Manic Morning

Hey guys,

I had the WORST morning yesterday. Somehow, I managed to turn off both of my alarms while still sleeping! That only happens to me when I'm incredibly exhausted, but it's no fun. I woke up randomly at 7:20, an hour after I was planning to wake up. I ran around getting everything ready and was out the door in 20 minutes to catch the light rail! I threw together a quick breakfast, but I didn't get to make oats like I wanted. I had a gingerbread muffin (an an extra one on the side), with oikos greek yogurt, a handul of dried berries, spoon of dark chocolate dreams, and some broken up pretzels:



I also had no time to make coffee! That pretty much sucked. Thankfully I don't have a big caffeine addiction, and I was perfectly fine waiting 2 hours and getting an iced coffee at Starbucks.

But unfortunately, Wednesdays are my longest day--and I had no time to pack a nice lunch. I threw an apple, a grapefruit, a clementine, and a Cliffkids Brownie Z-bar in my bag and planned to supplement with food from the campus store. Here's a recreation of that food:




I ended up getting a side garden salad (still a decent size) with a cup of fruit as well.

Classes went pretty well, thankfully! I had my biology quiz, and I got 4.5/5 (90%). I got all the anatomical questions correct, but I didn't remember that the enzyme amylase doesn't break down starch into glucose--it breaks it down into maltoses and dextrins. Amyloglucosidase is what breaks those down into simple sugars like glucose. Whoops.

We spent the remainder of time in biology doing THREE labs! 3 labs in 3 hours. Ugh, by the end we all just wanted to get out of there! I had been on campus for 9 hours, and I was definitely ready to go home.

By the way, I have a total knack for missing the light rail. I always get there RIGHT as the train closes it's doors, and then I have to wait either 10, 15, or 20 minutes for the next train, depending on what day it is.

Well, I finally got home and made a HUGE salad to fill my tummy. I was a lil low on toppings (no shrooms or tomatoes), but I had a cucumber that I sliced.



I also put on some goat cheese. For some reason, they don't have goat cheese crumbles in Arizona! I can't find them at any Whole Foods or anything. So I just crumbled it myself.

I also had a spiced pumpkin bowl with a gingerbread muffin:



I mixed the pumpkin with cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg, and a touch of maple syrup and molasses. I added a spoon of dark chocolate dreams, and crumbled a gingerbread muffin over it. These are SO good! I definitely have to make them again soon! Especially since there are no vitatop retailers around me :(

I went to the grocery store to take advantage of the double sale wednesday and stock up. Then the fedex guys came at 8:45 last night with my backpack--so weird! I didn't know they came that late. I also got my new phone! My old one very quickly lost the ability to hold a charge. Thankfully, I used that verizon upgrade thing and got a new one cheap. It's pretty snazzy:



And my backpack, sized for lugging around a hugh jass anatomy book and tofurkey sammies:



Alright loves, I gotta get ready for my History of Science class from 10:30-11:45. After that I've got a biology lecture from 1:30-2:45, then harp studio from 3-5. I seriously hope I don't have to play anything. I have NOTHING. I haven't practiced at ALL. I have my lesson tomorrow, too.... ugh. Hopefully I can find some time? Or else I'm gonna have to reconsider my harp goals.

Q: Do you ever sleep through your alarm, or turn it off in your sleep? If so, how often?

I only do it when I'm extremely exhausted. The last time (other than yesterday) was last semester during school. I usually set my second alarm later (30 min to 1 hour--I like to wake up really early to have relaxation time) to try to prevent this. I give myself enough time so I can be minimally rushed and still make it. But yesterday my alarms were set too close together (like 1o minutes). Anyway, what about you?