Archive | July 2009

August needs to stop.

Jul30

Heyyy Blog Kids!

Only one more work day this week! This week FLEW. This month FLEW. At the last holiday gathering at my Aunt’s house (probably Easter), she asked me if time started to seem to go really fast to me. I told her I didn’t understand what she meant. She said something like, “it hasn’t happened yet then.” Well Aunt Isabel, I think it’s happened. Time is FLYING and I want it to stop. I’m 25 years old. Time needs to SLOW DOWN.

Okay done with my little rant. So the last few nights I haven’t been sleeping very well. I’ve been waking up throughout the night really HOT and uncomfortable. Normally I don’t wake up at all and I never remember my dreams. I’ve been having really vivid dreams recently. Perhaps I should stop eating oatmeal at 10 PM. Hm.

Well even though I didn’t exactly sleep well, by some miracle, I got up at 5:15 this morning and ran. Whaaat? I actually didn’t leave the house until about 5:40 because it was a bit too dark until then. The plan was 4 miles. It was an uneventful run. I don’t remember what was going through my head but I wasn’t thinking about the running at all. I think I was just enjoying the sunrise and the early morning quiet.

Here’s the Garmin:
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I had a half of a banana and iced coffee before the run. If you can handle coffee before running, I’d recommend it. CAFFEINE! I usually eat a banana and have coffee before every run regardless of the time of day.

That’s how I roll.

We all have our routines.

I got to work at 8 AM without encountering any rain. (I missed the weather this morning and didn’t pack my umbrella). I’m a risk taker.

So pumpkin oats with Puffins and another banana in the morning + some carrots:
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I ended up going for a walk with Coworker to the North Shore along that trail for about 45 minutes. Lots of exercise today. I snacked on mucho dry cereal today. snacktastic.

So I didn’t actually eat this salad today. I think I had it yesterday. I had SUBWAY today but didn’t take a picture so you can have yesterday’s lunch picture:
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It was Farmer’s Market Thursday today in B-field! I had to stop and get a few things.

  • cantaloupe – $1
  • 3 yellow squash – $2
  • tomatoes – $3
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    I LOVE the farmer’s market. I’ll have to take some pictures next week for the blog.

    Ohhh yesterday I took some pictures of my porch plants.

    Tomatoes are changing colors!
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    And I have TWO peppers! I have no idea what kind of peppers they are…
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    I also took a picture yesterday when walking home from the bus stop because the Cathedral of Learning looked lovely.
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    I ran (not literally) to the grocery store after work and got a few things and then roasted some veggies for part of my dinner. Zucchini, a few brussels and red onion. I had some leftover spinach so I put the raw spinach on a plate and covered it with the hot veggies to wilt the spinach a bit w/ Sriracha. Delicious. There will be more dinner now so I’m off.
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    Tomorrow is FRIDAY! I don’t really have any plans this weekend except for my work picnic at the zoo on Sunday. Fun! Alright everyone, please take a moment and relish the fact that it is Thursday evening and tomorrow at this time, you will be FREE for the weekend!

    • Unsettling

    Jul29

    Good Morning!

    It’s 7:10 AM. It’s raining. :(

    I am not a fan. Swimming is very controversial this morning. Hmm.

    So last night was fun. I got home around…930 and got into bed. Unfortunately I didn’t sleep very well for some reason and woke up pretty tired. Ah well. These things happen. I’ve been having really strange dreams about people that I know. Odd.

    TWO weeks until vacation! I’m excited.

    August is going to be a good month.

    Have a great day blog friends!

    shakira shakira

    Jul28

    Good Afternoon Everyone!

    I’m sitting in the library on my lunch break. I almost went and got coffee because my office is FREEZING but managed to stop myself. I really need to stop buying drinks in the afternoon. Way to save money packing lunch but then waste it buying over-priced drinks at Rite Aid and Crazy Mocha.

    Anyway…

    Trader Joe Oat’s for breakfast. Um so they’re exactly the same as any other Old Fashioned oat I’ve ever had. Seriously. Makes no difference. You, my friends, are better off buying the generic bread and saving $2.

    Pumpkin Oats with Kashi Heart to Heart plus frozen strawberries:
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    Ohh also, last night I was feeling really anxious but tired so I ended up getting into bed by 9, reading and then sleeping by 10. I was wide awake this morning at 5:15 when the alarm went off so I went out for a run at about 5:40 AM. It was light enough at that point. My Garmin battery died about 2 minutes into though! Ohhh well. I think I ran about 3.5 miles or something. I felt kind of slow but WHO KNOWS? There was Shakira on my playlist. You would think that would have gotten me moving…

    My running playlists are HILARIOUS.

    YES the man breathing heavily next to me just left. Strange people in the library sometimes.

    I just ate lunch before coming over to the library. I had leftover stuffed peppers (better the second day!) and a small salad. I was eating the salad and kept wondering why it tasted different than my normal salads and then I realized it was the fresh basil. I love basil in everything. It made me want to make spring rolls. I should do that. I have a surplus of rice papers in the cupboard. I’m cutting back on groceries this weekend in an attempt to use up all of the junk that has been accumulating prior vacation. The goal this weekend is to only buy perishable items. We’ll see how that goes…

    So here’s my lunch:
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    And that’s about it for now. No blogging this evening because I’ll be out so dinner will be quick and likely boring.
    Have a nice day!