Luxury: Morning Off

Gave myself a break this morning: 3 running days in a row + planning two long runs Sat & Sun = Friday morning sleep-in. Alarm went off at 6:35, felt like vacation. Now I have to keep to my promise of long runs, but not worried because I love long weekend runs. The thing I miss most about my previous long weekend runs in Seattle & Japan was ending at Starbucks and rewarding myself w/nonfat latte. Not possible here, unfortunately, no Bucks close to my house. Plus, as a result of the dairy scare that swept China in the fall, Starbucks dropped nonfat milk altogether, replaced with cardboard-tasking soy milk. Blech.

On the eating front, yesterday at lunch I ran over to the crappy 7-Eleven-like clone, grabbed Diet Coke, bag of almonds and two strawberry/banana yogurts. China sidenote: the refrigerator display case was weirdly standing about 6 feet from the wall, lights were off, but contents still seemed cold. No one blinked an eye. As usual, the Diet Cokes were lined up on the dry goods shelf, warm. I've actually gotten used to warm DC's. Almonds covered my afternoon hunger pretty well, although ended up with a cranking headache. My body is probably wondering what the hell is up, where's our french fries.

Last night had nice dinner with Helen, picked a new restaurant that's garnered some nice press, primarily for fresh & organic ingredients. We shared a great hummus starter, lots of veggies, and a coupla pita slices. Entree was a big Bleu Cheese/Apple salad that was delizioso. Seems very rare to find a nice real green salad. Also shared a bottle of white wine, which we didn't finish (this may be the first time in my adult life). I took home leftovers, including the wine...and as an added benefit brought the veggies & hummus to work today for lunch. Yummm.