Andrea's Birthday Tuesday and the Work-Filled Week that Followed

Tuesday Night Dinners always bring a diverse crowd. Some people dominate dinner with their stories, others tease and taunt, and one super hero guest does not even sweat. However, everyone can agree that Andrea is pretty freakin' amazing! She's so kind and funny that she can almost pull off a poison ivy break out. Almost.


So, on Tuesday we all celebrated the awesomeness that is Andrea with quinoa, roasted chicken legs with thyme and lemon, guaca-hummus, mashed potatoes, and coconut cake with cream cheese frosting (per Andrea's request), and homemade mojito ice cream. Indeed, I am fortunate to be friends with such fine foodies. I just wish everyone could all sit around the same table because there tend to be a number of rings of conversation. No worries though, I think the pictures show a pretty happy crew... for the most part.


Given the last couple of days, I'm glad that I snagged a few of the leftovers for personal consumption. My long Tuesday run down Eisenhower to the Van Dorn Metro back up the Avenue to Old Town and then looped back up Duke and up to my roost... Followed by a premier 15 minute jog with Mr. Parker (Yay!), left me with a "feeeed me" stomach and a little less prep time than usual. Luckily, my Greek quinoa salad satisfied my appetite quite well. The next day, I transformed a leftover chicken leg into a "pimped out" (to quote Mary) chicken salad sandwich that provided a little perk during 12 hour R-Chives day numero uno. Today/last night at one am, I shredded up the other leg and used it in one of my signature loaded salads. I admit that I may put a tad more time into my meals than most, but when I'm working two twelvers in a row, you better believe I need some tasty food to pull me through.


Yes, shockingly, my week has been rather busy. Combine a bustling TND with two OTs and two nights of coming home to work for another two to three hours of toiling on the Application of Utmost Proportions (AUP), and Miss Rhino is ready for the weekend!! The good news is that AUP is on its way to St. Louis *fingers crossed.* Unfortunately, I still must drag my raggedy rhino rump out of bed early again tomorrow for another eight hours of archival fun. Go Soundexing!!

I really need to go to bed. NOW.