Shard of Glass

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My weekend didn’t exactly go as planned. After all that talk of de-stressing (thanks for your comments, btw!), I totally de-stressed on Friday, and then woke up with a bad cold on Saturday. Sadly, I wasn’t up to doing all the things I had planned:( But I did eat soup and sleep for 12 hours straight!

Rewind to my relaxing Friday – I had given my Mom a coupon last Mother’s Day for a fancy lunch out in Durham, and she just got around to redeeming it! I took her to the cafe at the Nasher Museum of Art for lunch on the patio.

We shared:

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The Asian cabbage salad and…

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the yogurt curried chicken salad with grapes and walnuts along with dill quinoa salad. The food was absolutely perfect – so fresh and bursting with flavor. Matt and I have eaten at the Nasher once before and I think it may be my favorite place for brunch/lunch.
After lunch, my Mom redeemed a gift card I had given her for her birthday for a manicure. I got my toes done for the first time since last year! It felt wonderful to be massaged. And then I took a brief nap before meeting one of my friends for live music at the American Tobacco lawn.

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We watched the crowd of dancers in the front,

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sipped wine,

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ate fried pickles,

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and saw a cat at the bar!
All night, I felt like I had food stuck in my throat and I just couldn’t get it out. I woke up around 2am with a horrible sore throat. It seriously felt like there was a shard of glass in there. Needless to say, I didn’t sleep well. When I woke up though, the rest of me still felt ok so I went out on a bike ride. I felt horrible by the time I got home, but I was too sad to cancel brunch with friends who were just in town for the weekend.
We tried the new Another Broken Egg Cafe and it was great! I had a shrimp omelette with pesto sauce and really enjoyed it.

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I thought I might be able to rally for a trip to the pool and a fun girls dinner with my good friend from high school, but just couldn’t do it:( I watched Sarah’s Key (read the book this year) on Netflix and slept.
The shard of glass is thankfully gone today, but I’m still feeling under the weather. I got chicken noodle and corn bread from Whole Foods, which was fun. Matt just got home from his high school reunion in Maryland, and he’s gonna help me make a mother’s day meal for my Mom.
Happy Mother’s day to all the Moms!

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  • Mom
    May 13, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    Thanks! Dinner was fab. Love the kitty on the leash.

  • Lisa
    May 14, 2012 at 12:32 pm

    Happy Mother’s Day to yours as well! Mama’s are the best! : )
    I hope you feel better. It seems like it’s related to food? I experimented with taking out food groups and after months of trying, I realized a lot of dairy & meat gave me digestive problems. I went vegetarian 4 months ago and haven’t looked back!

    • Laura
      May 14, 2012 at 10:23 pm

      Thanks! Who knows – I’ve done some elimination experiments and haven’t figured anything out yet:(