So I eat my feelings, what of it??

I could start with the obligatory niceties–”Why hello there”, “My, how I’ve missed you”, “Look who decided to write a blog post” Blah, Blah, Blah.

OR

I could just dive right into the meat of this whole situation. That sounds much more scrumptious now doesn’t it?

1.

I slept exactly 2.5 hours last night and it was only by the good grace of a God who loves me and watches over my ungrateful self that I woke up in time for school this morning. Good thing because I had a BIG day today.  A speech and TWO friggin’ Tests! With the help of multiple overly caffeinated beverages, I made it through! Now, I’m too tired to work out, frazzled, emotional, tired, and slightly stressed (this is what the lack of sleep will do to you). This situation called for an emergency batch of peanut butter & jelly pancakes to numb away the pain. The below is most obviously NOT my picture, but come on…just look at that goodness!

{for the recipe click here}

On a more serious side note–It’s been a while since I’ve used food to help temper my emotions and to be honest, it felt weird.  I didn’t even realize until I DID it again that I really don’t do that anymore. Not that there’s anything wrong with it! Numb away at your heart’s content…please!

2.

This past weekend my friend Sherry came into town and as per our usual ritual, we ate our way through Dallas, one meal at a time.  So I will provide you with a brief account of what really went down on our weekend culinary adventure:

Dinner at Neighborhood Services Bar & Grill where we dined on the following:

Starter: The Jonah Crab & Artichoke Dip

Main Course: Caramelized Nantucket Sea Scallops

Let me just tell you that these Scallops were CRAZY GOOD!

and

Dessert: NHS Ding Dong

Lunch at The Porch Restaurant where we dined on the following:

Starter: Artichoke Dip

Main: Smoked Ham Mac n’ Cheese Casserole

We also had made our obligatory Sprinkles run!

Our tummies were very happy and very full!!

In conclusion–we’re kind of maybe obsessed with any form of cheese in a dip. We literally chose where to eat for lunch based on the cheesy dip factor! No lies! We said to each other, “we need some delicious, cheesy dipness right now” and we did just that! Sherry PLEASE visit me again…soon!

3.

I can only imagine that I’m so annoying always talking about school and studying here and on Facebook. What can I say? It is what I do these days.

I know most of you have probably already gone through this phase. This chipping away at the overrated Bachelors degree, one class at a time. Yet here I am, all of 31 years of age, doing what I should have done over 10 years ago. I would be lying if I said that it doesn’t make me feel silly to be in the “trenches” with 18-19 year olds. But I would also be lying if I didn’t say that having a goal to focus all my energy into, isn’t the greatest, most amazing use of my time at this moment. So what I guess I’m trying to say is, bear with me as I go through this. Understand that even though it’s old hat to most of you, it’s new to me. And I really couldn’t be happier.

 

Photographic evidence of said happiness. And photographic evidence that I’m first and foremost, a total dork!! Don’t hate!

{sidenote: this is the purple I wore for Spirit Day}