Yesterday was my birthday. And my mom’s birthday. And my uncle’s birthday. And my brother-in-law’s birthday. When I was younger, I kinda thought it was a drag to have to share my birthday with other people in my family. Now it’s sorta fun. 12 of us went to Red Lobster last night. It’d been a while since my last visit to the Lobster, so I didn’t have a well defined strategy for the all-you-can-eat shrimp deal. If you aren’t familiar with the deal, you get to choose two kinds of shrimp to start out with, plus a salad and a choice of potato or rice. I had a mashed potato, cesear salad for the shrimp I chose the fettucine alfredo shrimp and the breaded shrimp. Bad idea. I got so full of the pasta and potato stuff that I couldn’t eat any of the other kinds of shrimp! Ron had a better strategy. He got a baked potato and set it aside to take home later. Then he got the breaded shrimp and the shrimp scampi. He was able to get multiple refills on the different kinds of shrimp and saved the pasta kind for the very last–I’m not sure whether he even finished the pasta stuff. Anyway, I think I need a do-over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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