Good morning all. How are you? I’ve been a frazzled mess recently. It primarily has to do with stuff going on at work. I may have been in the office yesterday at 7:45 a.m. It was hectic to say the least.
Anyway – I’ll do a quick recap of the past two days. Breakfast on Monday was oatmeal with mixed frozen fruit.
Lunch was salad – unpictured and then I didn’t really snack in the afternoon because that’s when things go C-RAZY. I probably would have work to all hours of the night, if it hadn’t been one of my best friend’s birthday on Monday! I met up with Katie after work for a quick dinner. We were going to try Blossom Bistro on the UES, but we simply didn’t have enough time, so we hit up Ariba Ariba! instead. And I had a much-needed margarita, along with this a yummy and HUGE chicken burrito.
It was very filling. After our quick dinner, Katie and I headed to the 92 Street Y to see John Irving speak. Mr. Irving is one of our favorite authors. We saw him speak back in October and simply could NOT pass up the opportunity to see him again. He is so amazing and so charismatic. Hey there John!
Mr. Irving spoke from 8:00 – 9:30 and even shared some draft material from a potential future book, as well as some interesting and entertaining stories. He is soo great! They were pretty explicit about no photos or video, so I put my camera away for the night.
Are you an Irving fan? What books of his have you read? What is your favorite?
I haven’t read them all, but I’ve read: A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Cider House Rules, The Water Method Man, The World According to Garp and A Widow for One Year. I have his newest book (an autographed copy!), so that is on my list of books to read. I’m pretty sure Cider House is my favorite. 🙂
After the reading, I called it a night so that I could get up super early on Tuesday. My breakfast was a bowl of Puffins with Almond Milk.
This was my first time trying Puffins and I really liked them. So much so, that they might have been my dinner last night as well. Hehehe.
No other food photos from yesterday. I was busy, busy all day. I had a Peanut Butter and Jelly (Apricot – yum!) sandwich for lunch and my usual snacks.
After work I FORCED myself to run at the gym. There were big rain clouds threatening, so I played it safe and ran 5 miles at the gym in 41:25. I can not believe that my marathon is NEXT WEEKEND!! Holy cow.
I am trying to get myself in a good frame of mine – build my confidence and visualize myself running my marathon strong and in the time I want. I need to figure out my race-day outfit and all that as well. I’m getting so excited and nervous!! And of course, I am praying for perfect weather!
Have a great Hump Day all! Hubby comes home from being out of town – so I’m super excited about that! YAY!
Eat, Read, Run 
I don’t think I’ve ever eady any John Irving books, but that is fun that you got two listen to him speak! Twice nonetheless! Have fun with the hubs tonight!
Yay to the hubby coming back! I definitely am craving a burrito now after seeing that pic! Happy cinco de mayo 😀
I miss Ariba Ariba! I can’t believe your marathon is so close either. I’ll tell you a million more times before you run but – GOOD LUCK!
Ah the benefits of living in the big city, so many cool opportunities. I think I’ve only read a Prayer for Owen Meany….. love the NH setting.
Yay so excited for your marathon!!! You are going to rock!
Puffins are awesome!!! My FAVE cereal!
Yay for chicken burritos and margaritas!
You’re going to ROCK the marathon, so excited for you!