early to bed, early to rise..

i got up at 7 this morning... but i actually feel quite refreshed. i don't remember when i went to bed last night, but it wasn't very late (i'm thinking around 11?).

i'm currently having a fabulous bowl of oat bran. i would never have thought of crumbling a MUFFIN into oatmeal/oat bran if it weren't for kath's post.

• 1/2 c oat bran, 1/2 c vanilla soymilk, 1/2 c water
• 1/2 banana

topped with:

• not quite 1/2 homemade blueberry oat bran muffin
• sprinkling brown sugar
• sprinkling white chocolate chunks
• spoonful almond butter

... served alongside a few fresh strawberries. lately the strawberries i've been buying have had a shelf life of like, 2 days, but these are local, so i thought i'd give 'em another try (because i strawberries).

i've been going through almond butter about 5x the pace of any other nut butters in my pantry/fridge. i have a jar of white chocolate wonderful, and while it's tasty, i don't CRAVE it. i do sometimes get a straight-up pb craving, though.

i'm excited for a run later this morning because it is 60° out. but for the next hour, i'm going to sit on my couch and crochet .