Stag Saturday: Eat, Pray, Love!

Thanks to my psychosocial professor (and a lot of free time on the weekends), I'm now on the path to self discovery. As an attempt to learn more about myself, I am now starting "Stag Saturdays". You go on a date to learn more about the other person, so why can't you go out by yourself to learn more about you? So I put on my nice purple dress, curled my hair, did my makeup, and even sprayed some "Sensuous" perfume. I decided to go to Chili's, which is one of my favorite restaurants. The hostess literally giggled at me when I told her I needed a table for one. Really? What if I had just been dumped? She would have opened herself up for a lot more than she anticipated had that been the case. Lucky for her, though, I am embracing the fact that I am single.

Normally when I go to Chili's, I get the chicken ranch sandwich. It's pretty much the closest you can get to Jesus and still have a pulse. However, I decided to do things a little differently tonight and go with the nachos. It was a wonderful decision. I left the restaurant a little early and decided to treat myself to ice cream. Another good decision. After devouring all but the napkin I was using to hold the waffle cone, I bought my movie ticket (Eat, Pray, Love). I was sitting alone in the front row with my sour gummy worms when I noticed I was surrounded by couples. I was excited to see a middle-aged woman at the end of my row sitting by herself. I then noticed that she was about 200 pounds and was balancing a vast array of food on her lap. I refuse to believe that will be me in 20 years. Anyway, the movie was pretty good, and it was definitely appropriate for my life right now.

From now on whenever I do Stag Saturdays, I'm going to try to write about something new that I learned about myself on my "date". Tonight, for instance, I learned that I use my phone as a silence diversion. It was nearly impossible for me to sit and wait for my food without reaching for my phone. Sad, I know. I'd love to say that I will leave my phone in my car from now on, but that probably won't happen. Anyway, here are some pictures from my date!