Nothing more American than voting & fried chicken!
I think every time I vote, I joke about voting only to get the damn sticker! True story, one year they ran out of stickers! They gave their last one to an older gentleman who happened to walk over to the ballot machine fast enough to get ahead of me! #jerk
Even though I graduated with a degree in political science, I shy away from talking about politics at all costs. Nothing good ever comes of it. Your Facebook posts and Instagram memes do nothing to change someone's opinion. This 2016 presidential election has been awful on both sides, and even the third party libertarian camps too!
Nonetheless, I went to go vote early this morning before work started. I was nervous about going for two reasons:
I recently got married (duh), so my last name had changed.
I am also voting in a new county than I was previously registered for.
It never fails that every time I vote, there's always something wrong with my ballot. I don't understand it, but this morning, I felt like I had a double whammy of problems facing me. Surprisingly enough, those two things were not the issue. The issue was that the polling place check-in guy couldn't believe that my name was Stevie. Of course! Not my last name, not my residence, but my first name was the problem! THEN, he thought I said my name was "Dee Dee". *insert major eye roll* #dudedoilooklikeaDeeDee?
Anyway, I was able to enunciate enough for the man to realize that yes, my name is Stevie...just like Stevie Nicks (the proper association, BTW), just like Stevie Wonder, just like Stevie Ray Vaughan, etc. I fulfilled my civic duty and submitted my ballot! And of course, I had to take a selfie to prove it! #basichumanbeing
I sent Ben a picture of my "I Voted" sticker this morning.
I took a screenshot of our conversation, because I love the variance between what we talk about. It's a healthy amount of my ADHD and his acceptance of it. Voting --> Chicken
Ben asked me this morning who I thought was going to win.
My response: "Probably the devil."
It makes me wonder if anyone ever writes "the devil" on the ballot.
So, most mornings, I get my day started as early as I can, because I prefer to cook my lunch the day I intend on eating it. I don't know what kind of gross beasts are among us that eat leftovers, but I vote that you go live on another planet. Sure, I sympathize with leftover pizza, but it can't be more than a day old...#hardpassonthat
I had one large chicken breast thawed out in the fridge, and decided that we would split that for lunch. Normally, I bake chicken in the oven, because that is what I know (450 degrees, 13-15 minutes on one side, 5-7 minutes on the other side). But, I didn't feel like heating up the oven for one breast, so I decided to try pan frying it!
I wish you could see Ben's face this morning! He was happy to know that I made his lunch for him (which has been a continuous trend lately...#onmywifeyshit). He asked me if I used the chicken breast. I suspiciously said, "Yesssss..." and he looked at me and said, "So, what did you do to it?" I smiled and told him that I decided to pan fry it. Knowing that I don't know how to do that and not have uncooked chicken, his face went from calmed happiness to full blown panic mode! "You did?" I said, "Yep!" and he asked, "So, how do you know that it's cooked?" and I responded with, "I don't!"
MOMENT OF TRUTH came around 12:00 PM, and it was determined that the chicken was cooked & tasty! Notice my "thank god" text! LOL
I may have already bragged about this in previous posts, but I really do have to commend my husband for always eating what I put on the plate! I only started getting interested in becoming a better cook in my mid-twenties, and I am by no means an expert now in my late-twenties. But, I do try very hard to get it right. I'll never forget when I made a Pinterest-find for an avocado, tomato, and cucumber salad this past summer. Two of those ingredients he despises: avocado and cucumber. When I tried it, I EVEN hated it and couldn't finish. I looked over at Ben to give him the "Ok-this-is-definitely-gross" approval to throw it away and he had cleaned his plate completely. He said he wasn't a fan, but he still ate it. That's a good man, right there. Thank you, hunny! :)
I recently wrote about my need for glasses. Well, I actually followed through and booked an appointment. I literally walked in there and said, "Show me your largest glasses." I can't help it! I have always loved Paris Hilton sized sunglasses, and that definitely carried over to my love of big eye glasses as well!
I got a call today that my new glasses have arrived, so I went to pick them up! All week I have been leading Ben to believe that I purchased extremely large glasses, and he seemed frightened! Hah!
We've been watching the 5th season of American Horror Story (The Hotel one) and Kathy Bates plays a bellhop character that has HUGE glasses. I've been teasing him all week that mine are the exact same size!
My glasses didn't turn out to be as big as hers, but they are still pretty big! And, the verdict is: I LOVE THEM!
Of course, in true fashion, I had to make sure that Ben liked them as well! This lead to the following conversation of epic proportions:
What's funny is I started writing this blog post earlier in the day about voting and chicken, and the rest of the day followed with chicken & donuts. So, if we do the math:
Voting--> Fried Chicken--> More Fried Chicken--> Donuts
Therefore: Voting--> Donuts
We always get the same thing at Chick-fil-a! A Deluxe #1 with colby jack cheese! As I'm typing this, I am smiling so greatly, because if you read this post about pickles, you'll know that those two pickles gently laying in a bed of waffle fries are Ben's pickles he has graciously donated to me. :) Thanks, babe!
Alas, it was donut time!
We drove down Veteran's Parkway to see the neon sign of heaven: NOW SERVING HOT & FRESH! Every single time Ben and I go to Krispy Kreme and we see that sign lit up, we instantly scream, "HOT ONES!" "HOT & FRESH!" in some strange accent I have yet to put my finger on! It's pretty much a tradition now.
We even say it while we are ordering through the drive-thru...Krispy Kreme employees probably think we are nuts...#nutsaboutdonuts
Unfortunately, we didn't end up getting our free donut, because we had to "come inside" to get it. WTH! I'm already ordering TWO DOZEN (Yaaaa, we got a little carried away), and you can't just throw in 2 extra free donuts...hot & fresh ones, of course?! Oh well, I mean...we DID just buy 24 donuts...between the two of us, we probably don't need more!
Normally, we just continue driving home while stuffing our faces with donuts, but we couldn't wait, so we sat in the parking lot at Krispy Kreme and began to feast:
And yes, you just saw Ben hand-feeding me...#wemadehistorytonight #wildbeastfeast
We headed home, still tuned into the election and spent the entire car ride talking politics. The rest of our night was spent playing with Vader and watching the election until almost 3 AM! Between having the TV running, a live electoral map on my phone, and reading Facebook posts, we were fully connected!
America has elected it's 45th president as Donald J. Trump. I don't want this blog to be a sound board for politics, so I won't add too much of my opinion here, but I will say this: It is truly amazing that we live in a country that has been built on the idea that you can be anything you want to be.
America, I love you and all your beauty!
