Winny de Puh?..

I'm still working on my lesson plan for my demo class/interview tomorrow. I'm still a bundle of nerves. I have no issues with getting up in front of a bunch of 5 year olds. It's the adults that terrify me. My best friend T. gave me the traditional nervousness advice of imagining them naked. That is so not going to work. I guess I'm just going to try my best to imagine they are not there. Close my eyes and POOF! I'm going to have to get up extra early tomorrow because I will definitely need a yoga session before this.

I convinced N. to take a drive with me to Barnes & Nobles last night. I got some good stuff from her mom, but I just couldn't find anything I wanted to do an activity with. I called B & N and they said they had a good amount of children's storybooks in Spanish. Their selection turned out to be minimal, but I found what I was looking for. They had all the Curious George books in Spanish. They had all of these classic books in Spanish too, like The Giving Tree and Tiki Tiki Tembo. They even had Charlotte's Web! N. had to reel me in quickly and refocus my attention to the preschool section. I did however, find a children's book (in Spanish) about Frida Kahlo with amazing illustrations. It was only 6 dollars so bought it. You know.. to read to my own non-existent children. Some of the translations of the books were pretty hilarious. Like this one:

o_O

After our book search, N. took me to get delicious smoothies at Tostado. They're a Dominican sandwich chain here in Boston. The place looks great and the sandwich menu looked promising, but we were both a bit disappointed when we tried the sandwiches a few months back. They left a little to be desired. Then again, we got takeout, so maybe that might have contributed to the "meh" reaction (soggy bread, etc). Oh, and most of them are made with Dominican cheese, and for some reason I thought that meant white Dominican cheese.. like the kind my mom used to fry up or eat with crackers. I was wrong. They use a bitter strong foot-smelling orange cheese I hated as a kid. Blech! I still have some hope though, so maybe I'll give them a try again another time. The smoothies, however, are to die for. They have really good morir soñandos too (for those of you that just said "huh?," it's a typical Dominican drink made of milk, orange juice, sometimes sweetened condensed milk..kinda like an Orange Julius). We got parcha (passion fruit) smoothies last night. They make them with evaporated milk, which makes them super creamy...yum. I kept putting mine in the freezer when we got home, and taking small sips because I didn't want it to end. Wonderful, now I'm having a major smoothie craving. N. bought me a Cuisinart food processor/blender recently so i might do a little experimenting this weekend.

N. is working from home again today. She's still not feeling 100%. I don;t want her to keep missing work, but I will admit that I've really enjoyed this week. It's nice having her around all day, even if she is working. I still get to go sneak in hugs and kisses whenever I want. But the best part is having meals together, of course. She took a break this morning.. and I took a break from my lesson writing.. so we could make breakfast together. We made guava and goat cheese stuffed French toast with home fries and maple bacon.

go ahead... be jealous.

We weren't even that sinful. Only one slice of bacon each. The French toast is made with high fiber whole wheat bread (only 40 cals per slice!) and I used egg substitute. Oh.. and I coated the French toast with Special K cereal for some extra crunch, and used sugar free syrup. OK, so the goat cheese and guava isn't exactly healthy (or the potatoes for that matter) but give me some credit. I tried.

Alright, I really need to stop procrastinating. I have some Curious George to read. Wish me luck, people!

Namaste bitches!

-D.