Ramblings of an EdMan

We have a friend over this week all the way from West Virginia and we were going to take them to my favorite restaurant in Connecticut, the amazing Taiwanese restaurant Iron Chef. Unfortunately, they were closed it looks like permanently this summer. 

There was a new sign up and it said they were renovating with a new name so I may have to try the new place. 

But, even though my phone ran out of battery, I definitely need a new phone, I plugged it in the car and got my Yelp to work. 400 feet away was another five star Chinese place, Yao’s Diner. 

And it was also really good. The spring rolls were okay. The pork fried dumplings good, oddly our favorites for that are still China Villa in Westbrook, Maine. The scallion pancakes were yummy. The dan dan noodles very good and the cold sesame noodles excellent. 

The braised pork ribs with bok choi were outstanding. The szechaun hot pot was very good, and insanely big. I will have a lot of leftovers. 

The bill was also nice at $65. I will definitely miss Iron Chef but glad this is only twenty minutes away. 

I guess now I would change my favorite Connecticut restaurant to Roseland Apizza. And I wish the family who owned Iron Chef and retired all the best. 

Usually, I lock Lenny upstairs when I go to bed. 

It’s because he likes to meow and hat at me when I try to sleep and wake me up early.

Well, last night with a guest here he was absolutely terrible. 

I got woken up so many times and couldn’t get him upstairs. We sleep in the bedroom and it’s pretty dark down there so I don’t know if that is a factor. 

And I do hope I sleep a lot better tonight. I have to work tomorrow. 

In good news, I got to nap a ton today and watch a lot of NASCAR. So that was fun to catch up on. 

I love Lenny he was super sweet on my leg today in my chair but he’s bad for sleeping. 

I just spent a nice week in the Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia area. It’s theoretically a 6 hour drive from here but much longer with my stomach and bladder. 

I used to cross the country in a week with my dad. It helped that he was a driver. And we did some fun stops in places like Graceland, Mardi Gras and the Grand Canyon. 

Still was great to explore a new place. West Virginia is very lovely. The Civil War Battlefields beautiful and sacred. 

There is so much America. So many different places. But it’s also super nice to go home and get kitty love. 

A very enjoyable book with some tough and heartworming stories. 

I don’t know if I could deal with some of these animal rescue situations but I’m glad these guys and others can. 

People need to be better to their animal companions. 

They deserve all the pets and a safe, clean home. 

I was tired last night but finally got to bed around 11pm.

I got up once and saw I slept for four hours with the CPAP. 

When I got up again it was 11:15am and I somehow slept for twelve hours and 16 minutes without even trying to sleep in.

I guess I needed it, I was just wowed with how long I slept. 

Have you ever slept twelve hours before?