 Little Chicken |
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I have the cutest dog in the world.
It cannot be denied. I'm sure everyone will be thrilled to know that my favorite new snack, the Hershey milk chocolate nuggets with toffee and almonds, are only 2.5 points for 2 of them. Yes, I've a new resolve to track my points, as I am quickly approaching maximum density. Okay, not MAXIMUM density, but not far from it. I find that it's much easier to manage twenty points per day when I don't eat a frozen dinner for lunch. Somehow the only ones I like come in at about 6 points, and that's just a big honking chunk of points on one boring thing. I really would rather eat lots of little things that add up to around that amount of points than one big thing. It just makes me happier. Lately I've been eating smart start soy protein and morningstar veggie links for breakfast (4); deli-sliced turkey sandwich on reduced-calorie wheat bread (2), a lite string cheese (1), mini-pretzel twists (2), carrot sticks (0), and a fat free Jello pudding (2) for lunch; a couple of Hershey nuggets for a snack (2.5) with maybe some fat free pringles (1) or a mini-bag of popcorn (2); and some stir-fried veggies and chicken (3) for dinner; and a giant fudge bar (1) and maybe another piece of cheese (1) and some strawberries (1) for dessert. It all comes out to about 20 points per day. I haven't really been super hungry, and I'm sure I could be eating more healthily (more protein, fewer empty carbs, etc.), but this is about as far as I can take it right now. To go from eating approximately 300 Hershey nuggets per day to 2 feels like a mighty feat. Of course, I've only been doing this for four days, and I'm sure this will all go straight to hell at the wedding tonight where I'll probably drink about forty-five glasses of wine. In one short week, my friend's life went from being a tumultous mess of upheaval, brokeness, heartbreak, and stress to a week in which she got a raise and a foxy Jersey City apartment with a balcony and a rooftop with a view on which to throw parties for $600 a month, was appointed the head of a huge account with her agency, and spontaneously scheduled a carpe dieming, booty calling, romance enjoying Memorial Day visit to Chicago. It's amazing how quickly life can turn around. I was distressed over the death of the baby duck at the jaws of the cutest dog in the world, and now there is another bird in the neighborhood to worry about. I thought it was a baby duck, but it turns out that it's a baby chicken. I don't know where I got the idea that baby chickens are cute and fluffy and yellow. This is the tramp of baby chickens. He is dark and skinny and the straggliest most pathetic baby chicken I have ever seen. Where these little birds are coming from is beyond me and my neighbors. This little chicken, whom I call "Little Chicken," spends his time walking back and forth from my neighbors' front yard to mine, hanging out in the flower beds and grass and eating worms and bugs and whatever it is that baby chickens eat. None of our dogs know quite what to make of him, and luckily he's steering clear of the backyards. I worry that he is not long for this world, because while our suburban street is pretty peaceful for humans, there are still things like cars and garbage trucks and loose dogs whizzing by every day. We're thinking of putting a "Lost Chicken" sign up, but then someone might just claim Little Chicken for nefarious purposes. My mom left my house last night and I called out, "Don't run over Little Chicken!" and then walked back inside to finish stir-frying my chicken breast for dinner. So, you know, I've got no real moral stance on chickens, but this one seems to be adopting us, and I wonder if he's looking for his friend, Little Dead Duck. I tried to theorize that maybe the duck walked over from the lakes since they're within easy walking distance, but my neighbor regarded me like I was a bit of a lunatic and said that it's way too far for a baby duck to walk. And chickens don't live at the lakes. So WHENCE came this chicken? I have no idea. It's all very weird. I'm afraid I'm starting to love Little Chicken a little bit. I'd like to try and save Little Chicken somehow.
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