frozen pizzas, ramen and pepsi are sufficiantly stocked), and, well, I'll pack after Spencer goes to bed. But in 12 hours, I'll be on a plane to Chicago to spend my 29th birthday in style ...

Toodles!