I like beer, but I normally don’t have one with my lunch. Yesterday I did, but it was an accident.
Studly Doright has me confined to the house as we await the delivery of a generator.
“When it arrives,” Studly said, referring to the generator. “Have them put it in the garage.”
“When do you expect this generator to be delivered?” I inquired.
“Oh, sometime this week.”
I waited all day Monday, finding ways to keep busy around Doright Manor. Tuesday went the same way. Wednesday came and went with no generator in sight.
I’m a restless soul. I drive into Tallahassee or Havana on most days just to explore or shop or mingle with strangers in coffee shops and cafés. So to be stuck at Doright Manor, as lovely as it is, for three straight days has been like a weird purgatory. I’m comfortable and well fed, but I’m going slightly crazy.
Yesterday at noon while awaiting the generator’s arrival I decided to eat one of the tuna salad kits I’d purchased as part of my Hurricane Irma supplies. Since the salad only had 200 calories I figured I could have a Virgil’s brand root beer to accompany my meal.
I opened the bottle and took my lunch into the den where I settled into my favorite chair to enjoy Rachael Ray’s television program as I dined. The tuna was decent; although, not up to my own homemade tuna salad, but the root beer tasted off. I thought perhaps that tuna and root beer might not be compatible tastes, but I kept eating and drinking.
It was only when I thought to check the caloric content of the root beer that I realized I was drinking an actual beer (Smithwick’s) and not a Virgil’s. Boy, did I feel like a complete idiot!
Much is written these days about a mindful approach to living. Maybe I should start paying attention.
In my defense, both drinks were packaged in bottles….
Praying for Eyebrowz 
And.. the bottles really match!!! hahaha!! Mindfulness led to fun!!! 🙂
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I apparently have a very unsophisticated palate.
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Lol. An accidental beer is made to be drunk…. x
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I might have to have another accident today.
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Know what? Sometimes in life we just need an accident like that. xx
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Hiccup!
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Being confined for such a length of time does your eyes in
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Aha! That’s the excuse I’ll use!
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An honest mistake. The beer gods guiding your destiny🍺
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I just wish I’d saved it for a better meal!
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Canned squid!
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I just threw up a little!
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Ha!
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I also get restless when confined for too long! Loved the part about mistaking the beer for root beer! LOL!!!
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Maybe it’s time to have my eyesight and my taste buds checked!
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I’m coming over to your house for lunch! We’ve also started to open and nibble from the Irma purchases. Lots and lots of Danish cookies, I noticed. And black beans (???). – Marty
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Lay off the black beans if you want an invitation to lunch! 😊
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