So I've been trying to come up with a week's worth of easy, fit and healthy meals.
Swimsuit season's coming up, is it not?
For lunch I opened the fridge and grabbed whatever the heck we had.
A tub of spinach, some eggs, some sweet peach and pineapple salsa, and some wheat bread to toast.
I only used the egg whites (I hate to waste, but when sexy was made, yolks weren't involved).
This was super easy, super fast and kept me full.
I'd love to try this with bell peppers or chopped tomatoes inside.
There are tons of alternate ways to make this if spinach isn't your thing.
The last few days have been filled with a lot of stress as I wait for my final grades.
It's like every time I check to see if they're posted, a chunk of hair falls out.
So what if my grades aren't as good as I hoped...I could just go to....nail school.
No one wants their nails done by someone who is stress-balding and can't even speak Vietnamese.
What was I thinking.
You see, this semester's grades determine whether I get to keep my full ride scholarship or not. There's been so much pressure to perform well in classes. Speaking to students throughout the year about how easy they have it, to be able to have parents who pay for anything and everything, and those students who are struggling and have a bunch of loans out already, has made me thankful for where I stand in all this. To understand how hard work results in hard earned success is something I am thankful for.
And with all this, I realize there is no such thing as luck, at least the way we use it.
"Luck is preparation meeting the moment of opportunity. Every single thing that has happened in your life is preparing you for the moment that is to come." - Oprah Winfrey.
She's like legendary or something.
After times of stress and trials, I normally feel compelled to reinvent myself.
A new project gives me the push I need to move forward with a fresh mind.
And why not have a reason to celebrate getting through school?
So since I plan on living at home for a while, I want to reinvent my bedroom.
Just some fun ideas...
I just owe all 8 of my followers (and those who maybe creep my blog and don't follow (; ) a big apology for being incognito with posting.
It takes mad discipline to keep it up, props to you guys and your fun and crafty lives.
But my oh my, do I have news for you.
So now that spring semester is out, I have moved back home for the summer.
Moving home isn't exactly every college student's glory moment, but hear you me, I am counting my blessings that it worked out this way.
I had originally planned to rent a house with three other girls, but one thing lead to another and I no longer felt comfortable in that living situation. Backing out wasn't an easy thing to do, given that it was last minute and everyone was left unprepared. I suffered a lot of repercussions from doing so, but I feel incredibly happy with my decision in the end and know it was the right thing.
I am so thankful to my mom and my soon-to-be stepdad, Aaron, for their support and help in getting me out of a messy situation. I understand now the importance of following my gut and trusting in my prayers, that they will always be answered, and in the end, everything will be okay.
All my stuff has been hauled out of the dorms and packed into my small room at home.
Maybe if I'm lucky, my mom will let me move into the basement.
That would just complete my cool I-live-at-home existence.
But it's free, and the food is good, and I feel loved.
Now I can save money to buy a new car, and maybe move out with my bestie, Miyuki.
...Love that idea.
So, here's the start of my summer.
I don't usually watch TV, but I HAVE TO watch Animal Cops. It's my coffee in the morning; gets me through the work day.
This morning's episode was extra good.
18 inches of straight up dog poop caked all over this woman's carpet. DAMN YOU, SUSAN! What were you thinking letting 50 dogs take over your house?! The woman has to sleep on the porch.
It's comparable to watching the Jazz game, really.
Aside from working 38 hours a week, this summer has potential to be amazing.
My mom is getting married in Hawaii in June, and is taking my brother and me.
Not only is this HAWAII, but it is also my birthplace and the islands in which my parents met and were married.
It's funny that a place with such a strong history for my mom and dad would be somewhere she would want to go back.
It's also funny that my dad took his new wife there on a honeymoon just a month ago.
It's almost like they both wanted to go back to start over.
Cheers to their new lives.
Cheers to a successful first year at the U.
Cheers to this sassy British ginger who wonderfully covered an originally wonderful song.
More to come!
