salmon with fruit..yum...and using traffic jams to your advantage!

i've been waking up early to exercise, so i turn on the morning news and hear all of the traffic news. i was watching the other morning and they were talking about a traffic jam and that if you were already out in it, it could take up to 2 hours to get out because of the blockage.

my thought was...wow, if someone had a job they didn't love, and no one really depended on them, that would be the time to call in and say you were stuck in the jam and go have a nice, leisurely breakfast at ihop!

i decided on salad with salmon tonight, only i added blueberries, strawberries, sweet potato and raspberries...and it was a mix of spinach and kale. the dressing-a balsamic vinegar, oil, vanilla, nutmeg, allspice....it was delicious! i loved the sweet, roughage, and salty smoked salmon! yum!

i had tutoring this afternoon and i was going to stay to help with the chili dinner, but everything was pretty much covered and it would mean a lot of waiting around...which i cannot do tonight. i had to come home and figure out pricing, and make a list of supplies from our school vendors that we can order from for our murals...then i need to read through some of the writing papers. i have a feeling whatever i teach them this week, they will forget over spring break. boo.  then we only have one week until these kiddos take the starr writing test. it will be a relief to get it over with and move on.

well, we get onto the scale on friday for the final weigh in for the school biggest loser, but i will continue working toward my goal even afterward...i am driven. i do not want to have be in a position next year of having to join this contest. i hope to get to my goal and maintain!

my parents are going down to mo. at the end of next week to work on their new house (it needs some cleaning and updating)...it was near the sites of all of the tornadoes, but it didn't get hit..i think they were kinda hoping it would've gotten blown away because they got it super cheap and had it insured, so they would've made some money! smile. but nope...no luck, it's still there! hopefully the rains didn't cause any problems.

may traffic never keep you waiting...may it only create an excellent excuse!
julie