I slept in late this morning and woke up to a gorgeously blue Indiana sky filled with beautiful clouds. There is something so romantic and different about a wide, blue Midwestern sky. Very different to my city-girl eyes. It was deceptively clear though, since it was 36 degrees out. 36 freaking, frighteningly cold degrees. We still had to venture out for lunch.

I admit. I was scared for lunch. Sushi in Indiana?

But apparently it’s tradition for the “men” to go out for sushi whenever they have get-togethers. This year, despite being disinvited several times, Reyann and I strong-armed our way into the “men’s gathering” and turned it more into a family lunch.

I have to say, it wasn’t as scary nor as awful as I had been imagining. The food was perfectly acceptable even though I don’t think M cared for his bento box. He was looking for a hunk of chicken smothered in teriyaki sauce, not little chopped-up old nuggety bits of poultry. But the company was wonderful and we all had a good time. The harried waitress was hard-put serving a party of 8 though, buzzing in and out with questions and excuses every two minutes. M said she was “high-strung.” I didn’t get to eat my ordered vegetable udon because the waitress said they ran out of noodles two-thirds through our meal, but I didn’t care. We had so many rolls. So many.

Bellies happy, the girls were supposed to go watch “Tangled” at Metropolis. However, I flaked on Reyann and Hannah. I was so tired after all the food and green tea ice cream – I needed a nap.

After a super-long nap, I was back in the game. Just in time too. The girls got back and it was competition time. M has been trash-talking Hannah for months, telling her that I was going to take her down and hand her ass to her in Dance Dance Revolution. Nevermind mind the fact that I never play video games and am supremely unathletic.

The stupid game is so much harder than it looks. M and I struggled and sweated our way to get a grade of C. Then we quit. We knew we had reached our pinnacles.

Hope you’re having a great holiday!

xoxo,

Jenn