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July 22, 2005

Road Trip

Today, my husband, daughter, and I drove down to the Jersey shore with my parents. It’s not too long of a ride but my mother loves stopping to eat. She makes it sound as though she really needs to because she’s so hungry, but I think we all could have made it the 3 and a half hours (max) it takes to get here. We could have waited and ate at a good restaurant once we arrived. Instead we subjected ourselves to the horror that is the NJ Parkway rest stop.

It was dirty and gross and the only food they served was Burger King, KFC, and Nathan’s Famous Franks. I guess that covers all of the meat groups, putrid beef, deep fried chiquen (I don’t think you can be sure it’s chicken), and pork parts (and that means any part). I know that sounds harsh, but this place was that gross.

I refused to eat at any of those. I went to the gift shop to see if they sold trail mix or something. They had a refrigerator with salads that looked a million years old, lunchables, and yogurt. I was a bit hesitant because the yogurt didn’t have an expiration date on it and it had actually been marked down… twice. No advertised sale or anything just a few price stickers that gradually got less faded as the price went down. It must have been real old. I bought it because it looked like my best chance. I also bought some Vegetable Thins (crackers). I wasn’t fooling myself, they are just vegetable “flavored” and despite the green packaging they have a lot of fat.

For dinner we had pizza. I miss NJ pizza! I did good and only had one slice and I actually used a teaspoon to measure the amount of dressing I put on my salad. I’m a little bummed though; I couldn’t taste everything too well due to the congestion from the aftermath of my flu. I wish I had taken the opportunity to eat less and save the slice for another day.

Posted by hopeful @ July 22, 2005 10:48 PM