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I thought I would have a full day in my classroom this morning. But after some late-night text and facebook messages, I had to be at a meeting at 7AM!

Breakfast on the road. I knew from previous years that the breakfast is buffet-style and would be carb (wheat) heavy. There was a tinker’s chance in hell that I would get a plate of bacon and fruit without gluten contamination. It’s too close to back-to-work time and I can’t take any chances.

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Adopt-A-School breakfast. (shameless plug: if you have or work in a business, look into your district Adopt-A-School program. There are benefits for both components of a business-school partnership!)

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Door prize winner! And trust me…nothing….NOTHING is more precious than school supplies and PAPER! Well…a gift card to Starbucks might be higher but not by much!

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After meeting with our Adopters and getting some plans for this year, I went to my room for a couple of hours to tackle a project or two. I knew I wouldn’t have long because I was meeting some friends for lunch and then going home after.

My last indulgent lunch for a while. Whole 30 starts Thursday! This is enchiladas. And this is NOT the restaurant pic. I inhaled them before I got pics. I’m still getting back into the habit of daily meal food photography. This is, however, the closest resemblance! These are my grandmother’s and nobody can make them better.

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I got another home cleaning project finished.

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= a big mess. And I’m not showing the inside of this entertainment cabinet. It’s horrifying. I want to get all the DVDs back in their cases and the cabinet all organized again. It may take a couple of days. I get so distracted while housecleaning. I have no idea why.

I finally got a run in! It was effective in helping clear out the lungs but after, I was gasping for air for a couple of hours. It felt like I was trying to get a breath through paper lungs.  3.4 miles!

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For dinner, I wanted to cook something to go with salad. I had some leftover tomatillo chicken+sauce and I am craving fall foods lately. The weather is helping me with that. I opened up the house and let the cool fresh air flow in JULY! I decided on soup. I love it year round. I was in the mood to get my hands busy with the knife. I wanted the soothing routine of taking lowly humble veggies and homemade broth + great seasonings and spices to create a pot of comfort soup. I am much more anxious about school this year and it has nothing to do with 25+ kids. So, I needed good food and Season 2 of GLEE queued up. I’m going back a couple of years to the better episodes before it got weird and sad.

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Simple salad with greens, shredded carrots and cucumbers with cheese.

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Time for some good sleep! Hot bath for sore legs included a side of tea. My teavana stash is dwindling. I will fix that this weekend with a trip to Birmingham. Is it too early for orange harvest spice?? Hurry Fall…hurry!

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