Day 3 In Full Swing

Can I get some applause please?  (waiting to hear claps and shouts)

*Phew* I swear.  This is harder than it looks people!  But hey, if my classmates can quit smoking, watch a different movie everyday, and write letters to lord knows who, I can do this too right? Last night I thought I've had enough. The letter "O" was really whoppin me, and boy, did I want to get my paws into the pumpkin thats full of Halloween candy.  With words of encouragement from family, I took a breather, popped open a can of soda (HEY, I said I would EAT foods with each letter of the alphabet. Never did we clarify drinks. Don't judge me! lol) and proceeded to sort this out in my mind.

Dinner was getting cooked and I honestly didn't have a clue as to what to eat with an "O."  I surely would have went to the Japanese steakhouse and ordered Octopus if I wasn't so broke, but times are hard and I had to do what I could do. So yes, I opened up two cans of oranges, and that is all I ate for supper. :( No culturally extravagent adventures yesterday!

So Today is Day 3 and I got the letter "S" today! AWESOME! I already knew one thing that I wanted to try that starts with s. Salmon. For breakfast I ate a sausage and salami sandwich. Nothing new there. I then called my grandma and asked her if she would like to go out to lunch today. Of course, she is always down for whatever so I picked her up and we headed off to her favorite local restaurant.

I was so excited! I was going to be trying new things, and remaining within my boundaries, an absolute win-win.  I ordered  salmon with spanish rice.  Never trying salmon before, I was skeptical but ecstatic at the same time. As the waitress sets my plate down it looked like some sort of apricot sauce glazed over the top of the fish. Exquisite, I must say.  As I took my first bite, chewed and swallowed I said to my grandma, "Why have I never liked seafood?"  She said to me, "Maybe because you weren't brought up around a variety of food. We were always a meat and potatoes kind of family." I agreed, that must be it because I really enjoyed it!

Now it's 3 in the afternoon and I'm still thinking about the salmon. I'm so happy and proud of myself that I got to try something completely new and would typically turn my nose up to.  For supper, I am cooking steak, scalloped potatoes and snow peas.  To top it all off, strawberry shortcake!! YUMMO! Hopefully the strawberries are descent given the season. :)

Just when I thought I wanted to give up, I had an absolutely wonderful day!  I can't wait to see what letter I am  going to draw tomorrow.  Hopefully I'll have the opportunity to try something new, and enjoy it just as much as I did the salmon.  Until we meet again.