I have always been a lover of food. For as long as I can remember, the way to my heart has always been through my stomach. There are days where I can eat enough food to feed a small nation, like the day I went to the Trail Dust Steakhouse and ordered a four pound porterhouse steak – and finished the whole thing. But there are also days where I go an entire day without eating – and yesterday was unfortunately one of those days.

My food-less day started when I wanted to get a bagel for breakfast and realized that I did not bring any money with me, which made me skip my first of three meals. I did order lunch though and actually had it sitting on my desk steaming hot – but gave it away due to a series of frustrating events at work that made me lose my appetite. For dinner, I first wanted chicken wings from Jerry’s Chicken Galore and called them relentlessly for a delivery – only to hear nothing but a ringing phone on the other end. After a few attempts to reach them, I gave up and decided that I wanted sushi. So I went to my favorite sushi restaurant, Osaka at 10:45pm – only to be told that they were closed even though the sign said they closed at 11:00pm. I guess they did not want to serve a new customer fifteen minutes before they closed – that’s ok – because as I told the hostess – they will never serve me again.

I hate days where I don’t eat. I am unable to focus, I get dizzy and I get a headache. The funny thing is that although I did order my lunch yesterday, I didn’t eat it because getting upset takes my appetite away. I remember many times where I ordered food and tossed it in the trash due to a bad day. I don’t know why, but for some reason, I just can’t eat when I get pissed off. In fact, I remember at time in the summer of 2003 where I was so upset with the situation I was living in – that I went almost four complete days without so much as a glass of water. By the fourth day, I remember reaching a point where I was unable to concentrate on anything and nearly passed out due to dehydration.

Everyone has days where they are too busy or too upset to eat. And Lord knows that I will no doubt endure another food-less day like I did yesterday. I just hope that next time is a long time away…

…thank God that a hot breakfast was served at this morning’s Fillmore Real Estate manager’s meeting.