Oatmeal and bananas

I’ve never been a fan of oatmeal. My mom used to make this thick, lumpy concoction over the stove, scramble an egg – mix that in, and finally stir in some raisins. She’d set it down in front of me and tell me I had to eat it. Try putting that down your throat without gagging! Blaaaaah. Needless to say, since those traumatic experiences as a child, I have not been a big fan of the stuff.

When Starbucks introduced their oatmeal, I thought “Gross! Who would want to pay for oatmeal, much less eat it?!” But my sister-in-law convinced me to try it and it actually wasn’t all that bad. Probably because there were no eggs! I still didn’t love it, though.

Just recently, my friend from work introduced me to Jamba Juice oatmeal. They have bananas and brown sugar, berry, and apples and cinnamon. I thought, hmmm, that sounds tempting. So I tried the berry oatmeal and fell in love! It tastes just like berry pie! Plus, they use steel cut oatmeal that doesn’t really get soggy.

But the real kicker is this…my friend’s favorite is the banana and brown sugar. I don’t really care for bananas - for the same reason I didn’t like oatmeal in the first place – the texture and gosh awful consistency! But she made me try it one day and much to my surprise, I LOVED IT! Eating the banana oatmeal from Jamba Juice is like setting off explosions of yumminess in your mouth!

I am truly a believer now! I finally get what all the fuss is about. I can honestly say that I LOVE OATMEAL!!! Thank you.

Lunch? Psyche!!!

So this morning I was so excited to get ready for work because I had a fabulous lunch date planned with my SATC girls (my little Sex and the City wannabee group). I put on my new white dress, adorned with ruffles, which I’ve been saving for a special occasion. I look absolutely fabulous as I leave for work.

Much to my disappointment, the phone rings on my way to work and it’s a very sick Charlotte cancelling. (Poor thing…she sounded awful!)

So I call Samantha to see if she still wanted to meet, which she did, so I’m back in excitement mode, pondering what I’m going to have. Then a little later, Samantha emails me at the office and has to cancel because of a last minute deadline. Bummed again, I pout the whole way to the coffee machine, and then the whole way back.

Not minutes pass that Carrie emails me and asks if I want to have lunch with her. Yippee!!!!! Back on! So I start hustling to get a couple of things done before my new fabulous lunch appointment. Disappointment again - Carrie emails me forgetting that she has an office lunch.

I’m so bummed! I’m even more bummed now that I’ve disclosed the fact that I’m, yes, Miranda. Yes, yes I am. I’m Miranda. But, I only accepted this role on one condition - that I get to be Miranda as played by Jennifer Aniston!