Betsy's Blog (4)

So, my coworkers at my new job are now officially clued in to the raw food that I eat. At first, I didn't want to make any waves, so I had been eating salads of various kinds, fruit and veggies with raw dips, and green smoothies in my red jar that disguises what's really inside. But yesterday, I brought celery/cucumber juice in a clear jar, an avocado, and medjool dates with almonds. Everyone commented on how pretty the juice looked (it was a particularly glorious shade of green) and a few stran… Continue

Oh, life. You are so weird. I never made it to India. It just wasn't my time and now I am content with the way things have turned out. I have a new apartment in downtown Nashville (albeit with no furniture yet) and a well paying job that I enjoy with a group of progressive Methodists. Life has settled me down a bit. I discovered in this whole process that I had surrounded myself with a group of people who did not have my best interest at heart, nor did they bring out the best in me. I have left… Continue

Surprisingly, the world does not stop its direction when I am uncomfortable. It's also surprising that even though it is such a simple cliche I still believe that the world will "stop for me." My car is completely broken, I have no job, I think my marriage is ending, and I am supposed to be in Mumbai already, but for some reason my work visa is still tied up at the embassy. It's looking like ANOTHER six weeks from now. I was supposed to be there March 1. So now, all my things are in boxes, some… Continue

So this whole green smoothie thing is freakin' brilliant. Not just because I am now consuming about 1000% more greens. Not just because it is a quick alternative to shoving potato chips in my mouth in a starving fury. Not just because I now don't snack (secretly) on my boss's god-awful kraft cheese squares and "fat free" pringles when I am bored at work. No, it's brilliant because I now use 100% of any produce that I buy before it goes bad in my refrigerator. That's right...100% WAY better than… Continue