Exciting things about today:
*Free breakfast AND lunch thanks to having the opportunity to hang out with Dr. Margaret McDowell from the NIH this AM (only my nerdy science friends may appreciate the dorky cool significance of this) and then listening to Dr. McDowell’s presentation to the College of Allied Health over lunch
*A new episode of Glee tonight
*My wonderful lab neighbor Ashley found--and sort of stole in an entirely acceptable way-- a cookie for me, which is awesome since one element so very obviously missing from my boxed lunch was dessert . . . and I don’t function without a mid-day dessert
*Susan Boyle released a new CD
Okay, that last one was a joke. Well, she really did release a cd. I just don’t really care. But Hellogoodbye does have a great new cd available for a free listen on AolMusic if you’re into that sort of thing. It’s actually fueling this blog post as we “speak”.
I spent most of yesterday pouting because my weekend was not nearly as awesome as I had hoped. However, looking back, I’m ashamed of my behavior, and realize that really it wasn’t so bad. Let me explain. I knew for awhile that I was going to have a 3-day weekend, so I had all of these dreams and fantasies about sneaking out of town for the weekend or at least doing something exciting. A typical week for me consists of working or going to school Monday-Saturday, which leaves Sunday to catch up on all of the school work I don’t have time to do during the week. So knowing I had an extra day for once this entire semester, I was hoping to do something exciting to relieve stress and refresh so that I could attack these last few weeks of school with a newfound energy. Anyway, my weekend went more like this: Since it’s football season and no one works Saturday’s at the store during football season apparently, I had to put in a long shift. However, I knew in advance that that would be the case, and that was not what made the weekend not go as planned. I guess I just never made solid plans, which lends itself nicely to having nothing happen. But that’s not entirely true. Saturday night, I did have a fun dinner with the wonderful Larabees whom I miss very much even though they now live in the same state as me again. This is how the night played out--the adults talked (Jason, Andrea, and Scott) while my little ray of sunshine (Jaden) and I played. We built a really awesome Lego house, complete with a horse that stood outside. Be jealous. Then she gave me a bunch of her Halloween candy. It was pretty much the best night of my life. Want to make my day? Give me candy. Ha! Seriously, it was a lot of fun, and just the stress relief I needed.
Sunday, I woke up early and watched the NYC marathon while sipping on coffee. It was exciting, but kind of put me in a funk. If I don’t run soon, people, I will . . . well, there’s no telling what I’ll do. I need to run. Soon. And that’s all I have to say about that. I also watched the Packers embarrass the Cowboys over beer and appetizers (okay, and eventually dinner—I like to eat, alright!) at BJs. Go Pack Go! J And Monday I visited Forward Foods for the first time since living in Norman. It’s a neat little store. They have a lot of cheese. And they have these amazing chocolate coffee bars. Yum. I also experienced my very first Pint Night at The Abner . . . and then went to the Y for an interval workout afterwards. The person on the bike next to me could probably smell the beer coming out of my pores. I only had one, but I’m a lightweight, after all! I did get this really awesome mug at Pint Night that I won’t actually be able to use if it has liquid in it because I won’t be able to lift it….it’s big.
Oh, I also spent some time at the bookstore yesterday—one of my favorite past times—and got this really cool book about famous quotes and the stories behind them. Most of those who know me know that I’m borderline obsessed with quotes (I’m easily inspired), so this is a very cool find for me. Stay tuned for future posts of quotes that I read in this book. Now, before finding this very adult-like book, I spent the majority of my bookstore visit in the kids section playing with the pop-up books and checking out the cool games that they sell. I was fascinated for a good 45 minutes.
I’ve been trying to not complain about my lack of running, since where does that get me, anyway? Except for in a mood. So let me just voice my discontent over this instead—why do cops feel the need to sit on the side of the road during rush hour?! Seriously, rush hour traffic will regulate speed itself. You don’t need to sit on the side of the road and perpetuate the stop-and-go traffic. Which leads me to my next question. Why do people slow down to 30 miles per hour on a freeway when they see a cop? They deserve to be pulled over. Talk about dangerous. Today this was especially frustrating, because as I made my way into heavy traffic, what comes on the radio but none other than Kenny Loggins and “Danger Zone”. Top Gun was one of my older brother’s favorite movies when we were growing up, so I know it well. When that song comes on, I’ve got a need for speed--my Elantra transforms into a motorcycle, and I have an intense desire to squeal my tires and tear off into the sunset (or sunrise, in this morning’s case). So, listening to that song was incredibly anxiety –inducing and painful while I inched past a cop going 20 mph on 35-northbound. I’m only half joking about this.
Presentation 1 of 3 was completed today. It went alright, I think. Thursday, I present to a running group at OCCC about nutrition while training for a first 5K. I designed my presentation to be sort of funny, so I’m excited to give it. Well, funny to me. Am I one of those people who laughs at my own jokes, even if they aren’t funny? Perhaps. Please just be polite and give me the courtesy giggle. I won’t know the difference, since I will be laughing hysterically at my self-perceived witty-ness. And on Friday, I have to be more serious--I’m presenting some interesting research findings at the OUHSC College of Allied Health research day. Pretty exciting stuff.
My family arrives in two weeks to celebrate their first Thanksgiving in the great state of Oklahoma. SUPER EXCITED!!! I think we will Turkey Trot it up and then my mom has inquired about Black Friday shopping, so that may just go down, as well. I’m hoping my mom, sister and I do our annual Christmas cookie/candy baking, too. We make about 1 million calories worth of deliciousness in just a few short hours. It’s quite amazing, really.
Only 4.5 weeks until I finish my coursework for this dietetics program—I know my classmates are equally excited. Bring on the holidays!
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