Help! I'm becoming THAT person.

For health reasons I'm gradually quitting meat and cutting way back on dairy which means I'm am having a hard time eating. We've had the same 3 or 4 meals for the past month and a half and we're getting bored. I am looking for some good meatless recipes. I like beans and Morningstar Farms fake meat/chicken but I do not like eggplant or okra. Anyone? Best entries will receive a small prize.

What we already know:
Salad with morningstar farms chicken
Cheese/Spinach/Mushroom Ravioli/Tortellini with sauce
Vegetable Pizza

It's not nice to laugh at people who don't speak English as a first language.

Last week I was on the phone with my mom and the following conversation transpired:

Mom: I’m watching a movie on AMC.
Me: What movie?
Mom: Shot Gun.
Me: I’ve never heard of it.
Mom: Yes you have. You know the one with the guy with the dark hair and blue eyes.
Me: TOP Gun! That’s Tom Cruise.
Mom: Oh, it’s called Top Gun? I didn’t know.

This past Sunday Chris and I were laughing about that scenario (because Mom is just so cute) and the following conversation transpired:

Me: Guess what movie was just on.
Chris: I don’t know. What?
Me: I’ll give you a hint. Thee movie with thee guy with thee dark hair and thee blue eyes.
Chris: Oh, ha ha.
Me: “Shot Gun”. “No Mom, its HOT Gun.”
Chris: HOT Gun? Ha ha ha!
Me: I mean TOP Gun! TOP GUN!

Drugs?

The weather has been changing and during the fall is when I have the worst of sinus headaches. It started Thursday, and it was pretty manageable. Driving home from work I felt what seemed like the beginning of a migraine so I took some Maximum Strength Benadryl and crept into bed with the drapes drawn. About 20 minutes into my nap I got a text from Amber reminding me that we had a shopping date, so I slept about an hour more and went shopping high like a crackhead. I slept like a baby that night, but woke up Friday morning with a lingering headache, so I took Excedrin Sinus. It helped a little. I went home early from work and took the real deal Sudafed. I went down for about an hour, and woke up but I wasn't very coherent. I tried to read and play Solitaire online, neither of which I was very successful at. The whole evening was a blur, and when I got into bed I realized after I scratched my legs that my nails were cut and I had no memory of cutting them. When I woke up at 6:00 am on Saturday morning, I had a full-blown migraine-type headache with stuffy nose and went in for the Maximum Strength Benadryl and passed out until my mom phoned in at 12:15 pm. I spent the rest of the day in bed trying to watch How I Met Your Mother on DVD, but my head was still paining, so it was difficult. Chris joined me eventually (and is officially hooked) and when the episode about the World's Best Burger was on we decided to go to Shackelford's for Williamsburg's best burger, but I only ate half because I was still not feeling great. Sunday was better, and I went the whole day without taking any drugs other than Afrin until around 10:30 pm when I realized that I was going to need to breathe just a little better and really needed to sleep. Monday morning proved difficult to get out of bed, but I did, and made it to my annual evaluation. I was very, very loopy still from the medicine, but could breathe and didn't have a headache. I don't recall much, other than something about my "attitude" and working on communication. They also want to have lunch with me more often. Who knows why. And if I have to spend my lunch break eating with my 50 year old superiors, I'm going to need to leave an hour early, because that is a working lunch, even if we are talking about puking cats. So...what was I talking about? Drugs?

Not necessarily the news

Every once in a while I check my own blog to see if it's been updated and it usually is not. Why is there not a blog fairy that updates for me? Real cool stuff is happening. Last night I accompanied Amber to the mall to get her new stuff for her anniversary trip to Europe even though there really wasn't anything I needed. She didn't find one thing. I, on the other hand, found the coolest pair of riding boots in the clearance section and a gorgeous new teal scarf. Oh yeah, I wear scarves now. I told her not to get down about it. You never really find anything when you need it. Only when you don't need it. Only when you really should wait until the next credit card cycle. Even if they were the last pair left! Of course, now I really need a new pair of skinny jeans or a cute plaid dress and black tights. You see, this is the problem with shopping. The more you buy the more you need. Too bad she wasn't shopping for a new job.

Celebrate good times, come on!

Last Weekend:

• Went to Boston to visit Juliet for her birthday (cheap flight thanks to Airtran)
• Got pedicures at Melt
• Got an 80 minute Bella Provence scrub/massage at Bella Santé
• Upgraded to business class for return flight
• Return flight delayed 2 hours
• Found out about delayed flight after I got through security
• Glad I upgraded

This Weekend:

• Ornit came to visit
• Got a 60 minute espresso scrub/massage at the Spa at Williamsburg Inn
• Visited Monticello in Charlottesville again (second time this year)
• Went to Maymont in Richmond
• Read a lot more of the Mötley Crüe book, The Dirt
• Caught up on sleep
• Began the transition to black American Coffee (Need to find a good one. Recommendations accepted.)

For Shame

I just spent $50.11 at Target on chocolate.