Day 20/21
Well guys did ye miss me......
I was at a wedding yesterday, and an Irish wedding, is an all day event.
The wedding was at 1pm, and we got home at 3am.
With no nap....
Yes ye heard me.... no sleepy time for Marion.
That my friends is unheard of, for me anyway.
Usually at a wedding I would have at least a half an hour after the meal, but probably 2 naps in the day, either in the hotel room, or car.
Unbelievable.....
After I rang the hotel before the wedding, I was reassured that they "got" the gluten free thing....
I was wrong!!!
When the server was going around asking peoples choice for the main course,
I told the server I had called ahead, and specified gluten free diet, and ordered the beef.....
It also stated on the menu that a gluten free menu was available! (ask server).........
Done!!!!
So starters came out.
vola-vaunts and potato skins...
I got a melon...
ahhhhhhhh
Then out with the soup
(which was ceoliac friendly)
Down it came to the table, with croutons floating about in it......
So I pointed this out to the server quietly,
and she took it away and brought out another one without the floaters.....
Phew.....
catastrophe averted.
Now on to the main course....
So out comes the plates....
Down with my plate of gluten free beef...
with gluten free gravy on the side..
Yes!!!!!!
Ah no!!!!
There was a Yorkshire freaking pudding, and a potato croquette
WTF...
So I call the waitress over AGAIN...
I swear I never complain or moan, when I,m out to eat...
But this was getting blooming ridicules...
So she brings me another one......
The mash potatoes, and veg is left on the table for everyone....
But the veg was cubed carrots and turnip on one side of the bowl and cauliflower and broccoli, with a cheese sauce!!!
Hmmmm???
whats cheese sauce made from???
So I call the waitress again, cringing...
I quietly ask for veg without sauce on it...
So one more course...
While everyone enjoyed a selection of ice cream...
In a nest!!!!!
I had fruit salad....
Yummy!!!
Boy that was hard work....
I felt like an awkward old nag...
I hated having to scrutinise every last mouthful.
I will email the hotel tomorrow and give them feedback on their version of gluten free food!!!
As for the rest of the day, it was great....
I did have a little cataplexy attack, knee jerk, eye roll!!
But boy was I funny......
I would honestly say that before going off my meds, I would have had a total collapse in that situation...
I danced, had the craic, drank brandy,and had a ball....
One of the best parts is that I was grand today...
Pre gluten free I would have been, (falley down) as I called it, today...
Instead I was out farming this morning,
then met up with friends at a football match, (which we lost)
Then home and done a few jobs around the house...
There is no way on earth i would have been able to do all this in two consecutive days....
No way, no how.... never....
So I'm three weeks done...
and can honestly say its the best decision i ever made in my life......
Life..... that's what I have now,
instead of an existence...
I,m going to cut the blog down to twice a week now, unless there is a revelation you need to know about..
later guys....
thanks for all your incouragment....
