God Works At Wendy's

Today is Day #7 of my new lifestyle of "healthy living," or "My Quest To Lose 37 Pounds."  I've been doing very well this week and I'm really proud of myself.  No fast food, no Coke and no alcohol for 7 straight days.  But, tonight I had to eat on the run, so I picked the healthiest fast food choice I could think of because they have salads:  Wendy's.  Normally when I go to Wendy's I'm all over that Bacon Cheeseburger Deluxe, Biggie Fries & a Biggie Coke.  But, not now that I'm on My Quest.  If I go to a fast food restaurant, it's all about the salads.  It's damn near like going from smoking a pack a day to sucking on hard candy.  I've never been a smoker, but I can imagine.  I love me some bacon cheeseburgers.

Now, I'm not trying to say Wendy's salads are healthy or healthier than any other fast food restaurant's.  I'm just saying I prefer their salads to the ones at McDonald's, Jack-in-the-Box, Burger King, you name it.  And my daughter said she liked Wendy's new chicken nuggets.  Okay, we're there.

So my daughter orders hers and I get up there and tell the guy, "I'll have a Dasani bottled water and a Chicken BLT Salad with honey dijon dressing."  The picture of it looked delicious with nice crispy chicken strips all cut up on top of fresh green lettuce leaves, a little bacon, a little shredded cheese, tomatoes.. Mmm... It was still going to be "cheating" with the bacon, cheese, croutons & crispy chicken strips, but I was willing to risk it, even though I'm weighing in tomorrow morning.  (Tomorrow is Weigh-In #1.)  I've been good all week!  This one thing isn't going to ruin whatever I've accomplished all week long.

I got our order and sat down at the table.  I took the cover off the salad and..... DISAPPOINTMENT!  There was chicken alright:  GRILLED chicken breast.  Not crispy chicken, GRILLED CHICKEN!!  I didn't ask for GRILLED chicken!  The picture on the menu shows CRISPY CHICKEN; I want CRISPY CHICKEN, damnit!! 

I was just about ready to go up to the counter before I laid a finger on that salad and say, "Look, you didn't ask me which chicken I wanted, and I didn't know there was a choice because your picture shows crispy chicken, and I wanted CRISPY CHICKEN!"  And then I realized...

God works at Wendy's.