I left work a little early yesterday for a belated birthday celebration (May 9th) with fellow co-workers and my very cool boss. Our choice– Churchill Downs for a little racing and happy hour. For those of you who don’t know, I live in Louisville and although I’m not a native Loo-a-vill-ian, I think Churchill Downs and Keeneland are pretty bad ass. Kentucky has a long tradition of vices– bourbon and mountaineer’s moonshine, tobacco, and horse racing. That being said, I enjoy only one of those. Yes, the moonshine 
. I like to go to the track, but for personal reasons, I don’t gamble most times. Yesterday, I placed a few stupid $2 bets based upon the horses’ name and color of silks or even one horse that last worked out on my birthday. It sounds silly but sometimes you might win. I normally bet based on the jockeys but all the famous ones were up in Maryland prepping for the Preakness, which is today! I did something totally stupid and bet $20 on Rachel Alexandra. I know– too much money! But I didn’t bet on that beauty at the Kentucky Oaks this year. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Her win was one of the best in Oaks history. She could have probably won the Derby for that matter. I also really love the Kentucky Oaks because it was the day after I got engaged to my sweetie last year. *Kissy face*
Anyhoo, since I skipped lunch, I ended up eating a hot dog at the track. I know, so sue me! At least it was an Old Folks frank. You probably don’t know this (or don’t care) but my hubby is from the Purnell’s Old Folks Sausage Family. I think its very neat. Plus, his family is incredibly close and generous and have accepted me as a fellow family member, even though I rarely eat sausage. I can definitely appreciate a home grown company who is still owned by family members. So moral of this story- go out and buy some sausage and support our family! I also had a few Bud Lights at the track.
Post track dinner was at Baxter Station, another Louisville tradition. Again, I had another buzz induced bad eating choice. I got the blackened burger with cheddar. I ate the entire thing and a few fries. Guys, this place has one of the best burgers in town! I don’t dig red meat often, but when I’m feeling it, I go for it. I have very low iron genetically so my doctor actually encourages me to try and eat red meat once a week. However, I probably only eat it maybe once a month or two.
After dinner, we came home to a very mad “baby dog.” We also had my friend Lindsay over to hang out and bring her cocker spaniel, Jackson, over. I was asleep by 11 p.m. It was an incredibly long but fun day. Now I’m paying for it. I’m sitting at work getting ready to start the mound of work I have neglected over these very fun last few weeks. I’m excited because my friend Jessica and her hubby are coming into town today to go to a wedding with us!! More fun posts to come about that. She also just started her blog this past week. We were inspired by all the great healthy eating and fitness blogs we have been reading for months. Several bloggers are getting a blogger summit together for August and we are definitely going!! We are soooooooooooo excited for it. You don’t have to be a blogger to go, but we have been wanting to do our own for a while now so we figured this week was a good time to start.
Have a great weekend!! Oh, and watch the racing of the 134th Preakness today. Go Rachel Alexandra!!
Great post thanks