Day 5: life is about unexpected changes!~~

Remember what I said in my last post:"Apparently I'm getting a new apartment... ". Very clever of my part to use that word, because I'm NOT! The leasing office had offered me an apartment in another community which is close by, but not where I want to be, so I rejected and still on the waiting list. You might think that I was very disappointed at that moment... actually I was not, not even 1 second. I've learned during these years that I'm in US alone facing obstacles and overcoming them, that life is not about planning and is not perfect and sometimes we just can't do anything about it. You can not change the facts, but you can change your attitude toward them. This positive attitude was not innate in my case, it's a developed quality. I'm glad of being this way now and I hope everyone can try to acquire it if you're not positive minded person by nature, because it is good for your soul. ^_^

The rest of my day went well... not too much work because of some errands in campus. And ChallengeS went great again!
Breakfast was again the Tina's combo made with oats, wheat berries, banana, almond milk and egg white. An apple and Cinnamon PB.AM snack: orange.Lunch salad: a massive pile of spinach, mushrooms, red peppers, tomatoes, canned beets (not as good as Tj's baby beets), mix sprouts, celery and 1/2 c. lentils. For dressing I used 1 tbsp PB + 1 tbsp balsamic + 1/2 tbsp olive. It was good, but not super exciting. I'll stick to olive and balsamic.Dessert: coconut jelly~PM snack 1: WW bread + 1 packet of BB.It didn't fill me and I went for another bread 10 min later. Somehow, I still feel empty but I wasn't sure... so I waited for 10 min more and confirmed that fact. Instead of having more bread, I microwaved 1/3 c. egg white and had it with some BBQ sauce (It's Tj's, I checked its ingredients and it's pretty clean for me).The protein made the trick and satisfied my unusual hunger!
Worked through until 7pm and went to a spin class. Too many hills that killed my butt... I wish she had done more speed work.
Anyway, back home and made a quick dinner: stir-fry pasta!!! yeah~~~ As the massive salad at lunch wasn't enough for me, I craved more veggies at night. It was INCREDIBLY delicious!!! I'm adding this recipe to Coco's creation section! It's sooooo tasty and so fresh!!! And it was done in <10 min!
Dessert 1: pumpkin pie mousse (made with silken tofu, pumpkin puree, cinnamon, pumpkin spice, all blended).Dessert 2: black rice porridge with white fungus.I had a belly-expansion a la Sarah~~~ ^_^

Question: Are you positive by nature? If not, what do you do to stay positive?

Today's plan:
- work
- teach
- more work
- Maggie's recommended yoga class
- Help to Qiao to do some cookings