rocky, mushrooms, and onions

today was a lazy saturday. i woke up, went to the coffee shop and was planning on going to the lake but had to rush back to the apartment for various reasons. needless to say, i didn't make it to the lake. so, i turned on the tv and what was on? ROCKY!!! a rocky marathon all day! this brightened my day. so what did i do all day? i was parked on the couch. didn't move except for occasionally letting chase face out on the porch to eat or bark at the passing dogs.

i started getting hungry this evening so i called my good friend deana marie. we decided to go to crazy fire. it's this restaurant where you get a bowl, put your raw meat, vegetables, and blended sauces in it then the chefs cook it all together on this huge round stove. don't know the word for that. so i'm sure you all know what i'm referring to. the thing i hate about these restaurants are the little bowls they give you. i was thinking you get charged for every bowl you get so i thought this time i would pile as much food on mine as i could. i started with the meat. for those who don't know me very well, i crave meat. yes it sounds barbaric but i do. i got some chicken, beef, sausage, calamari, scallops, and crab meat. surprisingly, i bipassed the ham! whoa! then i added some noodles. by this time my bowl was already about to overflow but i really really really wanted some mushrooms and onions. i got the mushrooms packed on there but the onions kept falling. i finally got the onions strategically placed on top of the noodles so they would stay balanced and not fall. i slowly walked over to the sauces where deana was. she was all "good Lord amanda! that's about to fall!" i laughed. then it happened. i reached for the garlic oil and all my onions and mushrooms toppled off and landed sporadically in all the sauces. deana immediately bursts out laughing and yelling, "i gotta pee, i gotta pee!" i on the other hand quietly say, "oops" then walk over and put more mushrooms and onions on top of my bowl as they keep falling into the other vegetables. the lady who was refilling the trays of food completely stopped and stared at me as if she wanted to say some sarcastic comment. instead of waiting for that comment, I proceeded to say, "don't worry i'll get those" as i steadied my hand with the bowl and reached for all the onions i spilt so i could throw them away. i wanted to laugh so hard but i knew that bowl of food would end up everywhere. talk about self control! i finally made it over to the counter where i slowly placed my food so nothing would fall. the people around just stared because i realized then i was able to use 2 bowls. then the chef came around and he obviously didn't care about my mushrooms and onions or what i had been through to get them on there because he came by and jerked that bowl right up and i swear i probably lost half of my food just in that swift motion! dinner turned out delicious and i have no regrets.