I realized I haven't posted since St Patty's Day. Things in school went fast and furious towards the end. After Spring break I felt like I was running at full speed. And work was nice enough to schedule me four weekends in a row while I was wrapping up my semester. But I survived and I did very decently grade-wise.
Now it's summer! Technically it's my last official summer break. We only have two weeks off between third and forth year. My thoughts? Bring it! So ready for school to be done. In all honesty, next year is supposed to be killer. Just need to survive and pass one more year!!
We've got a few things planned this summer. Today we're going to see U2 at Invesco Field. We're going to Rock of Ages 6/19. I got tickets to the Cardinals vs Rockies next weekend for Brock's birthday. I also got us beer making classes that we need to schedule. And we're going to CA and OR in July. My bro-in-law will be here in July too.
I'm getting involved in diabetes research this summer. I'm still doing things with my frat. And my school friends have been awesome about wanting to actually do stuff this summer. Tomorrow night we're going to Canvas and Cocktails, a place where you paint and drink wine/beer. Yay! Wednesday we're all going out to dinner.
Since I've been out of school (a whole week!) I've been busy cleaning and baking/cooking. I'm hopping back on Weight Watchers officially on Monday to continue my getting to a healthy weight for pregnancy adventure. I fell off the WW bandwagon right after Spring break. I managed to only gain 2lbs back. When I was working out at the beginning of the semester, I was doing so well in school. Need to get back to that point, especially since next year is supposed to be so rough. I found a website via Pinterest called skinnytaste.com. She has some awesome recipes and has calculated points using the old WW point system and the new Points Plus as well. Even if you're not doing WW the recipes look great! I have a hard time keeping things exciting for B.
All right. Off to get cleaned up and prep stuff for tomorrow for work. Long day ahead of us. We're heading to the concert early since the news said parking will sell out in like a minute. Early lunch and dinner at the stadium. $50 hot dogs, anyone??
Happy weekend!
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Streamlining and stress management
I ended up canceling my training tomorrow and my participation in a health fair on Friday. I hate backing out of things I commit to, but honestly, I'm spread a wee thin these days and there are other things that must be done that take precedence. I think for my sanity, I just needed to eliminate something to make me feel better and this was the only thing that could really budge.
I've schedule date night/"OMG GET ME OUT OF THE HOUSE!" night with B for Friday. Dinner and a movie. And it sounds perfect. He's really working hard on a project and I'm really focused on school. He has to work all weekend and I have my own agenda for school.
Spring break is in about a week. Did I mention how excited I am?
I moved away from home at the age of nineteen to be close to the boy I loved. We moved back for a few years and then away again. Sometimes I wonder if my first move was too soon. I missed my family terribly. I'm extremely independent and march to the beat of my own drummer, but being so far away was painful. Of course, being broke and not being able to see them when I wanted was hard as well. But I love where I'm at now and hopefully, if things work out when I'm done with school, we can stay here. I find myself incorportating tid bits of my family all around me -- stuff that reminds me of them in very subtle ways. I have a small collection of vintage Pyrex that reminds me of my mom. I even have a Tupperware piece from the 70's that I found on eBay that reminds me of my dad. It's a piece he would marinate meat in and BBQ all the time. Hey, Californians love their BBQ! My Le Crueset tea kettle is in flame orange, the same color of my grandma's original dish that she always uses to cook her infamous pilaf at family dinners. Recently on Pinterest, someone pinned this:
I've schedule date night/"OMG GET ME OUT OF THE HOUSE!" night with B for Friday. Dinner and a movie. And it sounds perfect. He's really working hard on a project and I'm really focused on school. He has to work all weekend and I have my own agenda for school.
Spring break is in about a week. Did I mention how excited I am?
I moved away from home at the age of nineteen to be close to the boy I loved. We moved back for a few years and then away again. Sometimes I wonder if my first move was too soon. I missed my family terribly. I'm extremely independent and march to the beat of my own drummer, but being so far away was painful. Of course, being broke and not being able to see them when I wanted was hard as well. But I love where I'm at now and hopefully, if things work out when I'm done with school, we can stay here. I find myself incorportating tid bits of my family all around me -- stuff that reminds me of them in very subtle ways. I have a small collection of vintage Pyrex that reminds me of my mom. I even have a Tupperware piece from the 70's that I found on eBay that reminds me of my dad. It's a piece he would marinate meat in and BBQ all the time. Hey, Californians love their BBQ! My Le Crueset tea kettle is in flame orange, the same color of my grandma's original dish that she always uses to cook her infamous pilaf at family dinners. Recently on Pinterest, someone pinned this:
My grandpa used to say this all the time. I think it's very appropriate and I will be acquiring this soon. I find it rather serendipitous that it matches my office nearly perfectly.
Image from http://www.etsy.com/shop/NanLawson
Image from http://www.etsy.com/shop/NanLawson
Saturday, March 5, 2011
And this is why I'm borderline insane these days...
Today I:
- worked at Children's Hospital for 4 hours
- made a trip to the mall for tea
- had sushi with B
- ate chocolate and drank wine while watching "The Hangover" (classy, no?)
- made a tentative list for baby shower and sent to mom-to-be
- brainstormed food ideas
- researched cupcakes places for shower
Tomorrow I'm:
- going to pirate exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
- grocery shopping
- changing oil in car
- laundry
- studying for cancer quiz
- starting paper due Thursday
Monday:
- gym
- class from 8am till 1pm
- quiz on cancer
- third visit to Children's Hospital - completed 12 of 48 hours needed
- study for quiz on pain and migraines for Tuesday
- study for verbal exam for Tuesday afternoon
Tuesday:
- gym
- class from 9am until 3pm
- quiz on pain/migraines
- oral exam (mock telephone consult)
- work on paper due Thursday
Wednesday:
- gym
- class 8am til noon
- Admissions Committee meeting 3:-4:30
- Faculty dinner 6:00 - whenever
- work on paper!!!!!
Thursday:
- gym
- damn paper due!!!! AHHHHH! (It's only 6,000 words. Psh)
- Class?? Maybe. Squeeze in a site visit to OTC? Depends on how much of my paper is done.
- if I go to class it's from 1pm-3pm
- maintain sanity, it's almost Friday
- turn in paper
Friday:
- gym
- class 9am-12pm
- Ditch class at 11:30 to work at health fair from 12-3:30pm
- 3:45pm - crash and burn
- wake up - realize Spring break is in a week and rejoice.
- Send out invites for baby shower
- worked at Children's Hospital for 4 hours
- made a trip to the mall for tea
- had sushi with B
- ate chocolate and drank wine while watching "The Hangover" (classy, no?)
- made a tentative list for baby shower and sent to mom-to-be
- brainstormed food ideas
- researched cupcakes places for shower
Tomorrow I'm:
- going to pirate exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
- grocery shopping
- changing oil in car
- laundry
- studying for cancer quiz
- starting paper due Thursday
Monday:
- gym
- class from 8am till 1pm
- quiz on cancer
- third visit to Children's Hospital - completed 12 of 48 hours needed
- study for quiz on pain and migraines for Tuesday
- study for verbal exam for Tuesday afternoon
Tuesday:
- gym
- class from 9am until 3pm
- quiz on pain/migraines
- oral exam (mock telephone consult)
- work on paper due Thursday
Wednesday:
- gym
- class 8am til noon
- Admissions Committee meeting 3:-4:30
- Faculty dinner 6:00 - whenever
- work on paper!!!!!
Thursday:
- gym
- damn paper due!!!! AHHHHH! (It's only 6,000 words. Psh)
- Class?? Maybe. Squeeze in a site visit to OTC? Depends on how much of my paper is done.
- if I go to class it's from 1pm-3pm
- maintain sanity, it's almost Friday
- turn in paper
Friday:
- gym
- class 9am-12pm
- Ditch class at 11:30 to work at health fair from 12-3:30pm
- 3:45pm - crash and burn
- wake up - realize Spring break is in a week and rejoice.
- Send out invites for baby shower
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
uhhhh....wait a minute!
Oh boy. I laugh at the fact that I used terms, like "hell week" not that long ago. Apparently, it's hell semester? I have breaks for about a day where I can let the contents in my head re-solidify and then I'm back to the grind. But this is what I want to do and I signed up for the four year beating after getting my Bachelor's, so who am I to complain, eh?
One of my classmates posted on Facebook that we have six weeks left, not counting the week we're in right now. I find that very exciting and equally horrifying. I was just happy Thanksgiving was almost here. I hadn't even had a chance to process that the semester was really almost over. At this rate, pharmacy school will be wrapped up before I know it. I still need to visit my community pharmacy four more times and I haven't even started on my hospital visits. I'm still patiently waiting for my preceptor to make some room in his schedule.
It seems that I'm working on all the holidays so far. I work a very early shift on Halloween, which is fine really. We don't really do anything for that holiday. I'm working Thanksgiving. Again. It's fine. We don't have family here, other than my school family, so I bought a little turkey breast from CostCo for me and B. We'll see what happens for Christmas. We don't have plans to head home for the holidays. A white Christmas anyone? We can only hope. For some reason, it wants to stay warm in Denver this year. I demand some snow!
Ok. Now to start on my to-do list with 100 projects on it...
One of my classmates posted on Facebook that we have six weeks left, not counting the week we're in right now. I find that very exciting and equally horrifying. I was just happy Thanksgiving was almost here. I hadn't even had a chance to process that the semester was really almost over. At this rate, pharmacy school will be wrapped up before I know it. I still need to visit my community pharmacy four more times and I haven't even started on my hospital visits. I'm still patiently waiting for my preceptor to make some room in his schedule.
It seems that I'm working on all the holidays so far. I work a very early shift on Halloween, which is fine really. We don't really do anything for that holiday. I'm working Thanksgiving. Again. It's fine. We don't have family here, other than my school family, so I bought a little turkey breast from CostCo for me and B. We'll see what happens for Christmas. We don't have plans to head home for the holidays. A white Christmas anyone? We can only hope. For some reason, it wants to stay warm in Denver this year. I demand some snow!
Ok. Now to start on my to-do list with 100 projects on it...
Friday, October 8, 2010
FRIDAY!
I survived hell week at school. Insert a big fat sigh of relief right here!
Today I went to the Convention Center in downtown Denver and took part in an event called STEMapalooza. It was a really good time! Kids are so cute...and sort of scary. Am I getting old or am I more conservative than I thought? I saw kids with full sleeves of tribal tattoos (not to mention his matching alcohol monitoring device) and girls with more facial piercing that I've ever seen. And kids today have a very *specific* look. I don't know exactly how to describe it, but it involves a lot of backcombing of their hair, silky pink bows, lots of really thick badly applied liquid eyeliner and skinny jeans that are so tight, I'm sure their toes don't have anything feeling. Ok. Now that I have clearly made myself out to be 80...
When I got home, B mentioned sushi sounded good. And he was right. Oh man did we eat sushi. om nom nom nom. Then we headed to Whole Foods to get some yummy french bread to make french toast on Sunday. We also picked up some chicken apple sausage. Breakfast has quickly become one of my favorite meals of the day. Somehow ice cream and chocolate sauce made their way into our cart. I have no idea how!
Tomorrow I will be participating in my first health fair. Oh boy! It's at a local church in a not so great neighborhood. I'm just really glad to know that we will be impacting the lives of people who don't have consistent access to health care. I'll be monitoring blood pressure and possibly make my way over to cholesterol screenings. I'm looking forward to this a lot.
I also found out this week that I was matched up with my first choice for hospital preceptors! Very big deal. I've had growing interest in cardiovascular health, blood pressure management and cholesterol. And this is what my preceptor specializes in. SCORE! More to come on that as the visits start...
I think this weekend I'm going to take a deep breath, leisurely get ahead on some stuff for school and sleep in at least on Sunday. Maybe I'll actually take my sewing machine out of it's box. It's only been in there for a year. ::sigh::
Today I went to the Convention Center in downtown Denver and took part in an event called STEMapalooza. It was a really good time! Kids are so cute...and sort of scary. Am I getting old or am I more conservative than I thought? I saw kids with full sleeves of tribal tattoos (not to mention his matching alcohol monitoring device) and girls with more facial piercing that I've ever seen. And kids today have a very *specific* look. I don't know exactly how to describe it, but it involves a lot of backcombing of their hair, silky pink bows, lots of really thick badly applied liquid eyeliner and skinny jeans that are so tight, I'm sure their toes don't have anything feeling. Ok. Now that I have clearly made myself out to be 80...
When I got home, B mentioned sushi sounded good. And he was right. Oh man did we eat sushi. om nom nom nom. Then we headed to Whole Foods to get some yummy french bread to make french toast on Sunday. We also picked up some chicken apple sausage. Breakfast has quickly become one of my favorite meals of the day. Somehow ice cream and chocolate sauce made their way into our cart. I have no idea how!
Tomorrow I will be participating in my first health fair. Oh boy! It's at a local church in a not so great neighborhood. I'm just really glad to know that we will be impacting the lives of people who don't have consistent access to health care. I'll be monitoring blood pressure and possibly make my way over to cholesterol screenings. I'm looking forward to this a lot.
I also found out this week that I was matched up with my first choice for hospital preceptors! Very big deal. I've had growing interest in cardiovascular health, blood pressure management and cholesterol. And this is what my preceptor specializes in. SCORE! More to come on that as the visits start...
I think this weekend I'm going to take a deep breath, leisurely get ahead on some stuff for school and sleep in at least on Sunday. Maybe I'll actually take my sewing machine out of it's box. It's only been in there for a year. ::sigh::
Monday, October 4, 2010
So we meet again, Monday...
Well this weekend just came and left, didn't it? Before I get into my review of the awesome show I saw this weekend, I thought I'd ponder the topic of just how quickly time is flying for me. Sometimes I get rather frustrated when I stop and think about how many things I'm/we're putting on hold for me to finish my education: the house, the kids, B getting his degree...I was really down about it when this academic year started. A phone call with my mom a few weeks back really put things into perspective and it was so simple and obvious. After letting me vent, she said,"You will be happier in the end because these things are so special and you can devote all of your time and attention to them. Look how fast time is flying! It seems like you just started school and now you're talking about dressing up for a Halloween function at the hospital." She was so right. It's already October! Sometimes I lose perspective. Isn't it funny how phone calls to your mom can sometimes make it all better?
I spent a good deal of last Friday studying (tis life, I'm afraid). On Saturday morning, I got up early because I was anticipating an epic evening and needed to get more studying in. I probably only focused for about 3 hours and spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out with B, which I never get enough of. Then we headed out to Pepsi Center to see Muse!! Ah! I'll start by saying I've always loved European/British bands. I have since I was really young. In fact, I follow Oasis on Facebook and they posted something a few days back about "What's the Story, Morning Glory?" coming out 15 years ago. 15 YEARS AGO?! Good grief. I remember getting it when it came out. I felt old...just for a second. But then I was thankful that I had music that I had enjoyed for so long since so many artists these days seem very transient. We had really great seats to the show and it was purely by chance. The show was fantastic! I can honestly say I'd see them again and again.
I was home from the concert at a decent hour and had to be up the next day, bright and early for work. Yay! I love my job so it wasn't too horrible. A few coworkers make loving my internship harder on some days and Sunday was one of those days. But I was able to finish up and make it home in decent time (I work about 40 minutes from my apartment). I studied and made it up for an exam on this lovely Monday. I have one more exam tomorrow. It can only get better from there, right?
I spent a good deal of last Friday studying (tis life, I'm afraid). On Saturday morning, I got up early because I was anticipating an epic evening and needed to get more studying in. I probably only focused for about 3 hours and spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out with B, which I never get enough of. Then we headed out to Pepsi Center to see Muse!! Ah! I'll start by saying I've always loved European/British bands. I have since I was really young. In fact, I follow Oasis on Facebook and they posted something a few days back about "What's the Story, Morning Glory?" coming out 15 years ago. 15 YEARS AGO?! Good grief. I remember getting it when it came out. I felt old...just for a second. But then I was thankful that I had music that I had enjoyed for so long since so many artists these days seem very transient. We had really great seats to the show and it was purely by chance. The show was fantastic! I can honestly say I'd see them again and again.
I was home from the concert at a decent hour and had to be up the next day, bright and early for work. Yay! I love my job so it wasn't too horrible. A few coworkers make loving my internship harder on some days and Sunday was one of those days. But I was able to finish up and make it home in decent time (I work about 40 minutes from my apartment). I studied and made it up for an exam on this lovely Monday. I have one more exam tomorrow. It can only get better from there, right?
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