Leopard Geckos

Even though today was a Monday and it was the first day of classes for the Spring Semester, it has been a pretty great day.  It actually started last night.  I had this amazing, but simple, yogurt bowl.

I was in the mood for yogurt and I was lower than usual on my protein count for the day so I decided to have this yogurt bowl.  I used plain Amande yogurt mixed with Vanilla True Vitality Protein Powder, sliced banana, crushed almonds, and cinnamon.  (Yes, there is a ton of cinnamon; I love cinnamon!)

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This morning I woke up at 6am, like usual, and got dressed and sat down at my computer to check emails.  I then logged onto Facebook and saw that Jazzercise was cancelled this morning due to the weather.  (There was icy rain this morning).  I thought that class being cancelled was odd because usually we only cancel when school is delayed or cancelled and I did not get a text message, like I usually do when there is a delay. I went to our county's website and was ecstatic to see that we had a 2 hour delay!!! I have no idea why I didn't get the usual text about the delay but I was thrilled!  Even though I was already dressed, it wasn't like if I had found out about the delay earlier I would have been able to go back to sleep so I basically had an extra 2 hours this morning just to relax and read :)

For breakfast, I enjoyed this yummy yogurt bowl.  Yes, another yogurt bowl.  This one is a little different than last night's snack.

This past weekend I tried a new recipe for gluten free vegan pumpkin waffles.  The first batch did not cook well at all so I saved the second batch for today to make a microwave pumpkin muffin.  I basically just took the batter and microwaved it in this bowl so it was nice and big instead of in a mug.  Then, I topped it with the same toppings as last night except without the almonds and protein powder.  It was delicious!

Lately, I have been craving bananas, yogurt, nut butters, and apples like crazy!!!  I have seriously been eating at least one serving of each every day.  I try to mix it up with different flavors though.  Like sometimes I'll just eat a banana with almond butter or I'll mix them into oatmeal or a smoothie.  At least they are all healthy cravings!

After breakfast (and extra relaxing time) I had work which was nice due to that delay.  Then, I had my first class for the spring semester.  It is the basic special education course.  I never took this when I first started my grad school program because I wasn't sure if I wanted to take another course in replacement to this once since it is so basic.  However, I decided to take it because I figured it would be a good review for the Praxis I plan on taking this summer.  After today's class though I might reconsider.  It was so basic it was boring!  It will be a good review though and an easy A, but I don't know if I would prefer to spend my money on a more challenging class where I will learn something more useful.  I'll have to think about that one before next week's class.

After class, I made a quick vegetable chickpea stir fry.  I was hungry and didn't get a picture.  But basically it was brown rice with chickpeas and frozen mixed veggies (much easier and quicker than fresh on days like these.)  I topped my stirfry with some Sriracha too.

After my dinner, it was time to feed my leopard geckos.  I have two leopard geckos that I got almost 2 years ago.

That is Pebbles on the left and Savannah on the right.

I adopted them when they were 3 so they will be turning 5 this April.  I got two females so that they could live together in the same tank.  They were actually living together before I adopted them and actually they had one other sister, but she got adopted separately.  I couldn't tear these two apart so I adopted them both.  I originally wanted a bearded dragon because they enjoy being held more, but they also eat a lot more, need a bigger tank, special lighting, and their poop is really stinky! Haha.  Though leopard geckos do not like to be held as much, they eat a lot less, do not need special lighting, and they poop in the same area so it is a quick clean up.  They were much more cost effective and time manageable for me.  Plus I read that leopard geckos are great first reptile pets!

Savannah is much more photogenic and easier to take pictures of so we had a nice photo op during dinner:

 Waiting in her hide for me to put in the crickets.

Savannah vs The Cricket: The Staredown!

Gotcha! 

Savannah - 1, The Cricket - 0

I know this is kinda cruel, but my geckos need to live and only eat crickets, no veggies :(

I'm pretty sure she's saying "Mmm that was tasty!"

Hopefully next time I can get some more pictures of Pebbles.  I'll definitely be posting more about these two again!  I'm now off to enjoy the rest of the night before work tomorrow.


Happy Monday!