I wish one of you was here to tie me down tonight; I've been pleasantly 100% raw all day, but have been so busy that it's now 7:30 p.m. and I haven't had dinner yet. I need to go run an errand for my Mom and somehow it only makes sense to grab something while I'm out. I'm thinking big sloppy avocado burrito at the great Mexican place ... or spicy fried pakoras at the Indian place ...
I'm NOT thinking salad-at-the-coop. The later it gets and the more tired I get, the less I want cold raw food and the more I want bottomless-french-fries. I have another full schedule tomorrow, complete with workmen coming before my business even opens, and I'm feeling deprived of having enough down-time tonight. And it's so natural to associate that with feeling deprived of REAL food, greasy fatty sticks-to-your-ribs comfort food; deprivation is as contagious as bubonic plague and crosses "species" as easily as Avian flu.
Is there anybody out there to talk me down? I can have a little more than today's free 25% and still come up well ahead of the monthly average of 75%. Hitting the California nori rolls would even sneak in a little rawness -- if only they didn't cost so much.
BOOM -- that was my fantasy of pad thai crashing to the ground. Oh yeah, cost. Even with this extra work going well, I have the extra expense of schooling this month to deal with, and with extra driving that entails to boot, I cannot justify a $15 meal of junk. That's one of the most important parts of this experiment, to see if there's truth to the rumor that even though whole fresh organically-grown produce costs about the same as weapons-grade plutonium on the open market, somehow eating raw winds up costing less than cooked. So far, I've been so busy this month that I don't have enough time to eat much of anything, so of course it's been cheaper; but I also haven't indulged in my favorite past time of eating out, either. Guess I won't get to tonight ...