Juice!

Made it to practice this morning in fairly good shape despite a ladies night out.  I find that as long that as I don't drink too too much alcohol and if I gulp down at least three glasses of water before going to bed, I'm good to go the next morning.

Now it's laundry + cook my work lunches time.  My winter tires are off and it's finally gorgeous outside (hellooo spring!) but one can enjoy sunshine from inside too (although I did manage to enjoy a bit of patio time after practice).

Exciting news - I found a 700W juicer for 40 bucks!  At XSCargo, magical discount store of randomness.   I even found an ab wheel for a few dollars.

I admit I was skeptical about the juicer being so cheap but lo and behold - it works!!  I even attempted pseudo banana bread using the juice pulp.  The bread tasted good, but crumbled too much (this might have been because I accidentally poured too much applesauce in - my own fault because I'm an "eyeballer" - I never measure everything out perfectly).  So far pineapple and apple are my favourite sweeteners for juicing.  Makes kale, spinach and carrots taste fantastic.  Today I am debating on whether or not I should try to save juice pulp and make something again.  Maybe in muffin form, so crumbling is not such an issue.

Okay I just re-read the above paragraph and weirded myself out. So grown-uppy.

Mind Farts

-"Che" mojitos at Rouge Lounge are awesome!  that place is underrated

-uh oh, bursitis has left my left knee and seems to have attacked my right knee.  i think my tendons and ligaments need to "catch up" to my muscles (been reading about it).  another tip was loading up on omega 3's.  i've graduated to flaxseed oil instead of fish oil.  Superstore has definitely stepped up its natural foods game.  i love that they have sprouted chia and flaxseed powder, vegan snack bars and even Vega protein

-my dad is now 62!  looks like he has my grandma's age genetics.  he definitely looks younger than his age.  Filipino genes, i guess.  hope they work for me too!  last night younger men thought i was 10 years younger, which was flattering (or maybe they just know how to flatter women in their 30's ... haaaa! smart!)

-my worlds are colliding - took some coworkers to a Salsa Thursday night and we all suffered Zombie Friday the next day.  they did enjoy the night, which was fun to see.  round two is in the works.  this is the result of an influx of new people at work who are still single and child-free

Nerd Shopping Complete!

Red case and USB cable are now here. Time to play during my lunch and see what I can do with an old school calculator!

Performing.

It still feels good :)  Hadn't done it in awhile and I was a tad concerned it might not be the same anymore, but it's definitely still an amazing rush for me.

Yay for the Calgary Salsa Congress! (and associated after after after parties)

BTW ... becoming more vegan = shorter recovery time from salsa congress.  I usually need a full day to recover, but I was back at work right away with no repercussions.  

Nerd Fun.

I just shopped for accessories for my good ol' TI-89 calculator. Items bought:

-translucent red sliding cover (5 bucks!!!)
-USB data cable so I can update my calculator as well as download the EE*Pro app (who knew that old school calculators had downloadable apps?)

Thanks Texas Instruments. Speedier transformer and line calculations here I come!!

A Surreal March.

Crazy snow! It's spring - supposedly.

About to leave work.. Let's see how long this takes, judging from how parking lots nearby look.

Sniff, sniff.

66 emails. That's what happens when you have to send your work laptop away for two days (even though the silly thing decides to start working again once the IT person takes a look at it).

I've started to chip away at the emails but the tantalizing scents of other people's lunches keep distracting me. When you work with mainly Indian and Chinese engineers, you can bet on being surrounded by delicious smelling lunches!!

I should eat my lunch now that my stomach's wide awake.

In the meantime, I leave you with Instagrammed cinnamon apples.

I'm Late.

With Instagram. I mean knew about it before, but I didn't realize how addictive it is!

Here is my first pair of pro grade kettlebells Instagram-style.

I've been using cheaper bells at home until today.  Renegade rows on unstable bells = bad idea.  My left wrist is mad at me now :( Hence the mini-splurge on some nice solid stable bells.