1. I decided that I felt recovered enough from this persistent bug to go to the rehab gym this morning. When I checked in, I said I'd be dialing back the intensity of my exercises and the staff I dealt with were in full support of that. I loved being back on the machines, loved having my legs moving again, and got through my light workout without any problems.
2. I left the gym and buzzed a short distance down Ironwood Drive where Ed was waiting for me in the Ironwood Square parking lot. I piled into his Camry and we rocketed over to the Spokane Tribe Casino. We dashed to the cashier's counter and presented our winning tickets and we each got paid off for successfully wagering a very modest amount on the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl.
For the rest of the afternoon, until around 4 o'clock, we goofed off on machines. My luck was not extraordinary, but good enough that I got to try a variety of games and still came home with most of my Super Bowl winnings.
It was a relaxing afternoon.
3. I stopped at Yoke's before I came home and made sure I had what I needed to fix one of the best dinners we've had in recent memory.
I mixed the over two cups of crab meat we had left over from yesterday's dinner with mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, a bit of orange juice, orange zest, lemon zest, dill, Old Bay Seasoning, olive oil, and green onion.
I toasted Debbie a plain bagel and toasted a Beach Bum Bakery everything bagel for myself, put the crab spread on the bagels, added a slice of tomato, and topped the tomato with a slice of Gruyere cheese.
I put our dressed bagels under the broiler until the cheese melted. Our crab melts were superb.
I realized that while I enjoy cracking crab and eating the meat, I think I enjoy crab meat even more when it's an ingredient. I love crab cakes. This crab melt tonight was, for me, even more enjoyable than eating the crab straight out of the shell last night.
I'd never thought about this preference of mine before, but it excited my imagination, inspired me to want to try other ways of using crab to make salads, bisque, dip, and who knows what else!
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