Saturday, July 9, 2011

Day 270-What to feed an eleven year old

So the first day here, Little T told me she hadn't eaten on the plane, so I said that we would go to see Big D and they both could go out for lunch.  I know Big D's just loves Wendy's Frosty's, so it was Wendy's that they were going.

We were planning on going out to dinner with LT, so I was hoping that she wouldn't eat too much, and surprisingly she only ordered those chicken drops or drips or whatever they are called, no ice cream, no dessert.  (However, the first thing she did when she got to Big D's house was go straight for the cookie jar.)  So she had been quiet on the way over, I was trying to worm information out of her, but it was like pulling teeth.  She has always been full throttle voice before so this was something different for me.  My little one is hitting puberty - boo hoo.  So on the way home it was worse, not a peep out of her.  She put her head phones on and was gone.  I was actually tired of trying to get her to talk, so I just sat there driving, fuming a little, feeling sorry a little then I hear this big honk, I nearly careened into the other lane, and looked over to see her in a very deep sleep.  I felt a little better - but just a bit.  So for the next 30 minutes I got serenaded with the sweet sound of very adult sounding snores.  In fact they were so loud, I kept getting dirty looks from the neighboring cars - they couldn't hear their music through her snores.

But we went to Chevy's and she got her virgin drink and a plate of nachos (if you can't eat what you want when you visit your aunt then what fun is it coming to visit your aunt.)  So it was my turn.  The lowest calorie meal was 600 calories - and for me that is two meals, so I found a taco that was 200 calories and ordered that.  For the first time in my life I got "just one taco, are you sure you don't want something else."  The only time I have ever heard that before was when I am with T2 who orders like that all the time.  Hey T2 maybe next time we can share the pea.

2 comments:

  1. The only thing on the Chevy's menu that was under 600 calories was the Santa Fe salad at 580 calories! Everything else was from 1,000 to 2,300 calories - like 2 quarter pounders plus 3 fries at McDonalds.

    The Santa Fe salad was good, but the chips they provided probaby put "TSH" over the 1,000 mark too. Chevys seems to be a place to avoid if you're watching calories.

    What did you do? Nothing. Where are you going? Out. Who are you seeing? No one. Repeat frequently - the pre-teen anthem.

    Little T LAUGHED uncontrollably when we went to Borders & I said I wanted a CD. She said NO ONE uses CDs any more - they all use ipods. Since my speakers are way better than any ipod, I wonder about when the average 11-12 year old will grow deaf from the earphones/buds - age 35?

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