Year 2, Day 171: Capeniks

Today was supposed to be a day all about getting ready for our vacation. Amazingly, we were visited by not one, but two sets of post-vacationing siblings and relatives. My brother's family disembarked from the cape and stopped by for lunch. I was actually eating lunch when they called. Then Emily's sister and her family, disembarking from Newport, RI, stopped by for dinner, after indicating earlier that they would not. I was very glad to have visits from both of them. From a diet perspective, though, it was a diet-buster. It's pretty early in my vacation (not really even started yet officially, though some might argue that the minute you leave work you're on vacation) to start descending into pre-diet behavior, but that's what happened.

Breakfast
4 Slices of Ham
1 Slice Balthazar Multi-grain bread
Green Tea

Snack
12 oz. Peet's Coffee (half-decaf)
1/2 slice of Balthazar Rye Bread
1 Egg
1 Chicken Chorizo Sausage
2 oz 50% Jalapeno Cheddar

Lunch:
75% of a Buffalo Wrap (but not most of the wrap part)
Cheese from one slice of pizza
Caesar salad

Dinner:
Sashimi Combo (Octopus, Whitefish, Yellowtail, Salmon, Tuna)
Lettuce it came on as a salad
several chunks of boneless spareribs (have been my weakness since 1987)

After a long day of visiting relatives, we were exhausted and realized that we had packed exactly NOTHING for our week long vacation that was to begin tomorrow. To top it off, Ruby had complained about her stomach (something she rarely does unless she has to make a technicolor yawn) and gone to bed with the worrisome parent trifecta: she had the chills; she slept in her clothes, and she had refused dessert. Emily and I prepared for the worst, and we decided that if she made it through the night we would leave as planned. If the other thing happened, then we were just going to take it hour by hour.