Ohhhhh we’re halfway there.
WHO-OA bread is everywhe-ere.
I’m halfway through finals week, but since I don’t have any exams until Thursday (plus a research paper due tomorrow), I’m feel like I’m on study autopilot. Like, “meh, time to stuff more information into my brain today.” I’m not as overwhelmed as I’ve been in past finals weeks, which is great, but it’s a little weird too.
Fortunately, there have been pockets of fun amidst the stream of studying. Many of the fun things have involved BREAD (or a variation of it).
Pita chips with spinach artichoke dip two nights in a row.
Night 1: Last Thursday I stopped by the Admissions Ambassadors (aka campus tour guides) end of the year gala to mingle for a few minutes and eat some hors d’oeuvres. I was severely underdressed since I needed to study and wasn’t planning on staying long, but I just ate the fabulous spinach artichoke feta dip in the corner, took some pics, and ducked out.
Night 2: A few friends and I went to the senior art exhibition by the fine arts students here at BU. I was also underdressed this night because I came from work/studying/walking in the rain all day, but the art was the focus of the night anyway.
there is so much cheese under those crackers
Friday morning bagel run with so many friends.
My friend Sarah (the girl who has been getting me to run more recently) has been wanting to have a “bagel run” with people for the longest time, and her dreams finally came true.
First, Sarah and I ran ~2 miles together and then stopped at Bruegger’s Bagels to get 16 bagels + cream cheese for everyone coming to the bagel run. We individually packed them in Ziplocs because we’re the moms of the group.
Then we met up with 15(!) of our friends to run 1.5 miles to a dock by the river to eat bagels!
100% brought peanut butter to share
It was such a fun little event! There’s also an epic playground by the dock, so we obviously had to play there until a dad with his two little kids came, lol.
Moves and grooves at their FINEST, I say. Thanks, Sarah, for organizing! And thanks, friends, for coming out on a Friday morning! ♥︎
Turkey, pepper jack cheese, and mustard between bread or with crackers.
I am so into this “after school snack” type of lunch right now. Doesn’t this remind you of something you’d find in your lunchbox as a kid??
strawberries are in season and on sale, praaaaaise
Also, there were [vegan] chicken nuggets in the dining hall. They’re not the most amazing nuggets in the world, but that breading brings me back to the good ol’ days of frozen nuggets warmed up in a toaster oven.
BBQ sauce all the way
Blueberry cobbler a la mode.
One of the best desserts in the d-hall in a while.
Frozen nutella hot chocolate checked off the food bucket list with Rachel.
This isn’t bread-y, but I had to include it. This frozen nutella hot chocolate is from Paris Creperie, and it was delicious!
The best way I can describe it is: nutella frosty.
It was also so nice getting to catch up with Rachel — it had been a while!
Free cookie cake from the Google Allo cookie truck.
Basically, if three people downloaded the new Google Allo app and started a group chat on it, this random Google Allo cookie truck gave you a free cookie cake with personalized frosting.
Free dessert sounded good to us, so Zoe, Sarah, and I took a study break to get one. We had them write “Regina Caeli” on it, which means “Queen of Heaven” (aka Mary). Because we’re Catholic and we were coming from the Catholic Center and we like Latin.
That same night, Sarah, Domenica and Kelsey were wearing matching America socks. Look at how adorable they are!
I also definitely brought my yoga mat and foam roller for everyone to use #finalsweek
Sunday morning French toast with Megan.
It has been one of our goals to make perfect French toast ever since we came back from Ireland, and Sunday was finally the day. I bought some quality brioche from Trader Joe’s + used some of my thick whole wheat bread to make, if we do say so ourselves, excellent French toast. We used this method!
Megan is a purist and drizzled hers with some maple syrup and powdered sugar. She’s also a stacker.
I Alison-ified mine with peanut butter, caramelized bananas, and maple syrup.
We each had 2.5 slices (so, yes, I ate all of that above) with a glass o’ milk on the side, and it was blissful.
Perfect avocado toast is BACK.
I hadn’t bought avocados for a while since they weren’t on sale, but Target had 4 for $4, so I jumped on that.
one with avocado + sriracha, one with pepper jack cheese // carrots and hummus // strawberries and Pirate’s Booty at the end
I ♥︎ pirate’s booty
Baking peanut butter banana bread / chocolate chip banana bread with PJ and Kelsey.
So I could have been hardcore studying last night, but PJ and Kelsey invited me to join in on some pb banana bread baking… A good study break, right?
It was worth it. And I did get some studying done still because they took on the brunt of cleanup (thanks, friends!). I also winged a random cookie recipe because we had a butter/sugar/egg white mixture that was a mistake for the banana bread recipe, and this is what turned out.
Kinda bready oatmeal cookies that tasted decent with peanut butter sauce on top.
Bread has been fueling studying and lots of moves and grooves.
I worked out with Ben again on Saturday morning and took us through this circuit workout:
2 rounds of each set, 30 sec on, 10 sec off
- jumping jacks / air squats / mountain climbers / high knees
- pushup to T / skaters / squat jumps / plank
- side jump lunges / spiderman kick through right / spiderman kick through left / tuck jumps
- one legged burpee right / one legged burpee left / ski jumps / tricep dips
- broad jumps / plank jacks / side plank / burpees
On Sunday, Rachel, Sarah and I went on an easy run…
…and stretched our calves at the foot of the stairs in the Catholic Center.
Regina Caeli 
Plus some other good workouts throughout the week at the gym.
And now it is time to eat lunch, fold laundry, and STUDY. I consider blogging a non-priority, but I still think it’s good to do during hectic weeks like this. There are many good things to stop and appreciate amidst the blur of life.
So tell me:
How are finals going for you, college friends!?
How do you eat your French toast?
What is the best bread-y thing you’ve eaten recently?
Two fun things about this past week!
