The wrath of Angel Suzy…

Well, it took me all weekend, but I finally figured out how to use my ipod. Some things come easily to me, but technology is unfortunately not one of those things. I’ve owned the same outdated cell phone for six years now and refuse to upgrade it to a new model due to the fact that I’d have to learn how to use it. As for storing folks phone numbers, well if my daughter didn’t set it up for me, then I just don’t have them set up.

Not that I’m totally tech-stupid, heck, I do software code for databases as part of my job; I would just call me “tech-lazy”. Kind of like cooking, I’m just bored with it and would much rather do something artsy-craftsy. It’s the right side of my brain taking the lead, so to speak.

That ipod is a necessity, because I am doing my best to lose some of the excess weight that I put on last year.  A year ago, I was running marathons and now I’m just kinda a dead fish.  But you know, if I did it once, I can do it again.  I have Angel Suzy on one shoulder and Devil Suzy on the other.  Somedays, Angel Suzy wins the battles, somedays she doesn’t. 

So, on Saturday, we went out to dinner at a Mexican restaurant with my sister and her family. We agreed to meet at 6:30 PM, but for some reason I forgot to adjust the time to “brother-in-law time”. You see, he is perpetually late. So as a family, we tend to tell him to meet us a half hour earlier than we really want to be met. And in meeting at a Mexican restaurant, that is particularly important because if you are sitting there waiting for someone else to arrive, guess what they put in front of you? Chips and salsa. And you know what chips and salsa are closely related to? NACHOS. And I’ll have you know, nachos are Devil Suzy’s favorite.

My husband and I are extremely anal about time schedules, so naturally we were there fashionably early at 6:20 and spent the next 40 minutes staring at tortilla chips and salsa. Devil Suzy sat squarely on my shoulder daring me to eat just one. “Just one little ‘ole chip won’t hurt you! You’ve done so well this week!”

Fortunately, Angel Suzy has bulked up from all the weight training I’ve been doing and she wasn’t taking any crap from Devil Suzy. There was much tussling, pulling of hair and a bit of bad language tossed back and forth between the two (Angel Suzy sure has a mouth on her), enough that I could barely hear what my husband was talking to me about.

I’m sure the conversation was interesting, but I was having trouble concentrating over the roar of the chips and salsa battle. And just when it was getting impossible to think, Angel Suzy distracted Devil Suzy by pointing out a plate of passing burritos and then knocked her out with a right to the jaw. Blessed silence. The battle was won. This day, anyway.

They finally showed and I ordered grilled chicken and veggies and all was right with the world. But,as we went to leave, Devil Suzy started to come to and tried to grab a chocolate mint at the cash register. Angel Suzy smacked her back down.

My new goal in life? To get six pack abs like Angel Suzy has. Pretty darn awesome.