Day Three

After breezing through my day yesterday, hardly thinking about my meals, I was off to a rocky start this morning.  Thinking I had plenty of time to get up and get ready I only allowed my self about 15 minutes to prepare my food.  Working all day I have to make sure to pack snacks, lunch and dinner.  I got the water boiling for my usual--poached eggs, and cursed that I hadn't included something like PAM in my budget.  Even a small packet of olive oil like they sell in Italy to put on a loaf of bread would have served to coat the pan to fry the eggs so I could put it between 2 slices of toast as I ran out the door.  Instead, I got the eggs going, then chopped some broccoli to steam for lunch.  Being short on time I decided a little mintue rice, with the broccoli and some leftover pork italian sausage would serve as a rice bowl lunch.  In it all went to the only container I had clean (an old yogurt container)---not sutable for microwaving but good for holding things.  Next I patched together a salad for dinner. Lettuce, half a tomato, 3 strawberries and tuna.  Hmmm, not as appetizing as it would sound.  I also had forgotten to create any sort of dressing and resorted to 1 packet of Italian dressing from the cafeteria (0.35).

I scarfed down my eggs, cut a grapefruit up for when I got to work, packed up the remainder of my daily allotment and headed in for my last 12 hour shift of the week.  I felt pretty perky with the eggs and grapefruit on board.  It wasn't until late afternoon that I started feeling the exhaustion that comes after 5 shifts in a row.  Usually I make a trip to Starbucks for a yummy latte or chai tea.  Today I had to settle for a walk.  I set out on a brisk tour, down the Burke-Gilman and back up to the hospital before popping open my tuna salad for dinner.  One packet of dressing was not enough to make this salad good in anyway.  The tomato was a little over ripe and the tuna--well it wasn't the delicious albacore you get from Costco.  It did fill my belly and for this I was thankful.

3 days down, 2 to go.  $4.09 left after brown rice, Italian dressing and green tea.