What Next?

It's fair to say, my life at the moment, is not going at all to plan. Quite frankly, it is pretty darned crappy and that's putting it politely. If I were speaking with you one to one, I can assure you 'crappy' is not the word I would use, it would likely involve a fair few expletives and a lot of hurt angry tears, of which there have been many. However, it is getting a little easier and yesterday, I was far more up than down.

With this in mind and with the new term looming, I decided to take the girls out to dinner. I can do this, I thought. It will be good for me. No having to cook, and perhaps if someone else has cooked it, I may feel more inclined to eat...my appetite is still somewhat suppressed.

The girls decided they would like to go to Frankie and Benny's, which was a good choice, nice and relaxed, friendly, bubbly staff, and for those of us with the appetite of a sparrow, some nice light choices that don't look terrifyingly huge on the plate, oh and cheesecake to die for. See I told you I was having more ups than downs; the very fact that I was able to even entertain the idea of cheesecake or anything sweet is testimony to it!

Anyway, moving on from cheesecake (which this morning, I must confess, is not looking nearly as appealing as it did yesterday), we arrived and had a short wait before we could be seated. This gave Miss. D an opportunity to connect to the free Wifi because you know, teenager, can't live without Wifi. Much to her pleasure and amusement, she managed not to connect to Frankie and Benny's Wifi, but Costa next door. Small things, I know, but she was happy, but not so happy as she was to get to our table and get her menu.

The girls are pretty good at choosing their meals quickly, so it wasn't long before we were ready to place our order. Miss. L went first with the kids menu (which she is now too old for, but she's only a little eater) then Miss. D, whom ordered the meatballs and then me. As soon as I saw it on the menu, I knew I had to have the goats cheese and avocado wrap; I love avocado! Oh the disappointment, no goats cheese, so no wrap. You'll be pleased to hear, I kept it together, I didn't burst into tears (unlike another customer whom, I was informed, had done), I ordered the Cajun chicken wrap instead (it was nice, but not as nice as the goats cheese and avocado would have been). And for those of you telling me to eat, I ate 3/4 of the wrap and 1/4 of the fries, Miss. D helped herself to a few too because the giant dish of meatballs just wasn't enough for her.

Now, we don't normally do dessert because we're all usually too full, but Miss. L was up for it so I decided to take the plunge and order the peanut butter and chocolate cheesecake. Miss. D passed as she was full, as she should have been!

Well we waited and we waited and then we waited some more. We got a little bit excited when we saw our waiter with two desserts, then felt sad when they weren't ours, so we waited a bit longer. Eventually, a manager came over and confessed one of our desserts was no longer available. Go on have a guess...yes it was mine! Really! My main wasn't available and now my dessert was gone too. Do you not realise what a crappy time I am having? I need this bloody cheesecake! Anyway,  I chose the salted caramel cheesecake instead and hoped to goodness it wasn't going to disappear before the order went in (I probably would have cried if that happened).

All of this was highly amusing to the girls, who laughed just a little bit too long and just a lot too hard. Oh and to add insult to injury, Miss. D ate most of my cheesecake, I could really only manage a couple of spoons, and Miss. L finished it off.

So all in all, a little bit of a disappointing trip out, but at least I didn't have to wash up after.