Chard. I took this picture in January.*

Oh, hello there.

No, I was not in a terrible accident which prevented me from updating my blog for the last 5 (!!!) months. And no, Rob was not so disgusted by his Julie Powell moment that he forbade me from ever food blogging again. My absence has a very simple and much less interesting explanation: I've gone back to school.

It was all very sudden, you see, and every time I thought, I need to update Delicious Coma, I was immediately distracted by the hundreds of anatomy flashcards I needed to memorize. No one grades you on your food blogging. Priorities were set. I apologize.

So it was all very sudden, but it was also very right, because the career I'm going back to school for combines so much that is important to me: good food, healthy living, sustainable farming, education and community involvement. I'm applying for a masters program to become a registered dietitian with a focus in community nutrition. Rather than helping those who already sick, I want to help people keep from getting sick by improving how they eat. I want to spread my love of vegetables -- the weird ones (purslane!), the ugly ones (kohlrabi!), the ones everyone is supposed the hate (beets! broccoli! kale!).

Unfortunately, a bachelors degree in film production doesn't prepare you very adequately for a masters of science degree, so I have about a year of science prerequisites to complete, core classes like physiology, organic chemistry and microbiology that I have to take while still working full-time. So you see why there is little time for blogging. Or tweeting or reading other people's blogs or attending PR dinners or even eating a dinner that isn't a bowl of Whole Foods organic soup dashed down at my desk before I leave work for a class that ends at 10 PM.

I still have pictures on my camera from March.

I can't promise the next semester will be any different, or the one after that, or the one after that. But I'm still here and I hope you'll stick around too. I think it'll be worth it.

* I was going to write a post about how much I still love the South Central Farmers' CSA boxes, especially in winter because the produce lasts for a full two weeks. But it's not winter anymore, so just take my word for it.