make me dinner.

Let’s play a little game….

Raise your hand if …. you think your alarm clock beeping at 5:30 a.m. is the most annoying sound in the world? (Raises hand)

Raise your hand if…. you forgot how draining WORKING actually was? (Raises hand)

Raise your hand if…. you missed your extremely leisurely breakfasts? (Raises hand)

Okay, so that’s enough of this game, but as you can see, getting back into school mode is really difficult for me. I enjoyed getting up over the summer, enjoying my breakfast, blogging, and drinking coffee for about an HOUR every morning. ::sigh:: Some things are just too good to be true.

Just a sidenote, thanks for your feedback on the photos. It was about half and half, but I am starting to play around with editing my photos to make them look better. I’ve got a lot of work to do!

Another sidenote: I signed up for my half marathon for September 12!

It was the opening day in my district today, which means meetings all day.

I packed a Larabar for some mid-morning nourishment. I am glad I brought it too! I was famished by the time 10 a.m. came around.

A bunch of my colleagues went out for lunch, but I had a lunch already in the fridge from Wednesday, so I decided to stay back, get some work done, and not spend any money.

sliced beets sprinkled with a little turbinado sugar….

and a few green grapes (seedless!) snagged from the teacher’s lounge.

Now, I must caution you.. if you eat beets and are wearing white pants (or white anything) BE CAREFUL! Luckily my reputation as “Messy Chelsey” didn’t make an appearance, but seriously… those babies could be dangerous!

I was a bad blogger this afternoon. I had meetings until 3, and by the time I left, my stomach was honestly eating itself. Before I gnawed off my arm, I wolfed down slowly enjoyed at a pace in which my food would digest comfortably an apple and carrots. Too bad that wasn’t enough. What I would have given for some almonds at that point!!!!

The husband was very surprised when I called on the way home and said, “you’re on your own for dinner”. If I could have seen his face when I said this, I’m sure it would have been a jaw dropping “but what am i supposed to do then?” face. That boy needs to learn how to cook…. just a little. I didn’t make ithome until after 5, still had to run/lift, and just did not feel like cooking. He joyously made a pizza, but when I got home, I was in need of some serious greens. I was CRAVING the biggest salad known to man!

Honestly, don’t be fooled, this bowl is huge. I think it held about 5-6 cups of salad. It was baby spinach, cucumber, a whole tomato, aovcado, red pepper, and honey mustard dressing. I also had brussel sprouts but didn’t take a picture of them (again, half were gone before I even thought about it). I’m glad I don’t have a papparazzi crew following me and snapping pictures of me while I eat because this was not pretty. The end result was total domination.

I told the husband I need to start meal planning so I can be a more effecient grocery shopper and meal maker on days like today. So….. I would like YOU to make my menu next week! Please leave me your favorite dish (which can be made into a vegan/gluten free dish if modified) and I will pick a couple to feature on my blog next week! I love all things veggie… bring on the greens.

Question: What is a recipe you would like me to make? Do you meal plan?