OK . . . . I'm getting a little bored . . . . my life is beginning to feel like an endless parade of salads. When I started travelling, I was looking forward to investigating and visiting an endless list of restaurants and discovering ways to live on the road without sugar. In reality, however, most nights I am too tired to go out to eat - and eating out alone gets old. I'm eating a lot of veggies. Hummus when I can find it. Salad, salad, salad. I always have my own dressing with me, but I run into issues when I don't have a fridge in my hotel room . . . . I hate to throw away expensive salad dressing when I've only used a couple of tablespoons out of the bottle.
I did have a bright spot in my week here in NC. Monday night, I got to meet one of my company's new agents, and go to dinner with someone who knew the area. We went to a steak house and I had an excellent steak accompanied by steamed spinach. The best part wasn't the food, but the conversation. Have you ever noticed how much more enjoyable a meal is when it is accompanied by conversation? My new friend is about my parent's age, but we had a lot in common. . . . . we discussed everything from transportation to politics to child-rearing to health to homeschooling to literature to door-to-door sales. I highly recommend eating with someone whenever possible:)
I am somewhat torn on the subject of red meat. I know there are many who claim that read meat is bad for us. I don't really have an opinion myself, as I haven't dug into research on the topic yet. I plan to start reading up on this when I get home from Buffalo next week. We'll see what I find. Let me know if you have any suggestions for books to read on red meat.
Hope you are well.
JamiK
