Losing Track of The Days

I have no idea what day of the week it is now. I know we have been here a while cos my suntan is coming along nicely and I'm getting fat from all the eating I am being forced to do on this flippin FREE dining plan.

For those unfamiliar with this, I will explain.

If you booked a Disney Superior hotel you got a free dining plan for each person in the party. So although you had to pay more for the hotel, the fact that you didnt pay for food evened it out and you got better facilities at the hotel to boot. As you know, my husband is one for bargains and so of course this is what we did.

Now a dining plan in most other countries would be of regular portions, but obviously this is the USA and everything is bigger - but not necessarily better! The dining plan consists of one snack, one counter service meal and one table service meal per person per day.

Examples;
Snack - piece of fruit, soft drink, icecream, bag of crisps

Counter Service - Salad bowl, burger & fries, hot dog etc plus dessert and soft drink.

Table Service - Main course, steak, chicken, fish etc plus dessert and soft drink.

Now on paper that sounds like an average days food - yes? NO!

Average portion sizes are pretty big by my standard and unless you plan your eating habits well, you find yourself not wanting to eat much more than a salad come the evening meal. Although the main courses vary a great deal depending on where you eat, the desserts and snacks don't. Luckily you can use them up with bottles of water, drinks and the odd cooling ice lolly.

I enjoy eating generally, but even I have got to the stage where somethimes I dont want to eat anything. The heat doesnt help either, its so hot still, up in the high nineties most days, without the usual thunderstorms in the afternoon to cool things down a little. So unfortunately we are having to suffer all this food and sunshine as best we can.

Its a dirty job, but someone has to do it!