Eggstra Special

This is an extra-special post – it’s the first one I’ve managed to get up all week!

I had a giant presentation to give on Tuesday, an important quiz on Wednesday, and on Monday the dog had another series of 2 am seizures.  Yay.  <– sarcasm

Since the start of this rotation all of my classmates have reported getting to bed by/before 10pm but I’ve stubbornly, stupidly stayed up until at least 12.  I’d been doing ok, but my weeks of lost sleep and this week’s trifecta of late nights hit me hard on Wednesday.  I wandered around in a daze all day yesterday and then hurried home and got into bed at the record-breaking hour of: 7pm!  I got up for an hour or so around 9pm, but went back to bed for an amazing 10 hours total!!!

I felt much better today.  So of course I’m staying up late.  What can I say, I’m an idiot.

After that long introduction, let’s do this quickly…  Coffee at the hospital.

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Dark roast with french vanilla creamer.  The sweetened creamer is not a habit I want to get into, but while I’m somewhere without milk it is fun.

I had cafeteria pizza for lunch, but I didn’t think about taking a picture until after my plate was bare.  Whoops.

Plus candy.

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And when I got home I had this bowl of goodness.

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A serving of Liz Lemon Froyo, a Dannon Oikos Toasted Coconut Vanilla Greek Yogurt, sliced mango, and fresh blackberries.

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It was yumtastic.

For this evening’s fun, we dyed Easter eggs.

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Except that it wasn’t fun at all.

Because my “hard-boiled” eggs were raw.  And we were all hungry.

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But they were pretty, and Adam salvaged a few by breaking the partially cooked eggs into a skillet and making us dinner.

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We had fried eggs,

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with white toast with Earth Balance.

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And big salads – baby spinach, pink salt, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, feta cheese, and homemade maple vinaigrette (1 tsp sweet hot mustard, 2 Tbsp maple syrup, 2 Tbsp rice vinegar; shaken and split into two portions).

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With quinoa dark chocolate for dessert.

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Goodnight, Webster!

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…I am so tired I forgot to title this post originally

So I already told you guys the good news.  More on that later, I’m too tired right now to be excited.  I don’t know why I’ve been so exhausted lately – other than, you know, working really hard at my internship and continuing to get in bed after midnight even though up I’m at 6 – but this evening it hit me really hard.  I went to work all day, did a quick grocery trip, then had a major meltdown.  The husband is the kindest man on the planet and he ran out and got us calzones for a late dinner.  We are eating now (and watching “Chopped!”) and then I’m going to pour myself into bed.

Packed breakfast for work.  Cinnamon Apple GoGo Squeez.

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Coconut Chia Bar.  <– very nice, the coconut flavor was great

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Muller low-fat Greek yogurt with honeyed apricot.

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Lunch from the Co-op hot bar.  I was hurrying to photograph because I was on the floor at work and I did not get a good picture.

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A salad base – spinach and romaine with red pepper, cherry tomato, and maple vinaigrette – topped with corn relish and a jalopeño cheddar turkey burger.

Post-meltdown fuel.  We shared a buffalo chicken stromboli and a cheese calzone.

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Mmmmmn!  Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

Shades Of White

My 2nd day as a soon-to-be surgeon’s wife was good but busy.  I have a gigantic quiz tomorrow and we have to score at least a 90% on it to remain in our program.  <– yikes!

No breakfast again.  I do have some bars in my cabinet but the mornings are my busiest hours and I don’t remember to eat and even if I did I wouldn’t have the time.  Instead I just really enjoy my lunch.

On today’s menu – a (2 Tbsp of) chunky peanut butter and (2 slices of) turkey bacon sandwich (Thin).

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A green pear.

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And a package of seaweed snacks.

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I also grabbed a coffee.

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A mix of regular and decaf with hazelnut creamer.  I started adding a scoop of ice to my cups – after watching a classmate do it the other day and being impressed with her genius – and it makes my coffees so much more enjoyable.  I definitely prefer my “hot” beverages luke-warm.

In the afternoon I snacked on a scoop of 1% cottage cheese with half of a Liberte coconut yogurt and a sprinkle of shredded coconut.

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I realize the picture doesn’t really show any of that though; my camera doesn’t do shades of white.

<– Sidenote:  I’ve decided that my first foray into fiction is going to be a book titled 50 Shades of White, the pendulum swing from 50 Shades of Grey.  It will be 500 pages of a waspy couple having missionary-style sex and peeing with the door closed.  You’d read that, right?  😀

Other afternoon snacks included a handful of tortilla chips,

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and a stolen square of Adam’s Godiva Milk Chocolate Salted Caramel Bar.

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I wanted to snack after dinner too, but it’s better that I didn’t because I already ate enough today.  Sometimes nibbling helps me focus on studying but our pantry is looking ruff

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Don’t worry, our dinner was better than that joke.

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I had a handful of Terra Thai Basil Curry Vegetable Chips.

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A pile of roasted green beans.

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And 2 turkey egg cups.

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{Inspired by this recipe}  We put two slices of turkey inside each of our muffin tin cups / filled the bottoms of chopped sautéed mushrooms and green onions and shredded cheese / topped each cup with an egg / then baked for 30ish minutes in an oven preheated to 350 degrees.

I spent the rest of the evening cramming and I’ve got to get back to it.  Tomorrow’s quiz is on the macro- and micronutrient values for the serving sizes per food group for a diabetic and renal diet.  Lots and lots of numbers to know; we can’t all lay around on the job…!

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Almost Spring And Almost Celebrating

Today has been just fantastic, one of those days that reminds me how happy I am with my life.  I felt totally blessed.

First, lunch.  I was too busy for breakfast but I did have a nice noon-time meal.  Dannon Oikos Cafe Latte Greek Yogurt.  So smooth and creamy, and the flavor was better than any other coffee yogurt I’ve ever had.

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Cascadian Farm Crunchy Oats & Honey Granola Bar.

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GoGo Squeez Cinnamon Applesauce.

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’twas a good lunch.

But the news I got just before lunch was even better – Adam is going to be a surgeon!  Ok, so it wasn’t surprising news, but it was good to have things confirmed.  Today is the first half of Match Day and on Friday we’ll learn where (and if) we’re going to move.  So exciting!  I opened the e-mail and burst into tears, right there on the Neuro floor.  Apparently I’ve been a little bit stressed.  But I can’t stress enough, how proud I am of my husband!!!

I got home before him this afternoon so I got him a few congratulation gifts.

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I may have stolen a few bites.  2 dumplings,

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and 2 big bites of frosting.

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Yum!

And I got more good news this evening – my night class was canceled!  This meant I had free time to celebrate the real news with Adam.  The past two days have basically been Spring so we took a long walk up Elmwood, in sandals natch.

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My taste buds are even more ready for Spring than my feet.  We wanted to get take-out so we could go home and watch “The Nanny” and I had the hardest time choosing food because I had to have something fresh.  I couldn’t stand the thought of cheddar, popcorn or runny eggs, my usual favorites!

I ended up getting a green juice for our walk.

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And bringing a salad from Ashker’s home.

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I added banana peppers, tomatoes, and kalmata olives to the Roasted Turkey, Apple, Walnut Salad; which also came with spring mix, feta, craisins, and Vidalia onion dressing.  It was exactly what I’d been craving.

Dessert was something amazing.

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I’ve been stalking local freezers for weeks and I squealed with joy when I finally spotted Ben and Jerry’s Liz Lemon Greek Frozen Yogurt last night.

Three things you should know:

  1. I adore both lemon and lavender in dessert
  2. I have a legit problem with Ben and Jerry’s ice creams
  3. I recently decided that Liz Lemon is my spirit tv character

I had 1.5 servings and loved every bite.

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Buffalo people – I found my pint at the Elmwood Tops.

Have a great night!

Cider House Run

Let me apologize in advance for what is sure to be a post riddled with typos.  I’ll do my best, but I can’t make any promises.  I’m two days in and I’m going to have to agree with my friends who were in the previous rotation – this placement is exhausting.

Breakfast was a Pirouette Cinnamon Pecan Barre.

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This bar was in my Yumvelope shipment.  The ingredient list is great – dates, walnuts, pecans, agave nectar, hemp seed, rolled oats, hemp protein, ground flax-seed,brown rice protein, vanilla, cinnamon, sea salt, peanuts – but I wasn’t a big fan of the final flavor; too much date.

Plus hospital coffee with 2% milk.

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We get free soda and coffee at this hospital so expect to see a lot of caffeine breaks!

Lunch was an easy assortment.  A Pear Chobani.

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A Honeycrisp apple.

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And 70% dark chocolate.

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I also packed this blue algae nut butter packet but I threw it out one lick in.

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Much too gaggy.

At the end of the day, Adam texted me that he and a friend were at a bar near our house so I met them for a quick drink.

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The McKenzie’s Seasonal Reserve Hard Cider was great.  It had notes of cinnamon that were quite tasty.

I headed straight from Cole’s to meet my friend for a gym visit.  I’m back to the Couch to 10k plan, right where I left off, though obviously I’ve got to stick with it this time.  2 minutes of running/3 minutes of walking, x 10.  I am fat, I am out of shape, I was still a little drunk – my workout was so flipping hard!

In spite of my extreme tiredness and Adam’s messing up our meal plan by eating while I was at the gym, I managed to cobble together a good dinner.  I was worried about not having enough to eat, but I think I ultimately went a bit overboard!

My favorite black-eyed pea salad,

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green beans with shredded parmesan,

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and 1.5 servings of Wegman’s vegan “chicken” nuggets with sweet and sour sauce.

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Everything was delicious.  Those nuggets are awesome.

Have you ever done the inebriated workout?

Poor Puppy

I had a few silly things to complain about, but the dog had another seizure today so that kind of all pales in comparison.  He’s doing ok now but we are going to have to meet with the vet soon and possibly rethink our strategy.

Regardless, it’s been a long day and just want to go to bed.  Keeping this quick…

Kit’s Organic Chocolate Almond Coconut Bar.

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Pear.

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Honey wheat Sandwich Thin with white bean truffle spread and tempeh.  (I ate the tempeh raw and I am officially never doing that again – I am still sooooo bloated and sick.)

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1/2 serving Green and Black 70% Dark Chocolate.

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Dannon Oikos Cafe Latte Greek Yogurt with Cascadian Farm Dark Chocolate Almond Granola.  Both are heavenly and the combo was fantastic.

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Leftover stir-fry.  The last 2 servings each of roasted broccoli, white basmati rice, and copycat CF spicy cashew chicken went into a skillet with 1 tsp sesame oil and 2 large eggs.

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Ridiculous cookie.

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Please go give your pets a big smooch for me.

And We’re Off!

Today was officially my first day off (from both school and work) since January 20th!  42 days straight!!!  I didn’t even work full shifts for most of those days but it was still nice to have 24 hours all to myself for a change.

We didn’t do anything all that exciting with our newfound free-time but it still felt pretty damn nice.  We did a major grocery trip, started watching Battlestar Galactica (please tell me that the episodes are faster paced than the movie?!), and Adam currently has the guys over for poker.

Breakfast was a bowl of peanut butter and bananas, squared.

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2% Banana Chobani Greek Yogurt topped with a sliced banana, 1 tsp of melted peanut butter and 1 crumbled Cascadian Farm Crunchy Peanut Butter Granola Bar.

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So flipping good.

Lunch was even better.

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I took enough Pho home last night for Adam and I to both have lunch with the leftovers.  I beefed mine up with some roasted broccoli and a soft-boiled egg.  Plus more Sriracha, of course.

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The entire bowl was delicious and the egg yolk melting into the broth was so amazing that it almost made me cry.

For dessert we shared this plate of samples.

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Oh Nuts! offered to send me their Passover Cake & Cookie Sampler and I happily accepted.

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Neither of us liked the brownie piece (too dry) but we thought that the jam in the sandwich cookie and raspberry jelly roll was nice.  By the by, everything was gluten-free and kosher.

I also had an Adora calcium disk.

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I am going to try to remember to take one every day for the next while, but I probably won’t blog about it again.

Dinner ended up being a (giant!) container of hot bar.

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A little bit of mac and cheese and brussels sprouts and a bunch of chicken.  Apparently I was in the mood for protein.

I made the poker players some Mac and Three Cheese Cups but they were gone before I could snag one.  That’s a good sign!

What’s your longest run without a day off?

(Pho)ning It In

I regularly drop off the face of the blogging planet and I haven’t even started my next rotation yet!  It’s rumored to be time-consuming and exhausting, but I’m sure that won’t keep me from hitting my 30-days goal this time.  I mean, I made it an entire day the last round!

You missed – bubble tea with a friend, Adam and I splitting an entire bag of chips and dip for dinner, and other stuff that can’t have been that exciting because I honestly can’t remember any other food item from the past two days.

Also, the end of my purple hair.

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I had to get rid of the streaks before my next rotation so I’m back to brown, albeit a darker, redder brown.  I’ll try to get a picture in good light this weekend.

Today was the end of my winter break make-up and an on-campus meeting before we switch placements (I’ve got five weeks of clinical rotation in a local hospital coming up on Monday).  Coffee was needed.

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I earned a free coffee with a book store punch card so I went big (literally!) with a venti non-fat half-pumps toffee nut latte.  Note – I drank my giant coffee and a diet pop in lieu of water all day and I totally paid the price this afternoon.

I was running late this morning – we ran out of water in the middle of my shower!!! – and I packed a fairly ridiculous trio of foods for my breakfast/lunch.  A green pear.

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A Honeycrisp apple.

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And a package of Annie Chun’s Brown Sugar and Sea Salt Roasted Seaweed.

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I wasn’t exactly full, but at least it all tasted good.

Our meeting got out a smidge early and three friends and I made it over to the mall for some high school-style fun.  We wandered, window shopped, and got froyo.

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A little plain tart with tons of popping boba for me!

Unfortunately, my dehydration kicked in during the fun and I ended up getting hit with a bad migraine.  {Sorry to be such a downer guys!}  I made it home just in time to throw up in my own bathroom; always a plus.  Then I took medicine, and a nap, and managed to feel much better in an hour or so.

My boys joined me for the nap and this scene occurred –

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They are too cute.

Once I rallied, Adam and I headed out for a fun dinner.

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Red Pepper might be my new favorite restaurant.  They gave us free tea and fried wontons,

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and served me the best bowl of vegetarian Pho I’ve ever had.

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Adam and I both thought that the broth was swoon-worthy.

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I took the 2nd half of my trough home with me and we are quite excited for leftovers tomorrow.

‘Night!