The Visit and the Aftermath

It happened: Kimberly Gould finally made her way to Syracuse University!!! It was the most amazing of amazing weekends. I had asked her a few weeks ago to be my formal date, and I never actually thought anything would come of it. HOWEVER, she agreed, and we made the cutest dates at Kappa formal! We even got matching dresses just to confuse everyone...it didn't 100% work, but we had a blast!

I even got Kim to wear red lipstick..for the first time! She looks like such a celeb doesn't she? ;)

The weekend was filled with nothing but partying, fun, playing, shopping, movie-watching, gossiping, touring, and of course...eating. Kim posted below about all of our nibblies, and that wasn't even half of them. We started each day with a healthy (and hearty!) bowl of oatmeal with chia seeds and wheat germ--just the way I love to make it!--and I got Kim addicted to wheat germ! She absolutely loved the way I made my oatmeal. I usually get her addicted to food trends, so this was nothing new. The last time she dared defy my wisdom, she almost missed out on falling in love with mushroom pizza. But I can't actually remember the last time we ate that!

We started out by both agreeing that we didn't have to go CRAZY over the weekend with food and that we could maintain a healthy diet for a couple days...boy did that notion fly out of the window fast. Together we indulged in Dinosaur BBQ, Insomnia cookies, Sliders french fries, and delicious A-la-mode paninis. But hey, sometimes gal's gotta live!! and Kim had to try what I've spent all this semester resisting, right? Luckily we buckled down for at least one evening and managed to eat healthy with our Miracle noodles, avocado, spinach, and balsamic. AND we did Insanity while going on a couple walks, so we kept our exercise fairly constant. At least we got to go out and dance our butts off at night! I love burning calories that way...

We had so much fun as Woodstock Birdies! Got creative didn't we!

Yet after Kim left, I knew things had to go back to normal. Summer is coming up, and I want to look fit and professional for my Nickelodeon internship! So after I dropped my gorgeous sister at the airport (yes, some tears were shed), I went back home and had a snack that I knew would make me feel good about myself: my egg scramble!

For my scramble I first took spinach, yellow pepper, avocado, tomato, and mushrooms and grilled them in a pan. Then I scrambled egg whites in a separate pan. When the veggies looked grilled enough I just poured them into the pan with the egg whites and tossed the two together for a while. I finished off the meal with a few pieces of dried mango and a large bottle of water. I'm feeling more cleansed already!

I MISS YOU KIM!!!!

--Lara