Brunch: Chocolate-chip pancakes with strawberries, bananas, and whipped cream

We started the day off lying in bed, me not wanting to wake up after my horrible migraine the night before and the caffeinated excedrin kept me up all night, and him impatient to start making preparations but wanting to keep me company at the same time. While I was awake in the middle of the night, I had planned to stay up until Safeway opened to purchase supplies and surprise him with breakfast in bed. That plan failed, as I fell asleep half an hour too early and woke up to his prodding.

Despite my failed breakfast-in-bed idea, shopping together at Safeway while trying to hide our ingredients from each other was surprisingly fun. It seemed that he had much more planned, and while I waited for him to finish picking out groceries, I perused the beauty aisle – so many choices! I also coincidentally ran into my English professor’s husband at the check-out. Jerry? Hey, how are ya, kid.

“I’m going to drop you off at home, I still have one more stop.”

“Are you going to the Chinese store?”

“Close.”

“The Japanese store?”

“Yup.”

“You’re making sushi, aren’t you.” We had been talking about making sushi at home, ever since we realized that we go out almost every weekend for sushi – sometimes even twice in one weekend.

“You’re just ruining this for yourself.”

He left me alone for forty minutes and I got to work. Two eggs, two cups of  batter, and a handful of semi-sweet chocolate chips later, I had prepared a stack of chocolate-chip pancakes adorned with sliced strawberries and bananas, topped with whip cream. I put my hands over his eyes and sat him down. When I removed my hands, his face lit up like a little boy.

“Ooh! Pancakes!”

“Oh wait! I forgot to take a picture!” Luckily he had only eaten half of the pancake.

“Can I borrow your music selection for dinner? It’s very appropriate.”

“Sure, it’s just my Colbie Callait Pandora station.”

Unfortunately, we had to consume our breakfast expediently because the next activity was fast approaching.