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Walking around NASA

It was a slow start to a Monday, a slow start to the week. Productive, but chugga chugga... I don't feel like I did anything. 

Except maybe cook. Last night I used up the rest of the pureed pumpkin I had and made a ground Italian sausage vodka sauce with browned sage and gnocchi. It was really tasty and filled me up for literally the entire day. It's the only thing I ate, save for some strawberries, grapes, and cantaloupe (half of which I cup up last night and the other half I cut up tonight) during lunch, solely because I was craving sweets, and some cheese and crackers right before lyra class because I felt like I should put something more in my body. The pumpkin vodka dish was probably 1,000+ calories just on it's own, so I should probably watch it tomorrow, but it's got a really strong balance of 1/3 protein (Italian sausage), 1/3 fiber (pumpkin), and 1/3 carbs (gnocchi). That's probably why I'm still so full, and it's after midnight. 

After lyra class, I cooked one of my two purple sweet potatoes in the microwave for 11 minutes and made three cups of this overnight chia seed pudding recipe. I cut the sweeteners and flavorings a little bit but probably could have kept them. Nevertheless, I tasted it, and boy was it delicious. Holy crap, I can't wait to try it tomorrow. I'm going to print this and add it to my recipe book for sure. 


I did get a decent amount of exercise in today, which was good because I've been low lately. I took myself over to the NASA gym around 3:00 today, only to find out it was closed for Veteran's Day. That explained why the parking lot was completely empty (most of NASA was probably off for the day). I thought about going back and wandering around the park, but I get bored of that so quickly and didn't want to be around guests today; so I decided it was just cool enough (even though it was hot) to check out the path that goes in front of the O&A. 

To my surprise, it actually winds a little bit and has a fair bit amount of trees! I was pleasantly surprised and delighted. I brought my earpods with me and listened to some music, and it was absolutely perfect. No one was around and I was able to jam out by myself. I can't wait to do it some more once the weather cools down some more. Hopefully, it stays pretty empty and doesn't get crowded with people. 

The walking path at NASA

Tonight was also the first official night of six lyra classes I signed up for at Orlando Aerial Arts. I'm still not sure how I feel about classes there, but it's only roughly $17 a class, and it's right down the street from me, so I'm not complaining for now. I appreciate their focus on performance, but I don't love how little instructor time we get and how much time we end up having to share the apparatus. But I feel like I will at least stay until I get back up to speed, and then I can decide if I want to transfer somewhere else. 



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