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I can't believe I did that

Last night we tried out the gluten-free offerings at Olive Garden and enjoyed it.

Well, mostly.

My six year old always gets cheese pizza because he loves cheese pizza. He also loves ravioli. And gnocchi. And garlic bread. But none of that is gluten-free at Olive Garden.

Now he did clean his plate without any coercion on our part but that may have been because I promised, promised we would make pizza today.

Ahem.

I thought about it, decided that there was nothing big going on today, we could do it.

Then he said "and ravioli too?" and I said we would try but I was only going to promise pizza.

Then after we got home, the cold I have been fighting off won. By the time I went to bed, I couldn't breath through my nose and my chest hurt.

I then apparently slept wrong because my left arm aches all the way from shoulder to fingers, my joints ache and I am running a fever.

And I have to make pizza.

But first I have to find a recipe.

I could try to back out of it but I gave my son a promise and I have to break my promise.

Comments

  1. You can do it!!
    Or by the time you read this.. you probably already have.

    I enjoy the Olive Garden selection. They do a great job with their Gluten Free stuff.

    Hope your pizza turned out ok.

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