For a brief moment I actually considered what peanut butter would taste like on my ham & cheese on chile cheesebread sandwich.

Peanut butter+ something not usually paired with it usually means I'm running a protein deficit. It's odd. Helpful, but odd.

Ice pellets outside.

Lunch: chicken Kiev with carrots and mixed veggies (I decided in favor of two veggie side dishes instead of carrots and the au gratin potatoes--go me!).

I also managed to eat breakfast this morning (a raisin bagel) instead of skipping it entirely, so I wasn't as hungry by lunchtime as I usually am.

Lunch: spinach burrito bowl from Burritos en Fuego. It is en Fuego, I'll give them that, but it's also en Blando. I should have at least gotten sour cream or guac or something to liven it up. booooring.

And I had to walk in the ice pellets to get it.

I want sarameg's sandwich!

Thank you for the birthday wishes, everyone!

I managed to take a half-day off, and now I'm going to vote to celebrate!

lunch - mac & cheese w/ turkey dogs

is snowing, like a lot.

Eggplant stew.

Except most people who show up aren't persuadable.

I did persuade on woman to switch from uncommitted to Obama, once she realized that mathematically she could not elect an uncommitted delegate from our precinct. The Clinton person gave the "ready from day one speech". I said that Obama was my third choice, that if domestic issues were my primary concern Clinton was probably better, but that on war and peace, there was real observable space between them. Both support a far more aggressive foreign policy than I do, but use of force seems to be much higher on Clinton's list than Obama's. I said that was especially true if you counter Bill's record in office as Hillary's as Hillary supporters appear to do. I added that on electability that in my opinion Obama gave better speeches, did better photo Ops, but that Clinton was better in debate and under hostile questioning. So I think I was fair. Not that everyone will agree with my opinions, but I was honest about what I could see for the Clinton side

I know people make arguments from their pre-elected office records that Clinton and Obama will be more progressive than they appear now, but I don't think any President since Roosevelt has governed to the left of the platform they ran on.

I had a breakfast burrito for lunch (and, um, breakfast), and am about to head down the hill and find out if the road over the highway north of me actually has a sidewalk or not. I'm really hoping it does, cause it would save me like, a mile of walking to this temp job. (I already know the one south of me does, but...the job is north!)

I had some left over Indian food. It's not chicken tikka masala, but it's got everything that does, plus cashews and raisins.

I'm now having a small salad (mixed field greens, with small bits of grated aged gouda, real bacon pieces, dried cranberries and cheese & garlic croutons) with Newman's light Italian dressing, which I really, really like.

Both are of the nom nom nom.