So, just tossing it out there, but I have a Snapchat! I really should have named this blog “Highway to Chel” since that’s what I am on all of my social accounts.
Snapchat has honestly become one of my favorite social media platforms. It’s so low-stakes. No need to curate an existence. I would never post no-makeup pics on Insta, but they’re all over Snappy. It’s such an awesome way to connect with your fave internet people on a more intimate level, but still maintain privacy and control.
I feel like I’m the most ME on Snappy, since so few people watch my story. I haven’t been as consistent with this blog as I’ve wanted to be, so Snap is a great way to keep up on those weeks when I don’t post. I dream of the day when I can quit working an actual job (or reduce hours) and devote myself completely to my little corner of the internet, but that may never come. So on-the-fly Snaps it will be for now.
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Today marks a somewhat historic day for me: I attended all of my classes, submitted a homework assignment on time, and am in really good shape to catch up with this semester’s work! I’m actually excited to write a law paper on Plato’s Apology of Socrates. I might actually. freaking. graduate. It’s getting so real.
So, logically, rather than, y’know, study for Art History, I decided to clean the crap out of my apartment. It is amazing what accumulates in your fridge and freezer when you’re not paying attention…Let’s just say that, despite our super-green recycle-mania, we’ll have a full bag of trash this week.
Some useful stuff, like organizing my office, happened. But some fun stuff happened too.
the rainbow connection ❤
When I moved into Fig’s place, his cabinets were *sorta* decorated with random glassware, and I managed to go almost 3 years without realizing that they are perfectly rainbow-colored! Elsie Larson of A Beautiful Mess has an incredible rainbow-colored glass collection that has been a total inspiration. It was so nice to be able to start my own with “found objects” (which is what I call all of Fig’s pre-Chelsea possessions, basically).
Also, cleaning out your fridge and cabinets can be really inspiring…for cooking, that is. I invented a sauce that I kind of want to call “béchamelized”, but I don’t know that anyone would get it. Caramelized onions and cauliflower, white wine, butter, and parmesan cheese instead of flour. 2 legit 2 quit.
I served it over pierogies and wilted spinach because LIFE IS AMAZING.
When you have 3 full-time jobs (retail worker, 15-credit college student, & homemaker/housekeeper/adult-I-guess?), there’s very little pure “me-time”, so getting to do some redecorating and creative cooking was so refreshing.
What fills your “me-time”?
–DellaBites
P.S. I’m calling 3.18.16 the day I finally committed to Snapchat. I’m @highwaytochel over there. Story is fiiiiire right now.
P.P.S. Just in case the title reference isn’t clear…
Della Bites 