You Know it's a Good Night When You Learn a New Dirty Joke

I'd like to start this entry out with a funny thing one of my co-workers told me.

"Dyslexic devil followers worship Santa." Apparently he once saw it on a bumper sticker in Midland and I can't help but say that I found it quite amusing.

Last night the boys took me to an Italian restaurant called Familia Manchini. It was absolutely divine. Basically you pick whatever type of pasta you want and then you pick your sauce and they bring you a giant portion of it. We got this ravioli that was stuffed with cheese and basil with a 4 cheese sauce. It was by no means good for you but it was one of the best meals of my life. They also had a great antipasto buffet where you can get whatever you want and they just charge you based on the weight of your plate. They have all sorts of stuff from sun-dried tomatoes to humus to baked cloves of garlic to tons of different kinds of olives to aritichokes to huge blocks of cheese that you cut off as much as you want. And they even had some eggplant dishes! I was surprised to find that eggplant is quite common here on salad bars and it's been quite enjoyable since it's one of my favorite vegetables (even though a few years ago I found out that it's related to the tabacco plant and has absolutely no nutritional value).

Of course, even though after the antipasto and the pasta were completely fulfilling, you can't turn down the offer of something nicknamed "the chocolate volcano". Well, at least I can't. I have to say that it was my favorite part of the whole meal.

The craziest thing about the whole dinner last night was when we ate. We didn't leave the office until about 8:30. We had to stop and get gas and then the first place we went to there was a 2 hour wait for standing room so we didn't actually get to the restaurant until 1o:30 and we didn't even get our food until after 11. This in itself was ridiculous b/c who eats dinner at 11? I'll tell you who? The people who got there before the people who showed up at 12 as we were asking for our check! I mean, I know it's not uncommon to eat a late dinner here but midnight! That's just nuts!

The experience overall was delightful! I even learned a new joke but I don't want to ruin it by typing it out on the blog. Plus it'll be way more fun for me if I can tell it several different times so please ask me about the snake bite joke next time you talk to me. :)

The weekend plans are still somewhat up in the air. Because we've put in so many hours this week it was decided that we can wrap up earlier today and enjoy some time at Santo Antonio (the really fun happy hour bar). In my mind, you can't go wrong with less work and more happy hours. One of the things that I'm really looking forward to is Sunday. The guys have previous engagements so I'm on my own for the day and so I don't have to sit all day in the hotel, they are hiring someone, a bodyguard if you will, to take me out for the day. It's like a dream come true. Of course, I'm going to live that up for all it's worth, wear my giant sunglasses (rain or shine) and pretend I'm someone super famous. I can't wait!

I hope you all have a great weekend! For all the girls going to Purdue for Grand Prix, have so much fun! I wish I could be there to see you all!