I have always made a big deal out of my birthday! I remember one year, I had to be 25 when I went out to eat with people for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. That was a really good birthday! For another birthday, a friend called me and I was out to eat with my Mom for dinner. We went to Red Robin’s. He asked me where I was and told me that he would come join us. Then he asked who was there. I told him it was, “Just me and my Mom. You know, the two primary players in today’s events.” Another year, I had an impromptu birthday dinner with my brother and his family at Red Robin’s.
I thought about what I would do for my birthday this year. I wasn’t sure because I rarely leave my house and I can’t go out to eat because my motorized wheelchair chair is higher than regular tables at restaurants. I did, however, place an order at Dairy Queen for an ice cream cake. I absolutely LOVE mint chocolate chip ice cream cake!
When Sean came home from school on my birthday, he picked up the cake from Dairy Queen and told me he was going to pick up Red Robin’s to bring home to eat. I finally have gotten back onto my strict no carb, no sugar diet with the fermented young coconut water Kiefer. BUT, it WAS my birthday so all bets were off!
Sean picked me up a guacamole burger with mozzarella cheese and no onions or tomatoes with a bun! I had fries on the side. When he brought it home, I opened up the container and I just looked at it. He got some ketchup for the fries and just like Lindsay Lohan in Freaky Friday, I dipped my fry in ketchup and I heard the, “Hallelujah Chorus!” I opted not to get a chocolate shake because I was going to have birthday cake and I didn’t want to overdo the sugar and send myself into shock or get sick.
My Mom and Sean picked up my candles. There were A LOT candles on my cake! It was worth every carb! My birthday cake was worth every gram of sugar! I was pretty proud of myself that my birthday was the first day of the year that I had either carbs or sugar. I do really have to monitor that because I am in a wheelchair all day and can’t move by myself so it’s SUPER easy to pack on the pounds! My knee injury was proof of that! But, it WAS my birthday dinner! And it was DELICIOUS! “YUM!”
*And you have to sing that, “YUM!” like the commercial because I guess Red Robin’s is the sponsored restaurant for my birthday.!