Continuing our tradition of going somewhere warm when it's cold, we flew to LA yesterday. Lest you think about breaking in our house, know that it is currently guarded by Canadians and cats. Oh, and a security system.
Astute observers will recall that I actually hate LA, so you might be wondering why we're here. To run in Disney's Star Wars half marathon, of course! And by "run" I mean "kind of jog" and by "half marathon" I mean "5k." Chris will actually be doing the running and the marathoning, and I'll be doing the sauntering and the trying-to-finish-without-being-picked-up-by-the-lose-bussing.
I'm not going to keep track of calories, because it's vacation and all. But I will try to make relatively healthy choices. Plus, it's Disney, so I'll get a million miles of walking in each day.
Breakfast (if you want to call it that) yesterday was a Subway turkey sandwich, while I ran around refilling prescriptions and fretting over if I forgot to pack anything. (Yes: flip flops.)
Lunch was at my favorite C gate restaurant: Vino Volo. You can get food that actually tastes good and isn't horribly overpriced! Plus did I mention wine flights? I had marcona almonds, a salad with goat cheese, and a wine flight. I'm so fancy.
For Second Lunch (what, you don't know about Second Lunch while you're on vacation?) Chris and I split United's cheese plate. Well, at least the cheese that Chris didn't drop on the floor. It's okay--he didn't drop the brie. Plus, I ate all the grapes. Aaaaand maybe I had a mini bottle of gin. Work has been stressful.
On the flight, I anglophiled it up, and watched The King's Speech, and re-watched The Queen. Love the metaphor of the 14 point stag. Go watch it. It's good.
Eventually, we landed in LA very dehydrated. I was surprised to see that they had remodeled the United terminal since I was there last, putting in real restaurants, and generally trying to make it feel like you're not in the 9th circle of hell. Maybe I'll reevaluate my hatred of LAX. Maaaaaaayyyyyybe.
As soon as we got the rental car (or rather, the rental SUV since it's 4 of us and our luggage), we headed straight to In-n-Out burger. OHMYGODITSSOGOOD. I kind of want another one right now.
Now we're off to Disneyland, to have all the fun that $196 per person can buy. We'll give yesterday a Zara, because it wasn't all that great, calorie-wise, but I really don't care. :)
Astute observers will recall that I actually hate LA, so you might be wondering why we're here. To run in Disney's Star Wars half marathon, of course! And by "run" I mean "kind of jog" and by "half marathon" I mean "5k." Chris will actually be doing the running and the marathoning, and I'll be doing the sauntering and the trying-to-finish-without-being-picked-up-by-the-lose-bussing.
Breakfast (if you want to call it that) yesterday was a Subway turkey sandwich, while I ran around refilling prescriptions and fretting over if I forgot to pack anything. (Yes: flip flops.)
Lunch was at my favorite C gate restaurant: Vino Volo. You can get food that actually tastes good and isn't horribly overpriced! Plus did I mention wine flights? I had marcona almonds, a salad with goat cheese, and a wine flight. I'm so fancy.
For Second Lunch (what, you don't know about Second Lunch while you're on vacation?) Chris and I split United's cheese plate. Well, at least the cheese that Chris didn't drop on the floor. It's okay--he didn't drop the brie. Plus, I ate all the grapes. Aaaaand maybe I had a mini bottle of gin. Work has been stressful.
On the flight, I anglophiled it up, and watched The King's Speech, and re-watched The Queen. Love the metaphor of the 14 point stag. Go watch it. It's good.
Eventually, we landed in LA very dehydrated. I was surprised to see that they had remodeled the United terminal since I was there last, putting in real restaurants, and generally trying to make it feel like you're not in the 9th circle of hell. Maybe I'll reevaluate my hatred of LAX. Maaaaaaayyyyyybe.
As soon as we got the rental car (or rather, the rental SUV since it's 4 of us and our luggage), we headed straight to In-n-Out burger. OHMYGODITSSOGOOD. I kind of want another one right now.
Now we're off to Disneyland, to have all the fun that $196 per person can buy. We'll give yesterday a Zara, because it wasn't all that great, calorie-wise, but I really don't care. :)