Good morning! So sorry for bailing on you guys last night! 
Yesterday was a very long day, and your stereotypical Monday in every sense. There’s no need to go into detail, but it was just one of those days where anything that could happen or could come up to play interference with my day, did.
Lunch was eaten in the car (I hate when I’m so low on time that I have to eat in a rush!). Because of the poor state of my blender, it was actually faster to cut bread and vegetables and grill a sandwich than to try to make a smoothie. I had a delicious sandwich of toasted rosemary bread (toasted with earth balance!) with hummus, spinach, tomato and avocado. So good! I would totally order this at a restaurant!
I was starving when I got off work! Ross and I had planned on going to Moe’s either Monday night or Thursday night, so we decided to head over last night. I got my standard order of a “Big Moo” (or Joey Jr. for some stores still) with a little rice, black beans, lettuce, salsa, guac, black olives and cilantro. No picture (I came straight from work without my camera) but good news is Moe’s now has whole wheat tortillas! (I may or may not continue to get these…it definitely added a different flavor to the burrito and it took a while for me to adjust).
When I got home I crashed and fell asleep watching Carrie Underwood’s holiday special. (Anyone else think Carrie Underwood is so talented, gorgeous and would just like to be her for a day?) 
This morning I woke up at 5:00 and just could not fall back asleep, despite still being tired. I just ate breakfast, which was so comforting and exactly what I wanted: a toasted cinnamon raisin bagel with earth balance. I think the toasted chewy goodness of the carbs and the comforting scent of cinnamon was what made this a winner.
Here’s hoping Tuesday reigns supreme over Monday! I have plans for just taking it easy after work today (I actually think and feel like I may be coming down with something, so I want to chill). In the meantime, it’s time for our weekly installment of Confessions of Sound Eats!
Confessions of SE 5!
1. I am influenced by my surroundings. When things are messy, I am ridiculously anxious. When things are clean, I’m obnoxiously happy.
2. I have a slight fear of doctors. Which is why, I am embarrassed to say, I have yet to find a new doctor. Several of you have asked what has happened since my Open post where I discussed the weight gain that occurred for seemingly no reason. The truth? Nothing has happened. I haven’t lost, but I haven’t gained. I haven’t called a doctor yet. I love a doctor that I can talk with and who will actually spend the time to listen to me and talk to me, but I hate the “drive by doctors” that unfortunately I’ve been finding more and more lately. As someone who will be a new patient, I guess I’m just reluctant to get the ball going on the whole “let’s get to know a doctor thing”. No excuses, it’s sad, I know. (Even more no excuses since I now have a routine schedule with my job, and I have income again!)
3. I judge. It’s sad to say, but it’s true. If I see your child running around, blatantly defying you and then punching you when you actually have a moment of parenting, I judge and think poorly of your parenting skills. If I’m at the gym and you come in next to me smelling like cigarette smoke, wearing jeans and a nice shirt, and are only in the gym for a few minutes, I unfortunately judge. If you’re going to the gym, go to actually work out. If you’re morbidly obese and your shopping cart is filled with soda, twinkies, fried chicken and potato chips, I wish you knew more about health and your body. But on the plus side – if I see people making healthy choices, or working out hard in the gym, or showing parenting behavior that I admire, I love it! I mentally give you props. 
4. I am SO TIRED of hearing about Tiger Woods. Leave him alone! If he cheated on his wife, that is their problem and not our business! Why does this have to be drawn out so long?? I don’t feel bad for him having to suffer the consequences of any choices he made, but I do feel bad about all the media attention. It’s really absurd.
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I’m definitely the same with #1 and #4!
I think everyone is guilty of 3 at some point! Number 2? I’m the same way – they scare me!! Even my friends parents who are doctors I refuse to go to because I’m still afraid of them.
Wow, you and I could be twins with these confessions… my addition to your #1? I absolutely hate to clean, so if someone else does it for me, I’m even happier!
bahaha yes! someone else cleaning is great!!
Ohhh I am so bad with #3 after losing +50 pounds. People always try to give me the excuse of “there is no time”, “I work”, “I eat good and dont know why I don’t lose weight”, etc
ugh I hate the “there is no time” or “I work” excuses – everyone is busy and most people work!
I agree with all 4 of these! You know my views on doctors after our chat the other night… hard to find a good one, but once you do you’ll be very happy!
My biggest pet peeve at the gym I used to go to was how people would circle the parking lot looking for the closest spot they could get. Once I even had someone wait for a full 5 minutes for me to pull out of my spot so they could take it. Um, hello? You’re at the gym to work out. Walking a few extra feet because you’re not in the closest parking spot possible is not going to kill you. It’s an added warmup!
Ohmigosh – I feel EXACTLY the same way about all 4 of these. Especially judging, and doctors. They scare the bejesus out of me. Also, I had toast with earth balance and cinnamon this morning. We are sorta kindred spirits today.
#3 is me too, especially the gym and grocery things. I forget I used to be in the same boat which is why I guess it bothers me more now — I want people to want better for themselves.
I keep meaning to go to Moe’s, hearing you talk about it always makes me hungry, ha ha.
I’m so bad about #3 – especially the gym/kids part. There are a couple women who come to my apartment complex’s gym about the same time I do and walk on the treadmill…very, very slowly, while blaring Turner Classic Movies. Every day I tell myself I’m not going to think “if you’re going to walk why waste the electricity to do it on a treadmill – go outside!” or “if you’re going to run for 10 seconds as fast as you can then recover for 5 minutes of walking, you’re not really working out” but I always do! This post has reminded me to press the giant “reset” button and try again the next time I see them to just swallow those ugly thoughts and let them do their thing.
dude, love the confessions as i pretty much am the same way…
and moe’s, is AWESOME. yay for ww tortillas!
I have the EXACT same feeling about setting up new doctors! I had such great ones growing up and when I moved away for college and stayed afterwards I was SO nervous trying to find a new one, BUT I did AND on my first try. She was SO thorogh and Patient and took the time to sit down and talk with me about what was going on and let me talk and ask questions, it made me feel so at ease not just during my 1st appointment with her but in all the years and appointments that followed. I cannot say enough great things about this Doctor. She is in practice with her husband and it is a perfect family practice.
Today is your lucky day…I lived in Gainesville for 8 years during school and after I graduated and I would HIGHLY recommend you go see Kimberly Kaye at Haile Medical Group!!!!!!!!! She and her husband do a great job, you would not be disappointed!!!!!
thank you so much Stephanie!!! I’m looking up her contact info now.
That sandwich looks so delicious! I would order it in a restaurant too.
Recently at the grocery store, I saw a man buying 6 snickers bars, 1 bottle of coca cola and one of those mini apple pies. He looked at me and said, “I’ll go on a diet next week.” To this day, I cannot get the image of that man out of my head. I think he felt like I was looking at his purchases and judging him and felt like he had to rationalize it for me. So sad.
that is sad. if you have to outwardly justify things like that to others, without any prompting, you have a very guilty conscious and you KNOW there are better things you should be doing for your body!
So with you on Tiger Woods – isn’t there some real news to report on?
Your sandwich looks/sounds so delish!
I really try hard not to judge and give people the benefit of the doubt, but… it’s nearly impossible! I think we all do it.
What’s going on with Tiger Woods?
Just kidding! I have heard something happened to him, but don’t read/watch the news.
Aw my dear, I agree that a day date needs to happen soon. How fun would it be?! We could go to Whole Foods and maybe to a park and walk around and chat and giggle and judge people (just kidding).
Seriously though, I’m exactly the same. Except I’d say that I don’t have a slight fear of doctors. What I have is probably better defined as terror. I seriously talked to my mom the other day about getting a scrpt for valium JUST so that I could go to the dentist to ASK about what I think is a wisdom tooth starting to come in. I know it sounds silly but just even walking into a doctors office makes me start to break out in cold sweats. I’d rather be dying at home on the sofa than go to the doctor. It’s sad, but true.
And I am the same way. Except it makes me paranoid because since I am the same way I assume everyone else is so I’m always afraid of what everyone around me is thinking. It’s actually becoming a problem recently. I need to work on that.
And AMEN sister. That poor guy. And all these women who (I doubt) he was actually with. Shame on them. And even if he was with them, SHAME ON THEM for making it into a circus. There was no need for them to come out with it as if they are victims. They knew what they were doing as did he and they all just made mistakes. He is not more guilty than them. And this horrible obsession with it. So what? So he cheated? Let him work it out with his family on his own. Lord knows it’s hard enough without people all up in your private family issues.