Yeah for food!!

So, here is some glazed eggplant that I made that was pretty great I covered that in some couscous and it was just a good day from then on! It is glazed with some curry and honey but thats the major tastes that came through anyway. Hooray for good food! especially when it turns out looking like the picture in the book, unlike looking at the burger on the Mcdonalds sign only to get a smushed looking wrapped up solid substance that they pass as a burger.hehe!

The vegetarian returns

Well, my girl came in for a visit over Labor day and it was great fun! We didn't do anything to spectacular but we enjoyed the time with each other. It was a great weekend with great weather and the Hurricane Gustav may have even helped the weather in Memphis stay breezy and cool. I'll leave you with a picture of some salad I made us....it was like greans and tofu with mushrooms cooked in a curry and coconut milk base. Although both of us are sceptical of my skills with vegetables this one turned out pretty good!

LEED seminars

So we took a trip to Little Rock to check out the cool things going on there involving LEED design. It seems Little rock is taking off while Memphis is soo slow in even getting involved. Some things that stick out in my mind were the business that loaned bikes to their employees (also had showers in the office). They collected rainwater to use for flushing the toilets landscape watering...and so on. Heifer uses a moat around the building to naturally bring a draft through the stair well so they don't have to condition it! There were some great features! In all it took up a Friday but I'm glad I went! we visited Heifer International, Clinton Memorial Library, and Winrock International.

Training?

What in the world have I been doing? well, I did go to my new apartments so called fitness room and have been doing cardio on that. I think I may go mountain biking today because it isn't scalding hot outside. This past weekend I was in Galveston eating icecream and eating oreos! It was kinda nice to not have to worry too much about what I'm putting down the ole chute. But I got to see my girl Christina and we just enjoyed each others' company.

I'm in my mid 20s

I went to an orthopedist today, he took x-rays and wiggled my knee pushing it from side to side until it hurt and popped ALOT! he pushed until my face turned red(er) and then pushed harder. After all that he said you've just stressed some meniscus or something like that and he just recommended that I cut my miles in half and take 6 to 8 Ibprofen/day. I can't wait to tell my girl because I am sure she is tired of me complaining about it and I think she was a bit worried too. I asked him other question like if he sees any bone spurs and how is my knee wearing...he said I am good to go and have plenty of cushion left! I definately wanted to hear that! I can't wait to get out and run some of this 90 degree weather! Hopefully I'll be able to do MightyMite this weekend..but doubt it, I don't want to push too hard and ruin something for sure.