Melting…

I woke up at 5:00 this morning, all ready to do the shred and go to work. Just to be sure, I looked our district’s website to check for a delay (that I was pretty sure wasn’t going to happen) and low and behold…another snow day. Really? This is a bit much. I’m all for a few days off of work, but because of fall break – I have only worked 2 out of the last 12 days. I’m a little tired of sitting on my butt and watching TV. Plus, we had oodles of fun Halloween activities planned for today. C’est la vie.

I tried to go back to sleep – but no luck, so I made coffee and ate one of the pastries I made last night.

I usually like my coffee black – but I was feeling the milk this morning. I also added cinnamon. It was yummy.

Then I shoveled the driveway and sidewalk (I like to think of it as my 2 hour workout) and took the doggels for a walk. We were slippin’ and slidin’ all over the place and I was really grateful that I didn’t have to drive on the skating-rink-like-streets to get to school. They hadn’t even plowed our roads at this point.

I got back about 9:30 and asked Meeker if he thought it was too early for lunch. He assured me that it wasn’t.

A tuna melt, of sorts. This was a ww pita, with tuna and cheddar cheese, popped under the broiler for about 5 minutes. It was fairly tasty…it was missing something but I couldn’t put my finger on it.

With nothing else to do at this point, I went back to bed and read for a while before falling asleep.

When I woke up, the sun was shining (!!!), so I took the puppy for another walk. When we got back around 1:30 – I was hungry again.

½ a cucumber, 1 carrot, a few grilled artichokes (from a jar) and lots-o-hummus. Such a good snack.

At about 4pm, the snow on the roads was rapidly melting – and Meeker and I decided to celebrate our freedom with a dinner out. At 4:00pm.

We went to a place called Mark Pi’s (they tell you when you walk in the door that it is pronounced like Mark Pees. Or you could think of it as peas if you are a bit more mature than I am) and I got the Miss Vietnamese Salad. It was enormous, and had tons of chicken, shrimp and veggies. I ate about ¾ before I was full. I had ordered this salad before, and it wasn’t as flavorful as I remembered.

A trip to Sprouts rounded out our rowdy Friday evening. I got a pound of steel cut oats, and I think I may have to make Senorita Sarah’s ice cream oats a little later this evening – considering I at dinner at 4pm.

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What would you do if you were stuck inside for 3 days?

Katie

Ouch, Monday.

I forgot how time consuming and exhausting my job is! I also forgot how much I laugh during the day. It’s a fair trade.

I worked from 7am – 7pm today, and then came home to do more work for an hour. I can’t even begin to tell you what I was doing either…just work.

Also, I started doing Jillian Michael’s 30 day shred this morning. It was just a moderate workout – but I was taking it kind of easy because I wasn’t sure what to expect in terms of length. It’s only 20ish minutes, so tomorrow I will push it for sure.

Here is what I had post-Jillian

Yup, more post-race swag. I reaalllly liked this. It was so tangy and the perfect texture for a smoothie. Although I have 3 more in the fridge…I would probably buy this with my own dinero.

I also had a ww English muffin with Justin’s cinnamon peanut butter – delish.

On another note, I cannot WAIT for daylight savings time to end…which I think is this Sunday! (Does anyone know for sure?) Part of the reason I love it so much (besides the fact that I am a 24 year-old with the mindset of someone 50 years older) is that I can maybe start to get some good breakfast shots again! We don’t have a lot of light in our kitchen, and my breakfast pictures have been increasingly dark and ugly because the sun doesn’t usually rise until I’m in the car. (See above photos for proof)

My classroom, however, is lit spectacularly!

Newman’s protein packed pretzels (ppp) – which are really growing on me. Plus a tiny bit of cottage cheese, a pear and a Lara bar (I didn’t eat the baby bar).

The pear got all cut up and took a dive into the itsy bit of cc that was left in the container.

What a spectacular combo. The only thing it could have made it better is cinnamon. Duh.

Then for “snack” I abandoned my one-bite-policy because I forgot how
hangry I get at the end of the day without snacks (did I really just have one week off?! Feels like longer.)

I had the whole darn cupcake, and half of this little pink candy that a sweet student brought me from her vacation in England. It didn’t make me feel full at all, but gave me the sugar buzz I needed to get another 3 hours of work under my belt.

I needed something wholesome for dinner – which usually means salad.

Best. Salad. Ever. Lettuce, cucumber, ½ avocado ½ acorn squash (cooked a few nights ago, and warmed in the microwave), a sprinkle of cheddar cheese and lots-o-balsamic-vinegar. I love the combination of cold/hot foods together. Warm squash on cold salad is unbelievable. Try it.

Aaaand I just looked at the clock and realized that it’s way past my embarrassingly early bedtime, so off I go.

I leave you with some Dove love.

In how many languages do you know how to say hello? What are they?!