~Sunday~ I was up at 4:30 after going to bed at 10:30, waking up and not being able to fall back asleep. I love being up early on the days I can manage it, but obviously not enough to get my ass to bed earlier to make it happen more often.
The gym opens at 7AM on the weekend, and I got there just after 7:00. I think there were only five other people in there. I did ab work—120 crunches and 90 sit-ups, my lower body workout (lifting a total of 60,000 pounds, but who’s counting), and 30 minutes on the treadmill for a 550-calorie burn. It was great to have all of that done before 9:00!
In the early afternoon, I headed downtown for today’s Food Truck Rodeo.
I parked at the Morgan/Dawson deck and arrived at the R-Line stop in front of The Borough at 2:00. There was only one bus running, but it arrived within 5-10 minutes.
Fayetteville Street Mall was jam-packed with folks for the 40-truck Food Truck Rodeo going on today. The weather was phenomenal, and the atmosphere was festive.
![A view up Fayetteville Street, a couple of trucks, and the long lines of people waiting for them and/or milling about A view up Fayetteville Street, a couple of trucks, and the long lines of people waiting for them and/or milling about](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/dailyafirmation/691132/694594/694594_original.jpg)
I ate at three trucks:
At Sarge’s Chef on Wheels, I spent 90 minutes waiting for a Caribbean Jerk Tortilla. Yes, ninety minutes—40 waiting in line to order and another 40 for my order to be ready.
![Sarge's Chef on Wheels pictures of food Sarge's Chef on Wheels pictures of food](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/dailyafirmation/691132/694152/694152_original.jpg)
It was phenomenonally good, but I’m not doing that again. I’ll watch for the truck around town and go when it’s not at the rodeo.
Next, I had a Monte Cristo sandwich from the La Farm Bakery truck. It was good, but not great, and particularly for the $8 price, I wouldn’t have it again.
![La Farm Bakery's menu La Farm Bakery's menu](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/dailyafirmation/691132/693770/693770_original.jpg)
And, finally, on a whim really, because the truck was the last one I passed on my way out of the area, and the price was so cheap, I had two tacos from Captain Poncho’s truck.
![A shot of the truck A shot of the truck](http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/dailyafirmation/691132/694405/694405_original.jpg)
There’s a reason they’re only $2. They were tiny.
I picked up the R-Line and rode it back to the stop in front of The Borough, where I had a couple of drinks.
After 45 minutes or so, Joe joined me there, until I left about an hour after that.
I stopped by the grocery store on the way home, and then did a little food prep for the upcoming week’s lunches, before retiring early to read a little more of Steve Jobs.
It didn’t take long until it was lights out, though, since I’d been up since 4:30.