I feel NORMAL again

What a wonderful past 36 hours I've had!! My daughter suprised my husband and I with an overnight stay at the Radisson Hotel downtown (Richmond) and dinner last night, New Years Eve. Ok, she and her girl friends had an alterior motive... they wanted the house to themselves for a party with their boyfriends. We talked about it, and after I layed down some rules (these same girls had some wild parties at our old house when I was out of town and I heard about it from the neighbors, when they were teenagers,) we decided to take them up on it. They are all over 21 and live at home (students and working,) so Kyle and I decided to enjoy ourselves. The highlight was going out to dinner for the first time, post-op. I just had a few items including fish, added to my diet Friday and hadn't really eaten much yet, so I looked for menus of restaurants downtown on line to get an idea of their menus. We chose La Grotta Ristorante (italian) and OH MY GAWD... it was fabulous!!! I ordered salmon, which came with a beurre blanc sauce that I asked to have on the side, mashed potatoes, and some kind of greens (maybe that new baby/leafy broccolli.) After the first bite, I was grinning from ear to ear. Told my hubby I wanted to get up and do a happy dance right in the middle of the restaurant! He decided to have desert and I chose a decaf hot tea after dinner. I ate so carefully and slow that I didn't fill up on the dinner, but filled up on tea! I had so much dinner left over, we had it boxed up. I had asked for a refrig in our room because I brought some food with me just in case (yogurt, protein supplement, etc.) so my leftovers were safe and sound. Today we went out for brunch before heading home. I ordered the smallest breakfast and ate about 1/3 of the scrambled eggs and a couple of small nibbles of hash brown potatoes. In addition to that my breakfast included 2 sausage links and 2 slices of toast that I didn't even touch. My husband has now learned a good lesson... don't order too much because he's going to end up eating my leftovers, which is like 3/4 of what I started with. With all that, he didn't eat for the rest of the day. Fortunately, he is NOT obese and, although he could stand to lose a few pounds, can lose it in a couple of weeks without too much trouble. Not like the rest of us, pre-op! After a month of liquids and mushy food, and hypernating at home, I'm glad to feel NORMAL again!!! So, all in all, a wonderful start to a new year. Love to all Tammy

Hi Tammy, It sounds like you had a wonderful time. I love cooking salmon on my George Foreman grill. That was just added to my menu a few days ago. It feels good to be able to eat something off the restaurant menu. I hope you continue to feel "normal". Happy New Year!!!!

Congratulations on going out AND on enjoying yourself at a restaurant, again!! It feels great to do "normal" activites, doesn't it? Continued good luck to you, and I hope this was the first of many post-op "dates" for you!! (P.S. How was the kids party????) *Kam*

They had a great party and the house looked good when we got home. We gave them all day Sunday too, although we stopped by to drop off my salmon dinner leftovers. They were cooking brunch and playing cards. All and all we had a great weekend. Hubby and I went to see King Kong! Tammy

I am so happy you had such a great evening! My husband and I went out for New Years Eve dinner also with some friends.. we shared a meal and it was wonderful! Here is to a great 2006.. we deserve it! Kim

Tammy, Sounds like a wonderful time!! I am jealous! Casey