Eating Well--Except Fritos

TCOY

1. I DID get up at 6:11 a.m. and get to my 7 a.m. support group meeting, although not until 7:17. God bless the person who unlocked the church building door and set up the meeting, even so early and in a downpour. Proud of myself, and it was a great start to the day. I would love to go every Tuesday and Thursday morning if I can. I will see if I am unusually tired later, because today is a long day, with Punch gymnastics from 7 to 8 p.m. NOTE: Dan did gymnastics shuttle tonite.
2. I think TCOC [taking care of car] also counts as TCOY, for safety. One of our headlights was out--again--this time for a week or more. And it was time for 190,000-mile oil change. So I dropped off the old blue Toyota. NOTE: Our very good mechanic couldn't get to the car today, so I'm taking it back tomorrow morning.

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• Drove Punch to school, took car to mechanic, walked to Joyist. The way I look at it, I don't mind spending money to work here from 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. I could be renting office space--and I'm eating all clean, nutritious, organic food, fruits and veggies etc. in a soothing, friendly place. No refined sugar. So this is an investment in my health, and I see lots of people come in and out--friends from boot camp, a woman from yoga, an Irish dad I like, shop owners--and a famous actor who lives in town. I'm working here for a few days on about $2,000 worth of articles [supplemented with working on them at home, too, but easiest to concentrate here]. And people can see what I am wearing and how I look, so there is a reason to put on a skirt and heels--and concealer. Anyway:

1. Delicious, large chocolate latte, $7. 
2. At 11:25, first time for delectable Organic Breakfast Bowl: soft-boiled egg, roasted mushrooms, roasted tomatoes, and crispy kale on a bed of mashed root vegetables. Comfort and nutrition in a bowl, only sold until 11:30 a.m. $10. 
3. Gift for family [all four of us will fight to use it]: Tall, tapered reusable 22-ounce hot and cold tumbler, sleek, shapely black with silver Joyist logo and comes with hot & cold lids and reusable straw. Yay, because I love to recycle and hate to create landfill. Tight fit, hot coffee won't leak in car. It is the Slim Cruiser model from simplemodern.com [but customized for Joyist] and it keeps drinks hot or cold for hours. $20.
4. Chia pudding with organic strawberry/blueberry puree, house-made cashew milk and house-made granola. $8.  JOYIST TOTAL: $25 food and drink + $20 family gift=$45.
5. Waste of money? Convenience store near Punchy's school, pouring rain, she barely eats all day due to ADHD med, so we usually get her something on Thursdays between 3:35 dismissal and 4 p.m. CCD class on other end of town. Dan has done the CCD run the last few weeks and has gotten her ham and Cheddar on a  roll with lettuce, tomato and mayo. Then she got a big bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos to bring to CCD and I got a $1.89 bag of Fritos [had salty, crunchy urge] and a half-gallon of milk. Convenient, yes, but overpriced. $16.06.

DAILY TOTAL: $61.06.