Hippie on Campus

So i am loving my new diet/eating life style, and i am not the only one who has noticed that when i do eat too many non raw meals i get angry and not as fun to be around. So i am not as strict but i am doing as much raw food and ZERO gluten, which is why i am blogging today.

My first day of school (again) was on Tuesday, and unlike most students going to a new school i wasn't worried about finding my classes or getting a parking spot, or even having all the required books (I'm a slacker). i was worried about what i was going to be able to eat. Here in Texas we don't get a summer, its more like Hell rises from the underworld and takes over the state for months. So walking from building to building with food in my backpack did not sound like fun to me. i decided that for the first day of school i was just going to wing it. i made myself an obnoxiously large batch of green tea and packed three KIND bars, hoping that would be enough to keep me from starving on a 8hr school day. i was all set and made it till around 3ish when i stumbled upon the Subway at school. The school i went to before had a Subway that provided gluten free bread, so i thought i would check it out. it did not have gluten free bread but it did have salads! i got myself a chicken salad and water bottle, i was excited about having some sustenance before my 3hr dance class. in my mind i was jumping for joy at the thought of having a salad every Tuesday and Thursday till i got to the register and the girl asked for $10somthing, ya a salad and water $10something at a school, as if students pooped cash. so scratch that idea off the list...

Today i took  different approach, even though the salad was tasty. My mom is still in town and the family was blessed with some delicious Latin (Bolivian) home cooking, Locro ( i don't know how you spell that). Its a yummy chicken, rice and veggie soup with a Spanish flare was served for dinner last night and is lunch for today, paired with some sub pare gluten free crackers, and yet anoter giant bottle of green tea (3cups) i have obtained victory over the how to eat gluten free at school battle. i am also having a more eco friendly lunch by not having any garbage to throw away. Winning!

YAY ME!

chaos

A lot has been happening in the past few weeks. My fiance and i were looking for a new house, then he had to get surgery on his wrist to fix an injury he sustained last year. That same day i received some very bad news about my little cousin, she was in a car accident involving two 18wheelers and is now in critical condition. Most families when they hear news like this it brings them together and makes them stronger, but in my families case i don't think it is possible for us to get any closer or stronger as a whole. She has been in the hospital since Friday (4 days) and every single day there has been 10-20 people there for support. After a while the nurses had to come out and tell us that "only immediate family can stay". We all looked at each other and wondered what that meant? as far as we were all concerned we were ALL immediate family. Even for my 24th birthday which was in the middle of the week everyone still cleared the day to have a birthday party with cake and gifts just like we have done my whole life. Every birthday, graduation, big announcements, no matter how big or small the whole family gathers. When i first moved back in the country i was alone no friends no job hadn't started school yet and didnt even have a car. My aunt and uncle let me live with them and my cousins let me use their car so i could have a job. i cant imagine not dropping my whole life to lend a hand or be there for any member of my family and it shocks me that there are people who arnt close to their relatives, but i guess that is just how i was raised and i feel so blessed that my upbringing was so focused on family first because i would not be the person i am today if it wasnt for that mentality.

All for one and one for All