Five Friday Favorites 04/15/16

Happy Friday! Do you have fun weekend plans? I have - drumroll please - a lot of work to do, so study groups will be a thing. Also, probably a yoga class tomorrow night, a few walks in the GORGEOUS spring weather, some reading, and probably not a whole lot else. As I’m writing this, I’m feeling that I come across as incredibly lame and obsessive about schoolwork, but the goal for my weekends these days isn’t to have the best time ever, just to start the next crazy-busy week in a good place. Anyway… this has been a pretty good week and I think it’s only right to end it by looking back at some of my favorite things about it. Here we go!

• Massage

I have a membership to Massage Envy, and I have been seriously preferring to save my visits until I’m home because there’s a very strong massage therapist there that I love, and I haven’t been that happy with any of the ones I’ve seen here. However, I didn’t get around to scheduling one over spring break, so I had an extra visit floating in my account. I figured I’d give the nearby location a shot again last Friday and I’m so glad I did. It was exactly what I needed after a rough week, and I’m actually going back tonight. Massage is one of those things I thought I’d never like before I started having pain issues and now I can’t get enough. Seriously, can I hire a live-in massage therapist?

• The #BGBInstaChallenge

I really like taking pictures. I really like Instagram. But I sometimes don’t know what to share or what to take pictures of, and the prompts for the challenge help me get a little bit creative and keep my posting consistent. It’s super fun to see everyone else’s takes on the prompts, too. Love it!

• Chocolate chip coconut flour banana bread

{Photo via Ambitious Kitchen}

I’ve made a lot of banana bread. This stuff is so good and so chocolatey and so moist. I made a loaf (using cashew butter instead of almond butter because it’s what I had on hand) last Saturday afternoon and enjoyed it all week. Aside from the chocolate chips, there’s no added sugar, but you’d never know it because it’s so sweet and soft. Definitely a new go-to for me!

• Prospies

It’s the time of the year when high school seniors are finalizing their college plans, which means they come visit and “experience college”. Which is a total lie, since one night and half a day with, you know, no schoolwork to do really tells you almost nothing. That said, it’s really fun to have them here and talk to them. Choosing college is such an exciting time, and watching other people go it makes me smile.

• Playing with breakfast  

 

A photo posted by Ellen (@ellen_slater) on Apr 11, 2016 at 6:57am PDT

Before last week, aside from maybe 5 or so breakfast/brunches/days when I was fasting for something medical, I had had Greek yogurt and a banana and cereal for breakfast every day for at least 4 years. Probably longer, honestly. Why? It’s tasty. It has protein and calcium and a bunch of other healthy stuff. And it was habit. I never had to think about breakfast. But I guess suddenly I wanted to think about breakfast…? So I’ve been making all sorts of fun things and loving it. I’m hoping to share a collection of some of my fun-but-still-easy-and-healthy finds soon!

How did you decide where to go to college?

Favorite breakfast?

What are you loving this week?

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