…until summer! The biggest thing getting me through finals is the fact that in one week, I’ll be posting from my big red comfy couch, with a kitchen full of cookware and functioning appliances at my disposal. You know you’re a food blogger when the kitchen space is the thing that most excites you about going home!

I started to feel way better today, which put me in a great mood all day! I set my alarm for my last early workout of the semester in the hopes that I’d feel better, and woke up with my cold symptoms way better. I had a pre-workout snack of a banana with Maranatha PB before heading out to the gym! It’s been over a week since I’d been there last, and even though it was a refreshing break, I was happy to be back. I did an easy half hour on the elliptical so I wouldn’t be wheezing, followed by three reps of 12 in the 12-machine circuit. (I used to be horrible about wiping down machines after I used them, but in the last few months I’ve wised up and carry a few of the sanitizing wipes with me to every station!)

Post-workout breakfast was a new cereal: Nature’s Path Optimum Slim (stupid name, especially since it’s nutritionally identical to the other Optimum cereals), with blueberries, almond milk and cinnamon:

After eating, I headed to my first final. It went really well! I treated myself to the usual Thursday Power-Fu sammie, with a side of seaweed salad and some fresh pineapple and an apple from home:

On the way home from my afternoon lecture, the blustering wind blew what turned out to be a tiny BUG into my eye. I spent over an hour attempting to flush it out with eye drops, water and tears, and finally laid down in bed with my eyes closed, hoping a catnap would resolve the problem. Thankfully, when I woke up half an hour later, I managed to rub a GNAT out of my eye. Gross. Nothing the rest of my Endangered Species dark chocolate and a few dips in the sunbutter jar couldn’t cure:

I was weirdly un-hungry for the remainder of the afternoon, so when the hunger set in at 4:30 I just went ahead and made my salad beast for dinner:

Dessert was an unpictured apple with sunflower seed butter, plus some of April’s protein cookie dough:

Post dinner I got a baking urge, but didn’t want to purchase more ingredients before going home. When I realized I had all the ingredients on hand for Averie’s peanut butter chocolate chip protein bars, I got started right away! I followed the directions almost exactly, simply subbing dry roasted peanuts for the dried fruit, and a broken Lindt 85% bar for the chocolate chips.

I sampled one as soon as they were chilled enough, obviously…perfection J

Tonight I’m taking it easy and catching up on The Hills and The City. I’ve got a fun last weekend in NYC planned, including dinner at the Candle Café tomorrow with a friend, and a formal at Mike’s school on Saturday night. Happy Friday loves!

Race fever, that is! I just signed up for my second half marathon, the ODDyssey Half Marathon in Philadelphia on May 29! I loved the feeling of accomplishment I had after Sunday’s race, and I want to try again in (hopefully) more ideal running conditions. Plus, I’ll have way more flexibility to train once I get home in a week, so I’m excited to see if I can beat my last time (my official time for Sunday’s race was 1:59:22). I also registered my mom and I for a women’s 5k on Mother’s Day, just for fun J

I woke up this morning with a much less stuffy nose, but a wonderful sore throat in its place. Breakfast was a bowl of Fiber One with a sliced banana and almond milk:

Cardio was still out of the question given my difficulty breathing like a normal person, but I was itching for some movement, so I went to a yoga class at my gym. Nothing too intense, but it felt good to really stretch out my legs. I’m not much of a yoga girl, but every once in awhile it’s nice to relax with. I made sure to disinfect the heck out of my mat afterwards, don’t worry!

My lunch was a favorite- OIAJ!

Never disappoints. I also had some carrots with hummus and an apple. Afternoon snacks:

I had a bit of a disagreement with a substitute teacher in one of my classes this afternoon. I won’t go into it, but suffice to say that I hate when professors expound potentially insulting theories just because they can. It takes a lot to ruffle my feathers, especially when it comes to authority figures, but it was one of the few times I’ve actually been offended by what a teacher has to say. I tried not to let it bother me, since it’s just a sub and I’ll probably never see her again!

Dinner was packed with veggies- I was craving them!

I also picked up a container of organic strawberries on the way home. They were amazingly huge and juicy (TWSS), and so sweet that I didn’t bother to add chocolate sauce! I still managed to get my chocolate quota in with some Endangered Species dark chocolate with blueberries, though:

Fruit + chocolate is the perfect distraction from finals studying…which I must get back to…now. Bonne nuit, mes belles!

Ever since I was a little kid, Mr. Snuffleupagus pops into my head every time I blow my nose. I have no idea when this association began, but let’s just say I’ve thought of Snuffy a lot today!

After a fitful night’s sleep, I woke up at my usual time and had a bowl of Kashi GoLean, Fiber One, fresh blackberries and almond milk:

I had every intention of going to class today, but the thought of sitting there for an hour blowing my nose and feeling like a human bacterium was not appealing. I emailed my teacher telling her I was sick and went back to bed for two glorious hours *insert ironic foreshadowing here*.

The nap did me a world of good! I made a salad beast for lunch.

After lunch, I headed over to my afternoon lecture. 400 person hall = plenty of room to spread out with my ginger tea and tissues. Afternoon snackage ensued:

I’d made plans this weekend to meet Jillian for a Cosi dinner date tonight, and after feeling progressively better all day, decided not to cancel. I had my usual hummus and veggie sandwich on their white flatbread, with baby carrots on the side (recycled pic):

Afterwards, we were both feeling like a sweet treat, so we headed over to 16 Handles for some fro-yo. It was during this walk that I very awkwardly passed the teacher whose class I missed this morning. Typical…of course, the one day I’m not in class is the one day I happen to see that teacher among the 2 million people on the island of Manhattan. Awesome. At least I only have one class left?

Good thing I had some self-serve frozen dessert to help erase the incident from my memory:

Much better. I’ve spent the rest of the night studying for a quiz in my Paris class, while eating White Chocolate Wonderful from the jar…I know I’m not alone when I say that I can’t wait for this semester to be over! Hope you all have terrific hump days!