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Several months ago, when the holiday held no significance to me whatsoever, I mentioned that I planned on running my first 10K this Valentine’s Day. What I’ve neglected to mention until now is that I will not be traveling home this weekend by myself…a certain “treadmill buddy” will be accompanying me.
In the interim between signing up for the race and its actual occurrence, I’ve been lucky enough to have Seth enter my life…and suddenly Valentine’s Day does not seem like such a crap holiday anymore. Rather than spend my first Valentine’s Day as a non-singleton by myself, the boy will be coming to Birmingham with me this weekend to watch me race—and meet my family. Uh oh.
Now I’m confident that my parents and sisters will like love Seth—his awesomeness will surely impress them. BUT, I am extremely concerned for the potential embarrassment that this weekend may bring. Keep your fingers crossed that my family behaves themselves and doesn’t decide to share one of the plentiful awkward Caroline stories. Oy.
Does your family like to embarrass you? Mine sure does—they relish in any opportunity to discuss my childhood shenanigans.
Now, I’ve got to finish packing…so let’s get onto the eats!
Breakfast was an old classic (well, at The Broccoli Hut, at least): pumpkin-banana oats. As per usual, this combination kept me full for close to 5 hours!
Once my hunger did return, however, I cobbled together another Salad Lady recipe, Chickpea Waldorf Salad.
After some serious homeworking, I decided to treat myself to another favorite dish, scrambled tofu. Too bad I couldn’t find some way to include red in this meal…otherwise I’d have the whole rainbow here:)
That’s all for this evening. I’ll be sure to check in tomorrow…hopefully with no humiliation stories to tell. Ciao!
Filed under: Meals
Caroline Yoder, dietitian-to-be and all-around foodie.
I always seem to read immediately after you post. We seem to be on the same blog schedule!
Meeting the parents is so exciting
Good luck (with the parents AND the race!) and have a great weekend!
Ooooh have fun with your family and Seth! I’m sure he’ll be a big hit.. even though my parents would probably be telling embarrassing stories about me all night! I can’t wait to hear all about it!
Have a wonderful valentine’s day, and good luck with Seth meeting your parents! I’m sure everything will go well. And even if your family tells some embarrassing Caroline memories, at least you will have a funny story to tell us!
Oh I’m sure it will be great! Every time I bring someone new home, my dad goes “so…would you like vodka, beer, wine?”
….C’mon dad.
ahh i hope the meet goes well, i’m sure it will! and humiliation stories are the best….a few years down the line anyway
love the green oats!! so delicious looking
The parents get to meet seth before the blog does?!? ?
I’m jealous you’re going home this weekend! have a great time, and a fabulous race!
So cute! I’m so excited for you! Ok, jealous. But excited! =) So fun to have a Valentine! Can’t wait to hear how the weekend goes…I’m sure it will be wonderful! The whole “meet the parents” thing is always…interesting
Enjoy!
everything will be fine sweetie, Seth loves you and he’ll naturally love your family, no worries, ENJOY!!!:D
Have fun this weekend
I cant wait to hear all about your valentines day! Your chickpea waldorf salad looks muy muy yummy!
oh i love you and your treadmill buddy
i hope you two have a wonderful, fabulous first v-day together!
anndddd that really holds you over for 5 hours? if so, i need to jump on that train and fast!
i hope they do not humiliate you!! drive safe lady- the weather around here is supposed to get nasty.
Oh yes. My family is big on embarassing me, especially by breaking out the baby pictures.
Good luck at your race and enjoy your time with Seth and the fam!
hot sawwwwce
or salsa = red! haha i always drench my scrambles in either one or BOTH!
everything is gonna be awesome this weekend and seth will only think you’re cooler the more your family embarrasses you! don’t stress you’ll have TONS of fun!
My mom is pretty good at embarrassing me in front of boyfriends. But I’m equally good at embarrassing her in front of her boyfriend, so we’re even
Oh, have so much fun with your parents and Seth! I was nervous the first time Ari met mine, but now two years later he and I are going away for the weekend with my dad!
Have a great weekend, Caroline.
That’s so sweet! Have fun and your family will be fine – he likes you, he will like your family.
Good luck w/ the race!
How do you make your oatmeal? You always make it look so delicious! Do you use regular rolled oats or something else, like steel cut or Irish? A favorite brand? Sorry, they just look SO yummy!
Wow, Caroline, things are getting serious to involve the family! I’m sure there is nothing embarrassing enough about you to turn him off…instead, will probably make you look more real and adorable!
Hope everything goes well! Your tofu scramble looks yummy, what a fun dinner idea.
Good luck on the 10K today!
Your food looks beautiful as always! Hope you have a great Vday and no embarrassing stories
xoxo
Good luck with the 10k race!