How do people do this? It's driving me nuts. Today = pancake day. Everyone eats pancakes. Regardless of the reasons, I've always eaten pancakes on Pancake Tuesday. Any excuse to eat something so yummy. Actually, I go on pancake binges...make 'em everyday (sometime twice - breakfast and dinner) for a week. I'll put different things in 'em like bananas, or berries. I'll also top 'em differently depending on my mood (yes that can change several times during one sitting) - lemon and sugar, lemon and maple syrup, blueberry syrup, plain. It doesn't matter....they are so damn good.
None of this pancake awesomeness is happening today. Not for me. I ate left over lunch that I didn't finish from yesterday and supplemented with two little mandarins, an apple, a handful of almonds and some rice cakes. Hot cereal for breakfast with a few cut up strawberries, and soup left over from last night's dinner. Oh and I just about licked clean the jar of almond butter (not necessarily in that order).
I just seriously can't afford to get all the fixings for pancakes. I can't afford to buy the ingredients separately, or even to buy the cheapest, crappiest mix out there. And forget syrup. Real maple syrup. That's the only stuff I'll eat...None of this gloopy, fake, nasty stuff that doesn't even taste or act or look or smell like syrup (but it's cheap). Gross.
Now that I've vented about that...today was pretty damn good! I spent only $0.25. My work has a coffee maker and some coffee and sugar and honey and you can make a coffee whenever you like, for only $0.25 a mug (to cover the cost of coffee and filters). It's an awesome system...we just have no milk. Usually I like to go somewhere that has soy milk as an option 'cause it's non-dairy and also makes my coffee taste so great. But because I'm at the point where being picky is not an option, I'll take my coffee black with some honey, thanks. Honestly, when you have no choice...it still tastes pretty awesome.
The world has this crazy ability to provide you just what you need, when you need it. I know that coffee isn't a life-sustaining substance. But it seriously is a part of my day that I enjoy - and that makes me a happier person, and that tends to rub off on the people around me. So I would say, with confidence, that when I have coffee, the world is a measurably awesomer place. I don't even care if those words are made up. It's true.
So apparently I did really well at work the other week, and there was a prize for the person who did the most well (by pre-determined and impartial scoring, of course) and that was me. Wouldn't you know, that my co-worker and kick-ass boss (the almond and book deliverer) who organized the work challenge, and also got the prizes...decided that the grand prize would be a huge bag of coffee? A whole 907 g bag of Fair Trade, Dark Roast Espresso Blend!! It smells so damn good! I now have enough coffee for the rest of the month!!! You see why I like working where I'm at!?
Bring on tomorrow!!!
They say where there's a will there's a way.
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