It was a nice trip on a nearly empty plane. I had empty seats on each side of me and spent most of the flight spooning my laptop.
This morning, I woke up in a hotel, nothing unusual about that. However, my stomach is...disappointed in me. I have somehow let it down. I decide to backtrack my diet on my travel day. If I can find the source, then I can keep this from happening again.
Breakfast was Apple and Cinnamon oatmeal. I bring that with me to Hungary since it is hard to get there. I love that stuff. No problems so far.
The airplane food was great. I am possibly the only person that loves airplane food. I like it the way my dog likes dinner time. He gets a small morning snack and is starved by the time dinner shows up. I could feed him sawdust for dinner and he wouldn't notice. When the food finally shows up on an airplane, I am so hungry that I scarf it down in huge gulps. Once I think I sucked down a napkin, thinking it was mashed potates.
Somewhere over the land of volanoes, I got hungry again. I bought two large bags of Peanut M&Ms - proof that God does exists. I love those things. I tried to eat one at a time but, in the end, alas... gone in 60 seconds.
Overall, nothing out of the ordinary so far.
I land in Kentucky. An interesting side note here. I had to pass my bags/body through security to LEAVE the airport. I guess the message is that if you brought any bombs with you on the plane, you need to leave them with the customs officials. I make a mental note.
The hotel is about 10 minutes from the airport. I am, of course, starved so I pull out my GPS and type in KFC. I need some American food. I love Hungarian cuisine but its time to pay tribute to the land of immediate gratification. I am surprised to see there are 11 KFCs within six miles of my position. I think, "I must be near the KFC mother ship." Then it hits me. I am in Kentucky. I think the zoning laws here mandate a certain chicken density.
So, I cruse into the nearest KFC and grab a bucket of extra crispy, chicken only. The other stuff just gets in the way of flavor. I know it's not a balanced diet but figure I'll take an extra vitamin pill later to fill in the gaps.
I pull out of the KFC trying to resist eating it in the car, knowing I don't have the willpower. I am reaching for a leg, the easiest thing to eat while driving and what do I see? There is a Taco Bell only half a block away. Five minutes later, I am cruising to my hotel with 10,000 calories of grease and carbs in the seat next to me.
Ten minutes after checking in, I fall back onto my bed completely content. Nothing says "satisfaction" like a bucket of KFC with two double-cheesy burrito backers.
So, my menu review yielded nothing out of the ordinary.
I pop a couple of Pepto Bismo tablets (the cure for everything stomach) and move on.
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