The wonders of the world

Hello Bloggers!!!
The wonders of the world I would love to see are the Pyramids, but the wonders of the world I am facing every day are not as extravagant. Like school and food service and relationships. I think that I am in a very fragile state with changing careers and so don't mind me if I talk about my struggles with leaving the Film Industry to become a college student. It is not all set in stone yet but my mind is pretty made up.

I am in a mood I can not quite describe, I had a headache most of the afternoon and was not feeling tip top so I lied down with Bravo and caught up on some silly TV shows. Once Sean got home I was in a much better mood and am now feeling well enough to look at the computer screen. I think it was all the reading I did for my Psych class. I am not used to looking at a text book and never really read much of them in my high school days ( I was too interested in boys, art and parties). But now in my young adulthood I am finding it still just as challenging so I am a bit upset. I have no prob doing homework or listening to lectures but I know the reading will kill me. Any tips? Anybody more left brained with some study tips??? My sister gave me great advice (very left brained) and told me to type my notes and go to the library after class to do the reading when I am in study mode and I think I will try that!

Anyways... my mind is a bit mushy now so I will move on to my eats!
Bfast; Small orange, cereal with Almond Milk and raisins:
Delish! And in case you were wondering I am still lightening my grain load in the morning. This mornings bowl was 1.5 cups total and 1.25 cups milk.
I was just amazed at how beautifully my V-Day flowers have bloomed!

for my mid morn snack I had a Larabar in Gingersnap (no pic) and this snack I had mid afternoon:

For lunch I packed a very "kid" like meal in my eyes; WW English muffin, 2 tbsp of Almond and PB which I made into a sammie and grilled at work. I also packed 2 carrots and an apple sauce with blueberries!!

After work I went to school and bought my textbook for way more than I planned and then went to Trader Joes to do some very needed groecery shopping. As I said I was battling a headache so I ate a very early dinner, I always think I need food if I have a headache, which was leftovers:

This meal was even better today! For dessert I had some dried mango and some fat free Caramel Popcorn form TJ's!

And I had Tofuti Cutie!!! I love these if you have not tried them I suggest doing so! They are vegan ice cream sandwiches!!!! This pic does no justice, so I will have to have one tomorrow to try to get a better pic!

Ok I am off to watch Dexter with my honey and get some rest. I sadly got no exercise in today unless you count walking in TJ's or serving coffee for 6 hours?!?

Love

C

Psych Here I come!

Well yes I am officially a college student! I am so excited about my class!! My proff is awesome and very kind. I was worried cause I have a wedding to go to on June 12th, our finals are June 10th and Sean might have to leave before then cause he is in the wedding (the best man to be exact, it's his cousins wedding). So after class I introduced myself to my new proff (very Rory Gilmore of me) and told him of the possible dilemma. He was shockingly understanding and told me to have no fear I can just take it early if need be. So with that all assured and my first day out of the way I was flying!

I started my school day (I just love saying that) with a smaller than usual bowl of cereal. I am out of bananas shock I know and so I opted for a small orange and raisins and felt like going a bit light on the grains too. I had 1/2 cup twigs and flakes and 1/2 cup Kashi Sunshine and 1 cup skim.

After my lovely class with lecture included I was hungry hungry! I was able to come home before work so I whipped up a bowl of Fage 0% with an Apricot Cliff bar and also had a small apple:
For lunch I packed this veggiefilled meal; salad with Cuban black beans from TJ's, fire roasted salsa, 2 carrots, and pureed Butternut squash!

It was delish but didn't hold me long at work I was starved when I got home and a bit overwhelmed by the TO DO list so I poured a celebratory first day of school glass of Vino:

And quickly put together a meal of Soba noodles, kale, stir fried tofu and ate it with Seasoned Nori:

The most delish combo!! I will prob eat the left overs tomorrow night!

Well I am off to buy my text book holy geeze those things are expensive! And watch the tube and go to bed!

Good night ya'll!

C

Upset Tummy!

After bfast I finally went to the gym to try out the 24 Hour near to my house ( I want to get the deal they are selling at Costco for $12.95 a month for two years!!) I loved the view in the "penthouse" where the treadmills and other cardio machines are! I ran for 20 min and did some Elliptical and some stairs. Equaling to 38 min and 373 calories burned!! It felt soooooo nice to get to a gym, oh I have missed it so! I returned home HUNGRY so I busted out whatever was there! This Edemame went off in the fridge and I ate it unknowingly!!! Sean threw up! (It was gross; one minuet he was minding his own business on the couch playing the guitar and the next he was spewing on the floor all the way to the bathroom!!!) I myself have just been battling the urge and have a super upset stomach! But here are the little devils:

Besides from the ad edemame I had a lovely lunch! A huge yam with Fage 0%, a Garden Burger microwaved with Spicy Dijon and Organic Ketchup! And a Roma tomato:

Due to the wobbly tum tums Sean and I stayed home and didn't travel to see my folks :( I missed out on a yummy dinner of home made meatballs and spaghetti with good wine. I am spoiled form my dad's wine selection! For dinner we ended up at Mitsuwa, a Japanese Grocery Store, and I had my usual there: Soba noodles (buckwheat) in hot broth with Sansai Don (veggies) and this time I had some chicken in there too, but the chicken was a bit fatty so I picked it out.

Nothing like a big bowl of hot chicken noodle soup to cure my stomach ache! I also had a cup of green tea:

We picked these up from the store:

They are a childhood fave! Basically they are cookies with fudge inside!

I had one pack:

Yummy!!!! So much fun to eat stuff from when I was a kid! To bad they aren't good for you. We also picked up some movies at the video store and are settling down to watch them now. Being John Malkovich and a Japanese Western. I may have a glass of Vino Tinto to go with my movie but haven't decided yet. I have a very full day tomorrow so I will not be posting til I get home prob for dinner. I am working at the cafe in the morning (at 7am!!) and shopping in the afternoon for a Production Designer in New York who needs some modern furniture and outdoor accessories for a photo shoot here in LA.

Goondinnaught everybody, hope you all have a wonderful Martin Luther King Monday!

C