Here I am sitting in starbucks again. Ive found myself here, or at a variety of locations "here" a lot lately. Im working for Creative Notions again this summer. That is a company that I worked for for two kyears when I first moved to Jersey. It really kept me afloat when I otherwise would have had to move home to NC. I love the work. I travel everyday to at least two different Nursing Homes or assisted living homes to give lectures and guided art activities. It is draining though. I have to drive a lot according to my standards. At least two hours per day. Lately its been putting me in a cranky mood.

So Im here at starbucks again. Yesterday I bought a starbucks card for 5 bucks which works like a credit card, but also grants me 2 hours of internet access/day

the card has a balance.

starbucks fits into my day at lunch. my first class usually starts around 10 and the second around 2. so there are usually a couple hours to kill in between. Most classes are too far from home to go there, so ive made it a mission to find shop rite supermarkets that ive never been to and starbucks coffee shit holes to pilfer internet from. Id have loved to get it for free, but even in this day of wireless everything, the internet is still somewhat hard to come by. I know every starbucks has ATT internet. great marketing ploy on their part really. i keep coming back and usually purchase a tea of some variety.

The sky is very grey today. Its supposed to rain this afternoon. I hope not. Im tired of rain. I want to ride my bike also. I cant eat as much as i need to remain sane if i dont ride my bike. ive been counting calories lately to be lighter on the bike, and its been working to great effect and ive done better in races than ever before, but its hard to keep it down. days i dont ride, i only eat around 1500-2000 C. Thats a painful amount of food to eat. I get really cranky, and paired with the amount of driving this job has me doing, ive been a real shit lately. So, I want to ride my bike. If i can just eat a bit more, even if I burn it, its better than having not eaten it. enough about my teenaged girl tendencies.

Ive been really inconsistent about this blogging thing. I dont sit down and type enough. Ive plenty to say, i just dont like to type.

I ate the best figs EVER today. They were amazing. They were green and from california. I got them at Wholefoods. I dont normally go there for anything, but i was hankering for a good salad and knew they would have it. The salad was great but the figs were beyond compare.

Im sitting in Montclair, NJ today. Its a relatively affluent area with lots of clean shops and pretty ladies walking around spending their husbands money and hanging out at starbucks. Its a little over the top, but comfortable enough for my intentions.