Only a few more days til my 25th birthday and one day until I got home for a few days.
I feel like the past few months have been crazy for this chick here. I haven’t been the best blogger, but I hope y’all just bear with me. My training schedule for work has been crazy. I’ve mostly been working nights, so I am quite tired. But when I can, I manage a workout or two, even at 1:00am!
You guys are awesome at being patient with me. Totally appreciate it. Like this weird picture I forgot to show you from Saturday. My friends and I went to an art festival in downtown Beverly, MA. 
Free Greek froyo? Yes please! So that’s the weird white thing you see. It was yummy.
I promise myself I need to get better with meal planning. I seriously just have to stop being a, pardon my french, lazy ass mofo. I bought some asparagus from Trader Joe’s. 
I really didn’t care for the flavor, but I am just going to heat it up and “pan fry it” in some olive oil and garlic. That should do the trick. And I’ve been making my own trail mix; bought some chips, crans and the cashs. Mmm, love this combo.
I also gotta stop with the dairy. I just feel icky, but oh my gosh, why is dairy so good? I had this pomegranate Greek yogurt with blackberries and the Q’ia cereal. Damn, it was tasty!
I hope everyone is doing well! I am finishing this post to you at 2:00am… only four more days until my birthday! You know next week’s WIAW is going to be awesome.
Question: I’m sure I’ve asked this before but I also love people’s ideas! How do you get yourself back on track, whether with exercise or meal planning?
I went to run a few errands; bank, supermarket, the usual. I stopped by Walmart to grab some air fresher for my car. Unfortunately it smells like Mr. Hercules, sigh.
I also got some non-foodie things; hairspray, 2-1 shampoo and conditioner (which I only use in the summer) and some redness reducer face wash. This scrub is my favorite and only used in the summer too because my face gets red.
From the supermarket, I got a lot of dairy apparently. I like to avoid dairy because A. I am lactose intolerant (but low-fat kinds and yogurt aren’t too terrible) and B. it’s bloating factor. But I needed some quick snacks that are not trail mixes. I’ve over-trailed it!
I munched on the Wallaby (
My gawsh. I totally said meal prepping. Today I am trying to get back into it, even if its just packing fruit, nuts and a cheese wrap. I have to start somewhere. I haven’t meal prepped much in months. No lie.
And lastly, who can forget? Coffee. Non-fat latte’s with some raw sugar added. Heaven.
Hope everyone has an awesome weekend. I will be working both days but going home soon! Are you doing anything fun? Tell me 
Breakfasts have been the 
For snacks I do a trail mix for my first snack and some type of fruit for my second.
I recreated my favorite lunch from my old job. I roasted chicken and asparagus and had black beans to go with it. Love this combo of things.
After work one of the days, I went to the Brazilian place for dinner. It’s cheap, on the way home and delicious. I had zucchini, rice, beans and bean “stuffing.”
Post dinner? Oh yes, 
Question: What are you currently addicted too?
I also love this little guy. I had to leave him back home in New York, but he is always in my heart.
Or 
Getting some groceries; oats, fruit and such.
More trail mix too.
Okay so it isn’t exactly pudding, but to me it had that “essence.” Maybe not really at all, but it tasted better then overnight oats to me. All you will need is the following:
Oh and I forget to mention I went to lunch with one of my good friends and her daughter. We went to 
When I go to the mall, I always go to Godiva. Tradition.
Every time I take a little road trippy to New York, I always find this in my hands. I promise I wasn’t driving when I took this picture. Scouts honor.
This weekend I took my grandma to lunch at 
My brother and I made dinner for the family.
Desserts and breakfast cakes too!
It was an awesome week. Now time for lunch with mom and grandma and movies later with my little brother. It’s my early birthday celebration today. More in two weeks!
You guessed it… it’s a kitchen Massachusetts. Yes, I am back in the North Shore. Who, what, when, why is probably on your mind right about now. As you know I went back to New York because I was just too sick to take care of myself and my parents felt it would be better if I went home. 
But now I am feeling strong and I decided a month ago to apply to some programs for my school a couple of months ago and see if any would work. One started in July and I wanted to do it, but I wasn’t sure what to say to my parents or what to do about my job (which is now my ex-job).
I told my mom in early May about my plan and then I spoke to my dad during our trip to 
The people living in it are simply awesome. They are so loving and caring. Here is the view from one side from my room. Just so crisp, calm and refreshing.
It’s very hard to meet genuinely nice people but now I have and it brings a smile to my face to have new friends. They even made me “welcome home” dinner. It was delish!
So made them some 
There is even a cute little pet on the outside. Doesn’t Tiger look just like Hercules?
I even got had an interview with this place on Wednesday and it went really well.
So well that I got a call and… I got the job! I am super excited! Ya’ll know I just love Planet Fitness and love the gym. It’s a win-win situation.
Now for breakfasts, I have been doing this awesome WholeFoods find from 
It’s a delicious gluten-free superfood cereal and I’ve mix it into my breakfast 
For snacks, I couldn’t resist picking up on of these bad boys.
Other snacks have included bananas, apples, pears, nuts/seeds and dark chocolate chips. Nothing too interesting. But so far my favorite meal was this one of a turkey and herb sandwich on sourdough bread with blackberries and yogurt. Mmm, mmm good!
Question: Do you ever feel being in the blog/ social media world that you have to be perfect? I sometimes feel that but now I am just being me and showing that I am not perfect, I have flaws… MANY, MANY flaws. But it’s what makes me, me.
