Today is a very special day because it’s VOLT-Eve! We are sooo excited for tomorrow because it’s dress up time and delicious food time and try to marry one of our co-workers off to the surely soon-to-be Top Chef time. eek!

I’m also getting acupuncture for the first time tomorrow. I’m very interested to see how it will go. I have a lot of pain in my left shoulder which I have tried just about every treatment under the sun for – muscle relaxers, steroid injections, oral steroids, physical therapy, massage therapy, electronic stimulation, ultrasound therapy – and NOTHING has worked. I am beyond frustrated at this point because it’s a lot of invested time and money and no relief. So, although I have always been skeptical of alternative medicine, I am completely willing to try anything by now and I am realllllly hoping this will be the trick.

If it is, tomorrow will be ultra-amazing :O).

But first, today.

Breakfast was extra fruity today. I had the majority of a can of frozen oj concentrate left over from Wednesday’s sweet potato casserole, so I took advantage and made some juice. I hardly ever have juice and so this tasted amazing! Plus, I think we could all do with a vitamin C boost this time of year!

• 1/3 cup each oats/vanilla soy/water
• splash of vanilla
• tbsp. flax
• cinnamon
• banana
• sprinkle of brown sugar
• 2 scoops of almond butter

Yum! I haven’t had brown sugar on my oats before, which seems weird since I think that’s a fairly standard topping. Trust that now it will be repeated.

So okay! That’s it for now, but be sure to check back for VOLTalicious details this weekend :O).

- Beth