Chicken Salad On Challah

Sorry once again for my long absence. Today marks the start of dead week leading up to finals week and capping off with moving out of the dorms. Needless to say, things are busy here in Corvallis.

As some of you may know, I have been blessed, or cursed, with a larger than average bust size. Yay me! Lucky for me though, mom was also a part of this group and when we moved to Eugene, she stumbled on an incredible gift…Ruth's Foundations. Ruth's sells bras and swimsuits for those of us who laugh in the face of Target bikinis sized XL. Every summer mom and I would journey to Ruth's for a swimsuit. Every swimsuit I own came from Ruth's now that I think of it. I have also purchased at least 3 strapless bras from them. This past weekend I took a trip to Ruth's because I needed yet another strapless bra to wear under my wedding dress. It was quite a shock to walk into Ruth's without her. It was even more of a shock to have one of the incredible women that works there hook the 10+ hooks instead of her. And let me tell you, you really don't appreciate your parents until you have to buy your own stuff. $100+ dollars for a single bra later and I was out of there, a little down in the dumps.

Next to Ruth's is a great bakery/deli called Barry's. I highly recommend it. Nathan was complaining about missing breakfast so we stopped in or lunch. Another shock. After nearly every trip to Ruth's, and between the two of us, there were a lot, mom and I ate at Barry's. Always the same thing; half a chicken salad sandwich on challah and a bowl of matzo ball soup. It was disheartening to eat it alone. Nathan was there, but he had pastrami and that's not nearly the same, but much love to him anyway for enduring the 45 minutes in Ruth's.

This weekend was filled with things that I once did with mom and it made me realize how many more there will be. She won't be at my wedding. She wasn't at my bridal shower. I miss her a lot. However, I do get to honor her in many ways. I honor her when I shop at Ruth's. I honor her by writing and addressing all of my shower thank you notes in a very timely manner. I honor her by doing things I have never done before. I hope I honor her with this blog. I honor her with chicken salad on challah.

Speaking of things I have never done before, I was elected brotherhood chair in our chapter of AKPsi. This means I will be in charge of selecting monthly award winners, writing thank you cards to all of our guest speakers, and planning fun little get togethers to bring us closer together as members. Go me! I even won despite the one con being that I was not very approachable. Can you believe that? I'm approachable dammit! I hope mom would be proud. And I have her to thank for my thank you note writing skills. They are off the charts :)

Until next time,

Karina

P.S. I do not recommend seeing B.o.B in concert. He is absolutely atrocious and likes to endorse smoking. In an earlier post, I commented on $5 being a great deal to see him. I lied. Free would have been too expensive for crap like that. Save your money.