I’m generally fine at getting out of the house at night, thankfully. I usually have plans with friends a few nights a week, which certainly keeps my sanity intact.
Last night, Samantha invited me and a few other people over for a chocolate-tasting party. Um, twist my arm.
This is what good nights are made of.
Ghiardelli sent her the chocolate to host a wine and chocolate party. It was all dark chocolate, which is my favorite. When I was losing weight, I usually had a few pieces of dark chocolate every night right before bed as a treat. (Now my treats are oh, just a little bigger.)
We sampled both the 60% cacao and the 86% cacao dark chocolates. The 60% was good, but I liked the 86% much better because it was so strong. I really only needed a few squares of it, although I did have more for quality control. You know, to make sure each piece was as good as the last. You were technically supposed to pair the 86% with red wine, but I prefer white, so I drank it with white, too. Samantha even followed the suggested food pairings, serving pretzels and caramel popcorn on the side.
She had a pumpkin plant! Isn’t this cute??
Thanks for having me!
More Good Things!
I went to the doctor this morning for my knee.
She said it was definitely runner’s knee.
No, I didn’t miscategorize this. This is a good thing. There’s not something worse with my knee, and she thinks I will be okay for the marathon, so long as the pain doesn’t get worse. She prescribed me 4-6 weeks physical therapy, which means that I can even continue to rehab my knee after the marathon. I actually sort of like PT because I get to get stronger and learn more exercises.
I had a little time to kill, so I stopped at a diner and got some eggs. And bacon. Bacon is good.
Afterwards, I went over to Junior League for a networking event. In addition to our work in the community, one of the great things we do is train our volunteers with professional and leadership skills. I’ll post more about this later, but it was a really interesting session that left me feeling recharged about my job search.
I also have some fun weekend plans coming up: Junior League party Friday night, wine tour Saturday, long run Sunday.
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Chocolate and wine! Sounds like a great evening!
What's good for me right now? Finally feeling like I can move around after my marathon last weekend. Downhill marathons are dangerous!!
@Celia: yay! Which marathon?
Yay, thanks for coming last night! So much fun. And thank goodness about the runner's knee diagnosis. I'm odd too (I guess?) and loved every time I had to go in for a PT session after my ACL surgery. It was fun learning new exercises and I definitely could feel the strength building up over time.
Have fun this weekend, and let me know about what you hear tomorrow!
@Samantha: oh, I will!
Sounds like fun!
What's good for me right now.. Mentally preparing myself for the fact I signed up for a marathong..
Weird to be woo-ing for runner's knee, but it's good you know what it is and have a plan for getting better! I love PT, too. Because I am a nerd.
Good for me: I am so freaking excited for this weekend's race (Nike half). I am starting to make big plans for next year. I impulse-bought boots that I LOVE last weekend, even though I'm banning them from my feet until after Nike. There are good leftovers in my fridge.
@Kimra: yay! I'm excited for you, too. Also did you finally decide to buy the boots because you were sick of just talking about shopping? :)
@Theodora: No, the massive J.Crew order currently on a UPS truck was what happened when I got sick of just talking about shopping. The boots were totally unplanned! ;)
It looks like you had a great night which hopefully balances out the bad! I'm sad I'll miss this weekend's fun but hopefully I can join you for more NYJL fun later this season!!
chocolate party sounds rillll good
good = a speedy recovery. not jinxing anything tho...
mmm, chocolate and wine. good that your knee issue is totally manageable and you'll be good to go for the marathon. i've had runner's knee - more of an annoyance than anything. are you in the taper now?
What's good for me right now is tea. And lots of it. I'm getting over an ugly cold and have been drinking tea (all kinds) round the clock. i'm convincing myself it's working...
Glad to hear that it's nothing worse with your knee!
And what's good for me right now? Pumpkin beers in my fridge!
@Sara: OH HAI. ON MY WAY. :)
oh man a chocolate tasting party sounds amazing. I love dark chocolate i buy the dark chocolate covered almonds from whole foods and those are great treats!
Chocolate and wine? Awesome! Once I went to a chocolate and beer pairing. It was amazing.