Actually the title is misleading because this post is about
the first day of my 30-day weight loss goal and has nothing to do with today’s
occasion. Really! But Happy Hanukkah anyway.
Today’s post is all about me. (Of course all or most of my
posts were/are about me!)
I woke up with a positive attitude (literaly with a smile)
and ate a strawberry banana yogurt. I skipped coffee. Fried rice and hot dogs
and scrambled eggs. I skipped coffee too. I told myself it’s going to be a
great day. Then I headed to a car dealer for scheduled car maintenance and
everything went down the hill.
The rest of my day went like this:
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Service agent told me to wait inside while my
car was being serviced for basic tune up. Should take about 30-minutes and they
will provide recommendations and concerns if any. I said sure. He said they
have a variety of bagels and cakes and hot coffee. I said I’m fine and thanked
him. So I went inside the waiting room and of course as I had expected there
were free breakfast foods and I meant delicious looking cakes in different
flavors. I also smelled coffee and quickly walked the other way. Black coffee
would have been fine but I had this problem of putting too much creamier and
sugar that I’d rather not have the coffee at all.
·
I sat on a chair in an empty row with the wall
right behind me. Then a woman with a kid sat right next to me. The kid must
have been about 4-years old. He was
eating a chocolate. My kind of chocolate. The most favorite chocolate in my
life. I resisted the temptation and watched TV. The morning news highlighted
the looming fiscal cliff of 2013 and how it can shrink our paychecks. Half-way
through it I headed back closer to the entrance door. Closer to the breakfast
foods. I could really smell the aroma of a coffee wafting through the air.
·
Then service agent called my name and asked me
to step outside. He was all that professional and nice I had to give him my sweetest
smile. We performed the basic service, which cost $54.95, he said. I knew that
as advertised on their website. I kept my smile glued on my face. We noticed
the drive belt needed replacement, he said. I peeked on the paper he was
holding and spotted the amount of $200.68. I swallowed a little and had to
blink twice, but I was still smiling. We also noticed the oil pan gasket
leaking and needed to reseal the gasket, he said. I dared not looked at the
paper again. We also recommend the 4x4 service, he added. What’s that mean? I asked. I noted in my head
how pathetic I may have sounded after hearing the voice of a boy for so many
times, asking “What’s that mean?” at the ad at the end of every episode of Fox’s
TV show “Bones”. So anyway he explained what the service was about and I
politely declined and he said he can postpone it until the next maintenance.
Sure, I said while the smile completely vanished from my face after he told me
the total amount of about $600 something. It’ll take another two hours, he said
and reminded me of the free breakfast inside. Or maybe I just made that up, I
didn’t know anymore because at that time I made up my mind of trying out the cakes.
·
This time I went straight to get a cup of coffee
with lots and lots of creamier and lots and lots of sugar. Then I plunged
toward the serving table, took a plate, and forked a piece of cake and a
muffin. It was like a fiesta after all in an early Saturday morning.
·
I came home with little dignity as I shambled my
first day of going easy on foods and focusing on self-control.
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For lunch, I had a bowl of “pancit bihon” (Asian
noodles) garnished with shrimps and different kinds of vegetables and strips of
chicken. My mother made it the day before and I couldn’t resist the temptation.
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I was so disappointed in how my day went by so I
took vengeance and made a real nice green smoothie (apple, banana, baby
spinach, and Olivia’s organic spring mix in a container).
So there, I ended the day with a big bang! Moving on to tomorrow…
