Ritual: Eating Outside W1, D3

5.13 Breakfast

5.13 Lunch

Meal 1: Bagels with cream cheese and cinnamon sugar

Location: Cafe porch

This morning was the first meal I had by myself since starting to eat outside. I had plans to be at church this morning, so I brought the bagels with me in the car and ate them on the porch of the local cafe. I repositioned one of their chairs to be more in the shade since I got so sunburned yesterday. It was relaxing and I was less in a hurry for church than usual because I had planned ahead to use extra time for my outdoor breakfast. I still looked at my phone, but not as much as I would have had I been indoors.

Meal 2: Rice and vegetable burrito

Location: On route to the cafe

I had plans to return to the same cafe this afternoon to meet with someone. I lost track of time and ended up eating while I walked to the meeting place. I had pre-packed and heated a homemade burrito, and it stayed fairly warm in my backpack.

Meal 3: Indian food leftovers and a mango

Location: Front Yard

Again, I was in a hurry to go to a planned meeting so I quickly heated up my leftovers and ate them on the ledge above the sidewalk in the yard. My roommate ate with me, and it was good to spend some time with her in between going from place to place. It's been really cumbersome carrying lots of dishes through our set of two front doors. One of them needs two hands to open because of the locking mechanism, and it's fairly impossible to carry a whole meal out through that door without some help.