I swear, I've been a day ahead all week -- thinking it was Wednesday when it was Tuesday, thinking it was Thursday on Wednesday, and so on. Of course, now that tomorrow really is Friday, it seems like the week has slipped by. As usual.
I was having a hard time deciding what I wanted for lunch today, so I fell back on something breakfast-y. An Archer Farms multi-grain bagel (my favourite at the moment) with brown sugar cinnamon cream cheese, a veggie sausage patty, and a nectarine. I was trying to figure out what was up with the colour balance, because I don't think the nectarine was really so dark, but I guess it was just a combination of shading and shadow. It was an unusual nectarine, though -- delicious, but the skin was so thick/tough that it was easier to just peel it off in one piece than to try to eat it.
In the afternoon, I went to the big Asian supermarket near me (there are a few, actually), where I got soba and ramen-style noodles for cheapy cheap and the same tofu I usually buy (House brand) for 99 cents a package. I also got some frozen steamed buns that are filled with veggies. I'm very easily influenced by the things I find inspiring ('Let's dress only in early 60s fashions!' 'Let's paint everything white!' 'Let's eat only Indian/Japanese/sandwiches from now on!'), and although I don't follow through on most of it, I was definitely in the mood for miso and noodles today. I wasn't able to find any miso that didn't have bonito in it, though, so I'll have to wait to go to the co-op for a vegetarian version.
Tomorrow, my mom and I are going to brave the 30% chance of rain and will be going to the Great Minnesota Get-Together. People who live elsewhere always say, 'Oh yeah, everybody thinks their state fair is the best,' but Minnesota's really is (the website could be better, though, I'll admit). We take this stuff seriously, folks.
And, of course, it's all about the food. I've been strategizing for a few days already (maybe longer). According to my mom, her plan is to eat cheese curds, a bloomin' onion, mini donuts, a corn dog, 'and then I am going to have to sit down for a bit.' There's a reason this comes around only once a year! As for me, I've got my mind set on a roasted ear of corn, half of that bloomin' onion, and -- I'm most excited about this -- mini cinnamon donuts in vanilla soft serve.
They've thought of everything, now.
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