Whirlwind Much?

This week FLEW. I didn't realize how hard blogging would be on the road. Mondays are going to be tough because I don't get in until late, Tuesday is fine, Wednesday is fine, and then Thursdays I fly back home... late again. It was easier when I was working from home last week because I would blog during my lunch break and then quickly again at night. But when I'm at work I have absolutely no privacy, and we all eat together, so there's not much time during the day. I'll work on it.

Tuesday morning I woke up at 6 and pretty much jumped out of bed, despite not really sleeping well. It was still dark out, but I prefer going to the gym in the morning when I'm out there, so I headed outside (I have to walk outside to get to the hotel gym), and to my surprise I found a bunch of people running around the outdoor track. In the dark. Um, weird. But I was glad not to be the only one awake. I always wake up on Tuesday mornings only 70% sure that I know what time it is. It's only an hour time difference, so I always feel like just maybe it's actually 5am instead of 6. It never is.

I had been experimenting with getting breakfast at Whole Foods in the mornings and also picking up lunch, but it was making me late for work, so I went back to Starbucks this week. I do miss WF... Maybe it's worth the 20 mins of sleep that I'd lose? Can't decide. I don't like that if I get coffee at WF it gets cold by the time I get to the office. I also feel a little weird that I go multiple times a day.

I got an oatmeal with brown sugar (only topping they had) and a tall coffee with soymilk. The woman working there asked my name to write it on the cup, and said that Freya was her favorite name ever. I couldn't decide if she had actually heard the name before or just decided right then and there that it was her favorite name ever. Alternatively, it seems possible that she was just saying that to everyone. It was a slow morning. Does anyone actually like Starbucks oatmeal? It's totally boring instant oatmeal, it's just the best that I can get. And I prefer when I can get it with the melange de noix. The coffee, however bitter and chalky it may be, is still like crack to me.


Lunch was the usual small salad and soup. The cafeteria is pretty gross, so the healthy/satisfying pickings are slim. I've decided to go vegetarian at the office because I think the "chicken" is actually dog. Or maybe chipmunk. AND it's overpriced! Really terrible cafeteria.

Anyway, I got a small salad with veggies, olives, sunflower seeds, chickpeas and a little cottage cheese. The lettuce was fresh this week, which helped. I also had a veggie/pasta soup. Most of their soups are safe, but I refuse to eat carrot ginger (it's cream based), pork and cabbage (ew), and caldo de res (beef broth). I am also suspicious when the ingredients are hauntingly similar to whatever was being served at the salad bar earlier that week -- I swear they just dump the leftover pasta salad into broth.

So, my lunches are usually edible, but not very satisfying. I'm too afraid of most of the proteins there to get a good lunch. I end up snacking most of the afternoon on Larabars and fruit.

For the sake of not making every post incredibly long, I am going to post my evening separately. Even though I'm doing it right now. Tata!