This morning I slept in. There's really no excuse for it. Basically I just wanted to lay in bed all day. Unfortunately I'm not independantly wealthy and cannot afford to not work, so I had to drag my butt out of bed. And because my time to get ready was quickly running out, I made myself some toast to eat on my way to work.
Due to the fact that my lazy butt slept in, my husband couldn't drive me to work as he had to leave. This meant that I had to catch the bus this morning. Great. My favourite. So I ate my toast on my way to the bus stop. And to make myself feel better, I grabbed a Starbucks soy chai latte along the way.
When I finally got downtown, it started to rain. Fantastic. Want to know why it was fantastic? Mostly because I didn't have an umbrella. Or a hood. Or even a jacket. Good planning Shannon. But in my defence, how was I supposed to know it was raining a city over when it looked clear by my house?? Because I was wearing white and also have hair that does ridiculous things when it air dries I opted to go into the mall which is conveniently located beside the bus stop. I was going to be late for work, but I thought that this would be a better alternative than arriving to work looking like I didn't own a brush and just entered a wet t-shirt contest. I sat in the food court for a bit and did some work (luckily I had a bunch of stuff with me that I could work on). I was able to resist the mass amounts of fast food calling my name and a little while later it stopped raining so I walked the rest of the way to work. Excellent start to my day.
After I arrived at work I was hungry! So I ate my lunch early. Leftover Avocado-Lime Black Bean salad with my adjustments. Still yummy!
And for dessert, I had a pear. This one looks like it took a beating while in my lunch bag. It had a few bruises, but was perfectly ripe and delicious. I'm going to eat these more often I think.
Thank goodness for the food, because I had my work cut out for me in the afternoon. I had a ton of stuff to finish before teaching program tonight! I typed. And typed. And typed some more. I FINALLY got my reports/documents up to date and had 5 minutes to relax. So I did just that...with some hummus and Mary's Organic Crackers.
I'm seriously addicted to these. Where have they been all my life?? I don't even crave chips anymore 'cause if I want something crunchy I eat gluten free rice crackers. I think hell has officially frozen over!
These eats were enough to get me through the rest of my shift, including my evening group. Though I will say that by the time my husband picked me up from work I was ready to eat! French fries were starting to sound appealing as was every other type of fast food offered at the numerous places we drove by on our way home. Mexican...had it last night. Indian? Burgers? Subs? Sushi? Chinese? Oh man it was getting to be too much temptation!! So I quickly pulled out some homemade trail mix and ate it in the car on the ride home. Almonds, goji berries, cranberries and chocolate cacao nibs.
Thank goodness for secret stashes of food! Had I waited much longer I would've had drive through food for dinner for sure! Instead I filled up my tummy a bit so that my head would start working again. Unfortunately nothing was popping to mind. Eventually I decided that I would make some homemade Broccoli and cheese soup. My momma's recipe. This, to me, is comfort food and it's exactly what I felt like having to wrap up a long busy week.
I sat on the couch, ate it up and watched Big Brother. My husband went out with some friends this evening and I was considering going too, but decided I just wanted to stay home and relax. And while I relaxed, I missed my daughter. Like crazy. I've talked to her every day except one since she's been gone...and I can't wait for my little girl to come home. Usually when I watch TV in the evenings, it's with her and she sits so close beside me that I joke she's trying to become one with me while we watch TV. There are times I would think it's a bit uncomfortable especially if I wanted to stretch out. Right now, I would give anything for my chicklet's snuggles!! So on that note, I'm going to lay in bed and pout about being home alone. Hopefully my hubby will get home soon and cheer me up! And if not at least I can relish in the fact that tonight's my Friday....so I get to sleep in in the morning!!
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