Good Bye Week 6!

Hello Week 7! Well, on Saturday anyway. I ran today which is not my usual schedule. Tomorrow we're supposed to get over 2 inches of rain so I decided to run tonight rather than risk it tomorrow. I don't have a gym membership or anything so I can't go run there and running inside is so boring to me. I don't know what I'm going to do once it starts snowing. Invest in some running boots maybe? :-P Today it was a straight 25 minutes of running and I think I did really well. I walked for a total of 1 minute... a few seconds here and there. I liked not having to really pay much attention to my watch and just ran. I did get a little tired around the second mile but ran about 2.3 miles in 25 minutes. It's not awesome but it's not too shabby for someone who could barely run down the street 6 weeks ago. It has been the fastest 6 weeks though. I can't believe how fast time is flying and that it is October tomorrow. I think I might see if I can get an appt for a chiropractor. My hip is really becoming a pain... no pun intended. I really feel like if I could just crack it, it'd feel 100% better. Probably easier said than done though. I'd like to come out of there not being paralyzed. I think on Saturday I'm going to map out 2.5 miles and go by the distance rather than the time. That way I won't have to pay attention at all to the watch (and maybe I'll even leave it at home..... uhhh maybe not... I like seeing that I only have 5 more minutes to go. :-P ).  Jane wanted to run with me tomorrow morning at 7am. Yes, 7AM!! I told her I'd think about it and give her a call today and let her know because 7am is crazy. LOL That means I'd have to leave about 6:45am to get to her house. Pfft. Because I saw it's going to rain, I called and told her I was running tonight and she left me a message saying she doesn't think she'll have enough time to run in the morning so maybe another time. Whew! I don't think people understand how slow I really am. LOL Just ask Corey!

The 2 girls at my Micro lab have really been irritating me. It's not me their being shitty to but rather to the other girl that sits at our table. The other girl doesn't even know they're being bitchy to her. I feel so bad for her. Some people need a little more time spent on things to fully understand what's going on and Microbiology is NOT easy. I wish the one girl who always rolls her eyes at her would just stfu. It's not nice at all. :-(

A walk down memory lane...

I feel like a mom whose kids have grown up way too quickly. Jane called me today and asked if I was available tonight as her husband had a client cancel on him and wanted her to go with him to an event in Chicago. I said sure. I was super excited to see the kids.... and it's such a rarity because it was all FOUR. I forgot how I handled it all when they were all so little and it was such a routine. I haven't seen the two younger boys since the beginning of summer. I had a few days down to watch them during the summer but they were all canceled. :-( I haven't seen the two older ones (or babysat them) in such a long long time. I feel like Shannon should be married by now and Riley, holy cow has he changed. It's like you can have an actual conversation with him. He's witty and funny and not at all annoying. LOL He was quite the little instigator when he was younger. He just turned 11 (which is NUTS) and Shannon will be 14 in a few weeks. My babies are growing up! :-( 14, 11, 6 and 4. I took them to McDonalds for dinner tonight and it was just so nice to sit with them and talk. I mostly sat back and watched them. These kids are such an example of what I'd like my kids to be like. They are so close with each other and genuinely care about each other. Riley asked Aidan if he was doing well in school, if he stayed on 'green' all week (meaning 'good') and just joked around with him like a big brother should. I will say, Riley has a lot of pressure on his shoulders being the oldest boy. Aidan and Keylan are going to look up to him so much and I'd say he's already beginning with such a great example. He was talking to me about Advanced Math and how it's difficult but if it helps get him into a good college, it's worth it. :-O In 5th grade, I was more worried about what time recess was, not what classes would help me succeed better and get into a good college. Unreal!! LOL Shannon is just gorgeous and like I said, I feel like she should be married. She's going to be such a heartbreaker. Jane better lock their doors and buy guns. She is such a little mom. It almost makes me sad. in a selfish way, that they're doing so well without me. *sniff* Their faith in God is incredible. The prayer that Aidan said tonight almost made me tear up though anytime he prays, it warms my heart. He thinks of everything and thanks God for everything. It's amazing to me at such a young age, they already know how much they have to be thankful for. I had great laughs and it was almost nostalgic being there... like old times. I feel like I should be warming up some formula for Keylan or changing someone's diaper. Ok now I'm tearing up.

What a blessing this family is to me.

Good bye Intervals!

I ran a 10 minute mile today! I know that's not a huge deal but it's big for me. The fastest time I got running a mile, ever, was 8:56 but that was a looong time ago. Today was my last day of intervals. Now it starts the full on running for the rest of the 2 weeks (Oh my gosh, only 2 weeks left of the program!) I am kind of happy about that because again today I felt like walking the 3 minutes in between the 10 slowed me down. My left leg is still iffy... it feels like I pulled something in the socket between my leg and my hip bone. It was ok running but it's a weird feeling. I'll tell you what though, man was it chilly. It took a bit for my lungs to get used to the cold air that was incoming. I think it's 48*. Brrr, I guess that's preparation for the 5k in November. It'll probably be even colder... time to look at some cold weather running gear!

I think I'm getting sick again! I just got over some sort of cold and now I am having sneezing attacks and sound congested. Terrific!

It's gone.

My 5k application, that is. I sent it in (finally) on Friday and almost had this small desire to run after the mailman and ask for my envelope back. LOL It's not so much that I'm doubting my ability to do this, it's just that it's so final once you send it in. I guess you could back out and just not show up but I did pay $15. :-P

I am not sure what I did when I ran yesterday but my left lower back radiating into my left leg is killing me. It's this dull pain that feels better if I move but only for a few short minutes and then it's back to dull pain. I am thinking it's my sciatic nerve but I've never had issues with it before. Go figure once I start running, I do! This is just another reason it's good to sit on the couch! :-P Hopefully that'll go away before Tuesday. I can't believe I'm 6 weeks into this!

This is a little off topic but one of the girls that I work with said to me yesterday that she's always going back and forth thinking 'why am I doing nursing school?' and I told her I think the same thing but wonder what else I'd do if it wasn't for nursing. She said she feels the same way and guesses she'll just be miserable and hate life, like all of the other nurses. I find that horrible. :-( I hope I'm not like that when I'm a nurse. I hope I remember that every single person I treat is just that; a person. It's hard to think like that when they're going through withdrawals from alcohol or drugs or they're lying there lifeless with a feeding tube or suction. I just have to remember this is what I want to do and I have come so far. I just don't want to become a miserable, hating life person. I come across way too many of those people and it's not fun to be around them.

Hooray to me.

So I'm thinking, after being back on intervals today, that running one length amount of time is better for me. (I can't believe I'm saying that). Don't get me wrong, I do love walking but if my goal is running, I feel that if I stop running and walk for a long amount of time (well, I don't know if you'd consider 3 minutes a long amount of time lol), I get messed up in my routine. The last 5 minutes today were a killer and I don't know why. I'm hoping it was because of my new theory. ;-) I also ran a busier route today. I've always been so self conscious about running because things tend to fly around that aren't tethered down on my body. ;-) At this point, I am going to say screw it. I am working on my body and while it may not be perfect or thin by any means, I am working on it. So it's ok if people want to drive past me while I run and raise an eyebrow at my giggling fat. I am becoming really proud of myself even if I do run slow. I am six weeks into running! Something I never thought I'd be able to do. It is a wonderful feeling. 3 more weeks to go of the program and then more focus on my pace. Some of the girls at work want to do a Chocolate 5k in Chicago November 1st. I think that would be so much fun but after looking at the information, you have to have 35 people from your coorporation doing it. Um, we'd have 3. LOL But talking about 5k's made for some interesting conversation about sports bras! LOL I haven't had any pop for about 2 weeks. I am seeing how long I can go without drinking it. I do think I want to get some sparkling flavored water though because there are times I really want something fruity to drink or something with carbonation. Yesterday one of my co workers had a coke and omgosh I've been craving one for so long. I just took out my water and drank the whole thing. LOL But after I drank it, I didn't want the coke anymore. Yay! Little by little....

I got my flu shot yesterday and man it hurts! I had this ridiculous contraption on it courtesy of my kind co workers. I used one of those disposable ice packs, then taped it on my arm and then one of the nurses used a baby blanket to tie it even tighter on my arm. I got a few weird looks and one of the OB's asked what happened. I felt a little silly when I said 'Eh just the flu shot'. *giggle* It made for a good laugh though!

I did it!

I ran for 20 minutes. I actually walked for 2 minutes, a minute at 10 minutes and then a minute in between the last 10. But I ran an extra minute at the end so that means I ran for 19 right? :) That's what I'm saying anyway. I am so freaken proud of myself. Never in a million years would I think I could run for that long without stopping. 20 minutes (or 19) may not be a big deal for many people but it is to me. I was sweating like no one's business because apparently it's summer out again here in Illinois. @@ But what a great feeling to have done this. I kind of feel like throwing up a little bit but that'll pass. ;-)

So when I was gone this past weekend, I am not sure what exactly happened but a power line basically exploded. My neighbor's house was the one mainly affected. Their house is white and it has black burn marks all over it, especially by the electrical appliances outside like the lights. The appliances in their home are shot and had they been on the second story of their home at the time this happened, they would have died. There was a fire in our backyard and my mom thought it'd be a good idea to send me a photo on my phone of firetrucks outside of our house spraying water with the glow of a fire... I didn't flip out at all. NOT. I am just glad everyone is alright. We had no power for a day or so (it was back when I got home, thank goodness lol) but I am just grateful everyone is ok. The day I left, a man going to the court house in the next town managed to escape police custody and there was a statewide manhunt for him. The things I miss when I go out of town! They caught him in a town about 20 minutes away (how scary!).

I'm getting old.

I was in bed AND asleep last night by 10:30pm. I woke up for some reason in the middle of the night and happened to see the time... it was 1:15am. I cannot tell you the joy I half-awake experienced that I had 5 more hours to snuggle in my warm bed before I had to spend half my day at school. Best feeling!! Ironic that that's usually the time I go to sleep.

Something rubbed me the wrong way today because I have been in a foul mood. I know this isn't a surprise to a lot of people because I seem to carry that mood with me a lot lately. I am not sure what that's about. But anyway, today after my class, a lady in the class was talking to me and a friend about nursing school and how she has a 4.0 GPA and got a 97 on the NLN but still didn't get accepted. And that it's impossible to get into and what are we all going to do and once you're accepted, you still have to go through a series of 'tests' to stay in the program. STOP EFFING TALKING ABOUT THE DAMN PROGRAM. I am SO SICK of the program already and I haven't even been accepted. Seriously. Yes, it is difficult to get into and it sucks big time. Yes, I know people have no lives besides studying and reading while in nursing school. Please GO ON. Because that doesn't want to make me shove my head into a waffle iron.... UGH. And PSA: If you have a 4.0 GPA and got a 97 on the NLN and still weren't accepted into the program, there's another issue.

Then I get home from class and start chopping up my vegetables (and fruit because apparently avocados are fruits but whatever) to make Corey's quinoa salad. My favorite part of making this salad was when I almost cut my thumb off. It was swell... no pun intended. It wasn't as good as Corey's was but it was edible and I was so full at dinner, I literally had about 5 bites and couldn't eat anymore. Because I was busy making the salad for dinner, I forgot to eat lunch and had half a grapefruit at 2pm before I scurried off to work.

Work was just a ball o' fun. My boss was in a pissy mood God only knows why. It's always such a fun time at work when she's mad at something. I was glad to see some of my co-workers again though. But someone brought pancet, which is so freaken delicious. WHY does Filipino food have to be so good? UGH.

Tomorrow (or I guess today since it's 12:30am) I run for 20 minutes. Straight. Did anyone else hear that loud obnoxious sigh? I need to remember to eat something before going.... and then eat something when I get home. Hopefully it won't take me an hour to eat the Greek Yogurt with Flax Seed in it like yesterday. I think I may have to break down and buy the probiotic stoneyfield farm brand and not the greek yogurt. I am trying so hard to like it. The other day, I was unloading my groceries from Whole Foods, and one of the greek yogurts fell out of the bag and we all know what happens next... it opens of course and splatters all over the floor. The dogs came to the rescue and slurped it all up... but there was this white film left on the floor. Is yogurt supposed to do that? LOL No, in all honesty, I am trying really hard. I'll try again tomorrow.... I am scared poopless about running. I am slightly curious how far I'll get though. I can't screw tomorrow up like I screwed Tuesday up LOL What a dork.

Running is a bitch.

Seriously. Today I did Week 5 Day 2 and think swimming in a pool of acid with sharks would be more fun. Today was 8 minutes of running, 5 minutes of walking, repeat 8 minutes of running, 5 minutes walking, 8 minutes running. The first 8 minutes wasn't really bad at all and I got through it. The second 8 minutes was a little more difficult and I walked probably 30 seconds in the middle... the last 8 minutes I wanted to tear off my shirt like some sort of beefy bodybuilder and scream as loud as I could. It wasn't so much my breathing that made it difficult but my legs were so tired. I felt like I had a brick attached to the bottom of my feet. I probably only ran about 5 minutes in the last 8 minute run because I'd stop for 20-30 seconds at a time and then try my best to psych myself up to start running again. It was a long time running though... 45 minutes...but over 3 miles. At this point, I have no idea what my plan is for Thursday. Apparently you're supposed to run 20 minutes. How the hell I'm supposed to do that is beyond me. I am thinking redoing today might be on the agenda, even though I hate to do that. I could start and have the mindset of 20 minutes but we'll see. Exhausted isn't even the word right now. The bricks that were on the bottom of my feet while running have now moved to my eyelids. I was a sweaty MESS when I was done because the humidity is 90% here. It's not even hot, just extremely muggy and foggy and just awful. I hate this weather and wish it'd be 60*.

Now onto the best news of all.... I have lost 6.5lbs. I think I owe some of that to Corey though because I feel like a whole new woman after being at her house this weekend. She eats really healthy and I followed suit. But I am so glad to finally see some progress as I had not seen any weight loss at all since starting this program 5 weeks ago (which also means we're more than halfway done!). I honestly am floored I've stuck with this for this long and there have been many times I've been so close to throwing in the towel but I am so proud to have come this far. I STILL need to fill out the race application. Corey and I were going to do that this weekend but forgot. I'm going to print that out today and get it done with. That'd be all I'd need... we'd make it all the way and the race, for some reason, would stop accepting applications. Ha.

Yay!!

We got our tests back today in lab and I got an 89! That is AWESOME! I only got 7 incorrect... it figures the ones I got wrong were ones I was unsure of. I was thrilled. It is a difficult class and am proud of myself. :)

Running tonight was good. I'm focusing more on the distance rather than the time but am running about 6 minutes at a time. There are times I start walking before my landmark that I made but I try to walk for not more than a minute and start back up again. The song 'That's Not My Name' by The Ting Tings is the best song to run to. It has a great beat. I am so nervous to run with Corey this Friday. I should bring a tuxedo so I look like the part I'm playing; a penguin. HOWEVER, I have seen so many people running lately and they're not all skinny! Finally! I could start a penguin club, IL chapter. ;-) Anyway, I am excited to see Corey. It's been almost a year. But I have not finished packing yet. I feel like my brain has about 500 lbs of information running in and out of it. I need to organize it.

Ahhhh.

That's a sigh of relief.... not of exhaustion... although I guess the latter could apply. I had my first test in Micro today, which is always stressful because you never know what to expect and how the test will be. I think it went fairly well, considering it is Microbiology. :-P I got together with one of the girls that sits at my lab table this past Saturday at Borders to study and I think it helped me. Honestly, I was not looking forward to it and hoped she would forget because I find I am more efficient when I'm by myself.... I tend to get distracted. Yeah.. that's hard to believe ;-) But she did not forget and texted me but I am glad I went. Half of the time was spent studying and half (ok more than half) was just talking. It was a nice afternoon! We'll see how I did on the test probably next week. 

My dad will be on his way home shortly, from New York. They ended their 300 mile bike race today and will be home tomorrow morning. I am always so nervous when he rides in this race because it's so strenuous and it just worries me with heart attacks and such. I just pray now they arrive home safely. It does make me feel 100% better that he is with his brother and good friend and another officer from the PPD. I am proud of him that he did it again this year. 

This weekend is the Rotary's Oktoberfest in our downtown area. One of the members called and asked if our entire family would please be at the fest on Friday night because my dad is going to be honored as 'King of Oktoberfest'.But because I will be in Omaha, I'm going to make a cardboard cutout of myself so I can be there not only in spirit but "physically". *giggle* We'll see how it goes... I say I'm going to do all of this stuff but I leave Thursday morning and I still have a class on Wednesday morning, packing, blah blah blah. 

I was going to avoid posting about running since it's on my shit list. I am on Corey's schedule since we'll be running together this weekend and it's an easier schedule to follow but I am really beginning to loathe running. I was having so much fun with it too and am disappointed. I talked to a friend who runs a lot and asked for her advice... she said to try running without being "tied down" to running for a specific time and walking a specific time. Do the 5 minute warm up and then run to landmarks... if you get to the land mark and you're still feeling like you have more energy, run to another landmark... if you get to the landmark and feel exhausted, walk to a landmark then begin running again. I'm going to try that tonight and see if it helps... plus I'll get to listen to my music as opposed to Mr. I Don't Think I Know How To Count's podcast. I swear he makes you run for 10 minutes and walk for 10 seconds. I have to postpone running today though until it gets cooler out... just sitting here inside, I feel like I'm sweating. It is 88 degrees out there... what is the deal?! It's September. I am sick of summer. I want cooler weather.

9/11

I still get chills thinking of 9/11/01 and the events that happened. It feels like it was just yesterday I was sitting in study hall, my freshman year of high school, when they announced over the speakers the World Trade Center had been hit by a plane. To be honest, I didn't really even know what the Trade Center was.... at 15 years old, it's not something you pay much attention to. But then they brought us to a classroom across the hall where they turned on the TVs and we watched it all unfold. It makes me want to sob. What a sad, tragic day. God Bless all of the families who lost their loved ones.... all of the families that have their loved ones fighting a battle of the United States... who put their lives on the line to keep our freedom. 'Thank you' doesn't even begin to express the gratitude I have. America will NEVER forget this day.

Wednesday.

So last night when I got home from work, I plugged in my blackberry because the signal at work sucks and it's constantly searching for one thus my battery is pretty drained by the time I get home. I noticed my phone was not charging. I changed outlets, thinking that was the issue but it wasn't. I finally got it to where it would charge so I didn't move it, hoping it'd just charge. I use my phone as my alarm clock and have it set for 7am on Monday and Wednesdays because I have school that starts at 9am. I woke up this morning at 9:56am. My phone had turned off because the battery was 0%. I missed my Micro lab, costing me points, missed my weekly lab quiz (5 pts but still) and now my teacher probably thinks I am an even BIGGER idiot. I flipped when I woke up, ran to take a shower to try and make it to lecture, which started at 11am. I left my house at 10:30am, which should have given me ample time to find a parking spot you would think. After driving around the damn parking lot for 15 minutes and not finding a spot and on the verge of crying/wanting to throw a rock at someone's window, I parked in the faculty lot. Was I worried about getting a ticket? Nope and as a matter of fact, had someone approached me about a ticket at ALL, I would have dared them to give it to me or tow my car. Whatever you need to do.... all these empty faculty spots and the rest of us have to circle the lot for an hour. @@ (I did not get a ticket btw). I got to lecture with 5 minutes to spare, talked to my professor and said 'I overslept'. I asked if I should make up the lab after lecture with the other section or tomorrow during her office hours. She said she'd make room for me, which was very nice of her. I sat through lecture the entire time with tears in my eyes because I was so pissed at myself/felt sorry for myself. I went to lab and felt like such an outcast standing on the side, waiting to see if someone wouldn't show up so I could sit at a lab table. I actually ended up sitting at my regular lab table in my regular seat and the people at the table were nice. I did what I needed to do and left. By that time it was 1:40pm. I rushed home, tried to eat some lunch and then went to work my 6th day of work in a row. I realize this day is not someone's description of an 'awful day' but it was just one thing after another. I did get a wake up call today when we had a woman come back from surgery after having an ectopic pregnancy. She was still pretty knocked out and while they were transferring her to her new room in our unit, her husband was holding her hand. It made me tear up and think 'Now they're having a bad day....all of my stuff is petty compared to them' or the Code Blue they called for the unit next to ours.... and then I saw them cleaning the bed... that man or woman had a bad day... :-( Sometimes working in healthcare gives you a new perception.

I just feel like once I finally get ahead of myself, I fall behind. I have laundry to do, sheets to change, a prescription waiting for me for the past 2 days that I have not had the time to even stop at the pharmacy to pick up... and the pharmacy is literally 1 mile from me. And now I have to go to Sprint tomorrow to find out why this stupid 1 week old phone charger is not working. Plus run and then babysit tomorrow night for my cousin. I have a test Monday and the girls from my lab table want to get together to study on Saturday. I am just not feelin' that. But I'll go anyway. My dad left today for Boston with a good friend of his, my uncle and another officer from the PPD to ride in the Tour de Force bike race again like he did last year. I wish I could have gone this year but he's really never in one spot for long and when the race ends on Tuesday, they'll start driving home through the night and will be home Wednesday. I pray he does well in the race.

*I don't know why my paragraphs all run together. I separate them when I'm writing them but apparently they're not recognizing that.

SERIOUSLY.

I am... SO sick of people and their fricken 'my job is better than your job, I am more important than you are' CRAP. Seriously, what the hell. I am so sorry you chose to work in a more critical area where you could have 5 pregnant mother's come in at once, or that you cannot get a dinner break because you have to watch the monitor's so you know when your patient is contracting. It is not funny anymore. Shut the hell up and do your damn job. I could care less if you're "joking" or not, it's not and never was funny. I'm really not quite sure why smaller units inside one big unit cannot get along and learn to work together. Some people spend more energy bitching about how the "other people" never do anything. It makes me want to scream. Stop being so immature, stop flipping your hair and acting like you're the valley girl high school cheerleader who's more popular than the band geeks, stop rolling your eyes and just STOP talking about people. You want to go back to high school? Fine! THIS is real life. This is NOT high school. I just hope they know how fricken stupid they look. @@ UGH.

Meanwhile, running today was alright. I am just not in the mood lately. I've had so much going on and working 6 days in a row is a pain in the butt sometimes. But then add school to the mix and such and holding onto my sanity... good times. I need to keep my motivation. My knees are starting to hurt a bit so I'm a little scared about that. Today was supposed to start off 90 seconds running, 90 seconds walking, 3 minutes running followed by 3 minutes of walking... I started off in the opposite... 3 minutes of running first. No wonder I felt a little tired at first (besides the whole lack of sleep thing). I have to start studying for my test on Monday, work out tomorrow, work tomorrow, laundry, get my life back together since the past 6 days have been eat, sleep, run, work. I'm just glad this week is almost over.

Happy Labor Day!

It's unofficially the end of summer and I feel like we didn't even get one. However, that's not horrible, at least not for me. I like the cooler weather, cannot stand the humidity (and neither can my hair).  The weather recently however has been absolutely beautiful. Nothing above about 80* and breezy. I wish we could have this year 'round. But I do look forward to sweaters and jeans. Yay!

I am having issues with time management. I hate working so many days in a row and trying to finish school stuff plus other things I normally have to do. I just feel like my life is in disarray when I let things go because I'm never home.

Running on Saturday went surprisingly well. Of course I was tired and it was difficult but I have faith it'll get better. :-) I need to start eating before running. I think that is my problem. I feel run down very quick. I bought new running shoes yesterday. Unfortunately they're not pink. LOL But they're comfortable and provide more support than the ones I was wearing. We'll see! I still have not sent in the registration form for the race in November. Just add that to my list of 'things to do'.

I only want to do what's right. Yeah, sometimes I mess up big time and hurt someone because of a stupid choice. Hurting people is not on my agenda. I know how it feels to be hurt and it sucks. I know trying to do the right thing all of the time can be boring to some, especially during the ride, but when I get to that finish line, I want to look back and know that I tried and be proud of myself rather than regretting. 


Off topic, I found my former Sociology teacher's obituary. It is so sad :-( Her poor mom. I guess she must have had cancer or something. I hope she died peacefully. http://www.limaohio.com/articles/lima-41138-fitzgerald-bridget.html

Apple and then some

I had a slight awkward moment today at the mall. I went with a friend to the Apple Store.... she wanted to get a Mac laptop but since I am a student, I get a discount plus this month if you buy a laptop there, you get a free ipod touch (after a mail in rebate). So I met her at the store and we went in and I pretended the laptop was for me. When it came time to pay, my friend said she was paying for it (because she wanted it on her credit card). The saleslady looked at us like we had horns growing out of our heads. Do people not do anything for others anymore? Is it really that strange that someone is buying something for someone else? I get that a mac is not cheap and it well over $1000 but still. She went on and asked if we were related... yes, we look identical, especially since my friend is Filipino. LOL I just said 'Nope, just good friends' and she looked at us again like we were the strangest people ever. It was so awkward. LOL Afterwards, we went to The Cheesecake Factory for some late lunch and enjoyed some drinks. Yummers. It was good company and good fun. :-)

My professor emailed me back (re: my previous post about me being an idiot) and said she doesn't think I am an idiot (yay!) and she understands students get nervous when taking tests.

I've been thinking of getting my ears double pierced. I don't know why I am hesitant as I've had them double pierced before but they closed up. Maybe I just feel all rebellious if I have more than 2 total piercings, who knows. It's not like it's a tongue ring or a tattoo for gosh sakes. I just cannot make a decision to save my life.

                Running today was awful. I started out ok but towards the middle just felt so run down and kept looking at my watch wondering if it was time to walk. I don't know if it's from lack of sleep or what but I was not happy. Hopefully Saturday won't be too bad as I start week 3. Especially since tomorrow starts a 6 day in a row stint of working. Blehhh. At least I have a job, yes?

My stupidity.

Every lab for Microbiology we have a quiz from the last lab. Monday we learned to make slides with bacteria and one of the questions on the quiz today was 'What is the difference between making a slide using broth and making a slide using a plate?' I tried to go into more detail answering the question but instead made myself look like a flippin' IDIOT. @@ Instead of just putting 'You'd use water for making a plate slide and not for making a broth slide.' I added 'You dip your index finger into the beaker of water and put a drop from your finger onto the slide'. Wellll that is WRONG. You first sterilize an inoculating loop using a Bunsen burner and then dip it in the beaker of water.... the inoculating loop has a little circle on the end (like a mini bubble wand) and catches some water, then you put it on the slide, re-sterilize the loop etc. You do NOT use your freaken FINGER unless you move it through the flame to sterilize it.

So, because I care way too much what people think of me, I am emailing my professor and telling her that I am NOT emailing her to get her to change my grade and expect points to be taken off but that I really am not as big of an idiot as that quiz probably makes me look. I could kick myself! I knew as soon as I turned it in and at that point, you can't go and grab it back to fix it. So I will be the idiot emailing my professor. Argh. Watch this make me look like an even bigger idiot. Yes, it's possible.

Speaking of school, I just found out that my Sociology professor passed away yesterday. I am completely shocked and saddened by this. I don't know how she died but she was very young... maybe 35. Prayers for her family. :-(

Happy September!

Oh September, I thought you'd never come. I was counting down the days until you showed up.... so I could get rid of my phone and get a new one. I decided to get the Blackberry Curve. I have heard so many people that just love it and actually talked to many this past weekend as well that say they wouldn't get another phone. I wanted to go at 9am when the store opened (lol) but went on my run first, showered, stopped at work to get my new ID photo taken (thank GOD... I no longer have blond, short hair on my ID anymore) and then went over to Sprint. They were great, explained a few things and then off I went. I've spent some time this afternoon just trying to figure out how to make a call. LOL Hopefully within a few days, I'll have no problem.

I saw on Yahoo today that The Duggars are expecting their 19th baby. Wow!! That is insane but at the same time, I am happy for them. I would never ever have the patience for 19 kids... there are somedays I have no patience for myself and wish they had a 'patience' pill to help me out. I must say I am slightly jealous of how they live and I know that sounds crazy because it's a little odd. But I do think the way they run their family is admirable especially with the way our world is now. They should be very proud. 

Running went well today... there were times during running where I ran into my walking time and felt like I could keep going. I think it's when you first start off you get that dreaded 'ughhh I would sooo rather be sleeping right now' but after that first minute or so, you get into the groove of it. I swear though, if people wouldn't look at me strangely, I would bust a move with the songs I have on my playlist. It just keeps me so upbeat and energetic throughout the workout. I love it. I ordered a watch on eBay so I can stop using my dad's. LOL Anyway, one more day of week 2 and it's on to week 3, which is insane! That's running for 90 seconds, then walking for 90 seconds. Gettin' to the big guns now! :)