Plan C

Last month at lunch we ended up at a little cafe that served breakfast throughout the day. Tina mused that she should order waffles, since they were her favorite. So this month I decided to chance deviating from our little game of going to new places every month, and headed for the pancake house.

It turned out that where I was sure the restaurant should be (yes, I did look it up on the web to be sure), there was a vacant lot and some condos under construction! So I said we’d have to go to plan B (I still hadn’t told her what plan A was yet). She asked what plan B would be, and at the boulevard turn (legal u-turn area) there happened to be several motel – one had a big sale on “adult toys”. I said something to the effect of not knowing exactly what plan B would be, but pointed out the sign and suggested taht plan C could be to get a motel room instead!

I can’t recall the exact words whe used, but as I’ve written, I sometimes hear something different than what she actually says anyways. It was neither an admonishment nor an eagerness, so I think it was just going along with the joke.

I wasn’t prepared to actually carry something out right then and there, for several reasons. I’m not sure how it would have gone over for one thing, and for another I didn’t have that kind of cash, and certainly wouldn’t want a mid-day motel bill to show up on my credit card statement!

So we went to a nearby restaurant, I’m pretty sure she’d been there before. Fortunately they had a special on strawberry waffles! So I was able to accomplish what I’d set out to do, to please her by taking her out for waffles.

Still, I wish I had the courage to try plan C. I don’t know if that would also please her, but I can dream!

July 21, 2009. Tags: lunch date. Thinking of her.