Sonic

Let's talk about Sonic for a minute. I went to Sonic for the first time today. I have obsessed about Sonic for quite some time. You see we have only had Sonic in Minnesota for about a year. Why was I obsessed you ask? Because of all the damn Sonic commercials that played on TV when there was no Sonic in MN. I have this thing about wanting things I can't have. So I wanted Sonic because it looks so good on TV.

About a year ago Sonic arrived with quite a large bang. The first one opened up on the East Side of St. Paul which is where I lived for about 37 years but have since moved to a different part of St. Paul (Highland Park in case you were wondering). I was desperate to go. I had to try Sonic. I held off for about a week and then one night I was going to take a trip across town, ok it's about 8 miles but it's like on the other side of St. Paul so anyway I happened to read the paper before I left and found a very interesting story about Sonic that halted my trip. People were waiting in line for 3-4 hours to get into Sonic. WHAT???? Yes, that is right folks business was booming. They actually had to set up a staging area down the road from Sonic, you had to go to the staging area and wait for your turn to enter Sonic's parking lot. I guess it pretty much stayed that way all summer. No Sonic for me. I like to try new things but I am not one to wait 3 hours for food.

A few more Sonic's have opened in MN but none close to me and I never got around to the far eastern side of St. Paul so I was thrilled to hear that Sonic was opening in West St. Paul, very close to my place of employment. I was out and about today and the line wasn't long so I stopped.

My review: It was ok. The burger was decent and so were the tots but I do have to say that the Cherry Limeaid was to die for. It was also happy hour so my drink was 1/2 price.

Is Sonic worth th hype? Eh, you have to be the judge. Will I go back? Yes, there are some other things I would like to try and I am definitely getting another Cherry Limeaid. I also want to try some Ocean thing. Ocean breeze or something like that. It was blue, it looked good.

Now if Chik-fil-A would just get here.............

Flux

I am once again in a state of flux. This happens to me every so often and I can't really explain why. I get scattered, restless, can't figure out what I want to do, want to do everything. I also can't predict when it's going to hit. Sometimes it doesn't happen for a while and sometimes it comes on sooner than I expect.

I'm starting to suspect that part of it has to do with some really personal things that I just can't go into here because they directly involve someone else and really it is their issue and it wouldn't be right for me to talk about it. It makes me mad not to talk about it because it does directly affect me but it is my duty to keep some things private I guess. I am dealing with this particular issue with a therapist so I am not completely alone.

I tend to want to take care of everyone and everything. I take care of others much better than I take care of myself. I'm trying to work on taking care of myself but that is always a work in progress.

Right now my main source of flux is trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. You would think that at 41 I would have a clue by now but no such luck. I have a job but it's just that, a job. I don't want to do this job until I retire. There is not much room for advancement. There are a couple of possibilities but right now there is a total hiring freeze on at the county and with this economy no one is going anywhere right now.

I feel like I need to carve out something new for myself but I can't figure out what that is. Nothing sounds quite right. How do you find your passion? I feel like I am always going to be in this vicious cycle of one minute being content and the next minute scrambling.

I'm feeling extremely restless...............

Another Recipe

I found another cool cooking blog that I think you will all enjoy. Check out this Rainbow cake. I think you mom's out there will love it for the kids. The recipe posted is a Weight Watchers friendly recipe but you can skip the WW part and just make the cake like you would a regular old cake recipe. It even has pictures.

Recipe

I think I have mentioned Pioneer Woman on here before when I was raving about the crash hot potatoes. Anyways there is a new recipe that I must direct your attention to, it's Macaroni and Cheese. I haven't made it yet but it's on the list for this weekend. Enjoy!