Hooray for day in the life posts! These are my absolute favorite posts to read, and luckily, they’re just as fun to write. Here’s what went down in the life (and noggin) of Alison yesterday:
6:15 AM— First alarm // “No.”
6:20 AM— Second alarm // *grooooooan* // check phone
6:25 AM— Out of bed, bathroom, change
6:35 AM— Eat a banana and some trail mix, pray, finish getting my stuff together for the gym
{recycled photo}
6:55 AM— Trek it over to FitRec across campus
7:15 AM— Move and groove // Dirty Burpee Workout
7:50 AM— Walk back to the dorm // “So sweaty under this sweatshirt and heavy jacket, but it’s too cold to take them off ahhhh.”
8:10 AM— Shower and gather up my stuff for the day
8:40 AM— Breakfast, plus some reading and essay planning
oatmeal with honey, shredded coconut, peanut butter, and banana + scrambled eggs doused in black pepper after this photo was taken
9:30 AM— Discuss, listen, and learn in class // “I always need to pee every half hour after I work out.”
12:30 PM— Drop off a bag of donations for a clothing drive
1:00 PM— Lunch and blog reading
salad with Greek dressing + roast beef, provolone cheese, and honey mustard sandwich on wheat
1:30 PM— Stop by my dorm room to exchange books in my backpack and start typing this post
1:50 PM— Go to the children’s library in the School of Education and to read picture books (they are sources for my writing course called Aesthetic Constructions of Childhood, aka a writing course about picture books 🙂 )
3:00 PM— Organic chemistry discussion class
4:00 PM— Walk to a place with a nice view to do homework // “Who knew picture books would consume two and a half hours of a single day?”
4:50 PM— Snack on some Snap Pea Crisps and take a #basic sunset picture
6:45 PM— Dinner! // “One of the best dining hall dinners I’ve had in a while!”
turkey souvlaki pita + curry chicken
7:15 PM— Walk over to the Catholic Center to hear a talk about exorcism and deliverance // “This is so intense and now I want to bless ALL the things with Holy Water.” // But really, it was more fascinating and informational than freaky, promise.
9:00 PM— Back at the dorm for the night // Eat frozen banana and peanut butter
9:15 PM— Emails, housekeeping stuff, finish up some homework, type this
10:40 PM— Get ready for bed because tomorrow (today) is another long day!
Hope you all have a fabulous day! You are awesome. BE NOT AFRAID.
Joining Jenn’s jolly linkup!
So tell me:
Three random things you did yesterday…
Two things you ate…
And one way you moved and grooved!
Daily Moves and Grooves 
Organic chemistry!! Wow! You sound like a busy bee 🙂 today I ate POPCORN and delicious tomatoes topped with meatballs! (Not together 🙂 ) so good!!
Mmm whenever people make popcorn in the dorms, I crave it! I should actually make the bags that I have in my dorm sometime soon 🙂
Yesterday I volunteered at the YMCA, planned some blog posts for the upcoming week, and went grocery shopping. Super exciting stuff. Hahah. I had avocado toast with dinner and a taco salad for lunch, so it was a very tasty day, food-wise.
The ordinary can be the most extraordinary, I say!
Mmm I miss avocado toast.
Ahh, I love reading about your life, Allison. I should do a day in the life post soon, too. What camera do you use to take all your photos? And let’s take a minute to appreciate the gooey roast beef and provolone cheese sandwhich with honey mustard–please come dorm with me next year because I have never been exposed to such creative ideas. I say creative. because I’d never think of something like that–as an Asian family we keep it simple: stir fry everything. I’ve also never tried provolone cheese(but boy oh boy when I do eat cheese it has to be SMOTHERED) or maybe I accidentally did, and did not know it! Hope your illustration class is chillaxed. 🙂
Love you, allison!
I use my iPhone and then edit with the VSCO app! And yes— if I do cheese, I DO CHEESE. 😉
when i did: provolone & turkey on wheat 🙂 lettuce & tomtoes too!
So… I’d love to have a course on analyzing picture books. I miss those suckers!
3 randoms: spent lots of time learning about cancer and heart disease 😯 , met my mom for lunch, and probably spent way too much time watching random YouTube videos.
2 things eaten: brownie batter oats and a heaping plate of roasted potatoes.
1 m&g: a run/walk as part of my C25K program.
Happy Wednesday!
Too many random YouTube videos— story of my life.
And brownie batter oats, WHAT.
She is so rude. she eats these while talking to those who CAN’T eat potatoes.
Yesterday I studied for midterms, did a FitnessBlender HIIT workout, and went to my econ professor’s office hours. School stuff, mostly – so it was a busy day, like yours! And I ate delicious roasted potatoes and Justin’s honey peanut butter (not together 🙂 ).
Oh the life of college students… Gotta love it!
Hey, I would totally support potatoes and peanut butter, haha!
Yum! what a fab food day! Those Snapea crisps look great? I’m finding so many American food blogs through #whatiatewednesday and I haven’t a clue about half the things you guys are eating!? #british
We Americans probably don’t have a clue about half the things we’re eating anyway! 😉
I love it -I need to visit and try all this tasty stuff!
Hmm…I feel like you don’t really like peanut butter? 😉 I love your banana, oatmeal, coconut, and PB combo! I can’t stand dining hall eggs because for some reason, I like my eggs not soft or runny AT ALL…so I always go for an omelet instead.
I hate peanut butter with a passion.
I’m not too picky with my eggs, and I actually like them softer rather than completely cooked through!
I like these kinds of posts! So itneresting and fun reading about others daily patterns,
Yesterday I had overnight oats for breakfast in bed, been to a class, and studied as everyday (I have my English final exam next Wednesday!!)
I had curry soup 3 days in a row (talking about meal prep…), omelette like every Tuesday, and carroatmeal (oats with shredded carrots, lol)
And I’m on that 50 push-ups in 50 days challenge, in week 3!! I started with 15 push-ups, and after 2,5 weeks I was at 25. It’s really challenging but also fun and I’m so excited to get stronger and stronger 😀
I miss overnight oats! And that is SO impressive that you’re doing the 50 pushups challenge. Strong woman!!
Good luck with your English exam!
That writing course about picture books sounds really cool!! And I love day of the life style posts 🙂 It’s always so cool to hear what people do during the day!
This is so intense I want to bless allthingspumpkin with holy water 😂
Let’s see I went to class (woo hoo) and took my littlecousin to dance class 🙂
And I ate fig newtons and leftover lentil soup with rice for dinner ( not altogether together!)
Have a good one pal😘
I have no idea where pumpkin came from 😳🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈 what the heck auto correct?!
“allthingspumpkin”?? Haha auto correct? 😉
Lentil soup with rice sounds so comforting!
I remember dining hall days – that dinner did look fantastic! I used to steal so many bananas and pieces of fruit from the dining hall I had like mini produce section in my dorm
mmmmm snap crisps are one of my favourite snacks! Very healthy eats to power through that studying!
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Girl I am impressed with your eats as a college freemen! It’s not easy to eat healthy at school, but you have it down!
Note: I ate Apple crisp with ice cream the previous night and I had a cookie today 😀
Off topic, but I dig your handwriting! It’s so pretty!
Haha thanks! 🙂
I’m totally calling you out in a post next week. Promise it’s not mean. Well, maybe mean.
I want to read picture books for ‘study’. Although that might look really odd doing it. Creep factor.
Haha stranger danger.
Any shoutout on the big man’s world is a great shoutout, even if it’s mean.
Busy day! But it’s always nice end your day with a classic pb and banana combo! 🙂
I love “day in the life’s” ! Umm I think I may need to pee every half hour. Period. hahaa :p .
I’d much rather fill you in on what I’m munching on right now as a result of a random craving: a cold doughy indian tortilla smeared with butter and some pineapple & orange marmelade. Delis!
Yesterday I .. Attended arabic language class, got soaked in a sudden downpour, aaand went to bed spectacularly early 🙂 .
Cold doughy Indian tortilla— is that naan? Or something different? Whatever it is, though, that sounds divine!
That’s actually “roti” 😀 ! Being the well–varied cuisine eater you are, I’m sure you must have had it sometime?!
Ah yes that stuff is GOOD.
Two things I ate today.. coconut pb spread and oatmeal.3 random things I did yesterday..spin class, doctor appointment, and got my hair cut.. just stumbled upon your blog and love it!! 🙂
wow that breakfast! was that from your dining hall?!
yes it was! they do a good job 🙂
you lucky girl!