Happy Women's Day!!!

Eating pizza in the middle of the night like a bawssss. That's college life for ya.

My new favorite dessert at the Cheesecake Factory.

The Godiva Brownie Sundae.
Mmmmmmmm...

Sunday Dinner

My family - my whole family, including my sister - came up to see me and have dinner tonight :)
As annoying as they can get, I must admit that I did miss them. Plus, it was nice to eat some actual good-tasting food for once...

I can't remember the last time we've done anything like that. I'm glad I could bring them all together, if only once in a blue moon. And since we didn't get that much time to talk, Malcolm is planning on coming up on Tuesday to have breakfast with me. Fun :)

Keep staying positive and things will turn out okay, Christina. Things will get better.. eventually.

Last Thursday... Day

This is really late but these are the pics from last Thursday when I spent the day with my sistahhh Lexy :)

I woke up early and went to my high school to visit Cwong and checkout the new people for volleyball tryouts. They were so badddd. But I guess I should be more lenient, I definitely wasn't very good when I first started... Anyway it was nice to see everybody again. They're all so grown up! *tear* I still can't believe I'm turning 20 in a few months! I'm getting so old! And of course it was great to serve some volleyballs... ♥

Then after walking/jogging all the way home I made pancakes with Lexy and we rode bikes over to Jamaicaway. It was fun :)

Waiting at the bus stop for the bus that never came...

My bike in front of the pretty pond.

My beautiful blueberry pancake!

Our brunch before heading out.

And look how well my flowers grew! Too bad they finally bloomed towards the end of Summer; I wonder how long before they wilt...

I will post pictures of my dorm room up soon!

Torrential Rains

The weather was gross today. It was sunny and oppressively humid to begin, then the clouds had a fit and a huge storm passed by.

I got lazy and didn't even bother try to make it look nice and put together haha.

But at least I was lucky enough to see this gorgeous rainbow! 

Then later I made myself an ice cream sundae with vanilla ice cream, brownies, banana slices, and chocolate sauce. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Luckily tomorrow won't be as bad and I'll be able to go out and ride my bike.

Silly Goose

Me wearing sunglasses indoors at night.

Now that I've caught your attention with my bright plaid nightshirt, I shall update you on other stuff in my life.
I've been vegetarian for the better part of 6 weeks now. Yay me! Since I can't think of any cons, I'm just going to list off the top of my head a bunch of pros to my new diet: great for the environment, no animals are harmed (except for those very few days I give in to a piece of meat, in which case they were already dead anyway - but I won't get into that...), my stomach's adapted so that I feel full from eating less food, I lost some weight (which some people think is not a good thing, but for the general American population it is), and I learn how to make great tasting meals, of course!

I had a vegan burger made of soy products with some chips and a fruit salad for lunch the other day.

And last night I made vegetarian burritos (rice, beans, roasted peppers, onions, and squash, lettuce, salsa, corn, and cheese) last night for dinner so I used some leftovers to make a breakfast burrito with eggs. Mmm...

I went driving again on Thursday. So much fun! :D And I'm currently working on hanging up the rest of my cranes and finishing these three friendship bracelets I started (pictures will be posted later). Once I'm done with that my plan is to complete that puzzle I started a few years ago but never finished, then make myself some new t-shirts using some tips from the book 99 Ways to Cut, Sew, Trim, and Tie Your T-Shirt into Something Special. Plans, plans, plans. I've got to keep myself busy since I'm not doing anything else this summer..

I made mac&cheese tonight. Yummy! :)

July 4th

I didn't get to hang out with the Gang (my cousins) and see the fireworks downtown like I usually get to this year. Sucks, but whatever. I caught a few fireworks behind trees from a  few blocks away. Just as good I guess. I spent the majority of my afternoon trying out a new recipe. Cabbage soup. It didn't taste that bad actually. And it was very healthy.

I put cabbage, carrots, celery, rice, pinto and black beans, garlic, tomato sauce, and a bunch of other herbs and spices in it. Most of the time spent on it came from making vegetable stock from scratch since all we had at home was chicken broth. It took a lot of time, effort, and sweat, but it was a success. My mom even tried it, though she said she wouldn't go vegetarian with me.

Later as we were watching the fireworks in the neighborhood, my mom and I saw the moon rise. It was orange. While my mom kept gushing about how pretty it was, all I could think about is how all the smoke and pollution from the Earth's atmosphere made it look that way. How disgusting humans are! How stupid and prideful Americans can be obnoxiously celebrating a single holiday! Sigh, I honestly can't see things ending well for us. It's only a matter of time...

Anyway, the night ended with me and my mom driving around Boston, then leaving when it started pouring. Eventful? Not really, but I got to do a little bonding with my mom. Since she's currently taking time off work, we have more time to do stuff. I talk to her a bit more everyday.

Oh, and on Tuesday I put together a cute little outfit to go grocery shopping with my mom.

Cargo kapris, white tank top, cropped jean jacket, and silver hoop earrings.

I may not have all the clothes I'd like to wear, but I think I'm doing fine with what I have. Fashionnnnn!

Lunch

Today for lunch I made whole white-wheat banana pancakes with a strawberry sauce and topped it off with some whipped cream. Yum...

Today I ate McDonalds for the first time in over a year. Against my will but a girl's got to eat :(

Cream Cheese.

I'm a picky eater, I'll admit it. Not only am I allergic to a bunch of different things but I just don't eat certain foods because I don't like their taste. I can't help it. I think I get it from my mom.
Well there are some foods that I just don't like that I don't even remember trying. For instance, today someone gave me a packet of cream cheese to eat with a bagel. I honestly don't remember the last time I tried cream cheese, all I know is that it doesn't please my taste buds. But I wanted to give it a try just to make sure I really didn't like it. So I did. And honestly? .......... it tasted like crap. Whoever thought of putting cheese on a bagel was an idiot (unless we're talking about pizza bagels, because that was a genius idea). So I guess the moral from that was to just trust my instincts? Oh well lol.