No, not quite yet

Yesterday, Monday, was bizarre. We got to sleep after B was contracting all day, and when we woke up after a fitful night and morning, B felt....fine. Back to normal. Contractions gone. Worried, blown out from the emotional roller coaster from the craziness at work Saturday, the labor scare Sunday, Monday was just a haze of appreciating the wonderful B. Barely remember what I ate, but I do know I ate a pint of ice cream, and it did a number on my G.I. tract. Sheesh, I can't pound ice cream pints like I once did.

This morning started with an 8:30am appointment with the doc, and as I suspected, both B and the bebe are perfectly fine and normal and healthy -- she had contractions yesterday, but not more dilation, therefore it was "false labor". It was very exciting and nerve wracking, and not looking forward to having to freak out all over again soon. After the appointment we took ourselves out to Balthazar for breakfast, then I took off to the restaurant.

The restaurant was closed today, but we were a finalist in a meatball competition at a local food expo, sponsored by a lower-level foodie magazine. Was a weird vibe with L, he kinda knows he pissed me off and has been acting extra nice to me. I helped make the balls, and I sat with him and made a bunch of revisions to our menus. It was a quick drive up to the convention hall in Astoria. I've been to several food shows, mostly at Jacob Javits, and this was a much smaller-scale affair, but still a lot of stuff to eat. Mostly Queens-based restaurants and alcohol distributors, surprisingly little Greek food. Most of the meat balls entered in the contest were surprisingly mediocre, but there were a few that were actually amazing. Still, the ball that won was laughably crappy, which makes one wonder what the judges were thinking.

B is now at home until the baby pops, and I'm looking forward to cutting back my hours drastically at the restaurant until then, too. I want the transition at the restaurant to be smooth, so as not to give my team a hard time. As for L, whatever, but my team deserves my loyalty.

BREAKFAST: 8am, banana

BREAKFAST 2: 10am, french toast, bacon, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 2pm, handful of mini meat balls, sprite, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

FOOD SHOW HAZE: 6-8pm, crunchy shrimp, several styles of meatballs, pastas, savory tibits, a few drinks of booze, a little gelato, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING WATERING: 10pm, quart