I’ll Either Be Brave or I’ll Hyperventilate.
We’ve got family in town. My SIL is visting with her kids and her mom. They’re here for a week and we’ve been having a lot of fun. We took the kids to the zoo yesterday (which will be another post). We’re going to the lake on Saturday.
We’ve been planning on doing a Girls’ Night Out. At first we were thinking of doing pedicures, but that’s what we did last time. Then we were going to go somewhere with live jazz or something, but there’s nothing close that’s not a little too wild and rowdy for us. Now we’ve decided to just do dinner and hang out.
I’ve been feeling brave, and feeling like I need to branch out from the safe gluten-free menu restaurants like Outback, PF Chang’s and Spaghetti Factory. I’ve been feeling like I need to push myself and actually TALK to a restaurant and see if they can or will meet my gluten-free needs.
So I told them not to worry about me. Just pick a restaurant and I will call them. If they can accommodate my diet I’ll eat there. If not I’ll eat before I leave. No big deal. So they picked a mexican restaurant. Which I hear from the GF world is one of the easier types of restaurants that can do GF.
But I know the whole “eat before I leave” thing is a total chicken thing for me to do. So I’m going to call. I think. We’ll see.
Have I ever mentioned how much I hate talking on the phone? Or asking for anything that requires people to go out of their way? Or drawing possible negative attention to myself? Or telling people something that sounds like BS and expecting them to believe me?
Didn’t think so. It’s just a partial list of my issues. But they all add up to the fact that just making this phone call and asking someone I’ve never met to make something gluten-free for me is giving me a teeny tiny bit of panic.
But it’s good for me. I need to trust that any restaurant will be as helpful as they can. They may not actually be able to help, but I’m sure they will if they can.
So I’m definitely going to call.
Maybe.
Did I mention that when I went to the store yesterday I bought all the stuff I need for GF Fajitas? Because that’s what I would order if I could. And I might be able to. I just have to have a conversation with the restaurant manager.
I’m feeling a little nauseous.
But I’m also thinking that eating food that I didn’t have to prepare myself sounds really good. And since I’m getting myself all stressed out about calling, it sounds like I’m going to need a margarita.
For medicinal purposes.
