Friday: Nothing

I didn't work out at all today. My dad had a small procedure at the hospital this morning, so I headed down to Vanderbilt where I sat with my mom. NOW, let me tell you what happened when I got there: Serious Parking Garage Drama.

Now, my husband has loaded a Yakima silver storage on the top of my car which is a rather tallish SUV anyway. Now, I hopped in the car this morning and promptly headed down to Vanderbilt where my parking options were a garage. I, because I am oblivious, pulled into the parking garage like I was driving a sedan. I hit the height bar at full parking garage speed. It was quite loud and the parking attendant had some serious histrionics. After his initial meltdown, however, Forrest was actually quite nice about the parking debacle.

BUT, he insisted that my only parking option was the East Medical Tower Garage, and decided he would help me remove the silver bullet from the top of the car so that I could park. SO, in 100 degree heat, wearing my white shorts, I ended up crouched like a monkey on the top of my car trying to pry the bullet off my car. I was positively drenched in sweat. It was all very frustrating and, more so, because all the hospital employees that were taking their smoke breaks had advice about what to do. All sorts of advice. Ridiculous advice that I will not go into, but suffice it to say that I seriously thought of taking the silver bullet off the car and handing it over the smoke-breakers to do with what they would.

I finally just told Forrest that our parking relationship was not going to work out, and I sought other parking options, which I found after circling around forever. Upstairs, I had a great visit with my mom until my dad came out of surgery. Everything went really well, and I headed home afterwards to begin a massive grocery expedition with Ivan in tow. I had to make three stops, and Ivan was a trooper for the most part.

At home, I achieved a momentous cooking feat: I replicated a Lara Bar. Lara Bars are these fabulous raw foods bars that are made with various combinations of raw nuts and dried fruits. I found another blog that gives all the particulars of measurement for making Lara Bars and my first attempt was the best Lara Bar that I have ever tasted.

You will have to look at the blog, as it gives explicit directions and pictures to make your Lara Bars. If I could just find a recipe for Grab the Gold Bars, my life would be complete.