Guys. I leave for vet school in just over a week. What?? How crazy is that? As a result, this week has been jam-packed with visiting those I won’t be seeing for a while!

I have some food, some workouts, and some fun to share from this week. And it’s continuing until I leave! (Packing, what’s that??)

Workout-wise, I jumped back into my squat program Friday morning and it was not very good, as I honestly expected. I was doing by 6-6-4 day at 160-170-180. It didn’t feel great, and I had to break up by last set into 2×2. A highlight though was the spin class I went to yesterday at my local gym. My instructor didn’t show up, so I stepped up and taught the class! It was an absolute blast, especially after spending the entire previous week learning how to be a better instructor. I have a bunch of playlists on my phone on Spotify, so I just picked one I had done a few times before and winged it. Normally I have notes for choreography, but it all worked out! I didn’t have a mic, but I was able to plug my music in and that’s all we needed!

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Let’s back up and hit some highlights from the week.

Monday lunch:

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We got amazing rotisserie turkey breast, so I made an open faced sandwich with garlic and herb laughing cow, turkey, lettuce, and avocado. Snap peas on the side!

My afternoon snack was a cup of hot chocolate, sugarless, from a sample packet from the conference. It was actually super good. It’s sweetened with monk fruit, which doesn’t have that nasty stevia aftertaste (in my opinion).

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For dinner, we made Emilie’s Cleaning Vegetable Turmeric Soup with rice noodles.

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It happens to be the magical time of year when blueberries come in big vats, and are absolutely amazing. We took advantage and made blueberry crisp.

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This is one of my favorite things ever. Leftovers were thoroughly enjoyed. I served mine with vanilla Halo Top.

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Later that evening, my friend and I met up for a puppy play session. They had an absolute blast, but Chloe couldn’t hang!

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They ran around like crazy at first, but then Chloe got tired and sat down while the puppy jumped all over her and tried to get her up!

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The craziness of the week? I skipped off to see other friends after!

Tuesday, I got lunch with my sister at a local salad place. I was brave an built my own salad, and it turned out amazing! I got nectarine, dried cranberries, beets, roasted corn, and goat cheese with balsamic vinaigrette.

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Wednesday morning, I made use of my CSA honeydew in breakfast and had a yogurt bowl with KIND cinnamon granola and sunbutter, and then some honeydew balls.

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That afternoon, my dad and I went to the Giant’s game! We stopped at the Yard outside the ballpark for Anchor beer first. Mango Wheat for me!

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For my meal, I got the usual cauliflower truffle (GF) flatbread, and my dad and I split a nectarine, heirloom tomato, and feta salad.

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It also turned out that my friend and big fellow Giants fan was at the game with her dad as well!
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Since this is one of the last (if not the last) games of the season I’ll be able to go to, I had to get a Ghriadelli hot fudge sundae. I consider it a major health victory that I got my own! There was a time where my stomach would have flared nastily! This one actually had a really good amount of fudge, and I must admit that I didn’t finish it!

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After the game, we had a light dinner of more of the turkey in a salad with nectarines and goat cheese.

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Thursday was an awesome day. It started out with my unexpectedly teaching spin, so it was off to a good start! Next we had Chloe’s annual vet appointment. I’ve only been gone from there for 1.5 weeks but it feels like a lifetime! It was a lot of fun to be back, and I got to help draw Chloe’s blood and give her vaccine. Luckily, she was SUPER well behaved for the whole thing, and didn’t wiggle! To celebrate her good behavior, and because it was Thursday, we stopped at the gluten free bakery on the way home for donuts!

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(They only have donuts Thursdays and Saturdays.)

For lunch, I had a nectarine with leftover soup.

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That evening, I had a softball game. One of my friends just joined the team, and it was a blast! In addition, a few college friends and i were going out to dinner afterwards, so they came to the end of the game and I had quite the fan club. Thanks to a few late nights post-Vegas, I was pretty tired before the came and had the caffeine equivalent of 2/3c of green tea and was WIRED for the game, which was interesting. Not a good combination for slow pitch!

Despite the long wait, we tried out the cafe at Anthropologie for dinner. They served bread in a flower pot (baked in it!) which was fun. For my meal, I got an Asian Chicken salad.

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After dinner, we stopped at CREAM for ice cream sandwiches. I got gluten free chocolate chip cookies with vanilla ice cream. The chocolate chip happened to be M&M chocolate chip, which was a special treat!

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I really love M&M cookies.

It was SO great to see everyone again. I have more adventures and more people to see coming up, and I know I’m being sent away to school in the best way possible!