Eat me. Or not.

Sorry, that was obnoxious. But I also come bearing amazing (well, amazing in my opinion) news: I’m back! With new equipment!

It’s been a while, darling readers. I’ve missed you all so much. How have you guys been?! How have I been?! How has anyone been?! I’m incredibly excited to be back, even though we’re coming up on finals week, and I really just want to curl up in a ball and cry.

Confession: I’m currently on my 5th cup of tea. Caffeine does strange things to my body. See here for more details.

(Gratuitous picture of my kittypie.)

Anyway, brief update on my life:

• I’m basically having my derriere handed to me on a platter by the good ole Economics department at my university. No joke - this major is WHACK. (And if I were to admit to you all that I no longer want to pursue Econ as my major, my father would see this and immediately send some nice folks in white lab coats to come subdue me.)
• I went home this past weekend to visit my family in Tampa, and came back with this baby!

Awwww yeee!

• The Victoria’s Secret fashion show is airing right now and I can’t watch it because I’m currently locked in my bedroom. After all, I have a Stats quiz tomorrow afternoon, and it’s too cold to move. Being bundled up in three layers is legitimately what happens when you’re a college student too cheap to turn up the heater.
• I’m going to Washington, D.C. with the momma in 2.5 weeks! Be prepared to be attacked with photos. Just a preliminary warning.
• I have shin splints, waaah! I’ve been limping around for the last two weeks. So unfortunate. C and I ducked out of spin class today to go to yoga, but then we realized that we both forgot our yoga mats, and had no money to rent some. So we went running. And now I’m here:

Forgive my slippers. It’s freezing in here.

• I gained like, 432423 pounds after finishing my detox so this here will be my newfound attempt to maintain a somewhat healthy lifestyle again. You guys will help me out, right?

So, photos of what I’m eating:

Back on my oatmeal kick!

Today in Chinese, we all had to give presentations on an assigned province in China, and one of the criteria included what the local eats are. Needless to say, I suddenly had this MASSIVE craving for Thai… and I’m a girl who gets what she wants, so what can I say?

(Also, I meant to eat one half of it and save the other for dinner, but when you have a bottomless pit for a tummy, that sort of discipline doesn’t exactly work out.)

The problem with being home for a weekend and spending the entire time eating your mother’s cooking, bonding with your baby brother while stuffing Costco’s pound cake in your mouth, and experiencing all sorts of yummy restaurants is that by the time you get back to reality, cooking sounds really unappealing.

Forgive me, then, for my less-than-gorgeous dinner.

Lettuce, 1/3 cup quinoa, 1/2 cup chickpeas, small handful of craisins, and taco seasoning. Don’t judge me.

I was even too full for dessert.