Throw Your Hands in the Air, If Youse a True Player

Why, hellllllllooo there! Long time no write, eh? I wish I had some sort of elaborate excuse, but the truth is I just got overwhelmed with things in my day-to-day life and needed a blogging break. Now that I am officially on Christmas vacation (whee!) I decided to try to at least get back in the swing of things a bit with the blog.

This morning I left Nashville via Jett, my well-worn and trusty Volkswagen. I had my morning planned to the letter: get up at 5:15am, then get showered, pack the car and be on the road by 6:30am. Yeah...that didn't work out so well. I woke up feeling very well rested and reached on my nightstand for my cell phone to see what time it might be. That time? Might be 7:05am. In my planning, I neglected to plan to SET THE CORRECT ALARM, so I set my weekday alarm for 5:15 instead of the weekend one. SIGH.

Undaunted, I bounded out of bed and managed to be on my way by 8:10am. On my way out the door, I noticed this:

Yes, folks. Those are my keys. In the front door. Right where I left them last night when I came home. I swear, I need to buy some velcro shoes because it's likely I will forget how to tie mine pretty soon. I am lucky I am not dead/robbed/worse.

Anywho. Once I got on the road I realized in my rush, I also forgot two very important things, my pillow and my water bottle. I am a mess! I tried to make the best of things but I was pretty darn thirsty. To distract myself (and avoid a pit stop only 30 minutes into the trip) I munched on a pear I brought from my fridge.

 

This was tasty, but not very filling. I tried to stop at a rest stop to grab a bottled water, but that rest stop was apparently the only one in the state of Tennessee with no vending machines. I am starting to detect a conspiracy here.

I managed to make it to Atlanta before my hunger and thirst demanded I stop. I've been eating really horribly lately, so I wanted something fairly healthy for lunch. As soon as I saw a sign for Panera, I jumped off the highway so quick my poor car almost had a heart attack.

 

Ahhhhhhhh. Perfect. 1/2 veggie sandwich, 1/2 Greek salad, Diet Crack and an apple (which I saved for later). Once I was back on the road, I got kind of bored.

 

Gina the grapefruit and Albert the apple became fast friends.

 

Gina and Albert then judged me as I left their healthy selves on the dash and stopped for a decidedly less healthy treat. Don't judge me, fruits! This is a candy cane blizzard. These only happen ONCE A YEAR!

Later, I got hungry and decided to teach old Albert a lesson.

 

Although I think he taught me the lesson instead, because I'm not sure the Panera employees actually washed this apple. The skin tasted sort of weird. Still, I was starving and I ate every pesticide-ridden bite.

 

Also, ;later I had this bar which was the healthiest bar option at the gas station. (Sorry about the pic -- it's impossible to take a non-blurry picture in the dark at 80 mph. Um, don't pic and drive! Do as I say, not as I do!) It was kind of gross. I reminded me of those peanut butter chocolate Zone bars, which I used to eat all of the time but now give me the willies. Oh, well.

Around 9pm I arrived safely at my mother's house to the smell of delicious homemade soup. If only I was hungry. Good thing soup keeps well, because I will definitely be diving into that tomorrow! Also, my mom is making me waffles for breakfast! Man, I love being home. ;)

Post title from "Big Poppa" by Notorious B.I.G.

Somehow, I don't have this song in my collection to share. However, my entire 11+ hour drive was basically fueled by this song, because my iPod shuffle's name is Big Poppa and that little guy lasted the entire trip without running out of juice. You go, BP!

Comments

[Lesley]

Oh my gosh, I laughed out loud when Gina and Albert judged you for eating a Blizzard instead of them (I personally have felt judged by a lot of bananas, grapes and apples sitting on my desk watching me eat M&Ms....).

[Carrie]

Michael Pollan says "if you're not hungry enough to eat an apple, you're not hungry." Michael Pollan has obviously never tasted a Blizzard.

[Lesley]

Michael Pollan sounds like a perfectly awful person, and a really strict parent!

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