wiaw: actually a workday!

so apparently i don't work much. at least that's what it looks like if someone simply perused my wiaws. if i were on the outside looking in, it appears all i do is travel and have days of school. this is mostly true lately, so i can't argue with that. i finally had a relatively normal day yesterday AND remember to photograph almost all of my eats. if you haven't checked out all the other wiaws this week, head on over to jenn's blog and take a gander. as always - thanks for hosting jenn!

breakfast {5:15} - i fell asleep at roughly 9:45 on monday night so i actually felt halfway human when my alarm went off at five yesterday. i decided i'd dip into my stash of quickly going bad bagel thins and try out my eggs on the cinnamon raisin ones i had. i always like the salty sweet combo so i used a little jam on the bagels as well. it ended up being really weird, but in a good way. that being said i do like to eat jam on grilled cheese sandwiches so don't take my word for it. 

snack {10:00} - i have been RAVENOUS in the mornings lately. i think it's my body getting used to the 5 am wakeup call again. when i was eating lunch at 7 or 8, making it til lunch wasn't that much of a challenge - i just wasn't hungry until 12 or 1. i guess it makes sense that when i eat two hours earlier i'm hungry a lot earlier. i snagged a bag of hip pops from my students' breakfast bin (no worries, i waited until they all had their servings - i'm not that awful...except when breakfast is waffle sticks because then? i know no limits) and had those for a snack. i love these things, they are so awesome. they remind me of quakes but with cinnamon sugar on them and i could eat 9 bags easily. 

lunch {12:45} - i have been all about the wraps for lunch lately. today's iteration was a chicken salad i whipped up with some leftover chicken tenders. i used 1 T mayonnaise, 2 T greek yogurt, 1 t spicy brown mustard, 1 t lemon juice, about 2 cups of diced chicken and half an asian pear. i like sweet stuff in my chicken salad (usually grapes) but had no other options besides pears and it was actually really good. it made about two servings and i'm looking forward to another wrap tomorrow. if i did it again i'd add almonds and celery. celery is the shit in chicken salad. i also had some carrots and trader joe's popcorn on the side. 

snack {4:00} - on my way home i wolfed down an apple pie larabar. i still like my luna bars a lot better (much more like candy bars which is what i'm shooting for) but i have about 5 more larabars that i want to eat before i'll let myself spend more money on other bars. this is an area of my grocery budget i could easily pare down but it's just not gonna happen. i like my snack bars too much. 

workout {5:30} - the weather has been super crappy all week in dc. rain, fog and a lot chillier than the weekend. i don't mind at all because i actually like the winter months, but it makes it a heck of a lot harder to get outside for a run. i fully intended on heading to the gym before going home but then i checked my email and i got a notification that a shipment i'd been anxiously awaiting had arrived and clearly i had to go home before the gym!

oh you gorgeous, gorgeous thing you. i asked my parents for a vitamix for christmas but knew it was a slightly ridiculous thing to ask for because...well, the vitamix is slightly ridiculous. but as they usually do, my parents came through in a huge way. on christmas morning my mom told me that i would be getting it shipped to my apartment because it didn't make sense to have it wrapped up and then have to ship it from indiana down to dc. we ended up shipping a ton of stuff anyway, but this precious cargo was just that - too precious. it was on backorder for a bit (i guess lots of generous parents gave their loving offspring the pinnacle of blenders for christmas as well?) but it got her yesterday! it was all i could do not to immediately tear into it and make a shake, but instead i forced myself to go down to my complex's gym and get my 3.5 miler in while fantasizing about what i would do with it when i got back upstairs. no shame. 

dinner {6:30} - instead of having a shake for dinner, i opted to keep plowing through my leftovers. the best part about leftovers for dinner is that they are done super quickly and require very little cleanup. this sesame chicken from emily bites was really easy to toss together on sunday night and has been feeding me all week. i've got about 8 boxes of pasta in my pantry and i don't eat pasta that much but i'm going to have to start. one, i want to clear up that shelf space for more baking goods (my chocolate chips have nowhere to go!) and two, i really like pasta. i think i always forget about it because it takes so damn long for the water to boil and my attention span is not that long when it comes to crafting dinner. anyway, i recommend the sesame noodles. what i don't recommend is just slapping the leftovers into different containers without noticing what's going where. i ended up with a lot of chicken last night but on monday night i think i had two pieces of chicken and 4 snow peas in my entire dish.

dessert {8:30} - clearly my after dinner snack had to be a shake (and then some cereal - because i just can't end a night without some bones in bed while eating special k - i was a hungry beast today, not quite sure why but i just went with it and ate what i was craving). this shake had such an awesome consistency - i still need to figure out the vitamix a bit because i definitely didn't need as much water and could use more ice, but i'm used to trying not to kill my blender every time i make a shake, so it's not a bad learning curve to be on. i think i've definitely decided that my kitchen aid has been unseated as my favorite kitchen appliance. sorry, stand mixer, it was great while it lasted. i promise i'll still pull you out of your home when i need some cookies...

how were your wednesdays? my eats weren't super creative but they were all really delicious! and with this we've made it halfway through the week. two more sleeps between me and texas.

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