Day 343/365 - Big Bowl of Comfort

My sinuses were still all 'swolled' up today so I stayed home from work again. I decided to make the most of it though by fixing myself a big bowl of chocolate Malt O' Meal for breakfast. Malt O' Meal is a Cream of Wheat type thing that they don't seem to sell on the east coast, so whenever I head home to the midwest I make sure I buy a box to smuggle back with me in my luggage.

I've loved the chocolate variety ever since I was a kid. My mom would get up every morning to fix a hot breakfast for my sisters, my brother and I before we went off to school and one of my favorite of the things she'd make for us was chocolate Malt O'Meal. Even today, when I am well past childhood, eating a bowl of it still makes me feel snug, and comfy, and loved.

(Taken with my Nikon D90)

Day 4/365 - Sunday Morning with 'The Post'

Hadn't done this in a while, but with the weather being too gorgeous to be cooped up indoors, I took the Sunday copy of the Washington Post over to Starbucks at Pentagon Row and grabbed myself a venti pumpkin spice latte and a pumpkin cream cheese muffin and sat outside and had breakfast and read the paper.

Pumpkin rocks. Sucks that you can only get the pumpkin ale from Blue Moon Brewery this time of year. It ought to be available year-round (as should the pumpkin cheesecake at Cheesecake Factory).

(Taken with my Nikon Coolpix S200)