I was feeling out of sorts this morning, so I decided to play hooky and go out for some retail therapy.

After a quick trip to Ikea, I remembered that I hadn’t gone to my favorite Indian lunch place in a long time – since 2004, to be exact – and I was close enough that I could hit it early in the lunch rush, before they ran out of my favorite curry. I used to eat at this place 2 or 3 times a week and, while I am too much of a wuss to regularly eat vindaloo, I got hooked on their chicken korma with potatoes on the side.

Since 2004, I’ve shaved off a full beard, gone from long hair to short, and lost 100+ pounds. Oh, and I wear glasses now.

I wait through the line, get to the chef, he looks at me and says “You’ve lost weight. Korma and potatoes?”