Starbucks taught me a lesson today

It's only 8:30am and I kind of feel like I failed with my day already. Here's how this morning went down:

5am: Alarm went off. The rest of the week, I've gotten up right away and texted or skyped my sister, Meghan who is my coach, motivator and the person who has kept me in check this week. Today we skyped as I shuffled to the bathroom to put in my contacts. Unfortunately, my contacts were not havin' it this morning. For those of you that experience this issue, contacts can, for whatever reason, wage a war on your eyes and when you put them in it's an intense amount of stinging and burning.

If you have perfect vision and don't have a need for contacts, you are very lucky... and a huge jerk. I've been dealing with this crap since 8th grade.

Today was also supposed to be my "off" day from P90x, but I originally was going to work out today so I didn't have to tomorrow, when I go to IKEA in Minneapolis with my mom and sister, Emily. But since the contacts weren't havin' it this morning, I gave in to the off day and went back to bed.

I didn't wake up then until 6:45, which is outrageously late for me. My morning routine is usually work out, shower, get breakfast, try on 5-7 outfits until I find pants that fit me that day, and watch a little Boy Meets World* before I leave the house at 7:30. Obviously this morning I didn't have time for that, so I got dressed and headed out the door without breakfast.

*Don't judge my taste in morning TV... I watch news all day so a little nostalgic mindless is great in the morning.

My beautiful friends, Shawna and Kate. Note my grouch face in the back.

Here's what you need to know about me. Even before all this scheduled eating, I am a total grouch if I am hungry. I'm not one of those people that can just survive on a few bottles of water and a stick of gum to make me feel full. The options for a quick bite to eat (notice I didn't say fast food) are as follows:

Dahls-- a grocery store which also turns into kind of a time suck. They also make their own donuts and my self control, especially on Friday, is well below par.

McDonalds-- Which I COULD have done...it's certainly fast, but the grease smell tends linger on my clothes no matter what I do and I can't really handle smelling like a dumpster all day.

Starbucks-- By far the best choice, because they have a delicious Spinach Feta Wrap, which is a smidge high in sodium, but it's made with egg whites so it has good protein, so it's fine in a pinch.

I arrived at the Starbucks near my office at 7:40. From experience I know that it's much faster to sit through the drive-thru than to go inside. So, I waited in a line of 30 cars to get a dang wrap... getting grouchier by the minute.

I'm not a coffee drinker, so it's completely beyond me why it would take 10 minutes to fill up as many coffee cups. The woman in the car in front of me took a full minute to place her order, then pulled up just enough so I couldn't yet place MY order and then sat there forever waiting for them to give her her order. Finally, the drive thru window opened and ONE CUP OF COFFEE EMERGED. Seriously? One cup? You weren't ordering for your entire office?

I finally get up to the window and the girl working wanted to confirm my order of a latte-grande-soy-something. Politely, but with a hint of impatience, I told her I just ordered a wrap. Hint of impatience really means: GIVE IT TO ME NOW OR I'M GOING TO REACH THROUGH THAT WINDOW AND GET IT MYSELF.

Then I waited. For 5 minutes.

I still arrived at work early, but I've certainly learned my lesson... get up early and work out with glasses on if I have to!

I'm still down a 1/2 a pound form Monday... boo ya.