How it All Began…Five Years Later

February 20, 2013 by 5 Comments

Happy Birthday to my blog!

Today marks the 5th anniversary of this little blog of mine.


If you’re new to my blog, and have wondered what the title was about, well let me tell you: A long, long time ago, in a land far away (Brooklyn) I hosted an online talk show for Elastic Waist, a blog owned by Condé Nast, and in conjunction with SELF Magazine. Well, being completely passive-aggressive in my career plans, I wanted to be seen as more than a video personality—I wanted them to notice me as a writer, but I didn’t have any clips to show them, so I started a blog based on The SELF Challenge. A three-month diet plan run by SELF. Hence the name The KIM Challenge.

My plan worked, I was offered a daily blog column (until Elastic Waist fell victim to the economy and the magazine pulled the plug)and this blog has lived on while I pursued various writing pursuits; writing for magazines, fitness and entertainment blogs, and eventually a book (Due out July 23, 2013).

And, that, my friends is why the name of my blog is The Kim Challenge.

When my initial stint with diet blogging started I expected it to last about as long as the diet. When my three months of magazine dieting were up I stopped writing, but two things happened to change my mind: the first was that people started reaching out to me to say that they really appreciated seeing what “normal” people ate on a regular basis, as opposed to the many extreme suggestions out there. The other, was that I really enjoyed blogging. I enjoyed the community blogging creates, hearing from people all over the world, and over the years getting to know them in the comment section.

Over the years I’ve become friends with many of you; I’ve visited you when I travelled or you’ve visited me on trips to New York, I’ve gone to bachelorette parties, stalked pictures of your adorable offspring on Facebook, or simply thought of you from time to time because you’ve shared stories about yourselves. All of that makes looking like a total creeper, taking photos of everything I eat in some seriously awkward social scenarios, worth it.

Thank you for reading my blog. Whether you’ve been here for five years or five minutes, you’ve made a difference in my life.

Okay, no more sap (but I’m a sappy kinda gal). Recently I’ve been giving some thought to the way I blog. Mainly the timing of my blogs. Back in my single days I had no problem curling up in front of the TV at night and doing a daily recap, these days my nights are usually spent doing some sort of organized activity, or falling asleep on The Fella‘s lap in front of the TV. I keep forgetting to blog. So, I’m going back to my roots, when TKC first started I wrote small blogs multiple times a day. Based on the fact that my days are much more free than my nights, I’m going to give that a shot.

To start, here’s a look at the ole breakfast:

Breakfast


I have discovered how to make the most perfect almond milk latte on Earth. I recently came to own a Breville Electric Milk Frother. In goes the almond milk, which is then heated and frothed. I like to add a bit of sugar-free vanilla syrup, which not only sweetens the coffee but the whole thing tastes like a big batch of whipped cream!
So, I add two shots of Nespresso to a cup of heated and frothed almond milk and my life has never been better.

Seriously, I will never be in a bad mood again. Ever.

I got the idea for today’s breakfast on our cruise (which I’ll write about later). Roasted tomatoes and scrambled egg/whites.

Now, I’m going to let the food settle into a nice cozy part of my colon and head out for a run.

See you later!

Kim

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Uptown Girl In the Making

July 20, 2012 by 4 Comments

We have a lease.

But, and there’s always a but…it’s not for the apartment I wrote about last week. It’s for the apartment directly above the apartment I wrote about last week. Shortly after our application was approved the landlord casually mentioned that we would have to move out after a year because he’s planning to convert the first two floors of the building to a townhouse.

ONLY IN NYC!

He did, however, mention that he had a similar apartment one floor up that wouldn’t be affected by the renovation. The apartment is a little bit smaller, but also slightly more modern. It’s also $100 cheaper a month. The Fella and I agreed that we want to be somewhere for a few years, probably until we have a kid. That was a very grown up conversation to have, I’m super-duper proud of myself for not laughing and then taking an extra birth control pill just to be safe. It’s a good thing Roy is an actual adult.

That, my friends, is that. We have a home for the foreseeable future.

The next most pressing issue is to pick a gym in the area. Equinox is the closest gym, but it’s super pricy. There’s a Crunch seven blocks away, and a New York Sports Club nine blocks. So many choices. I think I may make the rounds and ask for trial weeks at each of them to help make my decision.

In the meantime I don’t even remember what a gym looks like. With my book deadline quickly approaching I’m spending less time in the weight room and more time at the library typing away.

At least I’m keeping my food intake on the healthy side…

Breakfast


Egg whites with spinach and hot sauce in a flax roll-up

Snack


Pineapple

Lunch

Salad with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, olives, eggs, feta and lemon juice


Dinner


Roasted cauliflower, brown rice and Trader Joe’s Chana Masala

Kim

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How to Have a Jobby-Job

April 2, 2012 by 2 Comments

I had an interesting weekend to say the least, but one of the highlights was getting to speak with a young woman who is interested in starting a career in the magazine industry.

Let me rewind: A good friend of mine is a corporate recruiter. As someone who started my career in the non-profit arena, I have to say I think my friend does just as much, or more, on a daily basis to make the world a better place, than a lot of charities. One of those things is going around to colleges and talking to students about what the job market is really like, how to present themselves to companies upon graduation, and you know—giving them jobs.

I don’t know if you remember how scary it was graduating from high school or college and having to figure out what to do with the rest of your life—but having someone to tell you that you are employable and will be okay goes a long way!

At a recent event she met someone that really impressed her, but someone outside of her area of expertise. Unlike the accounting and finance majors she was used to meeting and greeting, this young lady wants to work in magazine production. She called me on her way home from the event and asked if I would share my experiences in that arena.

Now, I would not go so far as to say that I’m an expert, but I’ve been lucky enough to work for various magazines and publications over the last few years. AND, there were so many people willing to sit down with me and share their experiences and advice when I was younger.

So, on Saturday I met with a really lovely girl, with a really bright future. The experience got me thinking about what I think about the most important professional advice I’ve received or learned over the years—and the truth is I think it kind of transcends most professions. I mean sure, I gave some publishing specific tips, but most of my advice was pretty general.

Here are the tidbits I’ve learned in my 9-years of grown-up jobs, and many years before that of not-so-grown up jobs.

Networking
I think that for a lot of people the word “networking” dredges up images of cheap suits, sweaty palms, toothy grins, and business cards. That’s not how I see it. I really, more than anything else, believe networking is about making friends. That takes time, but it’s worth it. Taking time to get to know people, their likes and dislikes, and the ins-and-outs of their lives, and allowing them to know you and yours—not only adds more to your social life and support system, but it means that you will be prime time on their radar when something that fits your skill set and interests crosses their desk. I would say that I have gotten the majority of my freelance work not by applying, but through my network of professional and personal friends.

Be the Kind of Person People Want to Spend Time With
It’s important to be good at your job, but isn’t it even better if you actually like being there? I can’t help but think that decision makers feel the same way. While it’s sometimes easy to think of bosses as stodgy authoritarians, they’re just people. People like to be around people that they like. And sometimes those people leave jobs and take the people that they like with them. And sometimes those people see interns and think, “They would really add something to the dynamic around here.” I don’t consider this ass-kissing, I consider it more friend-making. You can’t force relationships on people, but you can be open to getting to know them, be around for post work drinks, and coffee machine chit-chat. Those are the little moments that make the work day so much more manageable. Those are the moments that stick out when you think about why you like your job.

Toot Your Own Horn
Despite what you may have heard, bragging isn’t bad. Well, it’s not bad when it’s done in a subtle way. When you tell people what your strengths are, more times than not they will believe you. They will also squirrel that info away for rainy days when they realize they need someone who is really good at color-coding/alphabetizing/investing/project management—and they know that’s your strong suit.

It’s Okay to Suck at Stuff
I am incurably honest about what my short-comings are. For starters, as a writer I have an almost comical misunderstanding of grammar rules. I don’t deny it. I compensate for my shortcomings by having a network of people I trust to proof my work. But, if something slips through the cracks, well—I told you so. If you’ve proven yourself (and bragged a bit in the process) in a work environment, you are valued. You are also human, and if people know what you’re not great at, you may reach a point where that part of the job, depending on the kind of job, is sourced to someone who is good at it. Being honest about sucking is like sucking insurance.

Even Bad Jobs are GoodI have had just about every job under the sun. I have worked at Chuck E. Cheese. I’m a licensed security guard in the state of New York. I’ve been a nanny, an admin, a hostess, and envelope stuffer. I’ve also had quite a few jobby-jobs, and from all of them I have learned what I like and what I don’t. I love the social aspects of being a waitress, nanny, and giant rat. I love the order and organization of admin work. I love the independence of freelancing. BUT, I’ve had some pretty craptacular work experiences too. From those I’ve learned what I don’t like, what I absolutely do not ever want to do again. The really important information to know about your professional life, is that like most things in life, you have more power than you probably think you do. Life’s too short to spend 40-hours a week, every week for 50 years, being unhappy. Learn what you don’t like, and don’t do it.

I probably have a few more professional life lessons hidden in my psyche, but this has become quite the lengthy blog. Now it’s your turn: What work-life lessons would you share with someone just starting out?

Breakfast


Trader Joe’s low carb tortilla, scrambled egg whites, tomato, lite cheese

Lunch


Veggie burger, cheese, gluten-free bun
Steamed vegetables

Dinner


Chicken noodle soup
Salad with lettuce, tomato, feta, olives, cucumber, lemon vinaigrette

Exercise: 30-minute strength training, 60-minute walk

 

Kim

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Commuting to the Camera

March 9, 2012 by 2 Comments

The Fella has been of visiting his mother country for the last 10-days, and I figured it would be a good week to visit mine. Mine’s a lot more convenient to get to, but slightly less exotic.

What I thought was going to be a relaxing week with the fam ended up being a whole lot of commuting back and forth to New York City. It was all in the name of fun (and money). A few weeks ago I shot a spec commercial and lucky for me it was bought by the client, which meant filming the real thing this week. So, for the last few days I’ve been training it back and forth from the east end of Long Island where my parents live to Manhattan.

The travelling is worth the opportunity to hang with my folks and get to showcase my inner camera hog.

I feel like I’m getting more work as an actor lately, now that I have no time to work as an actor, than I did when I was actively auditioning.

I’m even getting my non-actory boyfriend into the act. A few months ago we shot a pharmaceutical commercial together, and next week The Fella and I are shooting an ad for a dating site together. So, if you see a couple that looks kinda familiar trying to sell you drugs or a relationship, it’s probably us. ;)

It doesn’t hurt that he’s super-duper
handsome.

Kim and Roy: The New Face of Dating

Breakfast


Egg white omelet with spinach and feta
Apple sauce

Lunch


Veggie burger on gluten free bun
Baked sweet potato wedges
Pickles

Dinner


Imitation noodles

Imitation chicken (Quorn chikn cutlet)


Put it all together and it’s a real tasty dinner
Tofu noodles baked with spinach, quorn cutlet, and part skim mozzerella

Kim

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How Many Perfectionist Analogies Can I Put in One Blog?

March 6, 2012 by 4 Comments

Stop me if you’ve heard this one:

There was a little girl,

And she had a little curl

Right in the middle of her forehead.

When she was good

She was very, very good,

And when she was bad she was horrid.

When I was a little girl I had curly blond hair (those were the days), and my mom would recite this poem to me nightly at bedtime. I thought it was about me, and may have taken a wee bit of offense to being referred to as ‘horrid’ on a daily basis. The older I get, the more sure I am that it is about me.

I’m guessing that I’m not alone in the feeling that life is  about juggling a whole bunch of plates, and the thing about juggling is that you kind of have to do it perfectly or the whole system comes crashing down. If that happens you’ve got a whole mess to clean up…and a new set of plates to get up in the air.

When I am good, I’m very, very good. In those moments that I’m on I somehow magically balance work, hobbies, healthy eating, gym-going, friends, and family with the greatest of ease.

When I’m bad, seriously I’m a total effing disaster! Drop one plate and the others seem destined to burn bridges, eat Chinese food, miss deadlines and have dusty sneakers. Lately I’ve been feeling like try as I may, all my plates are destined to end up in heaping piles of debris.

I’ve always envied people with that “I do what I can do” attitude.

Seriously, where can I get me one of those?

I like to tell myself that I’m not a perfectionist, that it’s okay to do some things well and some things less-than-well—but who am I kidding. They wrote a poem about me (about a hundred+ years before I was born)! My only options are to be very, very good; or very, very bad. There’s not a lot of room there for negotiation.

When it comes to things like diet or exercise, I truly believe that the only viable option for lasting change is by accepting who you are, what you like, and acting within those confines.

Instead of trying to turn myself into someone I’m not (normal), I’m going to just accept that I’m an all-or-nothing personality and do the best I can with that. My all just happens to have far too many plates up in the air right now to be very, very good—therefore it’s time to cut some weight and juggle what I can–perfectly.

As the late, great Abraham Lincoln once said:

You can be a total friggin’ rock star some of the time, but you can’t rock out to big houses all of the time.

That’s not what he said.

For now, I’m working on my priorities, paring them down and letting my natural disposition take its course. I’ll let you know if I stop feeling like I’m sucking at life.

Breakfast


I’m visiting my family this week. Bad lighting, good cereal.
Cheerios with banana, skim milk

Lunch


Smoothie with almond milk, frozen strawberries and banana, vanilla whey protein

Dinner


Salad with homemade blue cheese dressing

Chicken soup

 

Kim

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Normal, Everyday New York Minute

February 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Err, how was your weekend?

Tell me you haven’t always wanted to lie in one of those crime scene tape outlines?

Just me?

Okay.

I spent almost all of Friday and Saturday in bed with a wee case of vertigo. I may be the only person in the world that doesn’t mind that drunk-room-is-spinning feeling, it’s like a free amusement park ride. But two solid days of it is no fun. It started to dissipate come Sunday, and if it resurfaces I’ll go to the doctor. My guess is that it’s either ear infection or blood pressure related.

I did leave my bed for a brief period on Saturday night to attend The Fella‘s school ball. It’s nice to dress up once and a while. Having said that, “ball” attire apparently has a very loose meaning. A few folks donned actual ball gowns, while many (myself included) rocked a standard cocktail dress, others wore straight up club attire (bando mini dresses).

I think there comes a point in every girl’s life when she starts feeling old. Saturday night may have been my night. Still, we clean up okay, and that’s what matters ;) .

Sunday my BFF came into the city to do a little bonding, we hit up the Standard Beer Garden, The Strand book store, and the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the Discovery Center in Times Square. I’ve lived in New York City for almost nine years now, and every once and a while a day of playing tourist feels really good. Since I plan on being buried in work with no hope of vacation for some time now, I may try to have these little staycation moments more often. Maybe I’ll even take one of those double-decker tour busses New York is famous for.

Anyone want to come visit and play tourist with me?

 

Breakfast

Totally obsessed. Peanut Butter Panda Puffs may be my new crack (not that I ever had “old” crack—crack is whack)
Topped it off with banana and almond milk

Lunch


Dr. Praeger’s Veggie burger, lite Cheddar, Udi’s gluten free hamburger bun
Baked sweet potato fries

Dinner


I tried my hand at shakshukah (a middle eastern tomato stew with poached eggs), this one came out much thicker than the last.
Added a side of whole wheat pita and tahini dressing (tahini, lemon juice, water, garlic powder)

Kim

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Four Years And Counting!

February 22, 2012 by 10 Comments


I saw this on a notebook the other day. I love the notion of forgetting the definition of impossible. Sorry for the crappy phone-camera shot.

Yesterday marked the fourth anniversary of The Kim Challenge. To think of how much my life has changed in the last four years is truly amazing. When I first started this blog I did so with the passive aggressive notion of getting the higher ups at Condé Nast (the producers of my webshow, The Daily Special) to notice me. It worked. I got my first legitimate writing job. Nowadays I’m a bit more direct about getting what I want—four years later I’m writing a book!

When I first started this blog I was fresh out of a four year relationship. The kind of relationship that kills your self-esteem and then blames you for it. Back then my boyfriend cheated on me, then told me it was my fault because I had gained weight. The worst part—I believed him! When I started this blog, I started it with a redefined value for my body, its relationship with food, and my love of exercise. I learned to see my body through the lens of my own eyes and appreciation, and no one else’s. These days I’m big time in love with a guy that formally asked me (in my kitchen, while I made dinner) tonight if I would move in with him when I’m done writing my book. When we’ve talked about it before I have said that I want to, but that I can’t necessarily handle the stress of a move and a manuscript at the same time. In order to make it an “official future goal” he made a ‘proposal style’ request. This one’s a keeper.

When I started this blog in 2008 I had very clear cut ideas about who I was and how the world should be. I’m a little less sure these days, and I think that’s a good thing. If there is one thing that I have learned over the last four years it is that life has a magical way of opening your mind, taking you places you never thought you would go, and catching you when you fall. This may sound hokey, but if there is one belief that I truly take to heart it is that the universe will always give you what you need. Perhaps not what you want, but definitely what you need. Sometimes along the way you realize what it is you want is totally different than you thought.

This blog is a magical part of my life and I thank all of you for that. Whether you comment regularly or lurk by practice, I am so appreciative of your presence in my life. I know that we often see blog reading (I know, I read a lot of blogs) as a one-sided activity, but I can tell you that it’s not—you’re presence out there means the world to me. Thanks for being there.

Now, let’s eat.

 

 

Breakfast


Smoothie made with almond milk, vanilla whey protein, banana, and mixed berries

Lunch


Split pea soup (is it just me or does split pea soup always look like baby food?)
Brown rice tortilla with lite Cheddar and turkey

Snack


Watermelon

Dinner

I’ve become slightly obsessed with shakshuka, an Israeli dish where eggs are poached in a tomato sauce/stew of sorts. I’ve tasted quite a few variations, and have to say Iike mine with big chunks of vegetables. I winged it, this was my first time making it, it wasn’t quite as thick as I’d like, but the seasoning was good.

I used:

1 medium onion, diced
4 cloves of garlic, minced
1 large Anaheim pepper, diced
1 orange pepper, diced
1.5 cups of white button mushrooms, sliced
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 28 oz can pealed whole tomatoes
5 eggs
1 Tbsp paprika
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp Cajun seasoning
¼ cup water (I would probably cut this out next time)

I sautéed the onion, garlic, peppers until soft, and then seasonings and mushrooms. When the mushrooms start softening I added the canned tomatoes with their juices. I simmered the sauce on a medium-low heat for 25 minutes uncovered. When the sauce is only slightly watery (I should have waited a bit longer) make a groove in the stew to pour egg into. Crack egg into a glass, then transfer to pocket you made in stew. Add as many eggs as you have room for. Cook (I covered them for a more poached look, but you can do it uncovered as well) until egg white is no longer runny, but yoke isn’t completely hard.

Serve with pita and tahini sauce

Review from The Fella (my household Israeli), the seasonings were perfect, the stew itself was nice and hearty, but it was a bit too liquidy. The good news: This is super healthy dinner. A great way to get your veggies in!

Kim

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I wanna be bad…at stuff

February 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment

My name is Kim, and I’m a perfection-aholic.

While it’s certainly one of my more motivating characteristics, I consider it one of my biggest flaws.

I tend to be pretty realistic when it comes to the natural limitations of other people, but when it comes to myself I expect nothing less than super-human strength and stamina, Einstein-like intelligence, and the patience of Mother Theresa.

Anyone else feel like this?

The problem with this equation is that I am not in fact super-human. This little fact continues to surprise and disappoint me.

What I’m working on now is figuring out a way to make my life work. I feel like everything in my life is amazing, and yet I don’t have enough time, energy, and brain space to manage it all. And in disappointing myself, I often feel like I’m disappointing other people.

Many years ago, I remember arranging a meeting with my then boss. People had just been let go and I’d taken on a whole slew of new responsibilities. The point of the meeting was to establish my priorities. I had so many things on my work plate, I wasn’t sure how to manage them all, and I wanted clarification about what duties took precedence. As we went down the list what we came up with was that they were all priorities.

It wasn’t a particularly helpful meeting.

I’ve been going over my priorities list in a similar fashion these days. Finishing my manuscript is my numero uno priority. Cranking out a 300 page book in six-months is pretty intimidating for a girl who makes her living blogging (everything I write is 500 words max!). In addition, I still have a job as a gossip columnist, work part-time at a magazine, have relationships with family, friends, and The Fella that I would like not to let fall by the wayside, and of course would like to maintain a moderately active lifestyle. They all seem like priorities.

So, I’m going to do something that is very hard for me to do. I’m going to try really, really hard to not try to be perfect (again, not saying I am, but I’m usually trying to be). There are going to be days that I’m a rock star at everything, but most days I probably won’t check off everything on my to-do list. I’m going to cut back my gym going from six days a week, to three, and use exercise videos (<3) to keep me from being completely sedentary on my off days—even if they’re super short ones. I may have to tell my freelance employers that I’m working on a big personal project and may have to take time off when needed. And I may have to be a bit hermetic when duty calls—I’m pretty sure my parents, friends, and boyfriend will still like me when I emerge from my writing cocoon.

Not trying to do everything right is going to be quite the challenge. If rational thought and self-assurances don’t work at quieting my inner perfectionist—candy usually shuts her up.

 

Breakfast

Scrambled egg whites
Orange
Trader Joe’s gluten-free English muffin (the consistency is more like a biscuit than an English muffin, but biscuits are good too)

Lunch

Salad with roasted kabocha squash, grilled tofu, mandarin oranges, and sesame ginger dressing

Dinner




A friend invited The Fella and I over for dinner. Not only is she a fantastic cook, but she kept everything super healthy:
Roasted vegetables, pita, tabouli salad, and shakshouka

Exercise: None. Sigh.

Kim

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The Secret’s Out: I’m Writing a Book!

February 3, 2012 by 12 Comments


This is my new office. Courtesy of the New York City Public Library.

I am on a mission to create a procrastination free zone.

Of all of my goals, this may be the loftiest, but, well I have a lot to get done in the next six-months. Because, well, I GOT A BOOK DEAL!

I’m guessing some of you have already guessed that by my totally leading blog posts for the last week.

I haven’t signed my contract yet, so I’m not sure if I’m legally allowed to announce that (but no one told me not too, either), but all the memos and handshakes are in place, and I’ve been really, really wanting to tell you all. Another writer I spoke with last night told me that it can take months before the contract actually goes through, and well, I can’t hold that in for months! Especially because so much of my life will now be spent writing about…well, my life.

Sorry, but that’s about all I can tell you. I probably won’t spill the beans about what my book is really about until it’s about to be published, but I can tell you it’s not Kim Challenge related, and it’s a memoir.

Now that the initial excitement has settled, I’m left with a feeling of complete and overwhelming “Oh crap, how the hell do I do this?” I have six months to finish my manuscript, and I’m going through a wee bit of a learning curve when it comes to creating a writing/life schedule for myself.

Writing from home doesn’t work because there’s a TV there, and televisions are very, very bad for productivity. I can’t write at Starbucks, like I usually do for most of my freelance work, because one can only drink so many lattes. I’m going to need somewhere I can sit for hours and hours on end without getting funny looks from baristas.

On the suggestion of another writer, I’ve decided to take up office hours at the New York City Public Library. It means adding a commute to my day, but it also means a quiet place to write un-interrupted for long stretches of time.

It almost feels like being at a jobby-job, because it is. MY JOBBY-JOB IS BOOK WRITING!

Yeah, that’s pretty awesome.

The other thing I’m going to have to figure out is exercise. My usual schedule has been to write gossip in the morning, then follow up with a session at the gym, andthen head to Magazineland or work on whatever other personal projects I have that need doing (which up until now has been writing my book proposal). That’s probably not going to work, because I work better during the day, and am relatively useless in regard to brain function at night. Since I don’t really need my brain at the gym, I’m going to have to do one of the things I loathe most—go to the gym in the evening. I hate rush hour at the gym, but I just don’t see daytime working for me anymore.

There’s a whole lot of adjustment going on over here, but I’m really excited about it.

Holy crappola, I’m kind of like a real writer!

Last night at my writer’s dinner (something I go to once a month to workshop stuff with fellow wordsmiths) one of my amazing comrades ordered a bottle of champagne to celebrate. So sweet!

Kim

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Best Week Ever!

January 27, 2012 by 10 Comments

This has been a seriously AMAZING week.

I haven’t been blogging because I’ve been busy running around with my heart in my throat all week.  I have some super amazing news, but I can’t announce it publicly just yet.  Still, I’m so excited for this next chapter of my life.  I feel like one seriously lucky ducky.  Isn’t this suspenseful?  Do you feel suspended?

Big life changes, guys!  Oh, and I’m not engaged or pregnant.  This is more of a work life kinda change.  I bet some of you, those that have been reading me for a while can guess what it is ;)

I’ll tell you as soon as everything is official.

In other amazing news: The Fella got his permanent green card this week.  The special guy in my life is not a native American (and not a Native American), he’s Israeli.  Holy cow is it hard to immigrate to the United States! He’s spent years and what seems like bajillions of buckeroos in lawyer fees for the right to live here.  Earlier this year his application for a green card was denied and I have been petrified that he’d be deported ever since. Luckily his appeal was successful and now we can breathe a whole lot easier.

A dream come true and a non-deportable boyfriend.  Can life get any better!?!

Yes, it can.  I can sleep now.  I’ve been running on fumes and adrenaline for so long that I totally collapsed today and slept until 5pm  (well, with brief conscious moments where I got up to write gossip and eat meals).  Ican’t remember the last time I slept all day–but I’ll take my sleep when I can, the next few months are going to be busy!

How are you spending your weekend?

Breakfast

Honey Nut Cheerios, skim milk, and a banana

As soon as things settled down I got on a train and went to visit my family.  We’re going to spend the weekend finishing up unpacking from their move in November.  Added bonus: They always have better cereal choices than I do :)

Lunch

Between nap snack:
Smoothie with strawberries, banana, vanilla protein powder, skim milk

Dinner

My mom made Chinese style eggplant over Jasmine rice.

Exercise: Funny, exercise. Ha!

Kim

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