Karma is a BITCH
Oh dear--the ex emailed me this morning and I was fairly groaning because I thought--man it's
too early for this!!
This is what he had to say:
wonderful. just wrecked my car. things just keep getting better and better : \
Well, I had mixed feelings. In the past he had senselessly and brutally ridiculed my own driving mishaps, as if it couldn't happen to HIM. Also a part of me hasn't completely forgiven him for ruining my 24th and 25th birthdays, and being a total cheapskate and not getting me any gifts for my 25th and 26th (24th he wrote me a really nice poem) whereas I had given him 1. Hang-gliding lesson for his 22rd; 2. "Slave for the day" complete with a home-cooked gourmet meal complete with my first successful attempt at crème brulée and a bottle of Rombauer Chardonnay for his 23rd; 3. and an all-expense paid two day trip to San Luis Obispo for the California Festival of beers for his 24th while we were broken up, and a week before he dumped me for good for a 19 year old girl in MI whom he met online.
So I couldn't help but guffaw for the absolute justice that is actually inherent in the universe, at the same time feeling bad because I certainly don't want any of those things (wrecking car, breaking foot, being in a slump) to happen to anyone I care about,
if I do indeed still care about him. Regarding that, it's been a while and I have a selective memory, plus I've been far too busy putting my attention to myself and those people around me whom I truly care about for non-ego related reasons, and who have never done me any harm.
Enough about that.
This morning I weighed in at
144.5 lbs!
I managed a 400 calorie deficit yesterday

and Chris took me out for sushi (I actually had Hamachi Kama:
Hamachi Kama is the Scooby snack of sushi bars and seafood restaurants. When the chefs need a pick-me-up to sustain them through a long night of endless slicing and nodding to ignorant orderers, they know that the best part of the fish is waiting for them in back. Hamachi kama even appears on many menus and specials lists now that people have learned its secret.
The kama is the collar, or the area of the fish surrounding the first fins near the face of the fish. Unlike halibut cheeks though (halibuts are a flat fish, and the hamachi are round, or more accurately, fish shaped), this facial area of the hamachi is served with some skin and bone, especially bone.
It takes a dexterous hand with the chopsticks to pick out all of the morsels of meat nestled in the spider's web of bone, fin and flesh. But what you dig out is especially rewarding and worth all of the extra effort. Rather than being homogenous, the meat of the hamachi (also called yellowtail) collar varies tremendously from bite to bite; it can be firm or meltingly tender, a dullish gray or a dusky rose.
Regardless of texture or color, the flavor is incomparable. Up there with toro for its juiciness, the collar has a high component of fish oil, making it incredibly moist, both fattier and more flavorful than the fillets. Most often broiled and served with only the lightest brushing of glaze, the hamachi kama shines in its simplicity. The strong flavors of the fish come through, and the heat melts the natural fats of the flesh, which contributes to the high-impact richness of the dish.
"Yellowtail [hamachi] cheeks are very popular. It is a meaty area of the fish and it has a lot of flavor," says Keiko Sakuma, owner of Kaygetsu, a Japanese restaurant in Menlo Park. "We don't have a lot of it, but customers love it."
Sushi restaurants might buy three or four whole hamachi to break down into sushi and sashimi, and each one will yield only two collars. It is the lucky customer who gets to feast on this specialty portion.) and afterward I helped him clean his room a little, for which he was extremely grateful. I reminded him that his
chi will become stagnant if it's not able to flow around the room. Boy, was I right! It was much better, afterward.
Today I plan to kickbox and go to yoga class afterward. This morning I had a particularly strong yoga session at 6am and managed !!!

I can't stay in for more than 3 breaths and I end up falling out of it, BUT the point is I can do it and in its entirety!!!
