Um, okay Roy. The search for Roy has turned into ‘ruoyi nus’. I don’t know if I am supposed to laugh. Sorry if I am still taking this as a joke! Or maybe not. Take care Roy, you have a stalker. And by that I really mean TAKE CARE 
So what happens when school’s out, the weather is cold and rainy and you have a painful shin that hinders your running? You bake, of course! I have been experimenting quite a bit for a day or two. Yesterday I made about a dozen tweeny mini muffins. The first few were banana chocolate chip muffins and for the remaining batter I got adventurous and made banana kit kat blueberry muffins! I wasn’t too happy with the miniature size of them so I switched it up and made some huge carrot cake muffins today. They were slightly burnt (cut me some slack, this is only my second attempt at muffins) but tasted pretty good. Well, what’s next? Guacamole (easy), oatmeal chocolate chip cookies (we shall see) and other goodies when I can think of it. Photos will come shortly!
Since we are on the topic of food I think I will give a verdict on a documentary I watched last night a go. Last night my friend lent me a DVD on Coffee. I am very much fascinated by the spread of coffee in Europe, the subsequent colonization and today’s problems in Latin America which was a large part due to colonization, and the big coffee chains in today’s world! Did you know that coffee is the second most traded commodity after oil? I so didn’t know that, but now I do 
And hey, do chip in a little more money for fair trade (and organic, if you must) coffee, alright? Not going to be preachy here, but consider this- if we think that spending a little more money on fair trade coffee will literally cost us an arm and leg, what about the farmer in say, Brazil who struggle to feed his family? Fair trade eliminates the middlemen, who often suck off most of the profits, and it is high time consumers know what goes on behind their consumption of goods, coffee included. Besides, fair trade ensures good quality coffee which obviously tastes better!
Anyway my podiatrist appointment is tomorrow and I am somewhat afraid that bad news will roll in from tomorrow onwards. Ugh. If that’s the case then I do intend to keep a high level of optimism, concentrate on other areas of my life like baking and the upcoming vacation, find a way to love the gym cross train knowing that I will get stronger and not to mention, fill my time by reading those books lying around! I know that I still have time to recover, build a base and train for a marathon next year. We’ll see how it goes!
