The Last Saturday

The Last Saturday

How many Saturdays does it take to finish a project? Not a yard project, or a house project, or an art project or a kitchen project. I mean a life project. Multiple Saturdays, many Saturdays over years. Throw in some Sundays too. During a study 

The Weight of Expectations

The Weight of Expectations

I started at the hospital in my clinical rotation in the middle of September and I was excited. That feeling of levity – like I finally landed where I belonged – came crashing down fast and left me reeling. A punishing sleep-travel-study-sleep schedule sucked my 

SWMDDA Meeting: Food Insecurity in SW Michigan

SWMDDA Meeting: Food Insecurity in SW Michigan

This was a fun event. I drove to the culinary campus right after work to catch Courtney Afton, who was teaching this wonderful seminar to our dietetics association. I’ve seen her teach this before – I met her through a mutual friend two years ago, 

Read It And Weep

Read It And Weep

The joke’s on me, actually, since all I do is read (with a little weeping, kept to a minimum). I can’t recommend any good novels or magazines because the only reading I’m doing now is business management, marketing, and the personal statements for DICAS I’ve 

January Diet Culture

January Diet Culture

You know its New Year’s when…… all the SlimFast and Atkins shakes go on sale. I used to be a part of this diet culture – “messing up” during the holidays (read: enjoying food and family) and revving up a new attempt to lose that 

Shake Out

Shake Out

“It will all shake out” she said, with a straight face. This woman doesn’t know me well – she’s a friend of a friend, and she’s an MS RDN and has gobs of information/advice I currently want. I stalked the RD because I needed some 

Can We Wait Until I Match?

Can We Wait Until I Match?

I’m working on a paper for my senior class about our plans and goals after graduation. I have abstract goals, like sleeping, playing my guitar, going on vacations, learning Spanish – but the only real goal right now is an internship. Finishing the degree too,