First Graduate School Midterm Season!

It's been good lately. Vanessa's birthday on Friday was fun! met nice/fun people and got a pink squirrel (drink) which is pretty much a pink white russian, Josh had all sorts of drinks..., and the filet mignon sliders were DELICIOUS. omg.

Saturday went to the car wash, mall, walked around Conservatory (outside cus it was about to close) and ate at Sunflower! it was sorta expensive because we didn't know how much food it'd be but it was AWESOME and authentic. Pretty legit. Seafood <3. Oysters <3. I was REALLY excited to google oysters later in the evening after he left to find out that they are one of the most nutritionally well-balanced foods. OMG. I had a lot of oysters Sunday too...

I was REALLY productive in the middle of the night Saturday, somewhat productive Sunday after I woke up REALLY EARLY for no reason, baked a mixed-fruit pie with minimal sugar/butter, and then went back to sleep whereupon Josh called at like 1pm and it woke me up. HAHA, I was pretty upset that I had slept in so long but I'm sure I needed it.  I need plenty of rest! i DONT want to get sick.

Got my biostats exam back today, it was good but it could've been a lot better had I not gotten the easiest questions wrong...and somehow I got all the hardest questions RIGHT, the ones almost everybody missed...strange. At least that means I'm not totally slow right now?

TODAY was pretty cool, May and I got to our cars just as it was getting Real windy.  I could feel the resistance from the wind as I drove home which made me a little anxious but it turned out find.  When I got back to the Quarry I drove around the apt making sure I parked in the safest spot..aka not near an isolated tree.  I figured bushes were safe enough.

I was by myself...until about 10 minutes ago, haha. When I couldn't see anything outside my window because of the storm I hid in my bathroom with blankets, pillows, laptop, phone, and my homework.  I was REALLY productive in there, haha. Even after the storm was over I stayed in there for a little while because it was such a hassle to migrate.

Today is great because even though i was productive I was also a total bum. I ate like every other hour. ie: large bag of popcorn in 15 minutes.  A lot of fish sticks, okra, leftovers, etc. hahaha. It's nice to have movies playing in the background. It is such a cozy day :).

Now I just need to study more, register for courses in the morning, study more, study break with the girls...eventually that exam.

Hm...I have yet to figure out what to do about Halloween? to go back to Oxford or not?

Weekend Wedding

It's been a nice couple of days for the most part. Caught up on sleep, went to wedding with the Beherns family. Back seat of the van was a little cramped but alright.  Danced with Michael (2 years old) a couple of times, ran around, ate food, napped in the van...

I am so sore.
so sore.

This is REALLY sad that I am so sore and I really didn't do much in terms of physical activity. Stiff.

Got back to Columbus in less than two hours, groceries, cleaned around the apartment, new playlist, and am now watching Amelia and going over Biostats.

I'm tired.

I love being home

The weekend was fun.
Spent a lot of time with everybody, or at least tried. Shopped, bought PIGGY!!!! splattt, so much fun! although I think Josh loves piggy more than I do...played with piggy for half an hour straight, haha, piggy flew everywhere! it's amazing. I gave a strawberry version to Luke in addition to the Legos i bought him.

Josh helped pick out an awesome new coat! white, form fitting, sleek, just what I had been looking for! northface, and like 50% total off retail price at the outlet cus they had a sale. Pretty pumped.

enjoyed sunshine, fun, relaxation, food...

I really need to slow down on the gorging myself with food thing...I was doing so well!!!

now I'm tired, sleep deprived, and trying to figure out this global health stuff, and biostats, eeeeh...

life is good though, just a lot to think about.

i also need to spend less.

im tired << see?

So much to plan for, so much to do! in a good way

Well, once again I had to pay for parking but I got free food for the global health information meeting.  AND, I learned that my internal compass is securely in place! parked on the w12th ave parking garage, found out its connected to the hospital, and just walked through it the way I felt I should through the tunnel-like system, through the various offices/departments/food areas, and somehow ended up at the front door near my class! I didn't stop, barely paused, didn't look at maps, just went towards a direction and even though it felt like I randomly turned, it all turned out right! And later, going back to the parking lot, I didn't have a problem going through the building for the equivalent of like 2 blocks or something.  I was pretty excited, it might not sound like a big deal to anybody else, but to me, it is. It made me feel good.  It's the little things...

I am really excited!

So much to do though, like application, finding a project, finding a place to do the project and a precept for the project...in a developing country over some/all of summer! What is it that I want to do? We'll see!

Went to Giant Eagle, then home.  Ended up spending a lot, but I have a lot of projects/food I want to make and stuff...Got whole cloves by accident instead of ground cloves because it was on sale...I don't have anything to grind it with...except maybe stick it in saran wrap/paper bag and smash it on something not valuable with a hammer. I wouldn't smash it hard of course... I also came to the conclusion that even though Giant Eagle isn't a favorite because it doesn't have all that I need when I want it...it's better than the Kroger that is near me which sorta creeps me out thanks to its location.  Even though I like the stuff at Whole Foods better, it is so expensive there! and so hard to navigate! and today, I realized why I have trouble navigating it when normally I've been really good about it recently...

Everything in the store looks about the same, they're all about "natural" and "organic" and are all packaged in similar colors and materials... no wonder I get confused, everything looks the same from a distance.

Went to a 4 hour long class, which turned out well apart from feeling REALLY drawn out and LONGGGGG...ugh, 4 hours straight? Well, more like 3 and a half because we got let out early.  Anyway, I'm sort of excited because we have presentations coming up and we get to choose a disease and talk about the incidence, prevalence, mortality/morbidity rates, relevance, why we are interested, how it is transmitted and treated, etc.  There are a couple I am interested in, and maybe it'll give me a head start or at least help in determining what project I want to do for my practicum/study abroad because it is important to try out what I may possibly want to do with my life to make sure that's where I belong. I am excited! I hope I do not run out of this energy to figure everything out!

After class I made amazing banana-nut bread and it was quick! Delicious. And I made dinner and thoroughly enjoyed it.

It's amazing that I keep losing weight because I cook every day and eat a lot...I have the receipts to prove it.

Columbus is good, so many interesting things/experiences to look forward to and plan for, and so many new friends!

Best weekend in Columbus thus far :)

Went to Easton mall on Friday and brought two friends from my program with me because they had never been.  It was fun, got recruited to potentially work for A&F, and replaced the battery on my watch, hooray!

Saturday...spent it putting around, errands, cooking, and then Josh visited! I wasn't sure if he was gonna come because of work, but when I called at 5pm he said he was on the road and joked about how food should be ready by arrival...but I didn't know where he was on the road...and he was just giving me a hard time.  Thankfully once he got through the gates, he ended up wandering around confused about where it was, just enough time to have the steaks started and done :P 8 minutes. hahaha.

Dinner was delicious, if I do say so myself...

Went to gallery hop, Sushi Rock (awesome drinks/food but expensiiiive).

Went to Cosi today, played with kids, played with gadgets, got exercise, and had a lot of fun.

Ate at Noodles, it was good, and then it got not as good mostly because...yeah, to me it still felt like fast food.  No Olive Garden, that's fo'sho'.

Relaxed, took a walk around the Quarry in the dark, then he went home.  He is almost home now.

I am very happy, it's been a great weekend and I wasn't stressed out at all the whole time. A lot of things to look forward to! like the hot tub and the put-put course here, haha.

That, and next weekend I'll be home for a bit to get my ssn, and the weekend after for a wedding!

October is awesome.

ℒℴνℯ Fall weather!

It's been fun lately, hanging out with people, meeting a ton of people.
Columbus is good, if only the traffic was always good too, lol.

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