Day One

Day One

It was a good day today! I had the day off work, which was really nice. I was pretty bummed at first that I had to miss Harvest Fusion Festival this weekend, but I lightened up when I realized I would have a little bit of time to organize my life. It was nice to press pause for a second.

Eating-wise, I didn't get off to a great start. I had two grilled cheese sandwiches (tillamook sharp cheddar cheese, birdman bread, and butter mmmm) I also ate some organic tomato soup.

I don't feel bad about eating those sandwiches at all. First of all, the ingredients were about to go bad and needed to be used up. From now on I can avoid buying those items. Plus it was really good and I was happy and I am still happy about it.

Mike went off to work around 2pm, and on my way to my house I stopped at Nitro to get a Frappe. I got a 16oz almond milk frappe with 1 pump of white chocolate.. when I really should have asked for a half of a pump because it was waaaaay too sweet. I felt a little sick about halfway through and then I stopped drinking it.

I feel good about getting some logistical things done. I went to Walgreens and exchanged lotions so that I had the unscented kind. I then went to the Salvation Army and returned a backpack that I bought last week and didn't end up using in the performance. It was ten dollars so I got a gift card with store credit. I browsed for a few minutes but then I decided I didn't feel like shopping and headed over to the community garden.

I am really happy about going to the community garden and watering my plants. My plants and I listened to the Grateful Dead Radio while I weeded and then I watered. I still have much weeding to do, but my arm was starting to sweat so I didn't want to mess up my tattoo.

I am extremely happy about what I did next, which was go to the park and practice hula hooping underneath the trees in the shade. I made a list of drills that I will try to run everyday or at least areas to focus on. It felt good to hoop and practice new skills. My hoop juggling is getting better all the time! I really do feel like a performance artist today. I can't wait to keep learning new things! I had fun listening to music and lying on my tapestry reading books and writing in my journal.

I made a smart food choice for dinner, which was a salad from the good food store with beets and spinach and peas and lemon tahini dressing and 3 garbanzo bean cakes. I want to make my own falafel that is a little healthier and it will probably be cheaper too. I would love to learn how to make the lemon tahini dressing but it just doesn't come out the same.

I need to start experimenting with salad dressings though, I bought a food processor and I barely ever use it. I would like to start utilizing my kitchen equipment including my juicer and Mike's crock pot.

Next, I worked on my blog and made a meal plan for tomorrow. I am going to have a green smoothie for breakfast and then I am going to the good food store to get a salad for lunch. I am going to bring carrot sticks with jalapeno hummus to work too. And I also need to buy broccoli and hemp milk. I either want to make pesto pasta with broccoli for dinner tomorrow night, or order a salad from the bridge.

I have no idea what I am going to eat for lunch on Sunday because I work a really long shift.  I'll need to bring something with me or else I will have to eat the Cracker Barrell. I am thinking I will get stuff to make a sandwich and have a sandwich for lunch? I wish I could get a sandwich from Market on Front. I am going to make a lot of money this weekend!

I think I will buy myself a set of Doodle Fans!

So I guess tomorrow at the good food store I will need to buy 1-2 salads, lara bars, hemp milk, dark chocolate, vegan brownies if they have them, avocado, tomato, cucumber, bread, and cheese. I think I will grill the sandwich before I pack it in my lunch for Sunday. It would be nice to have a salad for that day too, I have some dressing still. Salad and salad galore!!

Yes I have a bit of a sweet tooth. I just ate two carrot cake muffins. And some dark chocolate with almonds. My favorite! I am working on that. Right now I am focusing on all the GOOD things I did today. I think I did a pretty darn good job.

For instance, I am doing my laundry! AND I cleaned my room! Its not perfect but its 300% better than it was. I really do need to take out the trash though!

Yes, it was a very good day. A very good day indeed!