I am in Bristol!

Arrived yesterday: flight arrived on time at noon and I was through Heathrow immigrations and with a coach ticket in hand in time for the 13:05. When did the coach leave, you ask? 1:30. When did it arrive in Bristol? 3:45pm - 45 mins late. Normally, I wouldn't care, except the residence in which I'm staying was very adamant about arriving by 4pm, or else come back the next day. By the time the UofB folks helped us noobs onto the residence shuttle, it was already 4pm. Arrived at 4:30 and ALMOST didn't get in. They were very hesitant at first about giving me my keys. WTF? I'm standing right in front of you, all my bags are here, and you won't even hand over my keys? Anyway, they did, and I was able to move in.

All I did last night was go out for a few groceries, then to Borders to get a copy of Rough Guide's Britain, then to this restaurant called "Yum Yum Thai". Guess what, folks? Don't eat there. At the time, it was okay (more like "So So Thai"). But last night I woke up feeling gross and ill. Won't go into details, but we won't be going there again.

Today, more shopping! Had to get supplies for the MA Archaeology student field trip on Tuesday, then to the Mall and Broadmead shopping centre. The main point was to go to Argos, but when I got there I found out you had to order things from a catalogue. Is this normal? Are they all like that? Instead of Argos there was this small shop across the way (like Home Hardware) and I got some of the things I needed there. Tomorrow I'm going to try Asda for the rest.

Tomorrow: registration!

Vegan goodies? A nice treat every once and a while.

A brownie and two peanut butter cup cupcakes in 3 hours?

Hmm.... not so good >_< Delicious, but UGH.

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Ugh. Running outside is much different than running on a treadmill. But at least Queen's Park and the U of T campus is quite nice at 6:30am.

My goodness, I'm a bit out of it today.

I stopped at Booster Juice for a... juice. Bit disappointed, as it's mostly carrots and what I was really hankering for was the beets indicated in the ingredients (carrots, apples, beets). But anyway, it hasn't pepped me up like I was hoping for.

And I'm also pissed off. Last night I had an appointment with a seamstress. This appointment was made at the first meeting with my friend standing right next to me. We discussed how we'd prefer a different day to come back, but no, Tuesday June the 9th it had to be. So I show up yesterday, and guess what? "Oh, no.. you're appointment is for tomorrow, see?" as she points to her calendar. At this point, I had just driven over an hour in rush hour from Toronto to Mississauga. This was not what I wanted to hear. At all. Barely being nice enough to qualify as polite I leave, then call my friend immediately to check with her what I already knew. Yes, it was supposed to be for today. FUCK. So now I have to do it all AGAIN today. Fuck fuck fuckity-fuck.

Since I'm feeling crappy, I decided I needed a matcha soy latte from Starbucks, stat! So I went the long way around the block, and happened to pass by Fresh & Wild (corner of Spadina and King) and stopped in to see if I could find a little snack. Lo and behold! I found New Moon Kitchen vegan cookies! I picked up the double chocolate with coconut ones. They are so yummy! The bakery is located here in Toronto, and I'm sure besides F&W it's also at places like Whole Foods.

Now go! Seek the deliciousness!

I managed to do a 100% raw day yesterday!

Breakfast: canteloupe
Snack: nuts/seeds
Lunch: green smoothie
Snack: nuts/seeds
Snack: orange
Dinner: bit of tomato basil soup + green smoothie

And then I really started to crave something like bread, or branflakes. But I managed to not indulge, since I knew I wasn't hungry, just craving these things.

This morning I had a bowl of branflakes for breakfast, though >_>

The head cold feeling from the weekend is starting to creep back. My throat isn't that sore, but my sinuses feel a bit out of wack, and I sound stuffy when I talk. Just have a generally blah feeling.

Maybe the last episode of Ashes to Ashes will make it all better =) I saved it for tonight.

Green Smoothie for today:

Bunch of Swiss Chard
1 medium apple
1 orange
handful of green grapes
4 strawberries
1/2 banana
slice of lemon

I think it's just a bit too acidic. Perhaps cut out the orange or grapes next time.