A long and boring day

I have to say that I find that sociology is really boring. I tried to prepare for tomorrow’s exam all day today, but my thoughts keep wandering off into the clouds I definitely still have a ways to go before I can cal it quits, but I decided to give my head (and hand!) a break and post here.

I ate the last of my BBQ beans for lunch today along with some rice and some baby carrots. I needed entertaining, so I put each thing in a separate bowl… OK, so that didn’t entertain me, but I tried!

While my rice was cooking for lunch, I threw together some supper. I made a sort of Indian-themed pilaf with barley, lentils and red pepper. It was really good, too bad I already forget what I put in there for spices! Here’s what I do remember: cumin, turmeric, coriander, garam masala, chili powder and chicken broth instead of water. I also added some extra water so that the barley would be extra soft and expand even more than usual.

Here’s my snack:

more of the same fruit salad I ate for breakfast! The container was actually full when I started, so I probably ate double what’s in the photo. I’m a bit snack-y right now and still have reading to do, so I think I’l go find some carrots to mindlessly munch on

Edit:

So here’s what I’m drinking this evening:

And here are a fer words of caution:

Someone doesn’t follow directions very well. Suffice it to say that I’m now wearing my PJ’s

Busy Day Ahead!

Today is my last long day at school First up is my fluid mechanics final exam at 8:30, then a short break followed by my computer science exam at 12:30. This is the second CS exam, I wrote the paper one on Monday and today’s exam is actually on a computer. I’m a bit nervous because it will be graded electronically, which means that one little typo will lose me a lot of points since no one actually reads the programs we write. Did that last sentence even make sense? If not, let’s just say that I’m a bit nervous! After that exam, I have a 30 minute break before I have to meet my partner to discuss our assignment that’s due in another 30 minutes. Hopefully she’s got it all figured out because I don’t even remember how I did my half anymore After all of that I have a PJ party with a kids group I volunteer with. I have to admit, supper may just be cake I’ll try to pack some food to take with me, but that’s getting a but scarce around here

With this busy day in mind, I’m spreading my meals into mini meals today. Each meal isn’t really complete in the sense of having all the food groups but I will try to get them a in at some point throughout the day! Breakfast is the simplest of muesli’s – just oats and yogurt. I didn’t even have a piece of fruit on the side, but you can bet that I’m having some caffeine before my exam!

Snack number one is a larabar

Yes, I took that photo last night in my semi-dark room as I was packing

Snack number two, more of a meal, is leftover cauliflower curry and black rice. It would probably hold me better if there was some protein, but I don’t know what I feel like eating with this so it will be on it’s own.

Other snacks I’m bringing with me to eat as I need them are carrots, peppers and a kiwi

Snack-y

I’m having such an off food day today. I think it comes from eating breakfast earlier than usual, followed by a substantial snack and a late lunch. I just didn’t feel like a real meal for supper tonight, so I didn’t make one! I just snacked on some carrots, red peppers, an apple and some leftover beans. I actually did end up portioning out some of the beans after I took the photo, since I didn’t think it was smart to just dig in with my spoon.

On another note, I will be shifting my blogging from three to two times per day starting tomorrow. Usually my lunches are leftovers of some sort and not too exciting, so I’ll either include lunch with breakfast or supper. This will have to happen as of next week when I start work anyway, so I thought I might as well start now and also give myself the freedom to stay at school and study over lunchtime. I may still do a lunch post from time to time, it just won’t be as regular anymore

Getting stuff done

I got a lot done this morning, even if it didn’t include opening a book! After breakfast, I puttered around a bit, not really doing much of anything – just a few little things that needed to be done. I also used this time to think about what I am going to do today and plan my day a bit. I decided to do a bit of biking, so I ate an apple beforehand to give me a quick little boost. Here it is with my bike, all ready to go in front of my TV.

By the time I finished that, it ws time to start lunch. I put my rice on to cook and then decided to make my dinner while I waited. Now I have dinner all ready for me in the fridge for when I get hungry and I made good use of the long cooking time for brown rice.

I topped my rice with some sautéed red pepper and some hoisin-BBQ adzuki beans. I was starving by the time my rice was ready, so I devoured this meal! Now I’m still waiting for my stomach to receive the “full signal”!

Leftovers and a sweet treat

I’ll start with the leftovers – not much to say here, same as last night minus the nice presentation!

Pineapple Chicken Stir-Fry à la micro-onde. Easy, tasty, perfect for an easy lunch after a not-so-easy breakfast

On to the part where I have a guilty look on my face: desert! At lunch!

Chocolate Peanut Butter “ice cream” straight from the tub By now, you probably get that I hate washing dishes, so I try not to unnecessarily dirty bowls. Apparently today this didn’t merit dishes Do note that I did manage some portion control, even without a bowl – I did not eat the whole thing (as it may appear in the photo!) Now I’m going to get my butt to the computer lab to get some work done. Yes, I own a computer and still need to go to the lab for the programs I need – so frustrating!