Eyes On You

So we survived our training session with Caper. And we learned he now has the distinction of being "socially sensitive." Hmm, hmm, hmm. I'm not sure what to think of that yet.

What I really want to blog about is eyes. I find that it is rare and very noticeable when someone makes prolonged eye contact with you when having a conversation. Maybe that is because I tend to look around or not hold eye contact for long. (Yes, I know that says bad things about me...). I find there gets to be that super uncomfortable moment where I just can't hold it anymore and have to break my gaze.

So, tonight at our session, before Drew got there, our trainer was doing lots of talking and boy, could his eyes pierce you. I figure he uses eye contact constantly with dogs and so this has just naturally just switched over to something he maintains with his human clients. It was weird though. But it was hard to move my eyes from his because he had some seriously beautiful blue eyes. So then I started to worry that maybe I was the one making crazy eye contact just so I could see his pretty eyes, but Drew later confirmed to me that his eyes definitely were unusual, so now I feel a bit less like a freak.

MPLS

Caper and I are taking off for the Land of Lakes tomorrow. We were only home in Minneapolis for two days at Christmas, so this trip will allow for a bit more relaxation and time to see friends and family. Drew is joining us on Friday and I am very grateful I won't have to do the drive home all by myself. The drive there will be long enough. Here's hoping for no traffic at the tolls.

Also, I just learned the state drink of MN is milk! How awesome is that?!? I love me some milk.

Yum!

Breakfast is not very special for me. I never desire a really big meal in the mornings and am usually completely content with a bowl of cereal or a piece of toast. Some say breakfast has the best foods and is their favorite meal of the day. To them, I emphatically say in my best Simon imitation,"BLECH."

However...

(You had to know that was coming)

... this morning I ate pure heavenly bliss. At our favorite local breakfast shop, m. henry, my month long craving for key-lime pie was fulfilled. I ordered the key lime brioche french toast and was so wonderfully satisfied that I would not have hesitated to lick the plate had we not been sitting by the window and had not been people looking in on us.

Let me just describe this delectable creation for you. The base is two large pieces of french toast. It's brioche toast and while I don't really know what that means or how it differentiates itself from other toast, it is quite delicious. In between the two pieces and spread out on top is delicious cream and lime curd. And while the word curd does not sound very appetizing, trust me when I say it's to die for. Sprinkled on top of the toast is powdered sugar, graham cracker crumbs and fresh blue/black/raspberries.

I wish I had a picture of both the dish and my face as I was enjoying it because that would convey my joy over my breakfast meal much better than a bunch of words. But what are you going to do.

Egad!

So I am always amused when the answer to a crossword clue is 'egad'. It's a funny word that I never ever hear anyone use.

However, it is quite appropriate because I needed some sort of "mild exclamation" due to my complete lack of posts lately. For a while I had absolutely nothing to say and then things got extremely busy and I haven't had a moment to sit down at the computer. I'm only lucky enough to write this now because Drew kindly offered to cook up dinner tonight. Yummy stir fry.

So a brief run down of things that have happened recently and could have been blog worthy but now seem to be too far in the past to devote a whole entry to:

• Had a date night with Drew, during which we saw a play at the Steppenwolf
  
• Went to Omaha to celebrate Simon's 5th birthday and helped Katie make five chocolate cakes
• Attended the opening game of the White Sox and sat behind large, old, lecherous men
• Met A and B's new baby, Jocelyn!
• Had 5/6 of the family from Omaha in town for Easter weekend and had a delicious meal at R and K's
  
• Ate too many jelly beans
• Bought a puurrrty dress for Umezakisauce's wedding
• Babysat for Eloise while KWW attended the AERA conference. Cutest. Baby. Ever.
  
• Set up our first meeting with the dog trainer
• Got Showtime so I can now add The Tudors and This American Life to my TiVo To Do list. Not that I need more shows to watch...

That's all I can think of for now. Got to go eat.