Lunch at the Fish Market (280)

Finally used my Fish Market 280 Groupon today for lunch with my co-workers! It's always exiting to know you are getting a full meal for half off. My deal was $7 for $15 of food during lunch, although I ended up spending an extra $2.

While I frequent the restaurant, I had a hard time deciding what I wanted to eat today. So many thoughts raced through my mind such as "you have $15! order what you want!" and "you better not order that poboy, you actually worked out last night!" After 10 minutes of convincing myself to order something "healthy" or "different", I decided to go with the grilled shrimp salad, no olives (don't like them), ranch dressing, and a side of hush puppies. I didn't know at the time the salad came with a baked potato, something I refuse to eat with only butter and sour cream. Needless to say, I didn't eat the potato. The salad however was great as expected, and I was thrilled that I decided to "splurge" on the hush puppies because they were better than a slice of cheesecake! If I had to be critical (which I can be on this blog), I would prefer less parsley on the salad. It just does something in my mouth that I'd prefer to do without.

One of my lunch mates ordered fish and chips. For some reason, they forgot two pieces of fish from her order, which already contained four large strips of fish, and brought them to the table. So she let me have them to "taste." They too were yummy! We couldn't quite distinguish the fish, but I could tell it wasn't the usual cheap tilapia, and definitely wasn't the southern staple catfish. It had a very light flavor yet meaty. So if I had to take a guess, I'd go with grouper.

In summary, today's lunch was yummy as expected. The Fish Market on 280 has yet to disappoint. If you have never been, or are afraid to go because you don't eat seafood, they have chicken too! Check it out next time you are in the area.

What would you do for free?

 Today i had the common conversation of "what am i doing with my life?" that most late 20, early 30 year-olds have on a weekly basis. If you are not having this normal conversation it's probably because you are doing something that you actually love (hopefully not puppy love). Don't get me wrong, I enjoy my job for the most part. But who really wants to have a job? Most people would like to just do what they want! Oh yea, they want to get paid to do it too. The problem I always seemed to find when thinking of my next "big idea" was that I had no passion to do anything in particular. Sure I have many skills that I could possibly put into action, but that would just be another job.

Today my friends asked the all important question "what would you do for free?" Of course the first thing that popped into my head was "eat." I mean, who wouldn't eat for free? The second thing that I enjoy almost as much as eating is traveling. Again, who wouldn't want to travel for free? OK, I happen to know a few people that don't like to go anywhere, but that's another story. Lastly I said "write." Writing is one of the few things that I enjoy doing at work and at home. Honestly, I enjoy sharing my thoughts and ideas with others, not only written but also in person. Two things that I actually enjoy about my job is writing and speaking. I'm thankful that I've been given the opportunity to do these two things as most of my life I did not even know I possessed these talents! Although my boss tells me weekly that I am a great writer and my husband has told me for several years that my words have power (too many not so lovely-letters?), I never really thought of myself as a writer.

From these answers my extremely wise friends said "travel writer!" While I have always said I would love to be Samantha Brown from the Travel Channel, I never considered writing my actual experiences. At that moment a cloud of clarity covered me saying "why didn't you think of that?" (don't you hate when that happens?)

So here's to beginning my journey as I eat, write, and travel through life on my pursuit of happiness.