Three-Letter Acronyms & Four-Letter Words

I forgot to set the alarm on my phone to exclude weekends, therefore yesterday morning at 5:45 am, it went off.

I woke up and did some Internet stuff, read blogs, comics, checked email, then I played some MOOII until just before 8:00 when Gina came over to inform me that she was up.

I asked her if she wanted to have breakfast, at the Original Pancake House (down by Food Shui). They have what honestly have to be the best pancakes in the world (and I really like the vegan ones I make).

The best part about their pancakes is that whatever flour combination they use doesn't make me narcoleptic, unlike IHOP, Denny's, or Waffle House. I mean honestly, I don't know what it is but when we go out for breakfast at any of those places, I am passing out within 30 minutes. So Gina has embargoed me eating pancakes at breakfast, unless they are from the Original Pancake House.

However, I had crepes this time around. The last time my decision came down to the Bacon Pancakes and the Cherry Crepes, I had the Bacon Pancakes. Which were excellent, bits of cooked bacon are mixed into the batter, so you end up with crunchy bacon bits in the pancakes. They also have bacon waffles, I might try them next time.

Gina had eggs, toast, ham and pumpkin pancakes. I think every visit, she has had the pumpkin pancakes. (Mind you this was I believe our fourth time there.)

So Gina did get up early yesterday and we spent the day out and about. We bought stuff for stockings and to trim the tree we bought last weekend.

I am being sent on a mission to find some specific movies for Gina, so I will be heading out in a few minutes. (I just finished breakfast, which consisted of left cherry crepes and left over Greek food).

Gina has taken to the habit of cruising the Austin Chronicle for ideas of stuff to do or places to go to on weekends, which is a great thing. I love the fact that the local papers like that provide a calendar of events, usually the events are better suited to our generation, or the generation right behind us.

This time around I saw an advert for El Greco, it was funny but Gina and I had recently had a conversation around Greek food, oh yeah, it was in regards to her visit home for the holidays, she is going to be hitting up Greek town for some good eats.

I had the pork souvlaki with orzo an peas. Gina had the pork gyro plate with orzo and peas. We split a side of hummus and tabouli (well I at the tabouli, it was good).

I best get dressed and head out.

Laterz

I would consider myself better, though not yet 100% back to normal.

Still in the 90% range, give or take 5%.

My sinuses are still pretty mucked up, but I don't feel sick, just a little congested.

"Better out than in."

Is a saying that Gina has used often. Usually when she is sick.

Anyway, the funk has spread its way through the office. I stayed home from work on Tuesday, the worst day for me.

We went to the Alamo for the 3pm showing the Resident Evil: Extinction, it was good. The ending was just a little lame. It left it open for a fourth movie, but at the same time didn't provide enough closure for me. I tend to be too critical of endings though. So see it for yourself.

I took a nap when we got back, but ended up sleeping all night.

We went out to breakfast at The Original Pancake House. Gina had a craving for Corned Beef Hash and I remember seeing it on their menu.

It was a good breakfast, she loved the corned beef hash. Did I mention they had pumpkin pancakes? She had the pumpkin pancakes as well, she loved anything with pumpkin. From what she said the pancakes didn't let her down.

I had a simple yet, slightly boring breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon and three buttermilk pancakes. It was quite tasty and I have to throw this out, their pancakes did not make me go narcoleptic. Usually pancakes from IHOP or Denny's make me go narcoleptic.

Well, I am going to drink some more Vernors and try to relax without falling asleep.

Laterz

It is 10 AM local time and I just got up about 5 minutes ago.

I sort of woke up probably about 2 hours ago, but forced myself back to sleep. It wasn't that I woke up on my own either, since we got settled in and went to sleep about 2 AM last night. There was this rumbling noise, which at first I thought was some sort of earthquake, but I was able to dismiss that when I actually woke up enough to tell the room wasn't shaking at all and that it was someone's Harley Motorcycle revving.

We missed the free breakfast, the sign says that they stop serving that at 9:30 AM. Hopefully we can grab something quick on the way back to the interstate, but nothing too greasy. We ate at a Sbarro in Pennsylvania (pretty sure it was Pennsylvania) for lunch yesterday, in the end the grease didn't agree with me. However, the choices at that particular location were between the Sbarro and some fast food burgers, so I figured the odds were better with pizza than with some burger and fries.

We stopped and had Wendy's for dinner, I had a chicken sandwich and a potato. It was still raining and we were in Virginia, that was before we hit the traffic caused by the accident.

We have been keeping a log of the time and the mileage, I will put something up on the blog after we get into Austin (mostly because I left it in the car and don't feel like going out there for it).

We have also been keeping track of the gas mileage. The first reading looked very promising, 32/mpg. However, every subsequent reading has been around the 27/mpg mark. With the couple of reading coming through the mountains dropping down to 26/mpg.

Well, it is getting to be about that time, time to hit the road.

Laterz

On Good Eats the other day, Elton was doing waffles.

So I decided that I would do them today.

I have really taken to the vegan pancake/waffle recipe.

More on breakfast to come.

Laterz