Day Fifteen - PM

Note to self: don't skip juicing.

I haven't had fresh juice all day.  I've had one 32-ounce bottle of Odwalla Superfood.  Period.  I still haven't made my dinner juice.  I came home from work feeling run-down, cranky and famished, but I had to get dinner started for the kids.  Then it was time to head off to Cub Scouts.  I never had time to juice.  And now, even though I know I need to drink my juice, it's 8 o'clock and I'm just not in the mood.  I definitely feel "off", and I can only assume it's the result of not getting my "fix."  I'm going to prep my produce tonight, so that I don't make the same mistake tomorrow.

There was another charity farmers' market today at work.  I grabbed a grocery bag full of swiss chard, about a dozen medium tomatoes, a bulb of elephant garlic, two good-sized turnips (w/greens) and a few lemon cucumbers.  Yes, lemon cucumbers.  I had never seen them before.  They're supposed to be sweeter and milder than an English slicing cucumber.  I'm going to juice up one of them in my lunch juice for tomorrow.  I also picked up two packages of lamb chops.  Someone raises lambs on their farm and brought in some of the meat to sell.  Don't worry; they were wrapped, frozen, and USDA stamped.  Butchered by a professional.  I've only eaten lamb once in my life.  I'm anxious to cook these sometime in December.

Today I discovered that my new office building has showers in the restrooms.  That can mean only one thing: there is an exercise room nearby.  I have decided that I will make it my quest to find it tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, it's Friday and the start to another weekend.  Plenty of opportunity to get out, get some fresh air, some sun (wait....this is Western Washington in autumn.  Who am I kidding?) and maybe a little exercise.  It's certainly the chance to get in several batches of fresh juice.