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Soup for you!

Six days later, and I’m still sick. I decided to try ordering some really spicy soup to try to knock the cold out of me, but it didn’t work.

So I tried some chicken pad see yew. I used to be obsessed with this (as in the delivery guys from my fave D.C. Thai place knew me by name obsessed), but I haven’t had it since I started trying to lose weight almost two years ago. It was delicious, but I felt sick to my stomach and bloated when I finished it. Because I ate the whole thing. Oops.

In between lunch and dinner (the above matzoh ball soup), all I did was sleep and go to the doctor. When I finally realized I’d been sick for almost a week, I decided it was high time to go and walked to one of the Duane Reade walk-in clinics.

Between walking in, being seen and diagnosed (strep…boo!) and getting my prescription filled, it took about 20 minutes total. I would definitely do this again if sick and wanted to see a doctor quickly without having to worry about getting an appointment. 

Old Friends

Last night, I temporarily left my sick cave to hang out with my friend Kat, who is visiting from D.C. We met seven (!) years ago when we interned together and became fast friends due to our shared love for happy hour. (And some things never change.)

We did a little happy hour chez moi and then headed out to find something to eat. She’s staying at a hotel relatively near me, and we were both tired, so we went for something within walking distance—fine with me!

We went to Basilica, a cozy Italian restaurant on 9th Ave. I had the farfalle with broccoli rabe and spicy sausage. (It reminded me of what I thought was going to be my last pasta meal ever when I thought I had celiac.)

Kat does freelance photography, so I didn’t feel too bad/weird taking some pictures in the restaurant. It wasn’t that busy, either, so I wasn’t the jerk with the camera.

She’s taken a million random photos of me that I didn’t realize she took and later saw online, so…hi Kat!

Then the waiter brought us some amaretto on the house. Who was I to say no??