california. love. wrap.

was just downing my

veggie buuurrrger

hummus wrap thing

that i MADE

with my own two

hands and one

microwave.

and i always put

toothpicks in the

wrap so it stays together

since the wrap part

is gluten-freedom

so it doesn't really

"rap" that well...say like...

2pac (KIDDING!)

tupac rules.

or did.

i was in the car with my

mom like ten years ago

and "california love" came

on and my mom goes -

"this is my favorite tupac song."

WHAT?

and now i LIVE

in california which is

SOOOO ironic.

not really.

not really

at all.

so, i make the wrap

and i close it

up with the

tupacs i mean

TOOOOTHpicks

because the brown rice

tor-tiLLa doesn't

really like to stay

closed.

so i use the picks

and then i eat it and

then like

EVERYtime almost -

i nearly end up

EATING said picks.

now, i know what

you are saying...

REALLY, carri?

your mom's FAVORITE

tupac song is

"california LOVE"?

and not the acclaimed

"dear mama"??

and to that i would

say yes,

truth.

and i would also say

that i forget about the

toothpicks like EVERY time!

almost.

i know.

crazy.

but luckily they are

pokey so i realize

i am chewing on the

pix before i

swallow them.

and the rap is sooo good.

esp with the tomato and spinach.

i also fail to

take the stickers off

my apples and plums.

most of the time.

mostly out of

laziness.

(though that word may

be a little too harsh.)

and these stickers

are NOT pokey.

so i eat them.

MOST of the time.

not all the time.

ok.

so...

peas! from the

ciitaaaaay...

city of compton.

i mean los feliz.

mmm...hummus.

a couple of silver. spoons.

omgeez!

where have you been?

i mean i.

where have EYE been?

well, i can tell you

where i haven't been!

and that's...

hmm. i don't know.

but let's just say i have

been "working from home"

and that i

spent some time in

"new york city."

and then i was also

in the "adirondax."

and then i was

"working from home"

again.

those are all air quotes

by the way.

for no other reason except

they are...

let's just say

..."awesome."

the cat is outside with me now.

and she is darting around

like she is possessed

or needs a friend to play with.

poor pluff.

trying to entertain herself.

i get it, pluff.

i get it.

so, will and i just

had our

second anniversary.

of MARRIAGE!

look at us go.

to celebrate, we went

back to the

inn of the seventh ray.

it's where we

got married.

it's a super magical

restaurant with

twinkly lights on

the trees

and organic

wine and greens

on the menu.

we went there last year too.

it's what we do.

we go there

to get married

and for our anniversaries.

now, if you GO there for your

anniversary and remind them

that you got married there,

they really go nuts.

and we like it.

so we go there.

and we remind them.

so THEN it starts.

get this:

they make the bride

(me) put on this stock wedding

dress they keep in the

back room and

make groom (will)

put on this stock tux suit.

and then they

stop the restaurant

enya-ish music

and get on a microphone

that they pull out of nowhere

and make

eveRYONE in the

place stop eating,

and rise.

and then they

bring out a couple of

waiters that can play

the violin and bass (GUITAR!?)

and while THEY

play a version of that

chris brown

"forever" song (REALLY!)

will and i have to

walk/dance arm in arm

down the stone staircase

to our table

while

everyone attempts

to clap along

in time with said music.

super awkward

but kind of fun.

and only once we

GET to our table,

are we then

allowed to take

the tux and dress off

and everyone can sit

and then the

rest of the night

is super normal.

hmm...

ok.

not rilly.

but they DID give us champagne.

and we also got

a FREE

almond milk creme brulee

and

i got the salmon

and will got the chicken.

and then we read

each other's

vowels.

from that night

two years ago.

and.

remembered.

and it was really

so lovely.

oh! and then i loveD

the little tiny spoons

that was served

with the brulee

and i had KIND of made

friends with waitress kathleen

(she was our waitress last year

when then made us

dance down the stairs to

REM's "it's the end of

the world as we know it."

KIDDING.

but she was our waitress.)

and i was all

"kathleen, i LOVE this spoon.

it is just SOOOO cute!"

and she was all

"well, if i come back

here and it's in your

purse, i never saw it."

and we both winked.

(with one eye.)

and so we finished the

brulee and got up to

leave and i

accepted her

silver spoon gift

and now it's in our

silverware drawer.

and if i ever get

one of those

torches so i can make

creme brulee in my

very own home,

i will use it.

or maybe i will

use it to eat oatmeal.

or some "ice cream."

quote unquote.

sike.

it's reserved for creme brulee.

duh.

ok.

so here's to ANOTHER

two years of wedded bliss!

at LEAST.

fun!

ahh...

'tis only

the beginning.

rilly.