Week 8!
I am sooooo close. This week I have a biochemistry midterm and a research proposal due and then Week 10 I have an inorganic “midterm.” I say “midterm” because our final exam is the following week, so it’s really just a large test. And then its spring break!!!
My roommates and I have decided to go to Santa Barbara for a few days. Initially I was just going to go to visit some of my friends from when I used to live there, but then we decided that we should all go together! I’m excited for my roommates to meet my friends from SB and vice versa. One of my roommates has never been to SB before so I’m really looking forward to showing her around.
Toe update: I’m cleared! Kinda. I’m allowed to start practicing again on Monday, but this weekend I’m supposed to start running and do toe exercises to start stretching and strengthening my muscles. My exercises involve picking up marbles with my feet. That’s it. And it’s so difficult. I have to concentrate really hard in order to get my toes to curl just slightly. But we’re getting there. Progress.
So anyway. All is well. I’m sleeping and eating. Not stressed. Definitely ready to graduate.
I’m also back to my usual schedule again which is so nice. I’m going to the gym in the morning, cooking my meals on Sunday, etc. Normally when I go grocery shopping I go to Sprouts for all of my veggies and then head over to Trader Joe’s for everything else. I did this because I always thought that Sprouts was relatively expensive for things other than produce, but this week I did all of my shopping at Sprouts and it was so cheap! And I bought so many “actual” groceries (which isn’t usually the case). It was so exciting to NOT spend a fortune!
~SO~ with that, this week I made chili! Well, not really. It had no meat in it, but if you use your imagination, the quinoa could be the meat base. So it’s really just a burrito bowl? Maybe? But regardless, it was really good!
I followed the recipe from Health Food. It took me a bit of time to find all of the groceries for this meal, mainly because I’ve never really bought groceries at Sprouts. But with that, this recipe was super easy to make. I only had one accident and it was with the garlic. I put one clove int the press and it got stuck, so I pushed harder, and in pushing harder I accidentally turned the press and the garlic went ALL OVER my laptop! It was such a mess.
This meal wasn’t as filling as I thought it would be but it was still really good. I think next time I would either increase portion sizes or I would add something else to it (I don’t know what though). But either way, it’s still in the books to make again! So delicious!
To be continued…
Gabriela
Gabriela Maria 