Hello!
Today has been long, but good. I was up at the crack of dawn to pick up my mom from the airport (she actually had to phone and wake me up because I hit the snooze button out of habit, oops! 
), and then was out the door for a quick run when we got back.
I had a cashew cookie mini Larabar before the run, which seemed to hold me over pretty well, and covered 3 miles in about 31:30. Slow and steady wins the race, right? 
I was super sweaty after my run and had to shower quickly before heading out again to spend some quality time with my mom after being apart for so long. I dropped her off for a massage appointment and picked up some smoothies for us -
Green Tea Buzz for me and Righteous Red for her 
And then we traded off and I got a 30-minute massage while she had her smoothie. I haven’t had a massage in forever and it felt sooo good, especially after running. The massage therapist told me that I have a slight curve in my spine, and should make sure that I try not to favour my right side when I’m doing things. She said it was nothing serious to worry about, though
After running a few errands together, we headed home and my mom took a nap to get through the jetlag, while I reheated some coconut lentil stew from yesterday for lunch, with an Adora disk and a nap for dessert. I’m a napping machine lately!
When I woke up I was pretty hungry so I had some carrot sticks with almond butter, and then we headed out to go apartment-hunting for my mom, because we haven’t been very happy with the management here since they took over a few months ago. Remember the fridge incident? 
We drove around for a few hours checking out places in the area, and then went to an old favourite, Astoria, for dinner.
We split an order of tzatziki and pita.
And I sipped on some pinot grigio
I love their greek salad, but restaurant-dressed salads always taste a little too oily for me. I finally remembered to ask for the dressing on the side, and it was perfect. I ate the entire thing!
I tried the dolmades for the first time, which are grape leaves stuffed with herbed rice and served with tzatziki. They sounded really great, but tasted … strange. I think it was something in the seasoning inside, but it just tasted off to me and I only ended up eating one.
Luckily my mom was nice and shared some of her chicken souvlaki with me Yum!
After a quick trip to the grocery story, we came home and I got to work baking the chocolate chip cookies I promised my friend tomorrow. No pictures yet, but you might catch a glimpse later (but the amount of cookie dough I ate will go with me to the grave!).
I’m so glad to have my mom home again and it was so nice getting to spend time with her today, but I can’t believe tomorrow is already moving day – eek! Time to rest up for all the heavy lifting I’ll need to do tomorrow. Have a good night! ♥
Have a good night!