My mentor was in town last evening. He comes to San Francisco regularly for business and we try to have dinner when possible. Last evening was one of those wonderful nights. He always challenges me and keeps pushing me to define my dreams and figure out how I'm going to implement them.
Dinner was at Kuleto's on Powell. I started with a Maker's Mark Manhattan. the second Manhattan arrived before my healthy salad of field greens and vinaigrette. I avoided all the other starches with my choice of entree`: petrale sole on a bed of Blue Lake green beans with sun dried tomatoes and a very tangy olive. Yummy! His fried radicchio was amazing, along with the steamed mussels. Another Manhattan. We shared a tiramisu and didn't finish it. And a final Manhattan. Overall, it was a pretty reasonable dinner. Um, except for the four Manhattans. I think I used up my month's allotment for alcohol.
This morning I was up .2 lbs. .2. I can live with that! I have to be extremely careful for the next week though.
When he asked me what my next goal is I thought about it a moment and told him I am resting this year and enjoying life. I told him about moving from my big house with the yard and all the upkeep to a studio apartment with no responsibilities. How I no longer commute and got 4 more hours of "ME" time back each day. In a year, that is the equivalent of working full-time for 6 months. I'm working on my reading list and designing sweaters to knit. I'm designing yarns and spinning them. I'm walking all over Alameda and meeting new people. I'm enjoying me.
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