Somehow, I don't think the fact that it looks AWESOME makes it any better for Luke and Rob. By the way, I found out Luke really is as young as he looks (16). His mom teaches him at home so he has time to work with Rob. Yesterday, while they were tiling together I heard Rob (who is 28) quizzing Luke on school stuff. What a good brother. I think they must have been working on geography or history because someone drew a map of the world on the sink wall.
Obviously, there are no right angles in this place (you can really see it at the top of the sink wall). The grout is going to be white so it will be a lot less obvious in the end.
Lordy, talk about meticulous. I love it!
Other than the tiling, things have been pretty boring around here. I'm still sick (but feeling better!) so I've been kind of a blob. I had macaroni and cheese out of a can for lunch yesterday and didn't feel like making anything for dinner so I went to get thai food. I'm really starting to question our allegiance to "Beau Thai" restaurant though.
It is as if they are actively trying to dissuade people from eating there. First of all, the owner has a very very limited command of the English language. I don't even bother calling in for takeout because he absolutely cannot understand me. Maybe the American accent throws him off. When people come in the restaurant he goes through this elaborate ritual of asking them if they have a reservation (when about 90% of the tables are open) and then checking his little book to see if he can possibly squeeze them in. I've heard him ask people to eat quickly and leave by a certain time. When the restaurant is at about 40% capacity I've heard him tell people on the phone that he is too busy to take their takeout order. A couple weeks ago, after ordering takeout and bringing it home I found there were peanuts on my pad thai after I specifically asked for no peanuts (I'm allergic). After a minor and hilarious (in retrospect) meltdown I decided to drive back and get pad thai with no peanuts. I figured that since we had been there every week for quite a while (ordering THE EXACT SAME THING) it would be no problem. I was so wrong. They wouldn't accept my story without proof in the form of the noodles themselves which I had left at home. The owner was totally unapologetic and actually advised me to try harder to remember to tell them no peanuts next time. And then they charged me for another order of pad thai.
Of course, we're still going back to the same place because a lot of UK thai places seem to not have noodles on their menus. Last night, when I arrived at the restaurant, the lights were on but the sign on the door said closed. I awkwardly went back to the car, confirmed on my phone that they are open on Mondays and decided to call. The owner answered and I had to say "ARE YOU OPEN?" about 5 times before he finally understood and said "uhh yeah" in a "doy we are open, why wouldn't we be" sort of way. "Well, the sign on the door says closed, you know". That totally went over his head so I hung up and marched back up to the door. Not only did the sign say closed, but the door was also locked. I knocked and the cook came to open the door. I didn't know what to say so I asked again if they were open and she gave me the "uhh yeah" as if it is totally normal to lock the door and put out the closed sign when you are actually open. What a weird place. The noodles are tasty though.
