Some things.
1. I'm listening to Tori Amos a lot today, and really enjoying it.
2. For lunch, I had black beans and rice with veggie crumbles, a "ham and cheese" sandwich on potato bread, and scalloped potatoes made with nutritional yeast. A recipe I found in Peta's College Cookbook.
3. I'm going to finish up Dexter season 3 when I get home from work today. Only 2 more episodes.
4. I need to do some actual work today.
5. My stomach has calmed down from earlier. I was feeling yucky.
6. The next 6 months are going to be awesome. Going to Texas, California, Nevada, and Lewes, Delaware. Not at the same time. My mom is renting a beachouse this summer, I'm hoping to see Holly for hopefully a week also this summer. Then in November for Thanksgiving, I'm flying out to Las Vegas, Nevada with my mom and little sister. We're going to then take the 4.5 hour drive to our destination in California and stay there for a week.
7. I have 1 1/2 hours left of work.
8. Bad things: I noticed that my WordPress blog doesn't know what timezone I'm in.
9. I noticed my new doll's eyebrows don't match her wig.
A Review of the Headphones
So, I used the headphones all this morning. I really like them. They sound good, even though I've never really used headphones that went over my ears like that. It blocks sound out totally, and requires Brady to wave his hands at me if he wants my attention.
Now... the downside. I noticed the top band is definitely a leather-like material. I'm not a leather person, and especially not now because of my new vegan lifestyle. I'm so conflicted because it's not like I can get rid of them, and I really like them, and they were cheaper than any set of headphones that I could find, that I actually LIKE. I just feel icky whenever I use them and weird. I can't tell if it's leather, but it DEFINITELY looks like leather and smells like leather.
I just feel like a hypocrite, but I honestly didn't know it had leather on it. I could have emailed the person selling them, but I was lazy, and I didn't.
So now I just feel guilty, and I don't want to stop using them, because it's a waste of money and a waste of an animal's life. I'm glad I didn't buy them from the actual manufacturer, but someone still made money off it.
Oh Crappy Day…
Today was just the worst day at work. Half of the customers I spoke to were either crazy or just plain rude to me. Sometimes, I just wish I could ask people why they thought they could treat me the way they did, honestly. That is all I'll say about that.
I'm happy because I got some yummy coconut flavoured vegan icecream sandwiches at the Newark Co-op the other day. They're so yummy and small and animal-free. I could eat a million of them, but I won't, because that would be bad.
But another thing I like about being on a mostly-vegan diet now is that my diet is cholesterol free. I'm never going to have to worry about having eaten too much cholesterol and getting sick from it. I always get enough protein because protein is in like, everything. There are only a few vitamins I have to worry about, and I have to make sure I get enough sun for those, and take my daily vitamin. For calcium I've been drinking calcium orange juice every morning with my breakfast.
I said "mostly-vegan" up there because there are still some veggie substitute things that manage to have whey in them. I'm not really sure the reason for it, but it's there. I should give it up eventually I suppose.
If anyone is really wondering why I became vegetarian again (and even vegan this time) is not only because I felt I wasn't being myself, but also because of a movie/documentary called Earthlings. It's a documentary that shows how we treat animals. Basically animals aren't ours for any purpose in live, except to share the Earth. It's a really sad documentary, and I did cry a few times through it, but I recommend it for anybody.
I'm going to be trying a few new recipes this week. I want to make Brady some more vegan cupcakes or some muffins. Also I want to try a few stir-fry recpies with the package of seitan that I bought from the Co-op. I think that if I don't like tofu very much, I'll really like seitan.
Besides all the new vegan-y stuff in my life, I found a new musician to listen to. Her name is Lenka, and the album I have is her self-titled one. I really like all the songs on it, but my favourites are "The Show" and another one, that I can't really remember the name.
I'm finishing up here; I'm going to try to upgrade my WordPress to the newest version, and watch Family Guy with my loverly husboi. <3 <3 <3
Headphones
I was in need of some headphones, so I can enjoy my music and computer with Brady around. I bought these, the iFrogz ThrowBax in Pink.
Click the link to go to the store that sells them, however I got them on eBay for $18. I'm not sure if they're very good, but they're cute, and the eBay shipping was free. I'll be sure to give my review once I get them.
They would be perfect for a morning like today, when Brady went to bed at 5:30 am this morning, and I don't want to sleep until the start of my shift at 3pm.
This is the end of my spending for this week. <3