Well, habits work in misterious ways, sometimes you'll desperately be trying to get one into your life and fail whatever you try, and sometimes you get savagely jumped by one and can't get rid of it
Say, let's admit consciousness is the result of a physical process.
It was more of like in math with unprovable statements, you can say let's assyme it's true because it leads to all these interesting consequences. All the while being very much aware that it all requires for this perticular to be true
You said you didn't want to carry around a water bottle, what about a cup/mug, there's surely a waterfountain at your workplace and saving 3$ a day is like ≈90$ a month (though if you spend a thou a month on food, 90 might not be significant ;) )
As in other replies, you want a really hot pan and some fat in there. Steam might be an issue so you could go with flipping the egge to set the top or simply lowering the heat once the bottom is golden brown
The ancient art of origami