Last night I was supposed to go to with a friend and her family to the fair. Unfortunately, right before they arrived I realized I had forgotten to complete a work project and had to go to the office instead. NOT how I wanted to end my Thursday. (Nevermind that my brain was confused and I kept thinking it was Wednesday.)
This morning I woke up to an e-mail from that client that I’d messed something on her report. I HATE when I make mistakes. She’s totally reasonable, I fixed it and she’s happy but it didn’t start my day off well. Nevermind that I woke up feeling tired and blah.
I got to work and had instant messages from clients popping up before my computer had fully started up. It was an insane day. And, I was in a funky mood and the weird randomness wasn’t helping. Then I got an e-mail from another client with a gift certificate attached. No reason. Just a “thanks, you rock, we couldn’t do things without you” thank you and gift. Followed by an instant message from another client who threw a total random/urgent project at me this morning saying “you’re the best, I don’t know what I’d do without you”. So, it all worked out.
Of course I was still in a funky mood and kind of snapped at my brother (who is also a client) when he asked me a question. I had no clue what he was talking about, he caught me in the middle of something, and was throwing questions at me that were not related to anything I was working on and I wasn’t understanding what he wasn’t understanding. I snappped. He snapped back. I appologized. (This is why I like working four hours away from my closest client.)
Some colleagues/friends asked about meeting for lunch. I said yes if we could have a late lunch. We agreed on 3. Totally threw my food plans off for the day. I had my afternoon snack for lunch which resulting in my being STARVING by the time we got to the restaurant.
We ordered a Mediterranean plate for appetizers which was delicious. I had a Huckleberry Lemon Drop to go with it which was super yummy. Then I had a portabella mushroom sandwich with a side caeser salad (and another Huckleberry Lemon Drop). (I seriously, don’t think I’ve drank that much in probably a year — but it tasted good and it was one of those days and I wanted it, so I had it.)
Then I felt sick. (Not from two drinks but because I ate so dang much.) Seriously, I thought I was going to puke.
I ate a LOT. We split the appetizer among three of us. I didn’t eat all of the side salad. But, I still ate too much.
I came home and watched a movie. Four hours later I finally feel a little better.
Calorie wise — I’m not even going to try to figure it out. I didn’t do horrible but it was an end to a crazy week and I don’t want to worry or think about how I actually did.
Now, I’ve mentioned Huckleberries in my last two posts. I also got some comments asking what the heck a huckleberry is. Here’s what they look like:
They are similar to blueberries (in fact when I was reading up on them trying to figure out who to describe them other then say “they are huckleberries” wikipedia also says they are similar to blueberries). I had my first huckleberry experience in Montana years ago. It was a chocolate covered huckleberry that is similar to a chocolate covered cherry and I think that’s one of my favorite ways to eat a huckleberry. Huckleberries are the Idaho state fruit, and let me tell you Idahoans take our huckleberries seriously. If you go to any touristy shop in the Montana/Idaho/Eastern Washington area you’ll see a Huckleberry display. They run on the expensive side if you buy them fresh (you can really only get them at farmers markets). But, you can pick them wild lots of places (but don’t ask anyone to take you because if they know a good picking spot they won’t share it with you). Bears like them so you have to watch for bears when picking them in the wild (I’m guessing that’s why they’re so expensive). They have a tart to sweet taste when fresh but most people I know eat them in something (like in pancakes or cakes or something). I think you can only get them fresh about 2 months out of the year so they are a hot commodity.
Very popular huckleberry items:
Here’s a local company, Wildbeary, that makes a LOT of Huckleberry products — you’ll find their stuff in just about every store that has even the tiniest tourist corner.
Of course, no true Idaho restaraunt would have a menu without at least one Huckleberry item. Some I’ve seen: Huckleberry Mojito, Huckleberry Martini, and today’s favorite a Huckleberry Lemondrop, Huckleberry sauce over fish (I can’t remember the details just that it was a huckleberry sauce over some type of fish). Seriously, Idahoans will put huckleberries on just about anything.
Yeah, so we’re weird…it’s the nine months of winter that make us that way. 
Well…it’s 10:30, at 8:00 I was hoping to stay awake until 9. Guess I accomplished that, at least. But, I’m tired and I have a headache and I want this week to be truly OVER so I can start my weekend.
