Day 4 — another bagel breakfast one half cream cheese one half butter, and then we had a seafood dinner, steamed mussels in a Dijon sauce (finished before we could snap a pic), my first lobster roll, and a bowl of clam chowder with oyster crackers.

All the people who pissed me off at the fest were men with four lokos in their hands. Shut the fuck up im trying to listen to the band play but you keep talking about how you’ve lived here your whole life and you love the scene so much like SO much like Y’know

Day 3–festival day 2

Bagel breakfast with oatmeal, plus second oatmeal because we had another long day ahead of us. Dinner was something called a phocket from a Vietnamese vendor. JP and I tried our best and did not finish it.

Steps: 25,100
Cals out: 3450

Day 1: festival day. VIP section had candy. We had arepas con queso for lunch, a sweet thai chili shrimp bowl for dinner, and a banana back at the hotel.

Steps: 28,000
Cals out: ~3,850

Not pictured: the bagel I ate for breakfast.

I got freaked out by the fish and chips menu because it’s all fried food, so I asked JP to order something for me. Sometimes it’s easier to eat something when he puts so much thought into what he thinks I might like.

Day 1

Meal one: airline snackies and a ginger ale.

Meal two: JP and I split a pumpkin muffin (not pictured: the cold brew I had)

Meal three: shrimp and fish basket with tartar sauce and sriracha aoli, with another ginger ale.

Turtlenecks are such a vibe. I bet you’d look so cute in one literally today. I’ve been wondering when I’m gonna look good in one, and also if being smaller affects how much I hate fabric touching my neck.

It’s nice that JPs parents are offering to provide us with coffee and that gesture is not lost on me. But I’m totally fine without it. I’m a guest in their home and I also don’t drink caffeine daily.

For context: I’m not of the Mo faith, but my husband was, and certain members of my immediate family branched off into the Mo faith. So I know a thing or two about things and twos.

I’m glad I stayed alive. I want all of you to stay alive too, just in case puzzle pieces start falling into place suddenly like they did for me. Please, give yourself more time. You have no idea what the future holds.

I’ve been to my long distance bestie’s ACTUAL APARTMENT WHERE SHE LIVES. TWO TIMES. It’s not just a backdrop for when we FaceTime it’s a real ass apartment and her cats are also very real. I got to hug her and go with her to all of her favorite places and I almost didn’t get to do that.

So many things have happened since then that I almost didn’t get to be a part of. I saw a sunset on a beach in Astoria, OR and thought “I almost wasn’t here.” I met my husband, reconnected with old friends in a really big and meaningful way, and i took my mom to that same beach in Astoria.

KFC exhaust fan just sent me into fuckin orbit 💀

Oh I think that will be a very forgiving recipe! You’ve definitely got this!

I am so so sorry. I went through this in September with my cat Melba and it still hurts so much. Her and her brother literally saved my fucking life. It does get easier with time, I promise it does. Grief is a nasty beast tho, so if you need to talk PLEASE don’t hesitate to DM me.

What are you making?

I’ve done this with quinoa. Typically I do a 2:1 protein to quinoa ratio. I imagine doing it with lentils would be about the same measurement. I would personally cook the lentils and quinoa first and then add it to the beef because of how much lentils and quinoa expand during cooking.