Double-Yolk Day in Magical Realism

Yesterday our usual class was cancelled due to Passover so my colleague Caroline and I left work a little early and headed to a different branch of our gym for a new boot camp class. It's in a classic Soho cast iron building, really neat space. We got a spot right by the (huge, gorgeous) windows and worked it out - great class.

I showered/blowdried at the gym, then went to Citarella's for groceries. Before going there, I always thought this place was super-expensive, and their prepared stuff is pricey, but their basic stuff like meat/veg is actually a bit cheaper for the nice stuff than other places near me. Score! I feel like they treat their employees really well too, which is always a bonus.

Walked home, went upstairs and A was entering our taxes. So sweet. I poured him a glass of wine and put out a dish of olives (his fave) to snack on while he worked. I'd bought stuff for dinner and lunches the next day, so I prepped lunch first (baked chicken breast, roasted butternut squash and brussels sprouts) and put it in the oven, then started on dinner. I got romaine lettuce and what I thought was ground turkey for lettuce wraps but it turned out to be chicken. Oh well, it was still good! We just got this new white ceramic non-stick pan and so far it's pretty awesome. I sauteed the ground chicken with a little soy sauce, cleaned the romaine, and we were good to go. Quick yummy healthy dinner.

I washed dishes and puttered around the house while A finished the taxes, then I brought out a plate of macaroons for dessert! I bought these pre-made at the store so they were much larger than usual. We each had half of a chocolate macaroon, regular almond macaroon, and then a regular one half dipped in dark chocolate! The plain ones were the best though. I bought stuff over the weekend to make our own - we will have to try this week. (I only seem to cook things with less than five ingredients, so macaroons work well.)

I tried on a sports bra and some Uniqlo dresses that came in the mail...the bra worked but the dresses did not. I was excited for the Ines de la Fressange collaboration but none of the pieces worked for me. Blah. I put them in a bag to hopefully return today after the gym.

Pulled the lunch food out of the oven, cut up the chicken, then shredded some romaine/carrots/chicken breast with cayenne pepper for a salad for A. Compiled two tupperwares of my baked chicken/roasted brussels sprout/butternut squash lunch mix, put it all in the fridge, and washed the last dishes. After that I washed my hands, lotioned my arms and legs with self tanner, brushed/flossed my teeth and clarisonic-ed my face. Read a bit, then went to sleep.

Woke up this morning feeling a bit sore, probably need to up my protein. Sipped on some leftover green tea I'd put in the fridge, hoping it would give me some energy. Packed my gym clothes, organized my bag, then put a sack of food together. Was hungry so made myself an egg. I usually eat two eggs, over easy with ground black pepper, but I bought jumbo eggs this time which were larger than I'd thought, so I figured I'd start with one. I looked at the egg and thought it looked a bit darker than the others. Cracked it open and there were two yolks inside! It creeped me out a little but maybe it's a good omen. Either way I was glad I didn't try and eat my usual two eggs after all as I try to keep my yolks to two a day. Sliced a red gala apple with some ground cinnamon and ate it with the double-yolk freak egg.

Washed the dishes, put on clothes (green shift dress, black Stella McCartney/Adidas flats that I really need to replace but haven't found any good updates yet) and headed out the door. It was raining, not too hard, but enough for an umbrella. Walked to the office, worked, had lunch and it's still raining...