For Chris, Day 2 of his thrill a minute weekend began with a trip to Athena Cafe for breakfast. His eyes lit up when he spied Biscuits with Sausage Gravy on the menu. Chris is the King of Sausage Gravy and Athena's version got two thumbs up. Mike and I ordered our usual, Cheese Steak Omelet for Mike, Athena Special for me.
Postings about Athena are not unusual. This little hole in the wall cafe has a menu filled with comforting goodness, a friendly wait staff and an eclectic clientele. Like the elderly couple sitting in the booth behind us. The wife repeatedly asked our server where her decaf coffee was and when I say repeatedly, I mean 5 or 6 times within a 5 minute span. Our server finally resorted to a play by play of the brewing process which seemed to calm her down. The best line came from her husband. When the server asked him how he would like his eggs, he solemnly replied - "On a plate". Without skipping a beat, the server acknowledged his request and moved on to the next question - "And how would you like them prepared?" Mike and I made eye contact and started to giggle. This started a chain reaction at the table. Chris joined in the fun even though he had no earthly idea what we were laughing about. All that he knew was this was a great start to a most excellent adventure.
This evening the fun continued with a trip to Boardwalk Bowl for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society bowling fundraiser with my buddies from SeaWorld. The cookie basket I donated actually had quite a few tickets in its little bucket. That was a very good thing. We bought a few raffle tickets of our own, won an Outback Gift Basket, collected lots of hugs and headed out before the cookie basket winner was awarded. Buffalo Wild Wings was our next destination. Beer, wings, onion rings, buffalo chips with cheese and celery with blue cheese made for three very happy, very full, very round and very sleepy adventurers.
Seeing our "exciting" life through the eyes of our friend Chris has opened my eyes. I think Chris may be right. Our life is one never ending, fun filled adventure best enjoyed with family and friends.
Many hugs,
Kathy
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