Shopping Needed

A pretty great day overall, though food today, while relatively healthy was definately on the boring side. On the bright side, there were highlights of fresh fruit, though - mango! pluot! apples!

Lunch was simply greens with clover sprouts and some grilled chicken. On the side, the roasted acorn squash with a touch of honey was delightful. My favorite spin instructor was back after being out for a month (!), so a hard workout (despite incredibly sore legs from weights yesterday) left me hungry in the afternoon which led me to more yogurt...with honey! Twice in one day, a girl has got to have her pleasures.

In an after-work indulgence, I did sample a few sweet potato fries with my amber, mildly hoppy micro-brew. Dinner (on the late side, due to 1.5 hours at the voting poles) was chicken andoille sausages accompanied by a large portion of sauteed spinach and sundried tomatoes, seasoned with sea salt and cayenne pepper.

The chicken sausage (a trader joes-keep-it-in-freezer-emergency food) had only recognizable ingredients, and only 5 ingredients at that (chicken, evaporated cane sugar...and a couple other things). Pretty impressive for a sausage!

Inspired

I was browsing blogs yesterday, for probably the first time ever. And I became inspired. Now, I am not a writer, nor do I consider myself creative. But there is that saying: "Life is not about finding yourself, but about creating yourself." So, here I am. Finding a creative outlet. Developing a new aspect of my personality. Forcing myself to be more open. Now, something I think I am great at is living a great life. I love food, travel and friends. I love being active. I love, love, love biking. I love living in San Francisco and in California. And, sometimes, I love thinking about how I can be more than I am now.

Right now, though, I have to head off to work. I have cup of freshly roasted french-press prepared coffee from Uganda in my hand. I just ate a cup of greek yogurt with mango (from the local tienda, of course). I had hoped to sprinkle a few toasted pecans or slivered almonds with it, but Trader Joe's hasn't happened in a couple weeks.

The sun is shining. Now GO VOTE.