I love to take really hot showers. Like, really super duper skin-scalding hot showers.

In a perfect world (and when they're on sale), I eat an avocado every day. Just slice it open, sprinkle salt, pepper, and cayenne powder, then dig right in with a spoon.

I have a great love and appreciation for things that are dramatic and dark, but if it happens at night then I need to watch or read something funny right after. Game of Thrones is my favorite show in the world but you bet your ass I'm usually watching an episode of How I Met Your Mother before bed.

Taking care of Ender has greatly reduced my day-to-day anxiety and I think service dogs must really be little angels sent from heaven to people who need them, because Ender's just a normal dog who is pretty crazy a lot of the time and I still feel like he's helped me in more ways than I can count. Also this gives me a lot of hope for motherhood because I always worry that I'm going to be an insane mom who is afraid of everything but I'm starting to think I'll be able to handle it.

I really don't love public speaking, but I would say my ability to do it is at least respectable. Whenever I finish delivering a speech or presentation I always feel really good but then can't remember any detail of it because I'm pretty sure I black out when speaking in front of others.

I always knew I liked noodles but now I know I love noodles. Paleo, you're great but I'm having a big bowl of pho once this Whole30 is over.

Photo by Justin Hackworth and Brooke Dennis.

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I have always wanted to be the kind of person who cooks for the week on Sunday evenings. I've done it once or twice but never seem to stick with it. Since I'm doing The Whole30 this month, and because I had an early meeting yesterday morning, I decided to whip up an easy Paleo breakfast that Rob and I could each grab on our way out: Paleo omelette muffins!

This one is great for Sunday cooking because it gives you an opportunity to get rid of whatever vegetables you might be about to throw away (which means the recipe can be different every time you make it). This time I used an onion, carrots, celery, and some leftover squash from a previous dinner. Throw in a little ham and you're ready to go (although you could use bacon or sausage or just leave the meat out completely).

Ingredients: 

• One onion, a few stalks of celery, four carrots, several handfuls of greens, and/or any other vegetables in your fridge
• One or two tablespoons of olive oil
• 10 eggs
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• Optional: breakfast sausage, bacon, ham, etc.

Instructions: 

1. In a large pan, saute the onion and other veggies. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
2. In a bowl, whisk eggs together until combined well. Pour eggs evenly into each tin of a muffin pan (only about 3/4 of the way full).
3. Spoon your veggie mixture into each cup.
4. Bake at 350 for about 25 minutes, or until the eggs are firm. Place in a container and refrigerate until ready to eat, then pop them in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute and enjoy!