(Almost) Burnin' down the house!

[elfs]

Today, I ate too much dessert, spent too much money, and almost burned down a school. Tonight it was Kouryou-chan's school's annual fundraiser, and I gotta tell you, the fundraisers for private schools are utterly bugout insane. People spent thousands of dollars on class craft items.

While I was having dinner, though, I put down our bid card and started to eat the salad put in front of me when Omaha noticed that I'd put it down on one of the decorative candles and it was going up in flames. We put it out, and then immediately noticed that the guy at the next table had done the same thing. It was mildly dramatic. I drank a coke, because other than water and wine it was the only thing they had. I am paying for that now. One person had a bag that read, "Someday, Coke and Pepsi will be remembered as the cigarettes of our era, another cheap drug made to look great by advertising."

I received a very nice compliment from a beautiful grey-haired woman about my kilt. Omaha looked devastating in her formal blouse and jacket and her vinyl skirt.

One of the items we bid on is the table's dessert: the table with the lowest bid, in a random and silent bid, ends up with the twinkies. Everyone else gets picks, in order, of what they want from a great table. We ended up with a delicious white cake with chocolate frosting. It cost Omaha and I $38 a piece. Hey, it all goes to Kouryou-chan's school, I know.

But I ate too much of the cake. It was... stunning. I'm not a cake person, but I just couldn't stop. Now my stomach aches and I feel awful. That's probably the Coke, too.

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[marketeer]

If it's any consolation, I once set my menu on fire on a date. A waiter ran over with a pitcher of ice water and drenched me, my date, and the table.

[taerin.livejournal.com]

The older I get, the less I can tolerate refined sugar without feeling sick (or falling asleep when it wears off and my blood sugar crashes.)

It's especially bad within a few hours of waking up, and I feel a lot better if I have some protein, or something like plain oatmeal with a little butter.