Year 2, Day 318: I Have a Dream

A very strange coincidence meant that Ruby and I saw a movie on all three Monday holidays: Christmas, New Year's Day and now Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Today we saw "Flushed Away," which while not the most direct way to celebrate the holiday, was still nice because it was not insipid like nearly all of the other children's animated films. Still reeling from my discovery of the travesty of nutrition contained in movie popcorn, I am compelled to keep sneaking in Boston Lite Popcorn wherever I go to see a film. Today I brought a friend of Ruby's along too and they had a great time. Then after we went to a restaurant for lunch but there was an 30 minute wait so we vamoosed over to the local pizza joint. Ruby's friend wanted a cheeseburger and they didn't serve it on a soft roll but a sub roll and I felt bad because Ruby's friend had lost both of her front teeth. She was plucky, though, and got through half of it before concentrating on her juice and french fries.

Breakfast
1 Slice Balthazar Bread
2 Soft Boiled Eggs
2 oz 50% Jalapeno Cheddar
1 crust of balthazar with Super Chunky Peanut Butter
Coffee

Movie Snack
~3 oz Boston Lite Popcorn
1 Clementine

Lunch: Bill's
Undressed Greek Salad with Chicken
Some Cheese off of a slice of Pizza
1/2 of a chicken nugget

Mindlessly Eaten:
2 pieces of paprikash chicken
2 pieces of hamburger

Dinner: Legal Seafoods
3 oysters
2 shrimp
(cocktail sauce)
house salad, balsamic vinegar
dover sole
broccoli with cheese

dessert
2 bites of egg nog cheesecake
decaf coffee

At night the excitement continued and I went out to eat with my brother and a friend at Legal Seafoods. As always, there were more calories consumed than should be, and according to the book I'm reading, Mindless Eating, it's apparently a common thing that you eat more when you're having a good time and you want it to last. That doesn't say much for eating with friends, does it?