Yummo Charlie Kabob!

When is the last time you had Persian fast food? Well, okay, this really does not, and should not, qualify as fast food, and is certainly not going to qualify for any 99 cent menus...but next time I'm at a loss of what eat and need something quick, its an easy choice and I suggest you check it out!  Just insert a mall, like Santa Monica Place or Westside Pavilion, and get yourself through the parking garage and past an Express or Swaroski crystal shop, head to the food court, and you've got yourself a chance at a real deal meal with a pita to pack it all into! And best of all, its healthy too! I have emailed them for the recipe before, but I'm not stupid, they ain't gonna give it all up. My guess is that they marinade the chicken in with tomatoes, onions, garlic cumin, cayenne and turmeric! (with S & P to taste!) Next time you are at the Santa Monica food court, Level 3, stop and order the #4 Special Spicy Chicken with Rice & Salad with extra yogurt sauce on the side... It's worth it and you won't forget it. The ideal situation is to order it -go so you can enjoy your best bottle of chianti along with. But be careful not to let the sauce leak onto your floorboard on your way home!  That's a lot of good spicy sauce!

Bummed out!

The last few weeks at work have been very stressful, but now I am home for a few days...trying to catch up and breathe...literally!  I can't believe that I have bronchitis!  The good thing is that our audit is finally over (we passed!) and my body has succumbed to what it has been denying for weeks now...exhaustion.  I finally got the official signal this week and I made my way to my doctor's office - the wonderful Dr. Cho.  (Gosh, I'm kind of torn as to whether or not it should feel good to finally be able to say that "I have a doctor!)  She ordered me home straight away and now I am battling this very uncomfortable state of being, with lots of cough syrup and chicken soup on the side.  By the way, props to Zack for making me some homemade chicken soup!)   It's bad enough feeling bad enough, but knowing that you are pretty bad is pretty depressing!  But, it is what it is and as a result, I get to stay home and concentrate on healing for a few more days.  I feel like I have been missing out on so much though.  It's been extremely hot here in Southern California and I really just want to go outside and play!  At least I  get to work on catching up on my blog and my home and my arts and crafts and thinking of what I might be for Halloween!  I am happy to say that I am ahead of the game this year and Junior has already got his own costume! Can you guess what he is going to be?   Boo! : )

As mentioned above, Zack is making some chicken soup for me right now; this after making a special trip to my all time favorite food court restaurant, Charlie Kabob.  More on that later, but rest assured, Charlie Kabob is delicious and is to me what George's Burgers are to him!  But he is treating me well and making sure I am comfortable.  The kids from the Sober Living side our our place tore down the No Smoking sign last nite, and he promptly went to tack it back up this morning.  I doubt they will say anything...they are just temporaries and probably have no where else to go, so they best watch it!

In the meantime I am also trying to figure out how to get a few things working so that this is straight out of the Casa Del Martin domain.  Pretty soon, it will be just CasadelMartin.com and we will all be home free.  No more worrying about the rest of the domains of the world trying to interfere!  I have also decided to keep up with this as more of a diary and a way to record my living days and thoughts, with a bit more detail than the average Facebook or Instagram post.  Since this won't reach quite as many people, it will feel more personal too.

Wow!  This feels pretty good thinking about how I am going to catch up, rather than just trying to catch up.  For once.  Time for a big old bowl of chicken soup.  And onward to the path of recovery!