Tiina arrived at my house toting two of her kidlets. They asked me to drive them to dinner and I can practically hear my father’s nerves rising… Don’t worry, it went fine. We went to The Chop Tank, where we had some of the best food I’ve had in ages. I was so relieved that Tiina said what a great restaurant it was several times, because I wanted to show her and the kids some fun.
They live about 50 miles south of DC, but I can’t remember exactly where. Far enough that it was still far when I lived there.
We’re going to build a treehouse soon. I’m so excited. I’m making local friends…. Sort of. We used to live a lot closer and I moved before I went out to her house. So now it’s a lot further, and we both love to drive.
In fact, I was supposed to go out there today, but Tiina had an errand so far north of Baltimore that she thought it would take her until dinner to get back to my area, but in fact we were seated by around 3:30. None of us had lunch, so it was perfect.
Tiina’s daughter ordered a steak bigger than she was.
My eyes were bigger than my stomach in ordering, so I brought most of a steak salad home.
When Tiina gets home, her husband is going to have some great food, because they had a lobster roll, steak, a burger, crab dip, and bread.
Most of the reason I brought my salad home was because of that crab dip. I kept eating it despite telling myself to stop. I just hadn’t had anything that decadent in ages.
The weather was nice, if a bit chilly. It was plenty sunny to be out and about in a sweatshirt and jeans, but it got colder the more I drank ice water and Diet Coke. I always forget about that part of it……
It was too cold for the ducks to come all the way up from the water, so the kids didn’t get to see them.
But I know they’ll be back.
Tiina loved the restaurant, and it felt happier than I thought I got.
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