Long Island

How did it become Friday already? Oh I know why, I've been working. Sort of.

Being back in Long Island is a strange experience... the house here feels like a time capsule from my childhood... literally. All the furniture, the dishes, the smells, and the flowers in the front yard are the same as they were fifteen years ago. Even my aunt and uncle look the same to me. Are they aliens? Maybe not, but they are vegetarians...

Doing work for my aunt makes me feel very appreciated. It's really nice to hear someone be so impressed by my rudimentary computer literacy and internet music knowledge. I've already signed her up for some awesome promotional websites for aspiring artists... and I'm getting excited for her blossoming career as a singer-songwriter. She's really inspiring me to get back on my music, especially now since I'm learning all the tricks of the trade on how to self-promote.

My one and only complaint is the plethora of insanely delicious, healthy, organic vegetarian food (ok, so she's a pescatarian, she'll eat fish and shellfish, but still.) This sounds crazy, but no matter how healthy the food is here, I'm actually overeating. Let's just do this in list form since I have so much to catch up on.

-Wednesday

Breakfast: yogurt, banana, Nature Valley bars
Snack on the train: marshmallow treat (90 cal)
Lunch: falafel on whole wheat pita with cucumber yogurt sauce, grain salads, hummus and baby carrots, fresh fruit
Dinner: shrimp scampi (made with olive oil, not butter), more grain salad, broccoli, salad
Dessert: a plain cup of vanilla maple tea... no sugar, no cream.

-Thursday

Breakfast: oatmeal with raisins, walnuts, and soy milk; fresh fruit
Lunch: quesadillas made with mozzarella and goat cheese, black beans, and guacamole on whole wheat tortilla; watermelon, cherries, hummus and baby carrots
Dinner: pan-seared breaded flounder (only had one piece), leftover broccoli, leftover shrimp, baked sweet potato, salad
Dessert: one tiny square of dark chocolate. I looked at the nutrition info: 50 calories! HOLY CRAP

-Today

Breakfast: fresh fruit with soy yogurt, coffee with soy milk and agave sweetener
Lunch: tuna on whole grain pita with hummus and artichoke spread, more baby carrots, more cherries
Dinner: a single piece of fried chicken (there were SO many leftovers, I felt so guilty... but I couldn't. It was fried chicken for godsakes!), more hummus and carrots, edamame salad, grain salad, homemade low-fat coleslaw
Dessert: a single square of dark chocolate, a few spoonfuls of soy vanilla and mango ice cream, a tiny cardamom star cookie, and a taste of pear ice cream

Holy. Mother. Of. God. I know I'm still eating less than my aunt and uncle and whoever else eats with us because I turn down a lot of dessert and I never go for seconds, but still. Jesus!!!! I need to run on the treadmill tomorrow.

Things I'm thankful for today:

-my aunt for boosting my confidence in myself and teaching me her environmentally-conscious ways
-soy ice cream. Never in my life did I think I would fall in love with such a thing.
-summer outdoor concerts! We went to one tonight, and I got Martha Wash's autograph. Random, I know!!