I gave in..

I baked! But I did not eat. I have always loved baking. It goes back to when I was a kid and would spend hours in the kitchen baking holiday treats with my mom. It’s a stress reliever for me, completely therapeutic. During undergrad I became known for the crazy baking spree I’d go on as soon as finals were over. It would get silly! There’d be pans, cookies, cupcakes, pies, biscuits, spread all over the...

The Tightrope

For the last 5 weeks I’ve felt I’ve been performing a a tightrope walk while juggling school, work and my contest prep. It was as though if everything went just right, if nothing threw off my specifically planned daily schedule, then things would be fine, but if anything threw my slightly off I would slip off the rope and everything would come tumbling down. Well, I haven’t completely fallen, but things are...