Wow! I am HOT!!!

Well, many of you know e well, and most of you probably know that one thing I don't like a lot or handle well is spicy food. Well, that said, since we have moved to Spokane, my husband has introduced me to Thai food, and I LOVE it! LOVE it!! One thing I really have liked about it is that Thai food is spicy, but most restaurants let you pick the spiciness level you want. Well, last night Wes had an applicant to his program that he was taking out (I get to go too), and I really wanted Thai food. (I assume that since I was craving it, the baby must need it). So, Wes asked the applicant if he liked Thai food, and he did, so we went to a Thai place in town. Their menu says, and I quote,

"Each entrée can be fine tuned to your preferred palette on our special spice scale of 0 to 5 (with 5 being the spiciest). Whether you prefer your food hot & spicy or mild yet flavorful, we can suit any entrée to your desires."

So, if you know my husband, you know that he is my opposite in my spiciness thing-he LOVES spicy-really, really spicy. Usually when I order Thai food, I get 0. But this time I was daring and I went for the level 1, Wes of course ordered 5, and the applicant ordered a 4. Well, our food came, and honestly, I was trying to just let Wes and the applicant talk and I was trying to just be pleasant and to contribute where I could (which wasn't much). So, I got my food and noticed that they served it with carrots and bean sprouts and lime and I thought, "wow there must be a big difference between 0 and 1 because none of that came with the 0 level". But I was going to eat it anyway (and stay pleasant). I also noticed there was a lot of little red chilies on top.

I took the first bite, my eyes watered up, my nose started to run, my lips went numb, and I obviously downed a whole glass of water and grabbed the waitress and told her to get me more water NOW (please). Still determined to eat this (and actually liking the flavors though it was a bit too spicy for me), and to remain pleasant, I put the lime over it, grabbed some rice to mix in, and mixed int he carrots and bean sprouts, and continued to eat my meal with the watering nose, eyes and numb lips. I was brave and I totally ate it, pregnant and all! The applicant was sitting across from Wes and I and he kept looking at me quite concerned through the meal, but I remained pleasant and did not complain.

Come the end of the meal, we took the applicant back to the hotel, then I mentioned my problem to Wes, well, he said his food had NO spice at all, and I looked at the receipt and figured out that they had given Wes the level 1 and me the level 5!!! That's right ladies and gentlemen, I withstood a level 5 Thai meal, and even kinda liked it! I AM hot!!!!