Every Friday night we meet my parents for dinner. It's really nice especially now that my dad is in Jackson during the week and we don't get to see him very much (though more than when we lived in Pearl River County). Two weeks ago we went to Cracker Barrel and had a great time. In and out no problems. Tonight, not so much. You know it's a pretty bad eating experience when you're at a restaurant for nearly two hours and still don't get a chance to eat!
First off, they told us it'd be a 10 minute wait. Ten minutes turned into 35 before we got inside. After we were seated and ordered our drinks (which took a good bit longer than usual) we waited and waited and waited. We finally asked for some cornbread and biscuits because Evangeline was clearly getting hungry. An hour after we first sat down we got all of our food (including the bread). Evangeline scarffed a few bites down quickly then promptly started throwing up! She has a problem where she throws up occasionally at meals and it is compounded by her eating quickly which she did tonight because it was 7:30 and we'd been there a long time!!
Drew caught the puke and therefore lost any kind of appetite he may have had. So, we loaded up into three to go boxes and headed out the door as quickly as we could. Oh, and I asked for my tea to go and was told they didn't have any at the moment. :(
Drew said that we're running out of places that we can go eat in Meridian. Pretty much La Pinata and Western Sizzlin are all that's left.
The only bright spot to the evening was that I randomly ran into one of my former co-workers from PRC, Martha Cox. I had one those, "that really really looks like [Mrs. Cox]" moments and even texted Joni to ask her why Mrs. Cox would be in Meridian. But, it definitely was her and we had a fun time catching up! She asked if I was ever going to teach again and I said that I was planing on returning. She was very encouraging and said that's where I need to be. Those who know Mrs. Cox know that's a compliment. She's one of the best teachers I know.
Evangeline is happily eating the rest of her "bak bak" and "noodles" at home. Maybe I'll eat after she goes to bed....
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