Gluttonous Living

   I LOVE FOOD!!! I really do. I like all kinds of food. I pride myself on the fact that I am not a terribly picky eater. I will try nearly everything at least once. I even had duck for the first time today. I like all kinds of food. And if it is something I really like, I sometimes make myself sick trying to eat as much of it as I can.
   My most favorite kind of food is Mexican. I eat Mexican food more than once a week. I like burritos, enchiladas, tacos, quesadilla’s and I can pronounce most of what is on the menu. I like the flavors, I like the meat, I like the cheese and I like the sauces. I like fast food Mexican, restaurant Mexican, Authentic Mexican and Tex-Mex. It is all delicious to me. At night when I am hungry, I crave Mexican food. There is a place in my little part of the world that is open 24 hours and I have been there more than once at 2 am ordering pork burritos. Basically, Mexican does it for me.
   Seriously, I just finished eating dinner, and I am already thinking about food again. Mexican...
   What makes all of this gluttony worse is that I am a stay at home mom. After I drop the kids off to school, I think about how wonderful a breakfast sandwich would be. I am already in the car, and the drive up people don’t care if I have already done my hair, changed out of my pajamas or even checked to see if yesterday’s mascara is in a lovely ring under my eyes. So it is off to McDonalds for an egg mcmuffin. Already a healthy way to start the day.
   Since my kids are both in school I have plenty of time to think about food, and eat it all by myself. I love my children but they can really ruin mealtime. I enjoy nothing more than sitting down in front of the television or computer and eating. I like to go and get fast food from somewhere, or eat the leftovers from the fridge, or maybe just snack, but when I am alone, I feel no shame in eating as much as I want. No one is there to judge me, or look at me, or even know that I consumed an entire bag of Doritos all by myself.    However, as much as I love eating alone, I love to go out with friends as well. I am a social person, and I love to call someone up and say “Let’s have lunch together.” We go out, eat, talk and just sit and enjoy not having children clamoring at us. This is probably better for me, as I tend to eat less when there are other women around. Self preservation thing.
   Ok so now you are wondering, how does her gluttony really stay in the closet? I work out of town all the time. Don’t be confused with the stay at home mom thing I mentioned earlier. I work for a small company and very VERY part time. Less than 40 hours in an entire month. I travel to far off places and I generally go on my own. I stay in hotels and I get to sit and watch cable (a luxury we do not have at home) and eat whatever takeout I want. Who is going to know that I ordered Olive Garden, or enough Chinese food for three people and eat it all myself? Just like at home, I can get rid of the evidence, and no one will be the wiser. Plus, when I go it alone and take it home, the people at the restaurant probably think I am ordering for several people. I hope so anyway.  
   So here I am, a woman who is seemingly consumed by the thought of food. Luckily, as a gluttonous person, I have worked hard to keep a fairly trim figure. I think about food, but lately I have managed to never put into practice what I really want to do. Hope I can hold onto that, or I may have to be burned down with the house, poor Gilbert Grape.