4 September 2006

Breakfast: Aunt Jamami pancakes and sausage, coffee and a can of D.P. Also, a slice of bread with peanut butter on one half and Welch’s grape jelly on the other.

Lunch: McDonald's SW Club salad and a can of D.P.
I've a "bone to pick" with the service at the McDonalds:

I got a Mexican clerk who had a bit of trouble with his English. It took a couple of tries to get my order across. When this happened, he walked over to put the first salad into a plastic bag. A couple of Mexican boys (well "youths" in their late teens) walked in. "My" clerk just had to greet them and they chatted for a half minute or so in rapid Mexican. While "my" clerk was putting the first salad into the plastic bag, one of his buddies said something. "My" clerk put the salad back on the shelf and immediately hustled over to get this other boy a glass of ice and water. Only after his compoderie had left did "my" clerk get around to bagging up both my salads. He did fine with getting the salad dressings and the forks and even gave me an extra bag of almonds.

It just irritated me that an unpaying buddy of the clerk would get preferential treatment over a paying customer. Oh, well, "my" clerk probably realizes:

1. He is just a temporary employee and
2. I am just another customer who will come back anyway...

One of the old ladies (whom I had bitched to before about screwups with the salads) asked "did he get everything you asked for"? "Yes".

Maybe he wasn't such a bad "crewman" but it bugged me that a walk in buddy would get precedence over an old fart paying customer (me).

Snack: There is just something about eating healthy (well, salads) that leads me to food cravings. This is especially true now that I've got a deadline: I have less than 3 months to get my blood sugar down enough to "get a good score" on my A1C test on 30 Novemeber 2006. It is the knowledge that I have to be strintent with what I eat that is making it hard. Hence, the desire for a "bad" snack.

Anyway, the 14th Street Dillions had sugar free pumkin pies for $2.50 each. I bought one and some "lite" frozen "whipped creame". I ate between a 1/4 and a 1/3 of the pie. I was hungry...

Dinner: Healthy Choice Chicken Broccoli Alfredo Chicken Breast and Broccoli in Alfredo Sauce with Fettuccini Pasta and a can of D.P.

Pre-bed Snack: A piece of punckin {sp} pie and low cal spread and water...