Catfish and the Cold Air
So my birthday turned out to be rather enjoyable after all. Even though my actual birthday was overshadowed by exams early in the week, my friends and I managed to make up for it this weekend. The exams I had turned out well for the most part. I would have liked to do a little better on one of them, but I’ll make up for it on the next one. My birthday festivities began with a very excellent dinner with Gina (my girlfriend). We went to Eldorado Grill on Willy Street. I highly recommend this restaurant to anybody that enjoys Southwest and Mexican cuisine. The restaurant chef has really put some amazing dishes together. It is a little pricey for the average college budget, but definitely worth a try. For the two meals, an appetizer, and a couple drinks, the total was just over $60. If you are a tequila person, then this is a great place to go. They have lots of very fine tequilas ranging from $3 a shot up to $30 (insane). I didn’t get any of them this time, but I did get a chocolate margarita, and it was very tasty. For dinner I got the blue corn crusted catfish, and it was amazing! It was really nice to finally spend a nice night with Gina because lately we are so busy all the time that we really don’t see much of each other.
On another note, we just turned on the heat in our house. We finally gave in, and fired the old furnace up. I am not happy about it because it makes a huge difference on the electric bill. Usually we can fight the cold off until about early to mid November. However, I have spent the last 5 nights in a row or so, sleeping in a house that ranges from 40-55 degrees. Sleeping wasn’t really the biggest problem because I could put lots of blankets on my bed. The real problem was in the morning when I had to shower. I was really getting sick of the intense muscle spasms I was having immediately after getting out the shower from shivering so much. My roommates and I decided that for our general health and sanity, that we needed to turn the heat on. Now, guess what. The rest of our house is being maintained at about 65 degrees or so, except my room. Of course, my room has to be at least 80 degrees currently. I can’t catch a break, but at least I will be able to get out of the shower and dry off normally without chipping my teeth from chattering so much.
Well that’s all for now
On another note, we just turned on the heat in our house. We finally gave in, and fired the old furnace up. I am not happy about it because it makes a huge difference on the electric bill. Usually we can fight the cold off until about early to mid November. However, I have spent the last 5 nights in a row or so, sleeping in a house that ranges from 40-55 degrees. Sleeping wasn’t really the biggest problem because I could put lots of blankets on my bed. The real problem was in the morning when I had to shower. I was really getting sick of the intense muscle spasms I was having immediately after getting out the shower from shivering so much. My roommates and I decided that for our general health and sanity, that we needed to turn the heat on. Now, guess what. The rest of our house is being maintained at about 65 degrees or so, except my room. Of course, my room has to be at least 80 degrees currently. I can’t catch a break, but at least I will be able to get out of the shower and dry off normally without chipping my teeth from chattering so much.
Well that’s all for now
posted by Derek @ 9:41 PM
1 Comments:
At 11:45 AM ,
Mikel Motorcycle said...
Hey, happy late birthday.. I've only eaten at the Eldorado once before and it was great, I think I had the best steak I've ever had there. And the margaritas....mmmmmm.
I'm lucky as far as heat goes, in that it's all water-radiator heat and I don't have to pay for it, but my landlord keeps turning it off an on, so I can't get it adjusted right, so it's either freezing cold or 100 degrees. Plus, they charge me $25 extra a month if they "catch" me with my windows open, for "wasting heat". Bastards.
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