5 - sunday

the countdown is ON!  last week, when I was visiting T, we had this conversation:

me: let's get double downs!
t: ew, no, are you serious?
me: YES I'm serious, I want one.  if you don't get one with me I will just have to get one when I go home. (the KFC is down the street from me)
t: seriously, for your own sake, don't have one, that's gross.
me: what about after my half marathon?
t: (thoughtful pause) ok, fine.

I've found the loophole in the universe!

two important pieces of information:

first, I have been training my little behind off for the Seattle Rock n' Roll Marathon on June 26.  I have also decided that 2010 is *my* year, so I've been eating very healthfully. I'm running the Cox Half Marathon next Sunday, May 2, as part of my training, and for the past 3+ years the half has been sponsored by a chicken salad company.  this year, though, it's being sponsored by a public health fitness promotion campaign called Shape Up RI.  this means no chicken salad sandwiches at the finish line, and makes me so so sad.

second, I should qualify my desire for a double down by noting that I work in a very fancy Italian restaurant, that nine times out of ten I would rather cook for myself than go out to eat, and that I am something of a gourmet ingredients snob (see also: obsession with food blogs).  but I am a complete sucker for fast food.  I had McDonald's for breakfast on Friday (what? I own up to it).  the commercials make me so hungry.  I'm like the ideal marketing demographic.  the double down has been taunting me (don't even get me started on how badly I wanted the mashed potato bowl with the corn and the cheese and the chicken and the gravy all layered on top of one another, another KFC treat that I proudly resisted caving to) and since I can't have chicken salad, I will obviously be getting a double down.

in seven days. yeah c'mon.