Sore Legs

Hopefully this post will end up being short because I'm excited to get to bed tonight. Today started out with a 7 mile at 7:20 this morning. I got started later than I planned, but at least I still completed the goal. I think it's the longest distance I've ever run before. As soon as I came home I ate my usual breakfast of Cheerios and Special K with strawberries and bananas with grapes on the side. Afterwards, I showered and my mom took me to run some errands for various things I need for school. We ran by the post office, then searched for some storage containers for my closet at school. I found some cute and pretty inexpensive brown basket-type bins at Home Goods that I ended up purchasing. Shopping kept us pretty distracted I guess because all of the sudden we both were starving for lunch. Once we got home I made myself some sweet potato fries that I ate with some strawberries and cottage cheese mixed with cinnamon and topped with a little bit of Special K.
Then I plopped down on the couch to watch a little Samantha Brown and Julia Child. Before I knew it, I fell asleep! I never nap! That run really wore me out I guess. After vegging out a bit my mom and I took our grocery to the store to fill up the pantry and fridge.
At around 7 I began making a delicious taco salad dinner. First I made a salsa with 3 tomatoes, a banana pepper, a little onion, 2 ears of corn, a can of black beans (rinsed), basil, oregano, parsley, pepper, red wine vinegar, and some hot sauce. It was delicious! I used romaine as the salad's base then topped it with a few cucumber slices, roasted green pepper (from our garden), and an onion that I sliced and wrapped in foil to cook over the grill. The onions carmelize when you grill them for a long time, so by the time I put them on the salad they were sweet and very mild. We grilled some chicken to slice up on top of the salad, then topped it off with the salsa. For dressing I spooned a little salsa around the salad and topped it off with some balsamic vinegar. Delicious!


Time to catch up on some blogs then catch some ZZZZZs!