..yard house..

**Disclaimer**

You are about to read about my experience and the craziness that is Melissa.

Be prepared and don't get too grossed out.

Jesse and I decided to head out to the Irvine Spectrum last night to walk around, shop, and grab dinner. We have been there before and it was such a perfect day for an outdoor mall! It was about 80 out and just a beautiful day! We headed there for the afternoon and decided to beat the dinner rush and eat at 5ish. I have never been to the Yard House. Jesse really wanted me to experience this place. They have anywhere from 120-250 beers on tap daily. It is insane..

So we sit down and order. Ohh wait..sidenote..

I fear uncooked meat.

Now let's reflect back on Melissa's childhood. I was at a young age when my mom took me and my brother to Jack in the Box. The year was 1993. The day is uncertain but the events afterwards have ruined my life. The day after eating there was the E-Coli outbreak in Seattle. Being a good mother, my mom was worried about us having eaten there. So she asked us all those personal questions about our bathroom habits and followed us around to make sure we weren't sick. I, nor my brother, did not get e-coli but the fear rages within me still.

Back to ordering...I decide to have a cheese burger. The waitress says they cook their meat on medium. I tell her, well, I hate any pink meat but don't like burnt stuff. She says she is the same and writes me down for a "well" burger. All is fine. Then the food arrives. They have wonderful shoe-string like fries with lettuce, pickles on the side..great! I start to prepare my burger. As I flipped it over I notice blood on my bottom bun..I hold down the vomit and pick it off (I was not kidding about fearing uncooked meat). I assumed/hoped it was something else but in my heart, knew it was meat blood. So I decided to investigate. I cut open the burger and I swear, it mooed at me. It was disgusting. I summoned Jesse to check it out and he was like "Yuck, that is raw Melissa. Are you okay?" Again, holding down the vomit..I waved down the waiter and asked for it to be sent back since I ordered a well burger. I showed him and he was like "Yay, that's not even cooked. I am so sorry." The manager comes over and offers me a salad..I take him up on it and then I get a new burger about 10-15 minutes later.

The next burger was cooked perfect..all cooked. But I take a bite and somehow inhale the meat and bun funny. I then proceed to tell Jesse that I have burger up my nose..has anyone ever eaten something and it get's lodged between your nose and throat?? Yep, it was a first for me. I start drinking water thinking that it would help. I end up kind of choking/hacking it up..disgusting...I know. I told you in the beginning this would be gross. After that Jesse and I get to laughing about how crazy I am...we enjoyed the rest of the evening in peace. Thank goodness!