Playing Catch Up

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Hello, hello!  As per the title of my post, I have lots to do so I’ll make this quick.

When we got home last night I munched on some turkey bacon.

I’ll never ever ever eat pork again, but turkey bacon is one of my favorite things and my mom always has it ready for me when I come home.

And I also ate a small bowl of cole slaw while we cooked dinner.

My dad (who’s a little bit picky) was doing leftovers so my mom and I made a roasted feast.

Tofu: cut a block of firm tofu into 6-7 pieces and place on a foiled, sprayed baking sheet.  Rub with maple syrup, sesame oil, salt, and red pepper.  Bake at 450* for 35minutes.

Baked okra.

And my mom made some sautéed cabbage with almonds.

Delish!

Then, for the second night in a row, I passed out fully dressed at 8pm!!!  I had been getting to bed really late and sleeping really poorly for the last few months and apparently my body is finally ready to catch up on some of that lost rest!

I even slept in (6:40) a bit this morning so I was glad I packed a breakfast sandwich last night while preparing dinner.

Although first I had a banana half so I could take Alieve on a non-empty stomach.

Eaten in the car, my sandwich was rye bread with roasted red pepper and goat cheese spread, chive cream cheese, turkey bacon, and spinach.

This was a fantabulous combo.  I thought I was fueling up for my bone scan but unfortunately once I got to the hospital I decided to cancel my appointment.  The scan was not 100% positively going to be covered by insurance and even if it was if I went out of network I’d have a $360 co-pay.  I’m using the crutches and resting my leg this week regardless so I’ll just wait until I’m back in Buffalo for the bone scan.

Equally fun was when I realized that using crutches with a button-up shirt was a bad idea.  There were at least 15men watching me struggle across the parking lot when my shirt popped open all the way down to my belly-button!!  This shirt usually goes in my conservative pile, not my Brittany pile!

Now I’ve got to spend the day catching up on Anthropology reading.  Thankfully I’ve got a lunch date planned with my mom in the middle!

What is your favorite kind of bacon?  I honestly really prefer turkey to pork but I do think that the fakin’ stuff can be pretty tasty.

It Must Be the Jalopenos

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I’ve come to the conclusion that a month spent eating nachos on the couch somehow turned me into a certifiable bad-ass.  I’m probably really a dumb-ass but for now I’ll keep feeling cool.  Why am I a dumbbad-ass?

  • the biggie – I quit a job I hated to persue hapiness
  • I ran a half marathon without training
  • I finished said stupid idea in two and half hours
  • I’m going to lose a couple toenails before all is said and done
  • I got a 2nd tattoo
  • I spent the last 5 days walking around on a semi-broken leg!

That last one came from my doctor’s appointment.  The x-ray was inconclusive and I’ll know more after tomorrow’s bone scan but she’s pretty certain its a stress fracture.  I’m not even going to address what that might mean as far as when I can start running again (bad-asses don’t cry!) but for the time being I’m rocking crutches.

Before I headed to my appointment I ate a Nonfat Peach Chiobani for breakfast.

And once I got back I had lunch.

A baggie of baby carrots,

and the other half of yesterday’s airport chicken sandwich.

Then I spent the afternoon reading blogs, whoops!  I have a TON of make-up work to do for school this week and I have got to get on it.

What have you done lately that made you feel like a bad-ass?

The One Where Emily Whines (and Questions)

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It’s been a short while since my last post, but let me tell you it has felt loooooong!  I’d like start this post by saying I love my husband and I’m so happy I got to see him.  The half was fabulous and I loved getting to run in it.  I love my family and I’m excited to be home.  And now I’m going to complain.  I’m also going to survey (in bold) just for funsies.

Tuesday, Kristen came home from school and took me to the airport.  We stopped to get my tattoo touched up on the way; pictures are coming, I promise!  I didn’t get to the airport late, but I definitely got there later than usual, I like a good 2hour buffer.  How early do you like to get to the airport?  My leg was killing me and I ripped the bandage off my tattoo picking up my bag so I was a mess about two minutes in.  Thankfully they let me skip to the front of most of the lines, Jet Blue lets you check 1 bag for free, and I had a nonstop flight.

Jet Blue has free cable onboard, something we don’t have at home, so my 3 hours went by pretty quickly.  I snacked on a package of Teather snacks; yum.

A Muscle Milk Light Bar; meh, too gooey and with a strange aftertaste.

And a little bag of blue chips; blue for Jet Blue, cute and tasty.

I want to say the flight was good, I mean I had chips and “Bones” was on, how could it not be?  Oh yeah, when people who have no business being parents take their little monsters in public!  Before people try to crucify me – I was a teacher for two years, not only do I recognize the signs of most disabilities/disorders, I fully sympathize with the parents who help their children live with them.  This little brat was NOT disabled.  Nor was he that little, the child was at least 6 or 7.  Infants scream on planes, it sucks for their parents and the people around them, but if it happens it is unavoidable.  I’m not going to say this kid needed to be smacked (I don’t believe in that) but his parents certainly needed a smack in the face.  He screamed the entire flight.  Ok, whatever.  But he also kicked the back of my seat the entire flight.  And every single kick felt like someone was shooting me in the leg.  By the time I got off the flight I was in tears.

I dragged myself down to baggage claim holding back tears.  And I even made it to the car and managed to look happy to see the husband.  I probably would have made it all the way home without crying, if we hadn’t been a block from our house before I realized that I left my camera on the plane.  Oh man.  Thank goodness the woman at the Jet Blue was a freaking angel who found my camera, gave us her personal cell phone number, and then met us outside the airport after we drove back.

Adam got dinner during the whole rigmarole and I ate some of his tortilla chips but have no photographs, obviously.  Ever left anything behind at the airport?

We got home around 10 and had to unpack then repack before we headed back to the airport at 3am.  Fun times.  My leg has been getting worse as the days go on so Wednesday I finally sucked up the embarrassment and asked for a wheel chair at the airport.  I am just too slow to make it from gate to gate in time.  Fully humiliated, at least I made it to my flight.

I had a three hour layover in Philly, for which a motorized cart dropped me off at my gate.  Have you ever ridden on one of the airport carts?  There were no healthy breakfast choices close by so I went straight to lunch at 8am.

I ate half of this spicy chicken sandwich,

as well as this side of Waldorf salad.

I also made it to a newstand and had a York Peppermint Patty for dessert.

The husband said I needed to suck it up and go to the ER but as my 2nd flight got more and more delayed that option slipped away.  The flight from Philly to STT was 4hours long (and 2hours late) so by the time we got into the air I was starving again.  I bought a snack box on the plane but was a little disappointed with the unhealthy choices.

I ended up eating the cheese and crackers.

And the mixed nuts.

If you can’t tell by the pictures I played a LOT of Sudoku the last couple of days.  I definitely caught up on sleep as well.  What do you do to pass the time on flights?

I was so happy to see my dad when I got to St. Thomas!  And I was pretty happy about the dark chocolate turtle he handed me as soon as we got in the house.

It was very nice reading magazines on my old bed while my parents cooked up dinner.  And it was a tasty one.

Garlic sautéed asparagus,

homemade cole slaw,

and turkey reubans cooked on the George Foreman.

Mmmn.  I quit eating red meat before I had the chance to try a “real” one, but turkey reubans are kind of my favorite.  I had a tempeh reuban in NYC that was socks rocking and there is a place here that I’m planning on getting one from this week as well.  Like reubans?  Hit up Allison.

After dinner I went in my room to read.  And fell asleep at 8pm.  Yes folks, that is 7pm Buffalo time, out like a light!  It’s just as well because I had to get up around 6 to go to school with my mommy.  My parents don’t have internet so I’ll do all my blogging from here.  I have Anthro work to make up all week/end and I have a doctor’s appointment for my foot at 11am today.

See ya later gators!

Back to Buffalo

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Hello from Orlando, for the last time [tear].  I’m sad to go, of course, but I’m excited to have a night with the husband before heading down to St. Thomas for the rest of the week.  Although I’m actually a bit worried about my trip home, St. Thomas’ airport is not very handicapped accessable, i.e. you must take stairs to get on/off the planes, and right now stairs and I aren’t getting along too well!

Shockingly [sarcasm] my bar food breakfast didn’t fill me up very well and I ended up eating 1-2 servings of Stacy’s Pita Chips not long afterwards.

What can I say, Camile was on the road, Kristen was at work, and I was saddled up to Hulu!  This is why I never ever buy Stacy’s chips though, it is impossible to pull yourself away from them.

Packing took forever [shuffle, shuffle, limp] and I was more than ready for lunch when I was done.

Yoplait Greek yogurt with a chopped nectarine, topped with pb and jelly.

The Yoplait Greek was surprisingly good, I hope this comes to Buffalo soon.

And as soon as Kristen gets home we are headed for the airport.  I have a nonstop flight [yay!] so I’ll be back in Buffalo before 8:30 tonight.  Which is good because my flight leaves at 5:20 tomorrow morning!!!  I’m not sure what my posting schedule will be the next week, my parents don’t have internet at home, but I’ll do the best I can.

Yeah, yeah, the Olympics are great….What shows are you excited see back on television?  I am pumped for Modern Family and Bones to be back off hiatus.

Mostly Monday

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Sorry for the lack of postage yesterday; Monday ended up being a bit crazy, in a good way!  The crazy combined with my diminished appetite means my eats for the day were just a bit off.  I never did get around to eating the rest of lunch, as soon as I hit publish I passed out into a hard-core nap.

I got woken up from my sleeping beauty session around 4 to ….. get tattoos!  I’m not showing any picture yet, because I’m getting a tiny touch-up this afternoon, but I got a small bow on my back to celebrate my first half marathon.

Camile’s tattoo was painful and ended up being a pretty long process.  I drank half a purple Rockstar to refuel.

This probably wasn’t the smartest snack choice but we spent the entire weekend hunting for purple (I really wanted my favorite flavor the morning of the half) and when I spotted it in the gas station I just couldn’t say no.

Camile needed ice-cream post-tattooing so we hit up Jeramiah’s again!

I had half of this small gelati; strawberry lemon ice with vanilla soft serve.

The combination was perfect, tangy and creamy go really well together in my opinion, but my stomach just wasn’t having it.  Honestly my leg hurts so badly it’s making my stomach hurt 😡  Which is why dinner never really happened either.

Although I did have an awesomely spicy Bloody Mary while we were out with some of Kristen’s guy friends.

I never munched on the appetizer plate the rest of the table had but I did take home the leftovers.  I’m having them for breakfast 🙂

P.S. Check out this tea package Olga’s giving away.

Blue Skies

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It’s been a good day so far, and we have even more excitement planned for this evening.  I leave Orlando tomorrow afternoon so we are trying to fit in as much as possible, even if I do have to lurch around like Quasimodo to do it all!

I woke up around 9 this morning and by the time I was dressed and done stretching a breakfast breakfast didn’t sound very good.  Instead I ate my Pad See Eiw leftovers from last night.

Kristen had to work today but Camile and I took the opportunity to pamper our tired tootsies with pedicures!

This is my first pedicure in forever due to my foot problems so it was especially exciting.  My right ring toenail is probably going to come off soon but for now it’s looking good in sky blue.

We went to Publix afterwards to buy Kristen some ‘thank you for driving us at 3am’ flowers,

so I did lunch in the car.  A mini white chocolate macadamia Luna Bar from the expo,

and a apple banana Buddy Fruits.

I see some yogurt and a diet soda in my near future as well.  I’m not saying what the evening entails but I will tell you that I am so excited 🙂

What color would you pick for a pedicure now?  I felt like blue was the perfect spring color, but I was eyeing the purples pretty hard too.

P.S. I have no idea why my pictures are not in their places.  Here they are gallery style, for you to peruse at your leisure.  I suck.

13 Miles = Ice Cream

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You guys!  Thank you so much for all the congratulations on my race.  I truly appreciated all of your comments, they meant a lot to me.  My leg is painful but I’m still so happy about the race.

We spent most of the day laying around but finally I managed to get ready for dinner.  Royal Thai was our pick for this evening.  I wanted to try to pack in a few calories so I started with a Thai iced tea.

For meal I ordered Pad See Eiw noodles, with tofu subbed in for meat.

I am just not hungry still, I only ate about half of my meal.

Not hungry, however, did not mean I couldn’t make room for Jeramiah’s when we drove by  😀

I went with small gelati; mint chip ice with twist soft serve.

Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum!  I’ve told Kristen about a million times that I’m moving in with permanently!

We are going to watch a bit of tv, and I am going to do some more stretching, and then it’ll be early bedtimes all around.  I hope everyone else had a great weekend!

What is your favorite icy treat?  Other than soft serve I actually don’t really like ice-cream.  I am a much bigger fan of froyo or gelato.

Testing

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Camile taught me how to embed a video directly into a post so just for funsies I’m posting the video Adam and I took when I had my foot surgery.  Also, the horribly embarrassing video she made last night.  Enjoy, I hope