So rainy today!

Got up this morning and had the usual for breakfast:

I wanted to have something light because my parents were coming up to take us (KC, Alexis, Carey and myself) out for a birthday lunch. Before KC and I headed out to meet up with everyone, we each grabbed a lungo shot from the new Nespresso machine:

I had a GIGANTIC lunch at House of Chicken and Waffles in Jack London Square.  I love chicken and waffles (obviously… since I picked the restaurant).  Ever since experiencing the joy of Rosco’s in college, I’ve been hooked.  I think after all that I ate yesterday, this was maybe not the best choice for lunch… I guess I’ll have to step it up workout-wise this week.

Here’s the before shot of my plate:

I ordered the “Angie’s Delight” which is (generally) a chicken breast, a waffle, and grits (I substituted smothered potatoes for the grits).  Unfortunately, the waiter claimed that the kitchen was out of chicken breasts, so I opted for the chicken strips.  KC ordered a giant plate of smothered chicken which came with a breast, so he was nice enough to give me that in exchange for some chicken strips.

I was super hungry so I felt like I ate a TON, but I didn’t even come close to finishing my plate:

After lunch, it was time for the second part of the birthday outing — Blue Bottle!

Mom’s mocha.

KC’s coffee.

My New Orleans style iced coffee (I know, even though it was freezing and pouring rain, I couldn’t pass up my favorite drink!)

After coffee, KC and I headed out to Walnut Creek to do laundry and run errands.  Nothing too exciting to report.  Had an orange much later in the day (KC and I were stuffed most of the day from lunch).

I think my body was crying out for anything remotely healthy because of the high-calorie birthday weekend.  Too bad my super late dinner wasn’t very healthy either… leftover thai yellow curry from last night (I did make some brown rice to go with it).

And to top it all off?  I ate the ears off of this guy for dessert:

Ok, no more birthday excuses tomorrow — gotta get back to being healthy again!  I think I more than took advantage of the birthday week/weekend.

I’m beat.  All this celebrating has really taken it out of me!

Hope you guys all had a good weekend.  I’m off to call my little brother who turned 21 today!!

Happy birthday Braden!  Hope your 21st doesn’t end like mine did!