Long flights & lei-overs

Aloha :( 

(that means goodbye, too, right?)

We left Maui today (tear) to head back to the real world (aka the main land).

There were more than a few blah things about these flights, but I’ll avoid going all Debbie Downer on you – and just list a couple… (1) I couldn’t bring produce with me…no fun and (2) I knew I was heading back to work, and leaving my stress free days on the beach behind.  The one positive was that I had Kyle with me for the lonnnnnng flights.

Java.  Check.  Not pictured: 8 oz bag of chocolate covered macadamia nuts eaten [in entirety] prior to boarding.  I’m actually pretty embarrassed to write this, but in the interest of full disclosure, I did it because, well, I wanted to get every last ounce of non-vegan eating out before heading back to NYC.  I’m embarrassed because this is not only an unhealthy mentality but I was already feeling like crap after abusing my body and eating foods I KNOW my body doesn’t like for the past 2 weeks…so this was just the icing on the (dairy filled) cake.  SO unlike me…and what a punishment I felt afterwards!  As if the flights weren’t miserable enough…

I was SO out of it.  All the time changes (mixed in with the random bits of shut eye)…I just wasn’t able to function…basically, this entire flight process was horrible.  I ate so much crapola, it makes me sad to just think about what’s in my body right now.  Airport FAIL.  Elise FAIL.

I did manage to down 2 green machine (or whatever they’re called…) odwalla drinks, while in Salt Lake City.  Never mind that it was technically 3 am for me at the time (or that I had an entire can of honey roasted peanuts with it).  Yes, you read that correctly, I ate half a pound of nuts a mere 4 hours after eating a bag of chocolate macadamia nuts.  I don’t think I was even conscious at this point.

Needless to say, I arrived in NYC feeling like I was run over by a truck plane.

There was next to nothing in the apartment, so a grocery trip was the first thing we did after dropping off our luggage.  I smelled like a post-marathon shoe, and probably looked worse, but I still made it to the local health foods store.  Come hell or high water, I was going to get fresh veggies!

For dinner I made mon stour salad with the works: spinach, tomato, sprouts, shredded carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, red bell pepps, and a delish seaweed/sesame mix. 

On top I drizzled some blended chickpeas.  I literally popped chickpeas (with all the can water) in the blender and pressed liquidify.  Not too shabby on top of the salad!

I was ready for bed by 7 pm…but managed to hang on until 10.  I watched some tivo-ed Bravo crap, much to the dismay of Kyle, while snacking on an apple/banana dessert.

It’s just sliced fruit with cinnamon…clearly, the creative juices were sucked dry from my ridiculously long day.  Must’ve been the nuts – they were quite salty. 

These pretzels are making me thirsty!!

Google reader says 303.  Peace out kids.