I went and did it. Put on two wool sweaters, a sweatshirt, two pairs of gloves, a hat and a scarf, but I really went and out and walked for 35 minutes in a snow flurry at 6:30 tonight. Then I came home and chatted with some housemates in the kitchen for a little bit. Jacque was eating a bowl of Special K (oh how I miss cereal and milk some days), but Scott was making some sort of PastaRoni with hot dogs, and I didn't miss boxed food as much. Jacque is kind of my eating idol, she eats how I think I should be eating. Lots of produce, no meat, carbs only when necessary but also in a good healthy strong way.

My hummus attempt failed. I think it was too thick and I quickly lost interest when my blender started to fail me. So I put some brown eggs on the stove to boil, ate some celery and a few bites of a low-lactose cheese to see how it treats me. A lot of my cooking attempts seem to be failing me lately and I'm not sure why. I made spiral rice noodles last night and I even cooked them less time than the instructions on the box, but they still came out mushy and not very appealing, which was upsetting. The mussels, celery, garlic and onion that I steamed in the white wine sauce were much more successful. But they didn't mix well into the pasta so I ended up eating most of the mussels and vegetables out of the container today and ditching the leftover pasta instead of taking it to school with me as planned. Another Veggie Delite at Subway. Not great, I know. I teach at a school in a neighborhood without a lot of food options within walking distance, and being the only carless 24 year old I know, it limits it down even more.

I asked my mom for a bike for my MAT graduation. She said they were too dangerous. I'll have to figure out a way around that one and fast.

But the walk felt good. My stomach feels a little irritated from the cheese, but I have some dandelion root to take so maybe that will help ease it along its way. The upside? The heat in my house seems to be broken, so the walk got some blood pumping and I feel warmer and better off than most of my housemates do right now.