As you’re reading this, I’m in a van on the way to Florida for Spring Break! I’m part of the Habitat for Humanity club on campus and we take a trip every year to build houses in the south. I’m super excited! But it means no post this week, and it also means I’m writing this on Friday 😉
I hope everyone has the best week! Lemme know what your Spring Break plans are, and what you’re thankful for this week 🙂
PS I apparently didn’t take any pictures this week? Whoops
This week I’m thankful for:
Movie nights
Free pizza
Getting out of ochem lab early
Buttered toast
Sweet potatoes
Hugs
A super productive week
Girls night with ice cream and thin mints and Queer Eye
Dinner with my girl Shelby
Making tons of petrie dishes at work (it’s super fun)
This post is goin up a little late today because I have been all over the place today and WOO this week was a long one. I’m so exhausted and I’ve never been more grateful for a 3 day weekend. It has been full of sleeping and catching up on work since I started my job in a research lab this week! Super exciting but definitely exhausting. We were also supposed to get a huge snow storm this weekend but all we got was rain 😦
This semester is definitely starting to feel overwhelming (ochem, ochem lab, research lab aide, stat, Italian, history of photography, concert band, pep band) but we’re making lists and taking deep breaths and getting stuff done and it’s all gonna be okay. And we’re focusing on the positive parts! Especially art from one of my fave artists on instagram, Morgan Harper Nichols (@morganharpernichols or her website morganharpernichols.com). Check her out, her pieces always seem to speak to exactly what I need to hear.
Anyways, enough rambling, here’s what I’ve been thankful for this week. Leave a comment letting me know what you’re thankful for this week, I’d love to chat!
This week I’m thankful for:
3 day weekends
Mid week snow
Learning cool things as a lab aide
Ochem labs that are actually cool and fun
Art that speaks to exactly what you need to hear
Friends that understand your brain
The cozy corner in my bedroom (it’s next to the radiator and super warm!)
Morning movie friend dates
Birthday dinner for my girl Alli
Homemade hot chocolate
Friends who FaceTime you to help you download software on your computer
This week was my first week back at school after break, so it’s been long and tiring, but also exciting as we start new classes and have a little more time for fun before homework and tests pile up. And we had snow! Which always makes me extraordinarily happy.
So this post isn’t really related to food or cooking, but it’s something I think is important. This past November I did a little “No Negativity November” challenge and every day I posted a list of things I was thankful for on Instagram. It was really excellent for staying positive, especially at a time in college (prefinals woo!) when life is getting really stressful. No matter how garbage my day was, I still sat down to think about the good parts and it always put me in a better mood.
So, I decided that for the New Year, I wanted to do something similar. Posting every day for an entire year would be pretty overwhelming though, so I have elected to do a weekly gratitude post. Every Sunday on the blog I’m going to post a list of things I’m thankful for from the past week. And I invite you all to do that too! Feel free to leave a comment below or tag me in your own post on Insta, I’d love to see what you’re feeling grateful for this week 🙂
College Cooking with Celia 