Fall starts now, baby!
Oh fall, how I love you! Texas may not quite know what to do when the calendar turns to September, but that’s OK. I can pretend there’s a chill in the air. This week promises our first lows in the 60s, and I’m hoping I can motivate myself to get my lazy butt out of bed early enough to enjoy them on my runs.
I did spy one of my favorite signs of fall at the grocery store today, and I had to bring one home with me:
Love!
I love Macs. I went to college in Massachusetts and one of my fondest memories is of the gigantor bags of Macs we used to get at Stop ‘n Shop. The ones that make is down here are sadly not the best, and there are never very many of them, but they’re quintessential autumn to me. I spotted them out of the corner of my eye while on a post-work almond milk run and grabbed a couple for our fruit basket. They’re Sam’s favorite apple too so I’ll probably have to restock shortly.
Eats today were pretty standard Alix fare- breakfast was a bowl of Barbara’s Shredded Oats with Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla, blueberries, and a banana.
Work was pretty slammed- one of our interns didn’t come in so I had to help out with a massive mailing for our upcoming gala. I ate breakfast at 7 and didn’t break for lunch til almost 1, so suffice it to say that I was ready to gnaw off a limb. I knew my blood sugar had totally tanked when the gluesticks we were using to seal the envelopes ran out and I almost started crying. I made short work of lunch: an almond butter and honey sandwich on the last of the Ezekiel (only the 2 heels were left…I kind of love heels so I was a happy camper), Fage 0% with some golden raisins mixed in, a tiny pear, a nectarine, and some raw zucchini, yellow squash, and sugar snaps.
Later in the day I snacked on a Jazz apple and an Apple Pie Larabar. I have to say that I’m not the biggest fan of the cinnamony Lara flavors- I really didn’t like the GingerSnap bar I had recently and I thought it was the cloves, but after today I have to conclude that it’s the cinnamon. I think I’ll be sticking to the nutty, chocolatey, and non-spicy fruit flavors from now on.
Following work I destressed with a 5-mile recovery run. I took the iPhone along on this one to encourage a slower pace, but turns out I didn’t need the encouragement as my legs were pretty tired from yesterday’s 12-miler. After a planned cutback week 2 weeks ago and an unplanned cutback last week due to a virus, I’m ready to ramp the mileage back up again. This week calls for 65.
Dinner was a collaborative effort. Sam and I co-own a duplex with his college friend, Pencil. Pencil’s real name is also Sam, but his nickname is from his misspent youth when he allegedly weighed about 120 pounds. These days he’s considerably “healthier” but the name stuck. Anyway, Pencil knows his way around a kitchen, but not necessarily a healthy kitchen, so I had to tweak my meal a little bit. He grilled up some burgers for us: beef for himself and Sam, and turkey for moi. My turkey burger was awesomely good, and I even have a second one for lunch tomorrow. Score! I augmented the burger with some steamed veggies and baked sweet potato slices, and smeared some almost overripe avocado on top. Nom!
Dessert was some 88% dark choc that I’ve been working on the past few days. It’s Endangered Species brand and it’s freaking awesome.
And now I’m headed to bed…tomorrow’s an off day so I’ll be up early and hopefully running at a decent hour. Why is it that I find it so much easier to get moving when I don’t have to?
