Anniversary Dinner

Saludos a todos! It's been a slow week, mainly because I have been dealing with a killer cold that has me sounding like a young man in the throes of puberty - really, one of my friends called the other day and thought I was Ike. Scary. So I have given myself the liberty to be a slug for the past few days. And thanks to my husband, I did something unheard of...I slept in until almost 1130 hours the other day! He was flying that night, and instead of going in early like he usually does, he stayed home and took care of Isa. Trust me, I say with zero sarcasm that it was the best anniversary gift ever, LOL. Although I am still wheezing/hacking quite a bit (and still sounding rather masculine) Amir offered to baby-sit for us so we could go out on a date and celebrate. Yes, we jumped at the opportunity and headed straight for Romano's....and it was SO yummy...check out my dish:

(Side note: I also scarfed down a loaf of Italian bread and some bruschetta...I am a self-admitted carb-junkie. Don't ever take away my pasta, rice, or bread, and we'll all get along, LOL)

Anyway, Isaiah and I sat and reminisced on our first dinner at this place and it got me kind of nostalgic. We discovered this restaurant years ago when he was taking me down to Maryland and Washington D.C. for the medical appointments leading up to my brain surgery in 2004. We even went there on the day I was finally released from the hospital, looking all kinds of crazy, because I like it so much. So you can imagine how excited we were when we found out they opened a Romano's here in Honolulu...it has meaning for us! Isaiah decided to memorialize us on their table:

Don't worry, we're not vandals - there is a roll of paper on top of the tablecloth. And we're not usually this corny, but we figure it's permitted once a year : )

Now we are home, so I think I will take some nice meds that will help me breathe normally and maybe even get a decent night of sleep. As I type, I can see Ike dozing on the couch out of the corner of my eye. I can already predict what will happen - I will try and pry the remote out of his hands to turn the TV off, and he will pretend like he has been awake this whole time. Gotta love him...Happy Anniversary, babe!