so we made this delicious dinner last week, and i had a whole post prepared for you. but then….
there are three things I’d like to share with you today, dear readers. the first is, and you may have noticed this, I haven’t been writing about anything personal for a long time. probably since graduating in june. that’s because I spent four long months searching for a job, and the whole process sucked. and I didn’t want to bore you with all of the details, because it would have sounded like this: “well, I applied for three jobs this week, went on two informational interviews, revised my résumé five times, went to job club (thank goodness for job club!), and am still waiting for an interview.” boring, right? but I was lucky to have amazing family and friends supporting me along the way, and I was also lucky enough to get offered several jobs. I accepted a job at a great nonprofit that offers high-quality medical services to people who might not otherwise have access to primary care physicians. I’ve been working since november, but have been hesitant to write anything about my job, because it was so new and such a great fit for me (i wrote SO many policy analysis papers on access to affordable health care!) that I didn’t want to jinx anything.
i’m not one for new year’s resolutions, because i tend to be overzealous with resolutions, then end up breaking them, and then get discouraged. so i haven’t decided to completely cut out dairy or fats or sugar or gluten or any of that stuff for the new year. but i am naturally gravitating towards more fruits and vegetables, less heavy and processed food, and have been hauling myself out of bed early on saturday mornings to hop in the pool.
a couple of weeks ago, we were searching for recipes that used corn and quinoa, as we had an abundance of both on hand. we stumbled across this recipe, and decided it was the perfect fall soup.
as much as i hate to admit this, it’s turning into fall around here. we’ve been having lovely, sunny days in the 70s…but there’s a cool breeze that wasn’t present last month. and the evenings are getting darker earlier. and the trees are changing colors and dropping their leaves.