Dreamt I was trying to take the Staten Island Ferry back to Manhattan with my bike, but there was construction. There was only a small crowd of us, but the ferry workers directed us to this very narrow ledge overlooking a canyon, which we had to walk across to get on the ferry. It was way to risky, and we all refused to take this walk, so the ferry left without us. As we all talked and got angrier and angrier at the gub'mint for cutting back service so drastically, someone stole my bike. I definitely think this was about work, and the cutting back of the restaurant.
Had an old friend and her family over for brunch, made pizzas, lotsa fun. Haven't made pizza in forever, my stretching is very out of practice.
AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9:30AM, BLT on rye, homfries, diet coke, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Thing about diet coke, it is excellent as a mouthwash. My mouth still felt slightly pasty from a weird night of dreams, and the diet coke really cleared it out, like paint thinner.
LUNCH: noon, 4 slices of various homemade pizza, 2 slices chocolate pecan pie, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 7pm, cheesy poofs, water, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Saturday, November 20
Friday, November 19
Abattoir of Aches
Baked chocolate pecan pies in the morning, rode bike with Edie to market for good bread in the afternoon then some play time in the local playground. Off to T's Abattoir of Aches in the eve, followed by a very nice snickleevening despite a quite horrible movie.
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 8:30, toasted bagel & hummus, a pickle. .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: noon, hot dog, potato nick, pickled daikon, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4pm, cheesy poofs, a slice of super hippy bread, a slice of streetza, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
SNICKLESNACK: 8:15pm, slice of big vegan pizza, 4 cups seltzer, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
SNICKLESNACK: 9pm, half a bag of popcorn, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 8:30, toasted bagel & hummus, a pickle. .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: noon, hot dog, potato nick, pickled daikon, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4pm, cheesy poofs, a slice of super hippy bread, a slice of streetza, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
SNICKLESNACK: 8:15pm, slice of big vegan pizza, 4 cups seltzer, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
SNICKLESNACK: 9pm, half a bag of popcorn, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Thursday, November 18
i cooked a whole lot
Woke up groggy. Caffeine kick helped me start the day off right with just me n' Edie in the house.
Had a "healthy" organic vegetarian burrito thing out of the freezer case for lunch. I used to eat a lot of these in college and in my early days in the city. Why? They are NASTY. And expensive, $3 for the little thing. Had me thinking that as we head into winter, I need to start cooking things that are filling, in large quantities to have in the freezer. Get some whole wheat wraps, cook up some refried beans, sprinkle so high-quality sharp cheddar, and I'll have microwave burritos in the freezer that are a) fresher, b) tastier, and pennies on the dollar.
School lightened my mood, felt productive and successful. Me and 9 kids, in 3.75 hours, knocked out 3 plain cheese cakes, 3 pumpkin cheesecakes, 5 sheets of brownies, about 12 dozen biscuits, 5 big trays of corn bread, enough Cesar dressing for 100 salads, a gallon of jerk marinade, 20 meatloafs and a bucket cranberry sauce, all from scratch. We'll be cooking another ton on Tuesday, and the home stretch will be early Wednesday morning, when at noon we'll be feeding the school, about 170 mouths.
Didn't eat much today, just didn't feel like it.
AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea, small handful of chocolate covered espresso beans
PM SNACK: 1pm, frozen burrito, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
SCHOOL NIBBLES: 3-7pm, 1 biscuit, a couple of chipsahoy cookies, about a cup of sprite
DINNER: 9pm, frozen vegan breakfast burrito, 2 mini burgers, cheesy poofs, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Had a "healthy" organic vegetarian burrito thing out of the freezer case for lunch. I used to eat a lot of these in college and in my early days in the city. Why? They are NASTY. And expensive, $3 for the little thing. Had me thinking that as we head into winter, I need to start cooking things that are filling, in large quantities to have in the freezer. Get some whole wheat wraps, cook up some refried beans, sprinkle so high-quality sharp cheddar, and I'll have microwave burritos in the freezer that are a) fresher, b) tastier, and pennies on the dollar.
School lightened my mood, felt productive and successful. Me and 9 kids, in 3.75 hours, knocked out 3 plain cheese cakes, 3 pumpkin cheesecakes, 5 sheets of brownies, about 12 dozen biscuits, 5 big trays of corn bread, enough Cesar dressing for 100 salads, a gallon of jerk marinade, 20 meatloafs and a bucket cranberry sauce, all from scratch. We'll be cooking another ton on Tuesday, and the home stretch will be early Wednesday morning, when at noon we'll be feeding the school, about 170 mouths.
Didn't eat much today, just didn't feel like it.
AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea, small handful of chocolate covered espresso beans
PM SNACK: 1pm, frozen burrito, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
SCHOOL NIBBLES: 3-7pm, 1 biscuit, a couple of chipsahoy cookies, about a cup of sprite
DINNER: 9pm, frozen vegan breakfast burrito, 2 mini burgers, cheesy poofs, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Wednesday, November 17
Dad disappoints Mom
Had some absolutely weird dreams last night. Then again, most of my dreams are similar, so when one emerges that is radically different, it needs to be puzzled over.
I dreamt that my brother and I were on a road trip with just our dad, we were adults and my dad was elderly, but pre-strokes and in full health. We went to some mildly Canadian city, like Denver or something, a little too clean. We were staying at a hotel with a very narrow, very rickety elevator, on a high floor. I was responsible for driving this large boat-of-car, and my dad did not want to pay for parking, so the night we got in, we spent an hour looking for free on-street parking. The next morning, after waking up late, I go down to get some stuff in the car. The elevator is slow, so I walk down the narrow, rickety stairs and pass a large number of celebrities going up the stairs. First it was people I like, like Woody Harrelson and Neil Young, but as I got further to ground level it was all Kim Kardashian and Kesha. I got to the car, and there were piles and piles of parking tickets on it, and a parking cop was writing another. I tried to argue, but the sign said no-parking after 5am or something. I decided to pocket the tickets and hide it from my dad, and figure out a way to pay them later. I went back up to the room and my brother was in the bathroom, standing over the toilet but unable to pee. My dad was lying in bed watching TV, and I got into bed with him and gave him a long, big hug, it was great. At this point, I started to realize it was a dream and wanted to take full advantage of being in his presence. You don't get to hug your 6-year dead dad too often!
Woke up to a smiley wife and a smiley baby on the bed, both crawling all over me and giving me kisses. It was pretty awesome way to start a day that has great potential to be depressing again.
AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea
LUNCH: noon, vegetarian sandwich, small sprite, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Surprisingly disappointing. The sandwich came this week on a nice rosemary focaccia, but it was cut too small, the contents were overstuffed, and the oil and moisture of the vegetables made the bread a little soggy. Still ate it all, it was delicious, but not up to Almondine's standards.
PM WATERING: 1:30pm, 1 pint
LUNCH 2: 3:30pm, 2 slices super thin pizza, small almond ice cream, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5, 1 pint water
PM SNACK: 5:45pm, 2 small slices of pepperoni roll
The pizza cook was fooling around and rolled up a thin-stretched dough with pepperoni to make what is essentially a small under-raised stromboli. This brought back a strong food memory from my childhood.
I remember my dad came home from work one day, and my mom had to stay at work, so it was his responsibility to feed me and my brother. He brought a package of stromboli, which involved moz and wide thin slices of pepperoni wrapped in dough like a babka. It was ok, nothing great, but it was filling and there was some left over. When mom got home and saw what was in the fridge, she was very upset that dad has served her two children "such garbage".
I felt bad for my dad, and I was surprised that he would feed us "garbage". For trash, it wasn't that bad. I also knew that the stromboli was just pizza, rolled up without sauce and left to sit around too long. It's not THAT evil?!
This little piece of stromboli brought me right back to the kitchen in Staten Island, wondering why my mom was upset, and why my dad could of disappointed her.
DINNER: 6:15pm, 2 slices Sicilian, pint of water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 10:30pm, burger & fries, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
I dreamt that my brother and I were on a road trip with just our dad, we were adults and my dad was elderly, but pre-strokes and in full health. We went to some mildly Canadian city, like Denver or something, a little too clean. We were staying at a hotel with a very narrow, very rickety elevator, on a high floor. I was responsible for driving this large boat-of-car, and my dad did not want to pay for parking, so the night we got in, we spent an hour looking for free on-street parking. The next morning, after waking up late, I go down to get some stuff in the car. The elevator is slow, so I walk down the narrow, rickety stairs and pass a large number of celebrities going up the stairs. First it was people I like, like Woody Harrelson and Neil Young, but as I got further to ground level it was all Kim Kardashian and Kesha. I got to the car, and there were piles and piles of parking tickets on it, and a parking cop was writing another. I tried to argue, but the sign said no-parking after 5am or something. I decided to pocket the tickets and hide it from my dad, and figure out a way to pay them later. I went back up to the room and my brother was in the bathroom, standing over the toilet but unable to pee. My dad was lying in bed watching TV, and I got into bed with him and gave him a long, big hug, it was great. At this point, I started to realize it was a dream and wanted to take full advantage of being in his presence. You don't get to hug your 6-year dead dad too often!
Woke up to a smiley wife and a smiley baby on the bed, both crawling all over me and giving me kisses. It was pretty awesome way to start a day that has great potential to be depressing again.
AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea
LUNCH: noon, vegetarian sandwich, small sprite, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Surprisingly disappointing. The sandwich came this week on a nice rosemary focaccia, but it was cut too small, the contents were overstuffed, and the oil and moisture of the vegetables made the bread a little soggy. Still ate it all, it was delicious, but not up to Almondine's standards.
PM WATERING: 1:30pm, 1 pint
LUNCH 2: 3:30pm, 2 slices super thin pizza, small almond ice cream, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5, 1 pint water
PM SNACK: 5:45pm, 2 small slices of pepperoni roll
The pizza cook was fooling around and rolled up a thin-stretched dough with pepperoni to make what is essentially a small under-raised stromboli. This brought back a strong food memory from my childhood.
I remember my dad came home from work one day, and my mom had to stay at work, so it was his responsibility to feed me and my brother. He brought a package of stromboli, which involved moz and wide thin slices of pepperoni wrapped in dough like a babka. It was ok, nothing great, but it was filling and there was some left over. When mom got home and saw what was in the fridge, she was very upset that dad has served her two children "such garbage".
I felt bad for my dad, and I was surprised that he would feed us "garbage". For trash, it wasn't that bad. I also knew that the stromboli was just pizza, rolled up without sauce and left to sit around too long. It's not THAT evil?!
This little piece of stromboli brought me right back to the kitchen in Staten Island, wondering why my mom was upset, and why my dad could of disappointed her.
DINNER: 6:15pm, 2 slices Sicilian, pint of water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 10:30pm, burger & fries, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Tuesday, November 16
Bleah
Very quiet day at work, which did little to raise my spirits.
AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea
LUNCH: 12:30pm, 4 superthin slices, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 2:30pm, 2 small slices with artichoke & olive, water. .5 bowl, hunger 3/5
PM SNACK: 3:30pm, small almond ice cream, water, .25 bowl, hunger 3/5
PM SNACK: 6:30pm, large green salad, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 10pm, wonton soup, shrimp fried rice, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea
LUNCH: 12:30pm, 4 superthin slices, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 2:30pm, 2 small slices with artichoke & olive, water. .5 bowl, hunger 3/5
PM SNACK: 3:30pm, small almond ice cream, water, .25 bowl, hunger 3/5
PM SNACK: 6:30pm, large green salad, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 10pm, wonton soup, shrimp fried rice, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Monday, November 15
Monday at home
Spent the day in doors, finishing painting the walls, made the menu/recipes/lesson plan for Thanksgiving with my class, and basically chilled. Had a large bowl of pasta, but an hour later, was still definitely hungry.
AM SNACK: 9am, iced green tea
LUNCH: noon, Stouffers French Bread Pizzas, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 5:30pm, spaghetti with home made tomato sauce, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 7pm, small handful of chocolate chip cookies, large amount of chocolate ice cream, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 9am, iced green tea
LUNCH: noon, Stouffers French Bread Pizzas, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 5:30pm, spaghetti with home made tomato sauce, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 7pm, small handful of chocolate chip cookies, large amount of chocolate ice cream, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Sunday, November 14
The weekend report
I've eaten quite poorly these past couple of days. Feeling a little bit blue about the cold season coming on us. I did pull out a nice brunch for a few of B's friends on Sunday morning, and toiled all day Sunday painting some walls in the apartment.
SATURDAY
BREAKFAST: 9:15am, iced green tea, a spoonful of freshmade mint chocolate ganache ice cream
PM SNACK: 12:15pm, cheesy poofs, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:45pm, rice noodles with fishballs, lotus leaf wrap, weird rice wrap, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6pm, miniburgers & cheesypoofs, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
SUNDAY
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
BRUNCH: 11am, 2 homemade bagels with homecured salmon, pickle, pumpkin cheese cake, one mimosa, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 5pm, beef lomein, shrimp toast, spare ribs, orange soda, cheesecake, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
SATURDAY
BREAKFAST: 9:15am, iced green tea, a spoonful of freshmade mint chocolate ganache ice cream
PM SNACK: 12:15pm, cheesy poofs, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1:45pm, rice noodles with fishballs, lotus leaf wrap, weird rice wrap, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6pm, miniburgers & cheesypoofs, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
SUNDAY
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
BRUNCH: 11am, 2 homemade bagels with homecured salmon, pickle, pumpkin cheese cake, one mimosa, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 5pm, beef lomein, shrimp toast, spare ribs, orange soda, cheesecake, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
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