Dinner and a Movie Night!

So I wake up this morning to a text from the bestie saying "dinner date tonight?"...um of course! I have not seen her in about a week and we have a TON of catching up to do over dinner. I got even more excited when I realized that it was Wednesday and my all time favorite SUSHI restaurant has HALF-OFF of all their sushi rolls :) talk about the ultimate BEST night for a dinner date. My friend doesnt really like sushi too much (im trying to get her into it), so I asked her if it was ok to eat there but that we didnt have to, but she said it was fine! YAY! Then we decided that we might as well make a night of it and go to a movie afterward as well. I have been in the mood for a scary movie, so we decided that we are gonna go see The Unborn.

Purrrrrtty scarrrry! haha.

You guys will be so happy to see a break in the flat out wraps streak. I was in the mood for a just plain-o sammie today. I have been craving mushrooms for the past couple o' days so I picked some up yesterday and just HAD to use them in my sandwich for lunch today. Here she is with some Kashi crackers on the side:

roasted red pepper hummus, spinach, mushroom, and salsa sandwich on whole wheat bread...grilled on the Fore-Man!

BURSTING with mushrooms! :)

And then I may have snuck in a couple of these thing-ys for d-cert.

and maybe a few more ;)

I just wanna say thanks again for everyone who was thinking about me and gave me such awesome support for my interview yesterday. Your kind words and thoughts meant soooo much more than I could ever say. It really was a big accomplishment for me to even go. I had to wake up at 330 in the morning to drive the 3 and half hours to get there for the interview. There were so many times where I thought "im just not going to go, there are too many things working against me, it wont be worth it." But, I bit the bullet and I went for it! I knew I wanted to and I WAS NOT going to let negative thoughts get in my way. In a way it kind of reminded me of overcoming the negative feelings and thoughts associated with ED. There was that little voice in the back of my head that told me I couldnt do it, just like with ED telling me I needed to control my body by restricting and exercising, that I was weak if I didnt. But I turned around and looked that little voice right SMACK in the face and I said "I am strong and I can do this", I shook it off and I DID IT! and I was so proud of myself for accomplishing that, whether I get the job or not :)

Ok, time to get ready for "date night"...im GONNA take pictures of the food, im not going to be embarrassed! haha...because you just have to see how AMAZING this place is!

oh yeah, and you bet your Valentines Day Lovin' booty i WILL be particpating in Lee's "Secret Cupid" extravaganza and you probably should too :)

I might try something new tonight...What is your favorite sushi roll?

I love sushi!

Tonight was so much fun! me and three other of the girls that I have gone all through college with went out for a celebratory dinner. we decided to get all dressed up and I convinced everyone to go to my favorite sushi place, stir-fry. None of them had ever been there! I just love it!
I was the only one that had sushi though (it is so hard to find people around here that are adventurous enough to try sushi) but it is my personal theory that someone who says they dont like sushi is someone who has never tried it! its just soooo good! I have lready been promised a nice sushi dinner one night while i am in California! I didnt get pictures of the food...I feel a little embarrassed about taking pictures of food in front of other people. Did anyone else feel this way when they started thier blog?! Anyways I ordered a plain tuna roll that looked a little like this:

http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2008/0801/tuna_sushi_0123.jpg

AND a Spider Roll that looked a little like this:

http://www.foodiebytes.com/img/iotd/spiderroll.jpg

And of course I HAD to get my favorite drink that they make there, I have never seen it anywhere else, so I always have to get it whenever I go, its called a FLIRTINI...yum yum yum!!
I talked it up so much that all the other girls HAD to try it too! Here is Crystal with her flirtini:
ANDDDD I think she liked it!
Here is Jessica, she has been the BIGGEST support throughout my entire student teaching, definitely a shoulder to cry on! and she is getting married after graduation! I just love this girl:
And here is jessica and I together, everyone always got us mixed up in class! I dont know if I really see it, maybe a small resemblance?! haha. Never mind the fact that we are wearing almost IDENTICAL outifts!!
It was a very nice dinner and I am sad that I will not have class with these girls anymore, but I know we will stay in touch.

Currently I am watching one of my FAVE channels, FOOD NETWORK! It may be kinda sad that I can name almost everyone of the "celebrities" on this channel. Diner, Drive-ins, and Dives just ended and now I am watching Good Eats! LOVE me some Alton Brown. I loved that other show that he did, dining on asphalt.
Anyway, I think im rambling, I have a BIG day tomorrow (getting all my school work wrapped up and getting things together for my trip) and I have to get up pretty early to get it all started, so I better hit the hay!
GOODNIGHT!

Student Teaching Celebration

OK i was going to say that i think this may be the last celebration for the end of student teaching, but my supervisor is having a get together on Wednesday to wrap everything up. Nothing big but she is calling it a "celebration". haha.
I woke up really late today (and by late I mean 9 a.m.) I just cant really sleep in too much since im so used to getting up at 530 every morning, and I really dont enjoy sleeping in, I always feel like there are things I need to be doing besides sleeping! I told the BF that im so A.D.D. i cant even sleep! anyways because i slept in a little i had a late breakfast (same as yesterdays) and then went shopping for a dress for tonight. The three other girls that were student teaching in my school are going out to a really nice dinner at my favorite sushi resturuant Stir-fry. By the time I got home from shopping it was already 4 oclock! i knew we were having dinner at 7, so i just made a small snack plate to hold me over...i didnt want to riun my appetite for SUSHI!!
I ate a little of it before i took the picture! haha...its just wheat bread with deli pepperjack cheese, celery sticks with salsa, some cherry tomatoes, and an apple.
im sure i will have plenty of pictures from tonight, so i will re-post later!
Hope everyone had a good Monday!