American Food

So...I am chronically full since I got here and just disgusted!! Forgot how terrible the American food culture is. Tonight tipped the scale. When I first got here, a burger and fried sounded good, so Kara took me to In and Out, a famous Californian burger place. Yesterday was great food with the pastors...but I still got real full. Today, like I said, totally tipped it! I am officially disgusted! For lunch we went to this diner or burger place... was so full! 1/2 a Hickory Burger, 1 Shrimp Taco, fries and a shake. It was a late lunch, so by dinner time, I just didn't wanna eat!! But they came and got Nate and me and took us to another diner. Urghhh...

It was the one dinner in my life that I enjoyed the least. I was on jet lag...super tired, not hungry, but I ordered a sandwich anyways and was able to barely finish half of it. I was looking around the table and noticed how big the portions are. I looked again and for a moment I was taken aback by the gluttany... the table was full of baskets of fried goodies... muffins, fries, sodas etc etc. There were two 14 month olds by the table, and it sickened me watching their overweight moms let them just eat fries with mayo or ketchup... they were messy around their mouths and I'm just thinking about what time it is. They should be in bed...not out at a greasy restaurant destroying their beautifully made bodies. I looked up from the toddlers and noticed their moms doing the same thing...stuffing their face with greasy fingers, focused and already looking at the dessert menu. I'm being harsch, I know, but I have to admit, in this sense, I AM NOT AN AMERICAN! I will not do this to my kids. We will have family dinner at my house!

By the end of the feast, the table was an absolute mess and I felt like a total mess on the inside. So full I could hardly think. Thinking of how I would have felt if it had been a home cooked meal with vegetables. Fresh and cold water from the tap in a calm and homey atmosphere.

Anyhow...just needed to get that out!