Nutty Granola Bars

This week has been extremely busy (yet not busy at all) and rather exhausting.  I had two exams, one Wednesday and one Thursday, so I was studying as much as I could, going to class, and trying to squeeze in enough time for a workout.  I tried starting Hip Hop Abs by Shaun T, but it isn't full body enough for me to really want to hop on board with it.  I'm going to get my body used to jumping around again with high intensity interval training next week, and then I'll start Insanity over again the following week.  I love Insanity.

Because I was so busy, I didn't have time to go grocery shopping this week, and we ended up running out of all fruit other than apples.  On top of that, I was out of greek yogurt.  I usually start my day off with a banana, have a berry packed smoothie after my workout, and nibble on oranges/apples/whatever else we have throughout the rest of the day.  I'm a fruit girl, through and through.  I had to survive two whole days without anything but apples.  When it comes to fruit, I'm extremely spoiled, and I know that.  But it really was dreadful without the variety.  I have a tendency to get migraines, and sure enough, on day two of not getting as many fruits as I was used to, I was beside myself with dizziness and a pounding in my head.  I tried to sleep it off, to no avail, so I ended up missing class that afternoon to try to get rid of it.. and of course I found the strength to go grocery shopping with Alex.  Two bunches of bananas, 3 lbs of tangelos (I had no idea what these were), a few grapefruit, 4 lbs of frozen strawberries, 1 lb each of frozen blueberries, mixed berries, and peaches, and 3 lbs of unsweetened applesauce later, and I am well stocked up.  My migraine has gone, my tests are finished (although two more are on their way this next week), and since it's the weekend, I've finally caught up on some sleep.
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