Brr

Hello, beauties! I probably should’ve reserved that vid for a little later on in the season but seriously – BRR! It is cold. As much as I love Fall, there are two things I do not like about this season:

1. It gets dark soo early :(

2. It’s getting cold. Fast.

Le sigh. Nothing a big, bowl of warm oats and a cuppa hot tea can’t fix, non?

[[ This was,by far, the most fluffy, voluminous bowl of oats I've had in a while. Love mah pumpkin + chia + egg white combo! ]]

[[ A mix of Quaker Quick + Bob's High Fibre Hot Cereal with pumpkin puree (obvii!) and spices. Also in the mixx: chia seeds, wheat bran, egg whites, frozen cranberries and fresh strawbs. Lovelovelove ]]

And all is right with the world again :)

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Oh, my goodness. Things have gotten busy – fast! I can’t believe I forgot how time consuming school can be. It’s always on my mind! :\ (Dislike) Right now I am majorly stressed about the following:

1. Law – so as if the content itself wasn’t frightening enough on its own, my prof just happens to terrify the bejeezus out of me! On the first class, he told us that we are allowed no laptops, we must stand any time we are called upon, we’ll be called upon at random during class to make sure we’ve done the readings, and he told us about all the students he’s prosecuted for doing illegal things. Not that I do illegal things…but it’s not a great way to start the year. Oh, and 80% of our final mark is exams. You see, I am an essay-person. Tests? Notsomuch :\

2. Internship! – I have a 40 hour internship to complete this semester, but the specifications are so specific! Everything I’ve come up with has been shot down by my prof. Oh, and 3/4 of the organizations I’ve emailed haven’t even responded. Oh, and I only have about a month to complete it, all the while doing all my other courses plus my job. Gulp.

3. I haven’t done a single reading. Double gulp.

Le sigh. It’s all so frustrating. At the moment, I’m most stressed about this internship, because that’s a quarter of my mark.

The only up side of all of this is I have less time to dwell on my ED. As a matter of fact, I’ve been doing quite well with ED and dealing with those thoughts. A few days back, my friends decided they wanted to go to an all-you-can-eat buffet for my friend’s b-day – the day of! You see, usually, I’m not-so good with impromptu food happenings such as these. However, I went and enjoyed myself! Yayy. It was a nice one hour escape from my school life. Oh, and I had pumpkin pie there. Win.

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On another note,  can you believe it’s October today?!?! My first two thoughts this morning were “I never want to wake up to this song again in my life” and “Holy crap, it’s October“. This means four things: 1) It’s officially almost Thanksgiving! 2) It’s officially almost Halloween! 3) It’s officially almost Christmas! and 4) It’s officially not insane to have a can of pumpkin puree opened in my fridge at all times!

[[ Lentils = still a staple in my diet! Lentils + (some grain I don't remember!) and carrots, green pepper, corn, cranberries and spices in a pumpkin compot ]]

[[ Curried turkey scallopini served over (what else) pumpkin-cooked quinoa and bell pepper ]]

[[ Thank heavens for freezers and allowing me to freeze all sorts of delicious - aka, berries ]]

[[ Steel cut oats with the banana "whipped" in and all the usual fixins' (chia, flax, etc, etc) served over bluebs, strawbs and cranbs. Topped with Maranatha AB. Yummmmmy! ]]

[[ It's not hella classy, but sometimes it's just easier, logistically, to eat stuffed foods out of bowls. Case in point. ]]

[[ Butternut squash stuffed with a TVP + lentil mix with spices (FYI - I love using cumin, Herbamare, curry, thyme, garlic, ginger and pumpkin pie spice - when I get lazy!) and veg ]]

[[ After the attack of Ravenous-Izzy. Welcome back, my friend. Welcome back. ]]

I’m sorry for the brief, rant-y, photoless post. This past week sucked extra hard (TWSS) (NO!) because I had to take on some extra shifts at work (30 hours!!!) and was stressed all week because of an assignment where I had to interview an individual, but nobody was responding to my emails! Finally, this got resolved last night, but it made for a not-so-peaceful waiting period!

I promise I’ll be back and kicking post this weekend, which shall be full of work and note-making! And I have three recipes lined up for baking (involving brownies, cookies and muffins – yes, it’s going to be one of those weekends). And, possibly most important of all, cracking open this ‘lil guy:

I’m excited.

Happy Friday, my loves,