Ben

Ben is my friend.

Isn't there a song about Ben?

Ah yes, it's a Michael Jackson song.

About a rat if I remember correctly.

My Ben is NOT a rat.

My Ben is Nevis.

Ben Nevis.

A smooth, 10 year, single malt from the central highlands of Scotland.

He is my friend.  Me likee him.

After this post everyone is going to think I'm an alcoholic.

But I'm not - I just like to have a glass at the end of the day.

On some days - not all.

I feel like I'm part of the rat pack, except I don't have a cigar in my mouth.

There's something about a glass of scotch that just makes you feel, grown up, posh, and sophisticated all at once.

And of course the whiskey gives you a warm fuzzy in your tummy.

Today is a Prolific Blog Day

I can't believe that I'm writing a 3rd entry today.

But I can't help myself - I've been thinking...

About coffee...

Ahhh coffee...

My favorite right now is Arabian Mocha Sanani.

It's grown in Yemen.

And of course it seems like the whole of Dubai is out of it.

I like it - so it's not available.

Kinda like last year in Dubai when you couldn't buy chicken for the whole of the summer.

I'm serious - no chicken for about 3 months.

It's a supply chain nightmare.

So now I'm trying something different because the best anyone can tell me at Starbucks is:

"Maybe next month ma'am, we get it".

They have no idea if it's going to be ordered again, if it's discontinued, or if it's on its way.

Sooooo.......we'll see - I can tell you this if I find it again I'm buying as many bags as I can get my hot little hands on and freezing them.

The other reason I decided to write again is dinner.

Tonight.

Indian food.  Yuck.

We're meeting my Father-in-law and about 10 other relatives at an Indian restaurant.

Which is fine - I like my FiL, but I am not a big fan of Indian food.

So I'm going to mix me a toddy.

A nice single malt toddy.

Put it in a "to go" coffee receptacle.

Pick the hubby up from the airport (he's in Kuwait).

Let him drive while I have a wee tipple.

And a hamburger.

ohhh that sounds really yummy.

Or a Corona and a burger - oh! oh! oh!

That sounds better than the single malt, an ice cold Corona and a burger.

I know, I know, a beer over single malt is heresy.  But I swear it's only this once that it sounds better - after all it's 3pm and 116F outside.

Yes I said 116F.

It's HOT.

I actually had the ice cold Corona/hamburger combo in Thailand a few times.

It was VERY tastee!

Too bad I can't do that here.

That's O.K. - a single malt is still very tastee.

But I'd rather pair that with a fat cigar, having girl talk with SP.

Which I will be doing in about 5 weeks when I'm in the US!!!

AMERICA, AMERICA, AMERICA!

I cannot wait!

Oh it's Thursday!

I can't wait to go home! 

I'm getting a manicure / pedicure...

Then I plan on having a nice smooth whisky.

Ohhhhh I can't wait!

Here I am, and there you are...

I'm sitting here with the Toot and the Crank sipping on a nice tumbler of 12 year Auchentoshan single malt.

I do so like my single malt. It's right up there with my daily coffee.

Gives me a warm and fuzzy...

The only thing that would be better is if my husband was home, or my bbf SP were here (or I was in Houston with her).

I've given up all sweets, chips (potato and corn), and fries for Lent. So the only other thing I'd like right now is a big huge hunk of chocolate cake, or a cupcake, or some home made chocolate chip cookies....

Yum.

But I'm not going to do it, I'm going to be strong. I can give them up for 40 days, have given them up for 40 days before, sometimes even longer.

I always try to see how long I can go - I usually make it until May, once I stayed off the sugar until almost August.

And staying off sugar would be really good for me right now. My endometriosis is getting worse - my fibroids are out of control and sugar makes both conditions worse.

So I'm off the sugar, I'm taking the Evening Primrose, the Vitamin C, and I'm going to add the multi-vitamin next.

And I need to lose the weight - but that's another blog - one that I'm not as good at keeping up with. Most likely because I'm having issues committing to weight loss right now.

I could go into the endo/fibroid issues - but that's not this blog either...

But I can say this...there is NO WAY I'm going to have surgery here!

Anyhoo - I need to do the dishes...and I think I'm going to go to bed early tonight.