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Recently, I’ve been craving dishes/snacks my parents made for us as kids. My Dad is the one who taught me how to make crêpes and his mother taught him, it’s seemingly a skill passed down in the Noë family. He would always make us the classic lemon juice-sugar crêpes as a special treat, but I have not made crêpes since well before my celiac diagnosis. All that changed this weekend, when gluten free crêpes became the Sunday adventure. Even rolled the crêpe up, instead of folding them, because that was the most fun way to eat it as a kid. #covidcrêpes #familymemories #glutenfreetreats

A few sections of crab and a lot of fun! Wish I was sharing it with my Dad @adrianjnoe (he usually comes to visit for snow crab).

Appreciating the little things even more these days, especially walks/runs with the big goofball!

The three highlights of my week: 1) MY SISTER! 2) @mtlrwrf is now officially a non-for-profit and we are now sending money to restaurant workers in need. Applications will be reopening soon and please keep donating (if you can). 3) Snow crab and other various cooking endeavours including me anxiously tempering chocolate.

Cooking anxieties away(ish). A treat steak dinner, post-Zoom meeting leftover steak tacos for lunch, and Baylor!

I made coffee ice cubes, I used @canal_roasters coffee beans, I played LCD Soundsystem (maybe some Katy Perry too 😝), I did an old @nytimes crossword, and pretended to be sitting in @liliandoli on a brisk spring morning. It was only missing a few special people, but the animals did their best to fill in.

It is important that I start by acknowledging how lucky and thankful I currently feel. However, it is also okay that all of us take the time to properly grieve the sudden changes to our lives as a result of this pandemic. My prevailing struggles are not even a fraction of what others are experiencing, but they are still my struggles that I cannot ignore. “Coronavirus has upended our world [and] what we once held as solid is no longer something we can rely on.” All of us are coping with this reality. For me, it was shocking but I am slowly establishing a new routine and realize these changes are for the greater good. A few weeks ago, I would always have towels, suits, caps, and goggles drying throughout my apartment in preparation for upcoming swims. But, I have now accepted that I will not be able to touch a pool for at least a couple months and seeing all my swim gear daily has been challenging. I am aware, this is NOT a big deal when compared to others’ hardships, but it is a reality I never thought I would have to come to terms with. Swimming is how I manage my mental health, how I process the unknown and uncertain. Swimming has gotten me out of a lot of dark moments and has always been there for me. To properly embrace my new normal, I decided that tonight was the night to pack up my swim stuff. After an at-home workout (stay active!), I gathered my gear and put it in the corner of my room. Here comes the comedy. First, I cried. Then, I laughed at myself for crying… about a pool. Finally, I had the biggest laugh because I visualized how terrible that first swim back, in a few months, will look and feel. If you are a swimmer, you know that after a week out of the pool, you come back to feel like you are drowning. All of this to say, it is okay to have moments when you feel down and moments of joy, even both in the span of 5 minutes. There is no “proper” way to handle life right now. Take care of yourself and your loved ones. Acknowledge your feelings. Stay home and find yourself a new routine. Maybe this moment of social distancing and flattening the curve is an opportunity to discover a new passion, a new hobby, a new friend, etc.

Throwback to a time when my biggest concern (at least for that night) was if I could floss or not (is that what this dance move is called?).... Here’s to many more cooking nights and terrible dancing (solo for now, together in the future)! 🎥: @chewthroughthepain tolerating me in January

Covid19 diaries: the loner (🙋🏻‍♀️) misses people and hugs, but also incredibly thankful for my health, my animals, and distractions like writing my thesis #stayhome #socialdistancing2020

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