What? Christmas Already?

Did I mention that my family has a puppy? That means, that when they decide to keep him in the laundry room (right next to my room) – I’m the one that has the pleasure of hearing him yelping and banging against the door….

So today is October 23. I think it’s the 23 anyway. You want to know what the family did today? They put up a CHRISTMAS TREE.  Actually, there’s a huge Christmas tree next to one of the malls by the park that has been up for about a week and a half now. I guess this is what people do when they don’t celebrate Halloween or Thanksgiving.

I should probably mention that I went out for the first time last Wednesday, and was reminded of how much I take the good old non-smoking American bars and restaurants for granted.

Ok, you knew it was coming – I always have something to say about FOOD.

After eating rice, soup, and potatoes, with a little bit of meat for most of the last 2 and a half weeks, you have no idea how psyched I was when the girls and I went to lunch on Thursday at this place called Magic Bean, and for $5,  we got soup (with avocado it – weird I know, but surprisingly good) and a plate of, get this, GRILLED chicken, BROWN rice, AND salad. Oh and a jugo gigante (gigantic juice – freshly squeezed of course).

And today, after my jog in the park, I found, get this, BAGELS, REAL bagels, of ALL kinds, even MULTIGRAIN. I actually tried a Quinoa bagel – someone needs to start doing that in the states because it was a-MA-zing.

And that’s all for now – time to get ready to go out, as I listen to soundtrack of sirens, alarms,  airplanes, and barking dog that I’ve become so used too…