Allie's Page

Dear 2008,

You suck.

On New Year's Day you made my grandmother sick, and she had to go to the hospital. A month later you took Michael Litfin's life away, due to stomach cancer. On February 15th (happy birthday to my cousin?) you killed my Grandma and I miss her terribly. Just over a month later, you got me pregnant, then broke me up with the love of my life, then you HORRIBLY TOOK MY BABY AWAY. you made me have to leave school. you gave me depression unprecedented. You have given me a diagnos… Continue

So I'm really not a judgmental person in most cases. But I kind of sort of really judge people who intentionally eat food that is terrible for them. My university was ranked highest in tuition costs for two straight years in the country so this isn't a community in which money is a huge issue for people (I know fully that there are problems among people of lower socioeconomic statuses and the high costs of healthy foods) but even if we are "starving college students" per say I mean… Continue

It'll be such a weird/sad Thanksgiving this year. Every day that we get closer to it is another day with a little more confusion and a little more heartbreak. I had my ectopic on March 29th this year at about 6weeks along, so counting 9 months from mid-February leaves me close to Thanksgiving Day.
When I'm home from school and having Thanksgiving dinner with the family, there will actually be two people missing from the table. My grandmother passed away on February 15th, and this will be the fir… Continue

even without being raw, it would seem I really CAN'T eat like normal people.
last night, studying late. in the midst of ridiculous back to back midterms hadn't eaten dinner. everything closed. was hungry. had no food of my own in the apartment. figured ok, one cooked meal every once and awhile can't hurt--I am still transitioning to this amazing, yet, restrictive lifestyle. had an amy's dish (vegan & gluten free, but certainly not raw). tasted good, but different, but oh. big mistake. oh god… Continue