November 1st. Candyland.

It's the day after Halloween. It's the day that might officially be the worst day of the year to start eating well, avoiding sweets, and boycotting baked goods.

There is a fun size Three Musketeers wrapper and an Almond Joy wrapper sitting on the table in front of me. This is the empirical proof that I lack any kind of self-control when it comes to sugar, chocolate, and other delicious foods.


Halloween is a good day to make an exception to this lack of self-control. But not the day after, or the day after that, or the day after that. Unfortunately, almost every day I'm in college seems to be an exception. Pumpkin cake for roommates birthday? Of course! Wine Wednesday? How could I not? Free Voodoo doughnuts and coffee? It's free. Farmers market? Potluck with friends? Dinner at the best restaurant in Portland? There is never a reason not to partake in these joyous activities every single day. Except, of course, the fact remains that I am consuming far too much food, sucking up too much sugar, and gaining too much weight to consider myself a healthy college student anymore.

Today hasn't been bad, necessarily, considering that it is indeed November 1st. Had an apple for breakfast, jam and nut-butter sandwich (fuck YEAH nut butter) with veggies and dip for lunch, and these two fun size candy bars. This afternoon I went for an epic adventure (aka, a walk) and got rather disoriented, which led to a longer walk than expected. Which is always good. We'll see how the rest of the day goes. Going to the "Trailroom" tonight. Veggie burger and salad? Sounds delish.

Made crackers this evening. The trickiest part about crackers is cutting them so perfectly uniform that they all bake at the exact same rate. We have all experienced that one saltine that was just slightly tinged brown around the edges, yet the delicate taste was absolutely ruined. Half my crackers were like this. Most of the rest lacked solid crunch in the middle. There were a few perfect ones. This is why most people don't make crackers. This is also why I will be making crackers again. Soon.