I am really missing in-season fruits in my part of the world. I know we are supposed to be aware of how far our food travels but I really like grapes and blueberries. Lately, grapes come from Chile and they aren't all that great and it seems like I have to throw out more than usual because they are squishy. The grapes are also tiny which makes removing them from the vine a pain. It also seems like so many of the little tiny stems stay attached to the grape so I have to remove each one and that takes time. I'm not much of a kitchen person!
I saw blueberries in Sam's Club on Friday and they looked soooooo good! I looked at the label on the box and it said: Naturipe Farms, Salinas, CA. I was so excited because they came from within the United States!!! I went back and forth on whether or not to pay over $6.00 for 1.5 lb of blueberries. The deciding factor was that they came from California!!
When I got them home and began washing them, I noticed that farther down on the label it said: "Product of Chile". Oops! Apparently, Naturipe Farms of Salinas, CA gets the blueberries from Chile and packages them under their name - or whatever. Oh well! They were sooooo good!!! They are almost gone. I did not have to throw out very many for being bad, only a few.
I buy Whole Foods 365 brand frozen blueberries and other fruits; they
are really good and barely more $$ than big supermarket brand frozen
fruit.
I went running today. It was 20 degrees and was snowing. I always like running when it's snowing; I don't know why because I don't like snow. I wore the shirt I bought last year that I never got to wear! I wore it with a thin baselayer shirt under it and was fine. I wore a hat today for the first time this winter. I usually wear a headband. I think I would have been ok with just a headband today. I'm trying to push myself on short runs; today was just 3.5 miles. My miles were between 10:18 and 10:47. That's so slow. I am even considering doing a few runs on a treadmill at the gym to force myself to run 9 minute miles and see how long I can run at that pace. I must be desperate because I hate treadmills!!
I recieved my Respiratory Therapist license in the mail on Friday!! I couldn't believe that it came so fast. So far, none of my classmates have received theirs and some of them took their exam well before I did. Now, I just have to get these last two exams done so that I will be at the level of "registered". It doesn't change anything but all the hospitals require it.
Runner Nerd
Licensed Respiratory Therapist
Sunday, February 3, 2013
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