The Blonde Diaries

Wow I can’t believe it has been a week since I evacuated from Houston. It seems like such a long time to be away from home. I spent yesterday morning calling my coworkers to check in on them and ensure they were safe and ok. None of them decided to evacuate from this little “storm” and were mostly sitting in hot, dark apartments and houses when I called. Electricity is taking a while to be restored but it is slowly but surely coming back. I am officially off of work until Monday but with vacation coming up I went ahead and spent about two hours yesterday working on items before I leave town.

Mike and I haven’t been too exciting in the past few days. We ventured down to the Riverwalk and Alamo Tuesday and had a nice leisurely lunch at a Mexican restaurant on the river. I believe it was called Casa Ole (same name as the chain but not part of the chain). They advertised their fabulous margaritas and fajitas so we went in for a try. I will say the margaritas were great but the chips, salsa, and queso tasted like it was from a can and not fresh so I was disappointed. Overall it was nice and I would go back if the other restaurants in the area were full.

We’ve also been going to Gold’s Gym over here. We got the Hurricane Ike special again on Tuesday and finally offered to pay yesterday so in total we are getting 4 days for about $16 so that is pretty good and we are able to work off our frustrations at the gym.

I’ve been getting my fill of Asian foods as well. Every other day we head over to Mike’s parents for lunch and get a tasty Asian meal. It has been mainly noodles, shrimp, and pork. I can’t complain because it is all tasty and isn’t like the normal things I find at Bouray’s in Downtown Houston. Bouray’s is a restaurant that serves both Mexican and Vietnamese foods. Glad we found that gym because I have been a little piggie lol. I think there were 15 small wontons in my wonton soup last night. Oh well, diet starts next Monday after my trip right??

Hope everyone is doing well. I am going to post a few more posts throughout the day and then go on vacation to Disney. I have a few posts scheduled throughout that time so keep going until I return. I think you will enjoy some of these posts so make sure to come for a visit next week.

Tags: evacuation, hurricane, vacation