What a day

What a loooooonnnng day, I mean. It started with me getting up at 7am to study for my 10:30 am exam, which was fine. It’s not unusual for me to be up at 7. I even managed to stay off my computer except to post my breakfast!

So, about 10am I decide to check my e-mail one last time before heading out to write my exam. What do I see? A message that the power is out on the whole west side of campus and all exams scheduled there were postponed until later this week! Of course my exam had to be in one of those buildings AND I’m moving 8 hours away tomorrow morning! Needless to say I got an e-mail to my prof sent out pretty quick (after calling my boyfriend and then my mom and having a small meltdown!) I am usually a pretty calm, go with the flow type of person, but this time, I bluntly told my prof that I would not be in here later than tomorrow morning and that I had to write the exam today if at all possible. Usually, I am against communicating in this way because I do believe that politeness gets you much further, but I didn’t want to leave him any wiggle room to try to convince me to stay an extra 3 days.

As I waited for the reply, I managed to work on some more sample problems which may have ended up helping me in the end. At about 2 pm, I finally got the reply that I was waiting for. I could write my exam privately if I could be in the secretary’s office by 2:30! I threw my books into my backpack and half walked, half ran to school Yes, this was completely unnecessary, I arrived at 2:10!

After all that, I came home very happy to be done school for the year!

Amidst all that commotion, I ate a bowl of soup at 10, when I thought I needed some energy for my exam:

Then I ate a bean cutlet, okra and mushroom stir-fry with Cajun seasoning. It was really good during my time of stress

My original supper plan was leftover dal, which I started to eat. After a few bites though, I knew this wasn’t what I wanted. My taste buds are a bit off with this cold and it just didn’t taste as good to me as it did yesterday.

Instead, I decided to brave the rain, umbrella in hand, and head to the grocery store to treat myself. I decided on a big bowl of fresh fruit to get in some extra vitamins and antioxidants, some plain probiotic frozen yogurt to soothe my throat, and a cheesecake splurge to celebrate the end of the semester.

Fruit and berry bowl (about 2 to 2.5 cups of fresh pineapple and plump, juicy berries)

Brownie cheesecake – need I say more?

Frozen yogurt – I wasn’t really thinking when I ate out of the container with this cod. I guess the rest will go to waste because I don’t want to re-infect myself with more germs later (besides, I don’t think it wil survive the 8+ hour car ride!)

I also got some baby carrots to snack on tomorrow and a yogurt, granola and berry bowl for breakfast tomorrow. I guess I should post that now since I’m unplugging my computer tonight!

I should add that I won’t be blogging for a couple of days, due to the move. It’s going to take a while to unpack and set up my computer and I want to spend my remaining time with my friends and family! See you in a couple of days!

Vitamin C Anyone?

I think this might turn into a full blown cold – I’ve got the runny nose and sore muscles now

I’ll spare you the details and get right to the food part… I ate a bunch of times today!

Lunch was a cup of noodle soup, of the store-bought variety. Not the healthiest, but easy and satisfying. I love noodles so this was right up my alley!

Mid afternoon snack was some mango and a pink orange. Looks like grapefruit but tastes like orange – the best of both worlds in my opinion! I thought it would look pretty in a glass:

Supper was HappyHerbivore’s Red Lentil Dal, made with green lentils because that’s what I had. It was yummy served with some rice and a dollop of plain yogurt. I started to eat before I realized that I hadn’t (a) taken a photo or (b) added the yogurt, so the photo’s a bit messy!

Evening snack is a “chickpea cutlet” made with the last of my adzuki beans and some okra. Two comments here… First, I really would have liked to find my potato masher because I couldn’t get the beans mashed with my fork, so the cutlets are a bit crumbly. Second, I’ve never had okra before so I was happy to try something new I cut up the cutlet and sautéed it with the okra.

Now I’m going back to the books and will likely need another snack to make it through the rest of my studying – maybe more fruit?

Fueled up and ready to go

I’m a little afraid that I’ll get hungry and lose my train of thought during my exam, so I’m having a bigger bowl of muesli than usual this morning. I finally got it just the right consistency, just the right ratio of milk to yogurt to dry ingredients. I had been doing well with this before the addition of goji berries, but they absorb so much liquid that I’ve had to play around with the ratio again.

On the side, I had the last of my fruit salad and a small cup of coffee. This was also the end of my fruit supply… Uh Oh!

I’m going to try to make it through tomorrow with out fruit (just veggies) because I want to use up what’s here in case I go home on Monday! I still don’t know what day I’m moving because it depends on whether my family wants to drive back after my exam (evening) or wait until morning. I vote for Monday!

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

“Acropolis Sandwich”

One of the things I love about the three cookbooks by Janet & Greta Podleski is that all the recipes have such fun names! Tonight I’m eating an Acropolis Sandwich from Looneyspoons:

This is actually supposed to be a Greek-style pita stuffed with chicken, veggies and tzatziki sauce, but I used a tortilla since that’s what I have on hand. I definitely prefer these tortillas warm and toasted, this one was too processed-tasting and doughy (not in the good way!) I hate it when my tortilla gets stuck to the roof or my mouth!

For desert, I cut up an apple and was planning on sprinkling it with cinnamon, but I sat down at my desk and realized that I had left the cinnamon in the kitchen. I was too lazy to go get it, so I ate my apple slices as they were.

Would you beleive that’s just one *small* apple, maybe 2″ diameter? I was amazed that by slicing it thinly it looked like so much more!

Evening snack: cheese quesadilla and mixed fruit with yogurt. Living alone, it’s hard to buy things like bread because I either have to eat a lot of it or it goes bad. I know it freezes, but my shoebox-sized freezer just doesn’t have room in it. Tortillas are no exception, so be prepared to see them fairly often this week!

I made this guy pretty thin, with just enough cheese to stick the two sides together basically! I also put some jalapeños and (of course) BBQ sauce in there. If I had any salsa, I would be in heaven! Unfortunately, I don’t have any and I’m not going to buy any because I’m starting the process of cleaning out my cupboards in preparation for my end-of-school move.

Of course, I was still hungry after eating this, so I decided on some more of my yummy frozen fruit, which I dropped into the bottom of my yogurt container (maybe 1/4 cup of yogurt?) I didn’t take a photo because the tall yogurt container cast too many shadows in my dimly lit kitcken and you couldn’t really tell what was in there. I definitely should have thawed the fruit first – I’m freezing now! On that note, I’m off to warm up in my nice cozy bed, see you in the morning!