284 Days to Go - Apples Anyone?

I've been thinking a lot about my eating lately. My conclusion is that Cookies plus Milk do not equal Breakfast. This is really hard for me to take, but I try regardless. So, yesterday I am driving down the road about lunchtime. You know, that time of day when you might just pass by the mild warning signs of hunger on your way somewhere else and before you know it you're starving at 4:00 pm while you make dinner scheduled for 6:00 so now you don't want to spoil your only real meal of the day (dinner) with a full-blown  breakfast/lunch combo as you make the cornbread. Yah, that time.

So, yesterday I am driving down the road about lunchtime and decide that I need real food at a real time. Thoughts pour through my brain as I pass many choices: Del Taco, Subway, a grocery store. No. Finally I turn around for an Arby's thinking there's meat there, processed though it is. Meat and a bun. That's a start for a not-much-meat-eater called Me. I drive through and order a Jr. Arby's sandwich with my favorite, water. Thinking that won't be enough to feed me, I quickly call out an order of curly fries, small. "Why did I do that? Good Grief!" comes my internal rebuke. "Greasy, spicy fries? Come on!" Passing the menu board on the way to the window I spy a red apple. Yes, right there on the menu board. It goes with a boxed lunch of some sort. Wow! I usually don't eat fresh fruit. That bright red apple calls out to me from the board. At the window I inquire, "Hey, can you give me an apple too?"

"Sure. That's $1.39."

That price for one apple is no problem for me right then. I just ordered a healthy food! I smile. Leaving the drive-thru with my two bags in tow, I am dreamy and satisfied at my ever-so-wise choice for the day. A mile away I reach into the first bag blindly searching for my sandwich. What do I find? My apple ... an apple turnover with white frosting on top! Eiy! My smile flopped.