(Good) Friday Favorites...New Orleans Style!

New Orleans is known as one of the biggest Catholic towns in the country. We're also known to use any excuse to party. Combine these two and you get a Good Friday tradition....a crawfish boil! Chris and Angela had their annual crawfish boil this afternoon and it was perfect. The weather has been absolutely beautiful here today. They boiled about 120 pounds of crawfish of which I probably ate about 10. Add to that 4 beers (a must have with crawfish) and it was quite an enjoyable afternoon. Sunny skies, a cool breeze, lots of friends and family (that I didn't know) and tons of good food. Quite a nice afternoon.

Managed to have my migraine carry on into another day. Work was excruciating today as there was lots of patients yelling. I think patients tend to get more upset around holidays which makes sense. Unfortunately, many of them will spend their Easter in the hospital, away from their families. So I guess I can understand the yelling and screaming and kicking. But understanding only does so much. It doesn't help my migraine. But I found something that does! After discovering so many others out there with migraines through my blog I hope to have a helpful tip for everyone....Head On Migraine! I'm sure we've all heard of Head On (apply directly to the forehead). Well this is one specifically for migraines and it worked for me today when my prescription stuff didn't. It looks like a giant tube of chapstick. You literally apply it directly to your forehead. Now I don't know if there's medication in it, but it works. It sort of gives you this cold, tingly feeling like you have ice on your forehead. That feeling distracts your brain from the pain. But even after the tingly feeling wore off, my headache was gone! And the best thing is, you can't overdose on it...you can apply it as much as is needed. So migraine sufferers, try this out! It's one of the best 8 dollars you'll spend.

Hope everyone else has had a nice Good Friday and that you continue to have an enjoyable Easter weekend!

Mexican Dreams

We've solidified our plans for Mexico. We will be staying at the El Dorado Royale from May 22nd through May 29th. I can't wait. The resort looks beautiful. It's all inclusive and is located close to the Mayan ruins which I am very much looking forward to seeing. It looks like it's just going to be me & Megan and Chris & Angela. It's going to be so great! I graduate with my Master's on May 19th and this will be the celebration. I can't wait to relax on a hammock on a gorgeous white sand beach and sip cocktails all day. mmmmmmmmmm....

I went to Chris and Angela's last night to book the trip. They boiled crawfish which were quite good with king cake from Gambino's for dessert. Here's the sad part...I had 3 beers last night..THREE! And I woke up with a "hangover headache". How sad is that?! I just can't drink anymore. Every time I drink anything these days I have a hangover. Miserable feeling. So we attempted to book the trip last night, but my stupid bank wouldn't let me. Apparently, Capital One doesn't allow you to spend more than $2000 at a time...so how the hell do you book a trip? I think I'm going to call the bank and see if they'll lift that rule so I can book. But now I have to wait until the hold that the travel agency put on my card goes away before I can book again. Good Lord!

But I'm not complaining...all that matters at this point is that I will be in Mexico in a little over 3 months :)

Crawfish and oddities

I had my first crawfish of the season today and they were deeeeeelicious. Met up with angela and chris at Village Inn for lunch. They were a tad bit salty, but I love salt, so no complaining too much. I may be complaining later as I continue to swell to the size of a blimp from all of the salt.

Oddities:
1. While I was driving down Veterans Highway today, I noticed that the grass around the canal was a different shade of green than it normally is. A darker green. Thought this was very odd. As I continued to drive down, I noticed a giant truck that was spray painting all of the grass green. My question is, are my tax dollars going to the government so that we can spray paint grass a different shade of it's natural color? What sense does this make? And why now of all times. I believe parades (mardi gras parades for those not from new orleans) start this weekend, so why would you spray paint all of the grass that people will be standing on? Why spray paint it at all? And hell, why not just make it hot pink....make it interesting at least if you're really going to waste my money on that.

2. Why are undergrads driving Acuras these days? A good friend of mine whom I've known since high school pulled up to PJ's today in a brand spankin new '07 black acura. I know there's no way he's paying for this. Guessing mom and dad are taking care of that. But seriously, an Acura?! In high school his parents bought him a forerunner which apparantley died. But why not give him a civic or something. I don't know that I'll be able to afford an Acura even after I finish my master's.