88 cents!?

On my way to the chiropractor this morning, I had some time, so I stopped in at Rainbow Foods (A midwest supermarket chain), and was pleasantly surprised by an amazing sale - all Clif Bars (They carry Clif and Luna) were only 88 cents! Lets just stay I got my shop on. I'll be sure to get a picture of the haul soon. My camera's batteries are dead, and I have yet to buy more. I'm fairly sure I got a month's supply.

I did, however, manage to upload the pictures of my breakfast that I've been having the past few days: millet puffs (the store was out of kamut!), Kashi GoLean, a nanner, a sliced up apple, and some thawed frozen blueberries.

Pre-spoon.

All stirred up. Yummers.

I prepare my breakfasts the night before (minus the kefir), so in the morning, I can add the kefir and some almond milk on my way out the door. I eat at work, while doing some work - I go in at 7:15 or so, but no one else gets there until 8:30 and usually stay until 5 (unless I have something like a doc appointment. Going in so early allows me some flexability with the afternoons, and if I don't have any appoinments that I leave early for, I get a half day on Fridays!

Chiropractor: a summary in pictures (not my own, but they approximate what is going on).

Healthy neck:

The equivalent of my neck:

Healthy spine:


My Spine:

Some anatomically correct written explanation:

Neck:
The normal cervical vertabrae (the top 7) are naturally curved at a 43-45 degree angle, and the top vertabrae (C1) angles downward at approximately 35 degress. This sounds extreme - when you see the charts, it makes sense. I tried to find one online, but I was unable to. Sorry! My neck? 9 degrees (-9)in the opposite direction, and only 23 for my C1. I am pretty messed up.

Spine:
I was first diagnosed with scoliosis when I was 10, but the doctors said I would be 'just fine' and 'not to worry'. Well, its worsened. And yeah.

So. Long story short? I get to start going to the chiropractor at least twice a week now. Joy oh joy.

On a MUCH brighter note, I had a lovely, wonderful time with Anna today. She came over to Mac, and then we walked over to the lovely Birchwood Cafe - about 3.5 miles, according to Google. We both ordered the sandwich and greens combo, with half a tempeh and hummus sandwich on foccacia (Tempeh, Cilantro Chickpea Hummus, Cucumber, Carrot & Watercress 'Aioli'). As Anna pointed out, the tempeh was soft, almost like they had steamed it - I thought the texture was a lovely change. My only complaint was that it was a very large sandwich - foccacia, by nature, is a very thick bread. Since I tend to like open face sandwichs, the first few bites of this one were a little bread heavy for me. I finally just took the top piece off, and then it was perfect.

After I got back from spending time with Anna, I threw a frisbee around with my friends for about an hour. It was nice beeing out in sun so much today! But now I'm pooped (yes, its only 9:25, and I'm getting ready for bed).

Have a lovely evening everyone! I'll catch up on comments (hopefully) tomorrow - I am reading, but I'm a little worn out to be writing more. And, in the next couple of days, expect some more reviews!

Emma