Finally…it only took 3,000 miles!

I finally reached my new home!  I’m still settling in, but I’ll give you all a tour soon so you can see my new digs!  I’m sure you remember my humble abode from Texas last summer, and maybe even the other one from when I was in Florida last winter and spring?  Anyhow, my new living space is definitely better than any I’ve stayed in before as a tech…I’m move’n up!

But let me step back to last night for you!  After vegging out with Meghann and Derek taking a nap, we headed out to get Meghann her traditional post-race fro yo.  I had a sampler of the Dark Chocolate flavor and totally would have gotten my own bowl but I was far too freezing to even attempt having any!  We hit up the grocery store afterwards for dinner supplies and got started on our Jalapeno Cornbread and Bean Chili:

The cornbread was made from a recipe on the back of a package Meghann got in San Antonio last year and the chili was a throw together of okra, corn, carrots, onions, mushrooms, kidney beans, diced tomatoes, some tomato paste, a bit of flour for thickening and chili mix seasoning.  I added some fresh onions to the top…twas delish. 

My dessert was the rest of my pretzel rods from Downtown Disney Friday Night…I was chocolate happy after that!

Meghann and I crashed out at just after 9.30 last night and didn’t want to wake up at 7, even after almost 10 hrs of sleep!  If I thought I was tired, I’m sure she was even worse!  But more props to her for being able to get out of bed and walk!

I had a quick breakfast of oats, cinnamon, banana, almond butter (ok, I can’t say I hate AB anymore because this one is great…Barney Butter just tastes nasty to me!) and some of the jelly I used yesterday on my waffles:

I sadly had to leave Meghann as she went to work and I drove 4 more hours to my new home!  I ate a Clementine and orange on the way down but danged was I hungry when I got there!  I made a quick lunch w/ a Whole Wheat Rudi’s bagel, 1T PB, jelly, and a banana.

 

After I unpacked my car I snacked on two Newman’s Own Organics Hermits and then headed out for a run.  Goodness it was glorious to get out and run.  I tried to figure out the best place around my new home but it looks like it’s going to be difficult since there are no sidewalks and heavy traffic…today I was running in high grass on the side of the road.  I’ll have to explore more areas!  Anyhow, I ran about 50-55 minutes and felt great every minute of it!

After cleaning up I headed out to get some fresh groceries with my boss and settled on making a quick dinner.  I made some whole wheat couscous w/ spices and steamed a bunch of veggies, added black beans and topped with spinach…it probably would have been a better combo had there been some flavor to it.  It was so bland I wanted to cry! I thought all the spices in the couscous would help…but they didn’t.  We’ll see what I do with it next!

I was still hungry after waiting a bit and watching Troy, so I dug into my very tasty and more-delicious-than-dinner dessert: H2H and Semi-sweet chocolate chips by Guitard and Candy Cane Lane Tea.

I just snacked on a few Newman’s Own Organics Prunes and pretzels (still hungry, what gives?!) and now I’m off to bed…I’m pooped!  I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me tomorrow!