Two Days in One Blog Post

What a whirlwind yesterday and today have been! The schedule was fairly light at the clinic yesterday so we spent the day making the reception area look festive by putting up all the Halloween decorations. I jetted out of work around 2:30 to go pick up my dad from the airport. We grabbed some Starbucks on the way home and then went to O'Charleys for dinner. My dad ordered the Prime Rib Pasta and I ordered the Bruschetta Chicken. This dish was fantastic - like, 'last meal' good! The chicken breast was topped with melty mozzerella cheese and the traditional balsamic tomato and onion bruschetta. On the side was steamed broccoli and a grilled tomato. DIE! And by the way.....this entire dish is only 470 calories? Oh. Em. Gee.

Today my dad and I were up and at 'em right away. We ate a light breakfast at home (I had an egg and avocado on toast, he had a bowl of cheerios) before heading out to do a little shopping and then we went to pick up my race packet for tomorrow. A neon pink Brooks tech shirt!? Amazeballs. Neon is the new black people.

The swag bag is always an exciting part of packet pick-up for me. It's fun to see what kind of odd goodies they throw in among all the random candidates for the recycling bin. I'm pretty excited about these two items from Dr. Nate's Naturals:

I'm all about natural products - especially local ones. Turns out Dr. Nate is not only a real person, but a Murfreesboro native. The products are 100% natural and are never tested on animals. The website claims that the Natural Lip Therapy (Retail Price: $4.00) is the "best balm you've ever used!" I put some on a little bit ago and it really reminds me of C.O. Bigelow's Mentha Lip Shine sans the 'over-powering, don't even try to eat or drink' minty taste. Who's a fan? This girl! The toothpaste (Retail Price: $5.00) is fluoride free and my dad is currently being my guinea pig upstairs and giving it a whirl.....so more on that in a hot minute.

This evening Molly came over for our traditional pre-race pasta dinner. Her parents recently moved down here from Chicago so with the three of them, my dad, and me, we had a full table! Thank goodness for neighbors that also have counter-height kitchen tables that can loan me an extra chair. Ha! We had spaghetti with a choice of garden veggie or meat sauce, garlic bread, and a delicious side salad that was loaded with dried cranberries, hard boiled eggs, and grilled chicken. For dessert we had a neopolitan angel food cake. Yeah, it was every bit as good as it sounds. So fluffy and light; not too sweet. Great food and great company.

It's almost 9:30 so I better get to bed before I turn into a pumpkin. I've got an early morning and need to get a good night's sleep if at all possible.

P.S. Final verdict on the toothpaste from my dad: He said it tastes good and his teeth feel clean. However, he noted that "it's not real foamy." So there you have it.