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! 

Alone Time

So this week I will have an opportunity to do whatever I want. On one hand, that sounds great. I get to watch my favorite shows, I don't have to worry about sharing the bathroom, and I don't have to make a big deal about what to eat for dinner. I can also fall asleep on the couch if I want. All of this is good and great and fab, and I am definitely enjoying the idea of doing whatever I want and not having to "answer" to anyone or explain what I am doing. I know this sounds crazy, as if I normally do have to these things, but in thinking about it, it sure does make sense that to a certain extent, I very much do want to answer and explain. I very much do want to have to make reason with whatever someone else finds reasonable. In watching a television show or a newscast, I do prefer to look at that someone and go "really? did we just see that?" or "OMG can you believe that?" To have a co-conspirator to marvel at the randomness of the world is underrated. I am very much looking forward to catching up on much as possible and reflecting on as much as I can to help make sense of all the things I would "normally" do or say.

Sundae Funday

Happy Springtime! I think I am getting my creative side back into a groove! I went out yesterday afternoon and stumbled upon a bead store that was having a moving sale...what luck! I picked up a few items at 50% off, and promptly came back home to apply and craft my new materials together. Fun! I needed to do something to nurse my poor eyelids back to normality. I got my eyebrows waxed and she took some pieces of my skin along with the hair. OUCH. In fact, I need to make a trip to the drugstore to get some polysporin, a type of Neosporin, but something more kinder to my "burn." DAMN. Anyway, yes, I am totally excited about the prospect of getting back into business. Esp now that at work, we have hired another Manager, and maybe now I can get a regular schedule together?!?! Ah, I hope we don't get the auditors in tomorrow...we need at least another week! Of course, I say that every weekend, don't I? I especially say that every Sunday after I ditched going in on Saturday! NICE! It's such a beautiful morning and after last nite's binge at the Whaler, I could really use the day off and some exercise. After a couple of mai-tais last nite, and a fiesta taco from Taco Hell this morning, I don't know how good of an idea it would be to go into work. Oh, drats, I just counted up and got stressed out from all the crap I have to do. Hmmmm. Well, at least it's early and I can just go in and get it over with. Maybe this evening so I won't go crazy and open up another bottle of wine! Anyway, back to fun topics. I am going to be posting pics of all my new art and we will see where this all goes!