Pancakes!

This, is a food post. Much like my Instagram page, which frequently features pictures of food, or drinks at least. And even this blog, which started with a post about food. Way back in 2009. Which is now 13 years ago.  13 years! Where did all that time go?

On Friday, yesterday, I had pancakes at Denny's. A Value Slam, to be exact, which used to be called a Grand Slam and cost $2.99. Now it's $5.99, Still a good deal, comparatively, to most everything else out there. But I had been thinking of stopping for breakfast on the way to work for a couple of months. Mostly because I drive by Cornerstone Cafe downtown every morning, and often go for walks around there when I'm early enough to do so. I kind of wanted to stop there, though I know it would have been twice the price. Though perhaps twice the ambiance as well. But as things happen, the weeks fly by and before I know it, it's Saturday and I've passed by my chance to treat myself to breakfast on the way to work. And then I look back and wonder why I didn't make it work, why I always got distracted or fell behind or just talked myself out of it. Why I didn't just...treat myself.

And that's important, to treat yourself! Now and again, at least. You deserve it. Well, I deserve it.

I don't have time to stop on weeks I have my son, as I have to drop him off at school and barely have enough time to make it to work by 8:00am as it is. Occasionally I hit enough green lights through the downtown corridor to afford the time to stop at the drive through at Del Taco for some Breakfast Rollers. Easily the best breakfast deal around. But yesterday, Friday, I stopped at Denny's art 6:00am and got some pancakes. They were good. It was worth it. I also had cocoa.

Today I could have gone to spend the day in San Francisco, but I didn't. I talked myself out of that, much like I talked myself out of stopping for breakfast for many weeks. Whether it's saving money or saving hours on the roadway, or both, it's easy to convince myself to just change course. Or perhaps maybe it's just hard to convince myself to do things, sometimes. It's easy sometimes, within your own mind, to present a reasonable argument and convince yourself not to do the things you had just recently fantasized about doing.

But it was okay today, I walked to the North Natomas Regional Park where they were having a holiday faire, had a breakfast burrito from Donna's Mexican food and a hot apple cider from a food truck there. Complete with whipped cream and caramel drizzle! What a bonus. And only $4, a bargain in these trying times. 

I also rode the choo choo train. It was free, and I'm a kid at heart. I won't apologize for that, nor should I.

So, it was a good morning, and a good day, in which I did little beyond this than rest and reflect...and get caught up on Alaska Daily and Ramy on Hulu. I may have had some corn dogs. And I did run some minor errands, if only to feign productivity. 

And yes, I know, I could make pancakes at home. It's not that hard. But it's also not quite the same. And now that's checked off my list.