Surprise Hiatus?

Well hello! I'm back! Basically my only excuse for disappearing is that things got stressful with school, work and all that so, blogging took a backseat.  But I'm alive! I got back from break early Saturday morning so I had two days to relax on campus (which was deserted, so strange).  Sunday I didn't set an alarm, I just let myself sleep but being me I still woke up ready to go at 8:45.  Hey, I felt rested that's all that matters right? :) The dining hall and our food court were both closed so after wandering campus I ended up at our coffee shop.  Coffee and a cranberry orange muffin-doesn't get much better than that on a Sunday morning (in my humble opinion).

 I did the last of my homework for the beginning of this week then met up with my amiga who had just gotten back to campus for lunch at the dining hall.  Knowing their college kids well, they serve breakfast until like 3 pm on the weekends and since I had missed it that morning, I went with eggs, potatoes, fruit and yogurt.  Some carrot sticks for good measure too of course.

 Seeing that vacation didn't technically end until this morning, I nestled into my bed and watched Friday Night Lights on Netflix until I had to go to work.  Before I left, I had a multigrain English muffin with some vegan butter and apricot jelly.  Hit the spot!

  Bleh. Work. Necessary evil I know, but the shifts go so slowly it drives me a bit crazy sometimes.  I stopped by the dining hall on the way back to my dorm for a quick salad.  Spinach, golden raisins, green bell peppers, tomatoes, cheddar cheese, broccoli and a bit of ranch dressing. 

  I normally just skip dressing altogether but for a big salad like this it really makes the difference.  However, it seems that I should've added something more substantial to my meal because about an hour later I dug into a pint of ice cream that I had and ate way too much of it...Note to self: put it in a bowl next time! It happens to the best of us. Here's to the final push of the semester!! 

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Yoga: The magic pill

Dining halls can be exhaustively frustrating-let me just say that.  Breakfast was a large disappointment.  There was no omelet bar, no cheese, no yogurt and a VERY limited fruit selection and of yeah-no coffee! Tragic *cue pathetic music*.  I ended up with a small bowl of cantaloupe, some egg whites with salt and pepper and potatoes.  That clearly wasn't solid fuel so I also devoured an unpictured English Muffin with some peanut butter.  On my way to the library I stopped by our campus PJ's coffee (kind of like the Starbucks of New Orleans) and filled up a thermos with that good 'ol caffeine.  I know, I know, coffee is not always the greatest but I love the taste and it's a nice pick me up some mornings-what can I say, I live life on the edge!

Library time was enjoyed doing last minute homework and studying for my last midterm (!!!). While I was there I snacked on a peanut butter Kashi granola bar for some brain fuel (that's how that works right?). Healthy granola bars are a great dorm staple!

In between classes I headed back to my room to enjoy a really awesome thing called Go Picnic which are basically healthy lunchables for adults that use only wholesome ingredients without all those weird ingredients.  My Mom has been great about sticking these in care-packages for me and they're yummy and super handy.  Today I had the Black Bean dip version for the first time and I think I'm a fan :)

I gave the dark chocolate to my roommate and she gave me this little cookie from a care package her Mom had sent her. I love owls and this one's so adorable that I almost didn't want to eat it! It was delicious though so...I didn't feel bad for too long.

Work,work, work all the long day with a quick break for some bananas, pretzels and White Chocolate Wonderful peanut butter.  So good! I'm almost out of peanut butter it's a tragedy-I'm so sad. Why can't more peanut butter just appear when you're almost out? There's an idea right?

My back has still been bothering me and I almost didn't work out again because of it but I decided that some yoga sounded really good today.  I used a beginner's DVD that I had and did a quick 30 minutes in my room.  It wasn't really a workout per se but it felt great, my back even feels better! I love yoga-it has been way too long I need to get back into classes or at least get a more useful DVD! The peanut butter left me pretty full so I just had a bowl of oatmeal in my room for dinner.  One packet of multigrain raisin oatmeal, golden raisins, honey and some pumpkin pie spice all mixed together in my fancy china.  Sadly this was all that was left when I realized that I had forgotten to snap a picture.  Oh well, you get the idea...:)

I had a meeting with this really awesome new organization on campus and as a "snack" a girl brought milk and petit fours.  So fancy and cute of course I had to try one! I enjoyed half a glass of 1% milk with it as well-such a perfect little treat.

Did anyone else watch the presidential election?  I just love how sassy both candidates have gotten in this election.  Politics is the best form of entertainment by far.  Gotta love A'murica ;)
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