I’m blogging now from the most amazing place… it’s a general store! Yup, the old-fashioned kind with a hitchin’ post! Ok, maybe it doesn’t have a hitchin’ post anymore, but a) I really like saying that phrase, and b) it seems like it would 
They have all sorts of kitschy signs hanging on the walls that are for sale, buckets of candy like taffy and root beer barrels, embroidered blankets, etc. I love places like this! Feels like I should be watchin’ out fer varmints!
I will definitely be back here! I just got my lunch, which is a half veggie sandwich on multigrain with a small side salad. It looks less promising/satiety-inducing than hoped but tastes good! I estimate this meal has about 340 cals total, since the sandwich has provolone and a schmear of avocado.
Oh yeah, and breakfast! I had some pumpkin overnight oats before heading out to a principal meeting this morning. Last night, I mixed up:
- 1/3 c oats
- 1/3 c nonfat plain yog
- 1/3 c skim milk
- 1/4 c pumpkin
- cinnamon
- few pinches brown sugar
And added 2 tbsp granola and half a banana this morning, to equal about 350 cals with my coffee.
It was tasty and kept me going from 8 am to about 11, at which point I had a couple of bites of my supervisor’s super flaky biscuit with some jam. She comes out to observe me in meetings on Tuesdays and is as enthralled with this place as I am! The biscuit held me over until 1 pm when my stomach alerted me it was finally quittin’ time fer lunch. I really like speaking in Western lingo if you haven’t noticed
Okey doke, off to meet with the Reynolds superintendent shortly to talk about exciting things like the budget. No, seriously, it will be exciting – we will find out how possible it really will be to get music, library and PE back in the Reynolds district during the upcoming budget process! If Stand for Children can win on this issue, it will be monumental for kids, and for community confidence. I don’t think I’ve talked too much about how downtrodden, distrustful, and frustrated the community is of the district right now, but they really are and something has to change.
Wish me luck on this conversation!
