Heat Can Kill

Hey my Cookie Dough Ice Creams!

Thank you so much for all your tips on how to eat healthy at Olive Garden! They really helped and I was able to have a delicious time, while still being healthy!

This is what I wore to Olive Garden.

I went with some family friends (an older couple with the husband’s mother who’s 90 years old) who invited me to go with them. A couple of weeks ago they had asked if I had ever been to Olive Garden and I explained no. They then said they would take me the next time they go. So I went!

If you can tell in the next picture, my cheeks got really rosy.

I’m not wearing blush at ALL! The rosy-ness is from the heat in my room.

The people who were taking me to Olive Garden came and we were off!

I started out with a salad with the dressing on the side. I also took off the croutons cause I don’t really like those — never have on salads. Now if they had had chickpeas and sunflower seeds, my dreams would have come true.

I dipped my fork into the dressing (I had my own little cup) and then had a bite of salad (i heard that tip from my cousins). That way you have dressing in each bite, but not too much. I liked how I could taste the dressing, but it wasn’t overpowering like many dressings are when dumped over salads. It was the perfect amount.

I had one bread stick. I was at Olive Garden and I had to have one.

Though, I must say, I didn’t really care for it. I’ve had better bread sticks, like the ones at Souper Salad. These bread sticks were ok.

I guess I like my pastas to have lots of tomato sauce on them because I had to ask for some more.

Overall, I really liked the service at Olive Garden, I like that they offer GLUTEN-FREE pastas for those who are gluten intolerant, and I really like the Italian dressing they had. But, I guess I had expected MORE. I had heard so much about it, I guess I got my hopes up too far. It was REALLY yummy, but not as yummy as I had hoped.

I babysat all yesterday morning, so I got to spend it all in air conditioning, but once I got back to my house, it was difficult.

You could feel the sweat trickling down your spine.

The air stuck to you. It is so thick you can cut it.

It’s hard to breathe because it is so humid.

I went to bed at around 10 last night. My parents didn’t allow my sister and I to sleep in our beds — it wouldn’t have bene safe in this heat. So we both slept on the living room floor — without blankets. Even though I had a fan on me, it didn’t help. The heat in my house had sucked all of my energy out of me. I tossed and turned. I woke up, felt the heat, and tried to fall back asleep. That happened for a pretty long time. I finally decided to check the time.

It was only 1 am.

I was so mad. 1am?!?! I still had ALL night to go! I must say, I was pretty upset. I was to the point that if it had been 3am I probably would have just stayed up — that’s how much I was done with “trying” to sleep. Though, I decided to give it another try. So I did.

I finally woke up again at 5:45. I was done. I got up and stayed up.

I had a very weird dream last night too – almost disgusting, almost evil. I wonder if it was from how awful my body felt in the heat. I don’t know.

I just know that drinking a whole TWO QUARTS of ice-cold Crystal Light (if I was going to drink that much water at one time, I wanted it to be cold) and eating half a bag of frozen fruit really helps your body cool down.

The thermostat says that it is 86 degrees right now, but that is only downstairs. Upstairs, it’s another story. It is probably 100 degrees up here right now. It doesn’t help that all of our computers are upstairs — especially when you want to blog. The heat just sucks all the strength you have right out of you.

I’m sorry I haven’t been keeping up with your posts recently. The heat in my house is just tiring me out and I just can barely stand it. I will catch up once my house gets back to normal temp. I don’t even think we ever need to use another oven in my life if this heat keeps up — we can cook all of our food just in our living room! I hope that when the guy who comes to fix our air conditioner comes soon.

I don’t know if I can bare it.

Through all of this, I have learned that sometimes, you don’t appreciate something until you lose it. Like air conditioning, cars, your wallet, friends, food, pets, books, family. This heat has really shown me everything that I am grateful for in my life. It has really helped me grow. I am actually grateful for this experience and what it has taught me.

Can you sleep well when the air is hot and sticks to you? When the air just lays on you and won’t get off? When the humidity makes your pillow feel damp? I know that it makes it hard for me to sleep.

What’s your favorite meal at Olive Garden? If you haven’t been there, what would you want to try there? I really liked their Italian Dressing!

What are some of the things that YOU are grateful for? I am grateful for all of my friends, for Christ, for my family, and your all of you!

LOVE YOU!

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