Shorts

My semester is coming together, kind of. I’m taking under the minimum number of units like a slacker, have a cool internship lined up, have a few interviews coming up (although I’m not so excited about any of the jobs), and have committed to max interval training for the rest of the semester. I’m also cooking for the house again, taking a surprisingly difficult yoga class, and getting to know some people better. 

On the other hand, I have totally been slacking on the job search, which was the main reason I decided to take only 10.5 units this semester. Senioritis hits hard. Today I only had two classes; so I watched a few hours of Parks and Rec, cooked two lunches and a dinner for myself (not including the house dinner), and spent ample time on the roof hanging out and eating donuts. I am SO FULL. I need to stop slacking and start taking my future career and health seriously.

Best thing I ate today: Asparagus, broccoli, zucchini, mushrooms with sun-dried tomato pesto. And a side of delicious hummus that someone else made. I must find out who.

Back to cooking dinner!

• Pan fried mahi mahi: honey, maple syrup, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, ginger, garlic, salt, black pepper
• Quinoa with button mushrooms, carrots, bell pepper, yellow onion, salt, I don’t remember
• Green beans with mushrooms, tofu, maple syrup, soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, salt
• Salad with tahini lemon dressing
• Bread pudding

I spend way too much time in the kitchen. 

I just made myself a really tasty stir fry. I think this one tops all the other stir fries I’ve made. I always end up making either salad or stir fry or a combination of the two for lunch because that’s all I have time for on most days.

• Olive oil
• Leftover quinoa cooked in vegetable stock
• Red cabbage
• Red bell pepper
• Carrot
• Button mushroom
• Spinach
• Broccoli
• Yellow onion
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Diced avocado on top

And it was a huge bowl and I ate it ALL. Good lord. Food coma.

Exciting things for my semester:

• Max interval training
• Return to organic foods
• Vinyasa yoga with a fantastic instructor
• Wolf women’s circle
• Internship in the City
• Vagina Monologues
• Expanding my repertoire to more healthy recipes, like vegan ice cream! 
• Tahoe retreat. I should probably aim to be less crazy this time around.
• POP
• Basically every weekend
• Reducing alcohol consumption but socializing just as much
• Valentine’s Day…HAHA

Got asked out by someone I was semi-involved with earlier last semester. Meanwhile, my neighbor was having sex and we could hear it. Awkward. Didn’t know how to tell him that I’ve been with someone else since November and would readily do it again- as in tomorrow, not because we have much to say to each other, but because it’s fun. Didn’t really occur to me. Tried to explain my lack of emotion about everything. Might have been misleadingly encouraging because I’m not so good at rejection.

If I could freeze time and go about it differently, I think I would.

A friend’s recent breakup and subsequent bitch session have made me realize that 1) I don’t really tell anyone anything, which isn’t really bad but it’s not really good either, and 2) I have emotionally checked out for the past half year at least. Swell.

I’m back in Berkeley, moved into my new single though not really, a few pounds heavier no doubt, and apparently way tanner. School at 8am, oh boy! There is so much to do in the next few days…