clovis - chicken fajitas. i'd make a huge batch of them, and then use the 'goods' to make quesadillas later. i loved the smell of browning the sliced onion in olive oil and garlic. yum. / usher. lil' jon. i was deep into rap and r&b, even had a subwoofer in the trunk of my vw jetta. yes sirreee. nursing school = lots of alcohol, lots of clubbing. well, i use the term 'clubbing' loosely - mostly it was just going to the one bar, but every weekend.
dallas - chick-fil-a and pei wei. chicken nuggets with waffle fries and mongolian chicken, respectively. i was working nights, incredibly depressed and didn't really give a shit about what i ate. / music is a blur.
shreveport - moe's southwestern grill (akin to chipotle here in cali), every time with the chicken nachos. came in a HUGE serving with nacho cheese plus shredded cheese, chunks of chicken with black beans. goodness. oh and frozen fish sticks. with tartar sauce made of miracle whip and dill relish. / vivian green and keyshia cole. easy. 'was it worth it' and 'emotional rollercoaster'.
fairbanks - this is when the depression really kicked in, and i went straight to the hard stuff. carrot cake. homemade. with homemade cream cheese frosting. i'd make an entire cake, and instead of leaving it covered out on the counter, i'd put it outside. where it would freeze. i did this in attempt to control my eating of said goodness. didn't work. i figured out that as long as you had a really hot knife, you can easily cut into a rock solid carrot cake. and frozen cream cheese frosting, oh. my. god. / timbaland, justin timberlake, nelly furtado, omarion. 'icebox' and 'what goes around comes around'. very dark time. very vindictive time.
albuquerque - chocolate frosting. in the tub. with colored sugar sprinkles. i'd sit there watching tv, take a bite and drink it down with really cold milk. it's a wonder i wasn't 300lbs. i went through probably 1-2 tubs a week. it's sick. / music here was replaced with tv. lots of sopranos, lots of big love, just about any series on hbo i was addicted to. again, 300lbs?
san antonio - my buddy claudia and i, sitting by the pool for 4 out of 7 days. great tan that summer. puffy tacos. beer. and strawberry margaritas. puffy tacos are amazing. made a very lame attempt at adopting salads as a meal, lasted maybe a week. ice cold beer while floating down the comal river in a tube. perfection. did i say puffy tacos? / katy perry. 'i kissed a girl'.
new orleans - m&ms. i'd keep 'em in the fridge. eat a couple at a time. ok, handful at a time. went through like a medium bag a week. and tuna fish salad. got there right after hurricane gustav, and the walmart wasn't yet stocked (didn't become stocked for WEEKS). they'd cleared out all the frozen/refrigerated food, so tuna fish and m&m's it was. / lil' wayne. 'mrs officer', basically the entire carter III cd was crazy. and on blast the entire assignment.
los angeles - the first assignment: dominoes. their chicken alfredo pasta and cinnastix. luckily i found triathlon towards the end of that first assignment, so all this is history. 30lbs later...
