Morning Juicing

Summary

The author spent a canceled appointment morning making juice from carrots, oranges, and grapefruit, and is pleased with the outcome, especially anticipating their son's enjoyment of the fresh orange juice.

Abstract

When the author's morning appointment was unexpectedly canceled, they decided to engage in a productive activity: juicing. With a variety of colorful carrots, sweet oranges, and grapefruit on hand from a Costco shopping trip, the author dedicated two hours to grating, cutting, and extracting juice. Despite the time-consuming process, particularly the grating of carrots, the author found joy in the task, satisfied with the pure vitamin content of the juice. The anticipation of their son Alex's delight at the fresh orange juice added to the author's fulfillment, leaving them with a sense of accomplishment and a pair of hands stained orange from the juicing process.

Opinions

The author was enthusiastic about the juicing activity as a productive way to spend the morning.
They took pride in the hands-on process, especially in grating and cutting the carrots.
The author expressed a sense of satisfaction from the juicing process and the health benefits it provided.
There was a clear sense of joy in anticipating their son's reaction to the fresh orange juice.
The physical evidence of their work, stained hands, was worn as a badge of honor, indicating a job well done.

We need all the vitamins

When my appointment got canceled this morning, it didn’t take me long to come up with a plan to keep busy.

“Juicing! I had to do it!” I said to myself.

I already had a big bag of multicolored large carrots, as well as sweet, ripe oranges and grapefruit that I had bought at Costco.

Grating and cutting the carrots took the longest, but I was determined to get a big juicing production going. The oranges were pretty easy to peel, and the grapefruit’s juices splashed like a fountain.

After two hours of cutting, slicing, and extracting all the vitamins in their most pure form, I was happy with my morning juicing.

I smiled thinking how much my son Alex will love the orange juice.

My heart was full — my hands orange from the carrots and citrus.