Update

Anyone still read this? So I wanted to take a hiatus of a few days while crossing the Atlantic…

Which turned into three weeks of no blogging. 

I’ve still been reading all your blogs, I’ve just been so busy. Last night was the first night in almost three weeks that I slept eight hours. While being back in the United States is glorious, my sleep schedule was totally whack for a week and then I started running around like a lunatic–babysitting all day, intense yoga sessions, doctor appointments, necessary shopping, midnight Ihop runs with friends, ya know. 

There were some days that I woke up at 5 am and didn’t come home until 9 pm, at which point I crawled into my bed around midnight. 

And there has been some family drama which definitely kept me pretty restless. 

But there have been many happy things as well–seeing my friends and family, falling in love with Bikram yoga, buying a sexy Macbook pro, and my awesome job as a summer nanny for two cuties. 

 

See those bags under my eyes? I think that was from the day I only slept an hour the night before...

And of course lots of food love. I’ve been hitting up Trader Joe’s and other grocer stores like it’s my jobs. Recent pleasures include raw unsalted almond butter (which I actually like more than the salted, roasted stuff…crazy), puffins, Kashi Honey Sunshine, Oikos, La Tortilla wraps (and wrap filling inspiration from Jess), fresh blueberries, dried strawberries, Larabars, Luna bars, Arnold’s sandwich thins, Better n’ Peanut Butter (I know it’s hit or miss for ya’ll but I loved it, especially on banana bread), and red peppers/kale/tomatoes from my mom’s garden. Oh and I love barbecue sauce. I avoided it because as a longtime vegetarian it was a flavor I associated with meat. How silly. I even went to Whole Foods and sampled the cold bar. I got lunch for only about $7.50 which I think is a pretty significant feat according to other blogs, and it took major restraint on my part, but I tried at least seven different things including the best tempeh I’ve ever had. My tummy was so happy all afternoon after that lunch. And tonight I tried my chocolate Amazing Grass I ordered from Amazon mixed with vanilla almond milk. A frickin mazing. Like chocolate milk. Seriously. 

And of course I’ve had some culture shock/un European-izing. In Belgium the prices you see at the store are tax included. Almost every time I bought something I was so surprised that the 14.99 product was all of a sudden 15.97. And, as in Belgium you give cheek kisses as a salutation it took me a couple of weeks to turn off the reflex of reaching over to someone’s cheek when greeting them or saying goodbye. Adjusting to a qwerty keyboard took some time, too. 

I can’t promise daily postings, but I will update more often (though that isn’t hard to achieve considering the three week hiatus precedent). There should be a lot going on still this summer, I think I’ll be spending this year in Hawaii (on the island of Oahu) so I’m trying to figure out the job situation/living situation on that front and still running around seeing people and working. 

Have a great weekend and catch ya later!