It’s funny, isn’t it? I’ve actually been able to cross off most of my goals. Got into college, signed up for an aerobics class, got my financial aid squared away so I don’t have to pay out of pocket, even set up to transfer and currently holding onto a solid A in every class. I am even on the way in creating my own vegan website. However, here I am sitting alone in the Cafe at the Siek Center listening to the Garden State soundtrack for the third time today.
There are too many things on my mind to deal with. I’m a vegan girl surrounded by food options that aren’t vegan. So, I usually eat an Odwalla bar at school. When they hand out free food I occasionally get to eat some fruit and get a drink. Which, is nice I suppose. At the last event I was so hungry I scraped the cheese off of a pizza and gave it to my friend just so I could eat the bread (they ony offered carrots with ranch). Sometimes I hate being a vegan. I can’t be a normal kid ever, I constantly have to apologize and explain to teachers and forum leaders that, no, I can’t eat that, I’m a vegan. Yes, that’s right, no dairy either. And I’m sick of our food being more expensive, it’s VEGETABLES and GRAIN. I know how much it costs, I buy it at the co-op. I’m sorry if I expected you to actually have food I can eat, considering the popularity of veganism in the area and the fact that you said in the broshure that you accomidated vegan diets. It shouldn’t be such a big deal, but it is. Everywhere I go I am reminded that I’m different.
I’m not always this depressed, but lately I really feel like crap. I feel like I have to decide between working my ass off at school or paying attention to my health, because I can’t seem to do both at once. Is this why there is a “freshman 15″? I hate this, I hate everything right now.
Hey,
I’m a vegan college girl too! Where do you go to school? It sounds sucky, at least for a vegan. You should make sure you are full of yummy vegan food before you go to events so that you aren’t starving. And I think that it is just the crap food that is cheap. I haven’t looked, but I’m guessing that buying for a healthy non-vegan diet would actually be MORE expensive than a healthy vegan one. I hope you feel better! Way to stick to being vegan in unfriendly territory!
Carry a bag of dried fruit and/or apples.I find it next to impossible to be a vegan,but I look forward to when I can.It is as if losing all my teeth might demand I drink only fruit and vegan smoothies.Who said life was easy.You want to be ill like those”that can eat anything” and not know the difference and be like those that die at 50 never knowing why and that it was their fork that did it,or a vegan and be well?I rather live one day healthy than many days ill because what I put in my body.Not saying I do now,but some day soon maybe I can get over my life long addiction to putting the wrong things in my mouth from being “processed person.”like the vidio said we are from birth.Even smoking was part of industries “processing.”