welcome to monday

Hola! I had a nice weekend. I spent most of it studying, but the weather was decent and we did some fun things. Saturday night, TJ & I had our Valentine's dinner at Mat & Naddie's (http://www.matandnaddies.com/web/). So good!! We decided, based on this pattern, that if you get crappy hostess service when you walk in, that the dinner service will be excellent. And that is exactly what we got! (a few weeks ago, we went to Patois and got amazing front-door service, but the worst service I've ever encountered in an upscale restaurant).

We had 8pm reservations and got there at 7:52. The hostess says "Oh. you're early. Yeah, your table's not ready yet." And she paused, so we were just like, "ok... well, i guess we'll go seat ourselves by the bar. ..." What she should have said was "thanks for coming in tonight. please have a seat at the bar. your table will be ready in just a minute." we had the crappiest wine ever "A to Z" chardonnay. it tasted like water. But that wasn't tj's fault -- the bartender suggested it.

Either way, let's talk about the dinner:

• Appetizer: Fried Crawfish & crab dumpling things with a sauce - very nice
• Salad/Soup: TJ had a duck confit salad with cherries and I had a vegetable soup cause my throat was sore.
• Entree: TJ had venison medallions and I had the filet (cop-out, I know, but I really really wanted it!) It had a balsamic reduction sauce w/blue cheese, rosemary fingerling potatoes, and green vegetables! mmmmmm
• Dessert: Cheesecake with tons of almonds & caramel

It was a very nice dinner and I can't wait to go back again! Oh yeah - our server was unbeatable! Just the right amount of attention, telling us the specials and the 86's ahead of time, getting everything right, super polite. Fantastic!

So.... other than Saturday night's dinner, we hung out with my family on Friday evening and had crawfish. On Sunday, we went to the godforsaken Lakeside mall. We wrote that mall off for good -- along with WalMart. It was so insanely packed! It took forever to find a parking spot, and people were just so rude, everywhere we went. It was a nightmare! Good thing I got the outfit I needed. We vowed to be more prepared for things and to order clothes that we need online, ahead of time.

There were tornados in Escambia County, Florida last night. That's where my sister lives. She said she wasn't affected too badly because the bad storms happened north of her and that Escambia County is really big. Thank God! That is sooo freaky. I guess I have some things to get done here at work. I don't want to, though. I think I feel sick, but I'm not sure. I can't tell if it's just cause I don't want to be here, I don't have caffiene, or if I really am coming down with a cold. The workday's about halfway over now so, that's cool. I gotta get moving on some things, though. Have a nice day!