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What the Heck

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I didn’t post last night because my pictures are a bit dark, but this morning I figured “what the heck.”  This will be quick though, because it is just a recap, no breakfast has happened here yet!

First, I have to give Saigon Cafe major props: I called at 5 and asked for a reservation for 10 at 7pm and they said “no problem.”  Plus a few people were late and the waitress was totally nice about waiting for them.  P.S. We went with a group of medical student friends.

I started with the veggie tempura appetizer.  Here was my serving.

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It was good(ish), but I was a little disappointed, I ordered it because it listed okra and there was none to be found!

For dinner I really did want to try something new, but I can’t help it, I always order Pad See Eiw!

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This was delicious, but by far not the best I’ve ever had.  We would go back to this restaurant, but not until we’ve tried a few other Thai places in the area.

Afterdinner half of us walked to the bar next door to hang out.  I think everyone only got one round, but we were there for more than an hour.  I got an Abita Purple Haze.

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I adore Abita, so this didn’t disappoint, but I’m a total lightweight so I gave 1/3 to the husband.

On the way home I was either – a. a total fattie; b. a glutton for punishment; c. a little drunker than I thought, d. still rather hungry; or e. all of the above – because we totally got Wendy’s again!  I don’t have a picture, but question answered, I can not eat this anymore!  I got the same this as the day before (fries and nuggets, although I might have added a frosty), ate less than half of it, and got totally sick again.  I didn’t throw up but I was close.  We never eat much fast food usually so I’m not sure why we’ve been all about it lately, but we are certainly done!

Recap finished = time to start today!

What is your favorite Thai dish?   I really do like them all, but I can’t stop ordering broad rice noodles!

I Would Marry Mike

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‘Afternoon!  I can’t believe it’s Tuesday today, it simulataneously feels like it should be Monday and Friday to me!  Sleeping last night was, once again, ridiculous.  I was having the strangest dreams, and they were dominated by this girl I haven’t seen since high school, weird!  Tossing and turning moved my wake-up from 7 –> 9:30, but I still managed to make it to The Spot for a study session by 10:30.

I started with a medium iced Americano to which I added “skinny moo.”

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And for breakfast brunch I ordered a Mike’s sandwich.  That is bagel with pan fried egg, provolone cheese, bacon or ham, and cream cheese.

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I modified mine to have turkey on an everything bagel.  End result?  Gah, too good for real words!  Look at that sexy close-up –

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I studied Chemistry from 10:30 to 3pm.  About halfway in there I ordered a cinnamon plum iced tea.

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This flavor is so awesome, I don’t know the company but if you see it in your area order it!  And it must have some sort of magical motivational powers because I rocked it out on the studying.

The rest of today is looking pretty busy still.  On the agenda –

  • working on homework problems online
  • a trip to the gym (2mile run is on the schedule)
  • making dinner
  • baking fun

I would also like to put away the clean laundry from this weekend but the likelihood of that is so low it didn’t even make it on the agenda!  See you this evening.

What is your feeling on bagel sandwiches?  I love love love them.  My favorite food item on Earth is a bagel/turkey bacon/cheese/coulis/cream cheese/more yuminess sandwich from a place back home.  My bridal party and I had them the morning of my wedding!

(9)(9) Bottles of Beer on the Wall…

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Sorry I didn’t post yesterday, as a reward to Adam I went completely technology free and cuddled on the couch.  My husband earned a 100% on his latest exam!  I didn’t do much anyways….

This morning I woke up around 9:30 but did accomplish anything until much later, I didn’t even eat!  I did manage to go downstairs to get some very exciting mail – when I was a teacher I was involved in the Teachers of Tomorrow program, a system to reward teachers in high need schools.  Basically it was hazard pay, a bonus for working in the worst schools.  I got my cash today, woo-who!  I’ve been promising myself that once I got my $ I would buy everything I want (within reason) from the organic section of the grocery store, so that is on the agenda for tomorrow 🙂

At 4o’clock I still hadn’t eaten (or, cough cough, done anything else, cough cough) but I headed out for the mall.  Adam and met up with a couple friends to see 9.  We were all seriously underwhelmed by this movie.  While we watched I ate a thing of pretzel bites, unphotographed.

Afterwards we headed to Pearl Street Brewery.  I had one goal in mind while we were choosing locations –

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The beer sampler!  10 2oz pours of local microbrews.

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Mmmn.  I drank about 80%, sharing a few sips with the husband.  I also ate this –

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It was called “The Incinerator,” cheese, marinara sauce, and hot banana peppers.  It was strange but good.

Adam, Danielle and I came back to our apartment and enjoyed some creepy quality You-Tube.  Has anyone not seen Charlie the Unicorn yet?

Adam actually went out to another bar with a friend so I’m home alone now.  I have to have to have to go to bed early so I actually accomplish something tomorrow.  This was a frustrating week.  I didn’t do any school work which makes me furious at myself and I’m super annoyed that I haven’t worked out all week (even though I know it’s good I didn’t because my leg felt funny it is still frustrating to fall behind my training schedule).  I’ll see you tomorrow.

What is your favorite online video clip?  My girlfriends and I were fairly obsessed with this gem.

Too Nice Spice

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I would like to say I’ve snapped out of my funk, but alas this will be another quickie post.  In addition to the ten-bazillion other things I’ve been complaining about, my left ankle really really hurts and I’m nervous about running tomorrow.

This afternoon I stayed home taking care of business until about 3.  I watched a Bones rerun during a break and ate some of the candy my parents sent me from San Francisco.

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They bought it because I call my husband bear, and I couldn’t read the packaging so I really didn’t know what to expect.  They ended up being strawberry flavored caramels, similar to Hi-Chews.

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I ate 4.

I got to school just in time for my advising appointment, which ended up being a total bust.  I have blocked out some time tomorrow to call people at other schools I am interested. 

After the meeting I went to the library to do some printing.  I snuck a snack while I was there.

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Um, YUM.  This was a sample of the new Lara Bar flavor and I am totally impressed.

I had some time between the library and my class so I ended up getting “dinner” at the school food court.  The quotes are a sign of disrespect.

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I got an Angry Tendercrisp from Burger King.  I am an avid BK hater, but it was one of few options and the “Angry” commercials are seriously the husband’s and my favorite thing on television; we say “waiting for harvest, waiting for vengeance” to each other regularly.  The commercial reminds us of the “Broodwich” episode of ATH and rocks our socks; here is a link to watch it.  Plus, I’m a sucker for spicy sandwiches.  This was pretty bland though, the jalopenos were somehow less spicy than usual.

And now class is over, my drive is over, and I am home again.  I will probably have a small snack at some point before bed but I will post it in the morning. {Snack reminded me actually – this afternoon I had a handful, about 1serving, unphotographed of blue corn chips}  Have a good night.

What kind of spice is your favorite?  Jalopenos are only ok to me, I much prefer wasabi.  My favorite flavor by far though is buffalo.

P.S. A walk was taken, candy was eaten.

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Sunday Joes

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This afternoon Adam I decided that ice-cream was in order so we headed off in search.  We found a local spot on Elmwood that had Cioa Bella gelato, so you know I was all over that.

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I had a small cup of key lime pie, yums!  I said at least 4x whilst eating how good it was.  The store was super-cute, I’m glad we found it.

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On his way home, Adam dropped me off at The Spot to do some studying.  I ate lunch #2 while I was there.

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Iced Americano with skim milk (they call it “skinny moo” on the dispenser which makes me smile),

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and a whole wheat black bean and cheese quesadilla.

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I liked the ww tortillas and the insides included some sort of spicy tomato so it ended up being pretty great.  I ate all of the salad, none of the toppings, and half of the quesadilla.

I studied from 2:45 – 5:15, so I ended up also getting an iced tea.

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Cinnamon Plum, might be my new favorite!

Once I got home I continued my Chemistry organization. 

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I already created a GoogleCalendar, but now that I have this todoist  list of due dates I feel fully ready.  When I was in undergrad I wasn’t aware of these online organization applications, but now I am planning on taking full advantage of them.  Seeing everything in black and white in front of me is the only way for me to truly feel comfortable.

Work finished, we got started on dinner.  I did a Rachael Ray recipe, from “The Big Orange Book,” Hot Wing Sloppy Joes.

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Apparently 30minutes only applies if your stove isn’t half broken!!! 😦  It was still good though.

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On the side I got to cook my new original eggplants!

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These white ones seemed so odd to me, but they are the original item, and the reason why the veggie is called an eggplant.  I sliced, sprayed with evoo, sprinkled with nutmeg and chili powder, and roasted them for 30minutes at 450*.

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And since I ate a bun for brunch I ate my ‘joes with a serving of Scoops tortilla chips.

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Delish.

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We drove to Target to pick up a few supplies for Adam, and now we are finishing up a Bones episode.  My goal is bedtime before 11 because I am hope hope hoping I actually get up early to study.  I have volunteering in the middle of the day tomorrow and if I don’t study first I feel like I’ll run out of time.  G’night.

Do you like sloppy joes?  One time when I was a kid, before I stopped eating red meat, I tasted them and fell in love!  My mom makes them pretty well with turkey meat and Rachael Ray has several ‘joe adaptation recipes that I’m excited about.

Last Day of Summer

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Tomorrow I start class (and half marathon training) so this is technically the last day of summer.  It was a good end, very relaxing.

This afternoon Adam made a big bowl of Purely Decadent Nondairy Frozen Dessert Peanut Butter Zig Zag and I ate his melties.

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So tasty.  I love the melted part on ice-cream, especially Frostys, which I happened to also have!

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We did a test-drive out to my campus this afternoon so I could feel comfortable tomorrow.  We found my parking lot, and even walked into my classroom.  On the way home I was so hungry I could barely see straight so we pulled into Wendy’s for a last summer hurrah.  We might have also watched Bones while we ate 🙂

During tv time (technically online time as we don’t have cable and only watch shows on the internet) I also ate a few pieces of my new candy.

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We saw this “milk” candy at the store and we’re too intrigued not to buy it.  It was chewy but creamy, and quite good.

For dinner I went a little more grown-up.

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That’s Shallota Flavor Spaghetti, a recipe from Rachael Ray’s Big Orange Book.

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A bug-free salad.

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The salad had organic spring mix lettuce, Newman’s Own Asian Sesame Natural Salad Mist, walnuts, caraway seed cheese, and Chili Oloves.  My mom sent me the olives from San Francisco and they added a nice kick.

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It’s 10pm now and I’m hoping to do a little reading in bed so I’ve got to get going.  I’m excited but nervous about LIFE starting tomorrow.  Sweet dreams.

Do you like Rachael Ray?  I adore watching her on tv, I think she’s so cute, but I don’t cook her recipes that often.  They take longer than 30minutes (minus), but are very creative and tasty (plus).  Plus they are easy to healthify – use less/lower fat cheese, sub in ww pasta, cut the olive oil/butter…..

Epic Fail?

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It took me so long to get going this morning (food blogs? guilty!) that I was actually hungry before I left.  I dealt with it by eating a hunk of sourdough flatbread.

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I don’t care what it was supposed to be like, this was good!  I’m going to try to do it right next week, but I will greatly enjoy eating this with the dip I’m planning on making tomorrow.

For actual lunch I ordered a sandwich from the coffee shop below my apartment where I went to study.

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It came with three bean salad, which I disliked and only took one bite of, but the sandwich I adored.

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Roasted eggplant with hot sauce and blue cheese on a whole wheat bun.  This is a combo I will be recreating!

I studied for about 1.5hours before I realized I was too distracted and should go home.  On the way out I bought a cupcake.  Homemade chocolate cupcake with real strawberry icing, who in their right mind would pass that by?  It was pretty delish, but I left a fair amount of base, because I don’t really like cake (which makes it even stranger that I keep ordering cupcakes!)

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It’s possible my attitude of whimsy seeped into the rest of my day and I watched Bones reruns instead of studying…..

Around 4 I got gussied and headed out to meet Adam and another med school event, at Steer, this one to celebrate the first full week of school.  I drank a Rolling Rock,

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and a had a small plate of veggies and pizza.

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We stayed ’till around 7:30 then ran home so Adam could get a sandwich before we went to our next meet-up.  I grabbed a PB Gnu bar to eat in the car.

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But was very underwhelmed and ended up giving half of it to Adam.

We got to Pearl Street Brewery around 8:30 where we had a very fun meet-up.

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Sarah is in town with one of her best friends because her friend is getting married and her sister who lives in Buffalo is making the wedding cake.  Confused?  Everyone was really nice and funny and it was great getting to catch up with Sarah.

I ordered an Oatmeal Irish Stout,

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but everyone else was drinking something called “The Widow Maker.”

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For eats I got an Fresh Apple and Pear Salad.

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Apples and pears sauteed in rum and brown sugar served over mixed greens and topped with toasted pecans and fresh goat cheese; with brown sugar rum vinaigrette.

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It was frickin fabulous!  I ate about 3/4 of it and only didn’t take the rest home because I knew it’d get soggy.  P.S. That brown rectangle is one of Sarah’s portabella mushrooms cooked in beer.

A med school friend came by and met us so after dinner we stayed for a game of pool, and ended up leaving around 11:30.  And now it is way too late and time for bed, toodles!

The Anti-Drogging Post

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Don’t misunderstand the title, I am in no way anti-drogging (drunk blogging); I just didn’t think drogging a recap of the whole day was my best idea.  I’ll start from the beginning, more than 24hours ago!

I didn’t have to volunteer on Friday so I slept in and lazed around reading magazines, which was glorious.  I lazed a little too long, however, and ended up having to rush to get dressed with Adam got home.  The reason his parents came up to visit is that he was receiving his white coat and taking his Hippocratic oath in a special ceremony.

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In the car on the way there I ate some free samples.  Gnu bar in Lemon Ginger, which was interesting.

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And Sahle Snacks Glazed Nuts in Almond PB&J which was fantasmic.

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Between the two items I ate about 250calories, which managed to fill me up for the ceremony.  I am so proud of my husband!

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Afterwards there was a mini buffet so I snagged a small plate of fruit, veggies, and cheese.

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The ceremony ended around 5 and we drove back to a spot near our house to have dinner with his parents and their friend.  We were at a bar directly below our apartment that I think we will be visiting often!  I got a Hienekin Light to drink.

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And for dinner I ordered a Turkey Melt; roasted turkey, jack cheese, tomato, sourdough bread, russian dressing.

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It came with sweet potato fries (which were fabulous, but nowhere near as good as the baked ones we make at home) which I shared with Adam, and I also split his side salad.

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When we said goodbye to the parents around 7 we drove over to another med student’s house for a party!  Over the course of the evening I ate a cracker with Brie,

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and a sweet pepper stuffed with cheese.

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I also had two (largish) CokeZeros with Jack Daniels that I didn’t photograph.  It was a really fun evening and we somehow managed to not get home until after 2am!

Today we have some fun and practical things planned, and I’ve got to scadadle!

When was the last time you were proud of a loved one?  I am so excited for my husband that he is on his way to being a doctor.  I was proud of him for the two years he volunteered teaching too, but his excitement makes this all the sweeter.