Getting Back in the Habit at The Habit
May. 3rd, 2021 09:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerToday I took another step along the path of getting back to normal. I reconnected with an old habit. Coincidentally it involved eating lunch at a restaurant named The Habit.
Indoors seating at this restaurant is tight— and I'm not ready yet to dine indoors at restaurants— but they have a well-ventilated outdoor dining area. The tables are spaced reasonably far apart, too, and when I arrived at around 11:15 the patio was empty. (I was prepared to go elsewhere if the patio dining area was packed.)
![Getting Back in the Habit at The Habit [May 2021]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/canyonwalker/33413618/716579/716579_original.jpg "Getting Back in the Habit at The Habit [May 2021]")
As I sat down with my food I reflected on how long it's been since I've done this. At work I've been using the phrase "In the long, long ago..." to preface remarks about how the nature of our work has changed since the start of the pandemic and when and how it might go back to being the old way again. Eating lunch at The Habit is not work but it's definitely something from The Long Long Ago. Today was my first visit to this restaurant in almost 15 months... and in The Long Long Ago I used to eat here at least once a week!
I don't think I'll go back to eating here once or twice a week. Some old habits, like eating that big basket of fries with a side of ranch sauce, are better left in the past. I'll try to make this an occasional treat.
Indoors seating at this restaurant is tight— and I'm not ready yet to dine indoors at restaurants— but they have a well-ventilated outdoor dining area. The tables are spaced reasonably far apart, too, and when I arrived at around 11:15 the patio was empty. (I was prepared to go elsewhere if the patio dining area was packed.)
As I sat down with my food I reflected on how long it's been since I've done this. At work I've been using the phrase "In the long, long ago..." to preface remarks about how the nature of our work has changed since the start of the pandemic and when and how it might go back to being the old way again. Eating lunch at The Habit is not work but it's definitely something from The Long Long Ago. Today was my first visit to this restaurant in almost 15 months... and in The Long Long Ago I used to eat here at least once a week!
I don't think I'll go back to eating here once or twice a week. Some old habits, like eating that big basket of fries with a side of ranch sauce, are better left in the past. I'll try to make this an occasional treat.
