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Since I was in a crunchy attitude, I made the appropriate cookies.  These biscotti are crunchy and sweet… and I guarantee that, when served with a bitter cup of black coffee,  they inspire an attitude adjustment.  They help flip the switch.  Yes… I use food to adjust my feelings.  Welcome to my real life living.

From this post on Joy the Baker.

I love this blog so very much. Sometimes life is complicated and hard and you just have to try to let the simple things make you feel better, like making some cookies.

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Ha Ha Tonka - Westward Bound

My room is overheated and faces the sun. On bright mornings during this noncommittal winter I wake up craving grapefruit with a soft sheen of sweat brought forth on the places on my thighs where the sunlight shines through the windows. So I get out of bed in the morning with otherwise dormant feelings from summer waking with me. Most of them are put right back to sleep as soon as I step outside, but if it’s sunny enough I can feel them still through squinting eyes and the buildings that begin to glow with the setting sun around 4pm. That’s when I bake, bake, bake, and listen to this song.

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My life this week

My big sister is getting fucking married. FUCK YES SHE IS. so happy.
i just ate half a giant box of nerds. Then I discovered the magic of marshmallows dipped in Nutella.
My sister accidentally stole my laptop’s power cord. Confined to tablet. First world problem.
Yesterday I just read a whole book. It was the greatest thing. This semester was so awful that I didn’t even have time to finish one book. So I stayed up until three last night finishing a book that made me cry and cry (Sarah’s Key if you’re wondering) and I found the sweet relief of living a day in words and finding myself for a minute ejected out of my life for a shot at a better perspective.
Today I found an online anatomy class (http//www.anatomy-class.org) and registered because I’m THAT EXCITED to go to med school.
Oh, BY THE WAY, I GOT MY FIRST MED SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE.
ChristmaHanukkah shopping.

TOMORROW I BAKE.

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Oops, just uploaded photos for the first time since early August. Most of them were cookies. Those were happy days - recovery cappuccinos in the sun. Now fall is coming (basically here) and I’m craving cloves and cinnamon. I’ve already got a list of “things to bake” and it’s prioritized before “things to do” - what’s homework and exams when faced with these gorgeous bright apples that beckoned me at the store or the pumpkin I’ve been saving? This came up during my interview yesterday. P.S. Stove finally fixed, thank goodness.

Oops, just uploaded photos for the first time since early August. Most of them were cookies. Those were happy days - recovery cappuccinos in the sun.

Now fall is coming (basically here) and I’m craving cloves and cinnamon. I’ve already got a list of “things to bake” and it’s prioritized before “things to do” - what’s homework and exams when faced with these gorgeous bright apples that beckoned me at the store or the pumpkin I’ve been saving? This came up during my interview yesterday.

P.S. Stove finally fixed, thank goodness.

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Burned my finger because I went for a lick of the powdered sugar that had caramelized on the baking sheet. Sometimes my heart rules my head.

Burned my finger because I went for a lick of the powdered sugar that had caramelized on the baking sheet. Sometimes my heart rules my head.

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