We Are All Going Vegan?

Last night when I returned home from my vegan Chinese food exploration, I opened up the refrigerator door (to store my leftovers) to find a nearly vegan fridge. All of the butter, cream, cheese, and milk were removed (and under my assumptions, discarded). Now I knew that Kim (my roommate and best friend – yes, I have more than one best friend) was going to join me (as feasible) on this vegan journey, but I had no idea Beth (her sister, our roommate, and yep you guessed, another best friend of mine) jumped on board too (especially since she returned from brunch yesterday morning bragging about the meal of chorizo and manchego she just consumed from Resurrection Ale House).

Thrilled that I not only have the support of Kim (my vegan partner in crime) and Beth, I proclaimed (to Kim), “The fridge looks great! I didn’t know we all were going vegan!”

Kim shot me a look and said, “Didn’t you get my text message?”

“Actually I didn’t,” I replied, because, you see, my iPhone died mid vegan Chinese restaurant search.

Apparently, the obnoxious rattling noise that our refrigerator has been making (and we have been ignoring) since August 2011 was an indication that it was going to die soon and at some point during the day yesterday it took its final breath and pooped out. So to make a long story short, Beth is not going vegan. Boo!

All of the items that I thought were discarded, were actually outside (thank GOD it’s January and somewhat cold) in coolers in a desperate attempt to keep them cold over night until our reality company’s selected repairperson could make it here today (note: my left over vegan Chinese is among the perishable items sitting on our back steps).

So, with that being said, the repairmen are here now (as I type) defrosting my refrigerator with a hair dryer. Hopefully, within the next hour or so we’ll be back in business and I can replace all of Beth’s non-vegan foodstuffs back in the fridge.

Stay tuned…