Friday morning I ran 2 miles on the treadmill at the gym and then did a Pilates class. Please tell me why I was breathing heavier in Pilates than during my run. That Pilates stuff is NO JOKE!! I finished my work out and came home to pack. We left for the bus station, yes you heard me correctly – the bus station, but first went to Abdallah’s Restaurant and Bakery because we were in the mood to eat Lebanese food.
Before I continue, let me explain why, when we have a
perfectly good car, we decided to ride the bus to my Mom’s. You see my daughter wanted an
“adventure.” She wanted to ride the bus,
since she had ridden it once before with my Mom and thought it would be fun to
do it again. We believe in exposing our
daughter to as many life experiences as possible, and this one was feasible so
we did it. We rode the bus!
At Abdalla’s we ordered the Beef Shawarmas with a side of
Hummus. The people were really nice;
they actually remembered my husband even though he had only been one other
time, three weeks earlier! The food was
ah-maz-ing!! The Shawarma was HUGE,
enough for two meals, and that’s saying a lot because I eat a lot! The Hummus was flavorful and creamy. I could have eaten a whole vat of the
stuff! We have added it to our list of
new favorite restaurants and will definitely be going back…and soon! Is it just me or is that now two restaurants
I’ve added to our “Favorite Restaurants” list in the last week?!
As we were about to leave, we met Greg Onofrio, the guy
from the WB 39’s “NewsFix.” He’s not
just “some guy”, though, he actually narrates the news show and does the
closing commentary. Talk about a nice
guy! Not only was he friendly and
funny, he was down to Earth, actually engaged in real conversation with us, and
even posed for pictures. I was a fan of
“NewsFix” before but I will definitely be watching it even more faithfully
now!!
After meeting the Houston celebrity, we made it to the
bus. The wheels on the bus went round
and round and two and a half hours later we were in Victoria! My second mother picked us up and we werejoined
shortly by my Mom. After a gourmet
dinner at Wienerschnitzel, we hung out, chatted, watched some television and
then went to bed.
Saturday morning’s workout was an early morning six-mile
run on a running/biking trail not far from my second mother’s house. It was beautiful weather and my run felt
really good!
After getting back and getting cleaning up, we went
Garage Sale-ing for a few hours. I sure
have missed a good old-fashioned Garage Sale run! It’s been years since I’ve done one.
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I’m going to stop there for now but I will be back to tell you about the second half of our weekend. Coming up: the beach, the food, church, Mom’s house, and the trip home!
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