what happens when the chef doesn't come to work

Last night the chef didn't show up for work in my house. No we don't have a personal chef, well I don't the guys do, but not me. So when my hubby called to let me know he was on his way home I informed him of the chef's night off and that we'd have to go out to eat instead. We tried one place but were told we'd have a 40 minute wait. "Damn you Thirsty Thursday, and all you carefree college kids", I thought with jealousy and a longing for just one of those days back again. Needless to say we did not wait the 40 minutes for a table. So we ventured over a town and tried this pub that lots of our friends had told us about. We walked in and found a table and got our own popcorn. The boys love going out to eat because we let them choose their own meals, you can imagine the excitement M had when he realized they had PB&J(which came with fries)! E ordered his normal hot dog and fries and fell in love with our waitress. It was the cutest thing to watch he would talk about her and laugh about her whenever she walked by, but anytime she would talk to him he would button up and was unable to get 2 words out of his mouth. B caught the attention of the "regular" an older gentleman decked out in his Sox gear that couldn't help himself from patting B's head. And M LOVED having the ability to walk and refill the popcorn. All in all I had a really nice date with my four handsome guys. I'm happy the local college watering hole had a long wait because we would've never found our new place. Oh wait I almost forgot the most extraordinary part of our meal, the part that I just can't stop shaking my head over. That moment came when the bill came $19.95 yup that's right my young family of five ate a delicious dinner for $19.95. We haven't gone out for a breakfast that cheap in god knows how long never mind a dinner. Something tells me our chef will be taking more days off in the near future since the family can eat so cheap. Better yet maybe she'll send just the guys and she can head over to the 40 minute wait place with a few girlfriends and have a liquid dinner, well maybe just once!