shabbat shalom

once again i did not sleep so well last night- i'm really getting over this fitful sleep phase i'm going through. finally fell asleep around 5 a.m. i got up around 9:30 and had a lovely breakfast of yogurt and two latkes with some shredded pineapple (successful meal number 1) then chanar and i went to the gym. it was painful and i hated most every minute of it, i really need to get over that. i came home for a bit and had lunch, sausage and pancetta penne (successful meal number 2). i then decided to go to the opera. i got a student ticket for $8- considering i was sitting on the third row, i was pretty happy with it, even though i'm not so sure how i feel about opera. i saw regina. it was weird. then i went to work. i put in a good couple hours. really working on putting a full day in sometime soon. came home and had a spinach and mandarin orange salad with olive oil and fresh crab. (successful meal number 3) now i must do some homework. all in all a fine day a day in which i was able to keep myself busy.
is crab kosher?

home cooked

okay so i'm a little freaked out about my state of financial affairs. it's not pretty and chances are i will not be able to find a great job when i graduate. sigh. so anyway i decided it was time to be a better planner, eater and budgeter! so lately i have been eating out sometimes twice a day. and i'm so bored! seriously i'm sick of eating out.
so i went shopping
i spent $150
i started cooking at noon today and finished at 9:30 pm
i made and froze:
chicken enchiladas and mexican rice (4 servings)
sausage and chicken penne with vodka sauce (2 servings)
sausage and pancetta penne with parmesean (1 serving)
homemade chicken and rice soup (3 servings)
potato latkes (4 servings)

i also bought plenty of fresh items to have fruit and salad for at a week and half.

i had to throw in a couple of frozen pot pies and soy chicken nuggets and a bunch of stuff for sandwiches.

also made some hummus (not so yummy though) and a delicious spinach chickpea side dish, also made some black bean and avocado salad and coleslaw.

i still have stroganoff, chili, and a game hen to make.

oh and some ice cream and cookies. ha!

so hopefully it was all worth the $150, because that felt like a lot of money to spend, but this should also help me eat three meals a day- which i often don't do.

i'm exhausted.

resolutions

welcome to my surgically enhanced blog. i think i will keep it. i would like to give a shout out to al for the inspiration behind the title- i was truly roused by the idea of moving away from our centers and towards the edge in order to get a better view. i think in my search to feel more grounded, i have been doing just that- grounding myself. boring. for so long i felt comfortable in this so called transition, but really i never "transitioned" into anything. so instead of grounding myself and instead of constantly running i've decided that this year i'm ready to solidify some things: beliefs, love, home, family, job, school. i understand that some of those things are ever changing, but it's time for me to figure some stuff out and well...i'm 30, so time to grow up a bit. happy new year and happy birthday to me.