Eat, Eat, Eat

I met my Lyon family last night, and we ate dinner together and celebrated the mother's birthday. I have never eaten that much food in a meal before. We started with a lettuce salad and a tomato and feta salad. Then, we ate spagghetti boulognaise. She put one scoopful (a nice sized scoop), and I said, merci. She was like, "Not more?" Ummm, no, and thank goodness I didn't take more because I had to eat that plus a piece of bread and then came the dessert. First, we ate a chocolate cake and then a strawberry shortcake. Two cakes? I could not finish my second piece because she specifically gave me a huge piece of the chocolate cake. After the cake, there was yogurt which I was not going near. Everyone thinks that Americans overindulge and eat too much, but seriously, I've haven't eaten that much in a long time. Oh, and breakfast was interesting, too. Croissants and brownies? We'll see what dinner is like tonight. Also, I really hope I'll have time to do laundry tonight. Clean jeans would be really nice right now.