Year 2, Day 349: Two Meals Out

Thursday has become our defacto "Date Night" and tonight though we have continued to try and get to the movies, it is just too big a time commitment and it takes too much planning. So we opted for dinner and the mall, which is a low-speed, low commitment exercise.

Breakfast
2 Eggs
2 Slices of Iggy's 7-Grain Bread
3 oz 50% jalapeno Cheddar
Coffee

Snack
1 Large Fuji Apple
5 STicks Beef Jerky

Lunch: Town Deluxe Diner
Greek Salad with Grilled Chicken
Balsamic Vinaigrette

Dinner: Olga Sushi
Edamame
Salad
Miso Soup
1 Shumai
Sashimi Deluxe Platter

I like Sashimi—for those of you who don't know, that's the version with just the fish and no rice and no seaweed wrapper (which by the way, is very high in carbs). One of the problems is I don't really like to pour over a sushi menu, but the Sashimi special is often like 25.00, which is the price I think about when I think about ordering lobster at Legal Seafoods, not just getting some plain, uncooked fish! So far, though, it hasn't stopped me.

Year 2, Day 299: Wednesday The Rabbi Caught a Cold

I realized today that the difference between a good day off and a bad day off is how you spend your time. When you get a lot of stuff done, even if it's little stuff, you can feel great. But if you squander a day, just let it get away from you, it's bad. If you plan to do nothing, it can still be good, but today sort of got away from me plus which I am coming down with a honest-to-goodness cold. I cannot remember the last time I came down with something like this. At my most dramatic, I will say that there is little in this world that is as unfair as getting a cold while on vacation.

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean!
Heritage Flakes
Ikea Muesli
Blueberries
Banana
Unsweetened Soy Milk
Coffee

Snack
1.5 oz Boston Lite Popcorn
1 heel of Balthazar Bread with 1.5 oz Jalapeno Cheddar
2 oz. 50% Jalapeno Cheddar

Lunch: Fuji Steak House
Sashimi Platter
Miso Soup
Salad
Edamame

Dinner
Turkey, Carrots, Celery, Onions
Cauliflower
Bubbie's Pickles
A few bites of hamburger

Today Emily and I had a lunch date in town at Fuji Steak House. It is a very nice room and it's so rare that Emily and I can really get away on a lunch date. I think that after years and years I have broken myself of my old habit—and that was to try and find the most delicious thing on the menu, and then order it. Now I feel like I just know what is the best and most appropriate thing to order by cuisine and I order it. Very often the excitement of a new cuisine and a new menu could make my head swim. Emily can attest to the fact that left to do the ordering for a crowd, I will always over-order. It's just my nature. For dinner, I continue to eat the turkey leftovers and I have to admit that they're not bad. I'm really enjoying them and I think I can make making a turkey a regular part of my routine.