Goodness! Where has the time gone?! I haven’t written anything since Thanksgiving. So many holidays have passed since then…Christmas, New Years, Elvis’ birthday. Whew. I’ll give as brief a synopsis of what’s been going on as possible, and then vow to update this more frequently. I finished my coursework for my degree in mid-December. I worked a lot over the Christmas holiday, and spent my first Christmas away from home. Christmas with Scott’s family was a lot of fun, but just not the same as Christmas with my family. Growing up is tough!
At the end of December, I moved into a new house in exactly 2 days, while working, and then drove to WI. Thankfully Scott and I took turns driving and sleeping, because we left at 3:30 one afternoon, after an exhausting day of moving and cleaning, and arrived at my parents in NE Wisconsin at 8:30 the next morning. That morning happened to be the morning of New Year’s eve, so needless to say, I was nudging Scott awake as the ball dropped in New York (not even midnight in WI), and then we called it a night. Total party animals.
Speaking of animals, my cat (Mr. Miles) has been on the brink of death twice since the beginning of December, which resulted in two holiday emergency animal hospital trips—one on Christmas Eve and one on New Year’s day. Talk about majorly damaging the pocketbook. But the monster is alive. And back to his nocturnal ways, dang him.
Anyway, back to WI. It was cold. But wonderful! I wish I could get home more often. Activities included lots of family time, eating, sleeping, running, eating, mall walking, seeing old friends, sleeping, touring the New Glarus Brewery, eating, WATCHING THE PACKERS BEAT THE BEARS AT LAMBEAU!, sleeping, and a battling a few flu bugs. Asher consumed a record amount of snow. And food scraps. All in all, I’d say the trip was a success, and over much too soon.
Currently, there are a lot of exciting things going on in my life. I’m beginning my internship at OU Medical, which is exactly where I hoped I’d be. I’m delving into some new research projects. I’m running again, and even jumped in my first race since Chicago last weekend. I ran a 10K at slightly slower than my goal marathon pace from Chicago, and it was tough. And I was extremely sore the next day. I’ve got a long way to go, folks. But I’m beginning to enjoy the process again.
Today marks the last day of school-based orientation for my internship. Thank goodness! I am suffering here, people! 40 hours of orientation?! Is that really necessary? Currently, my professor has a picture of a robot making pancakes on the screen to symbolize something I missed, and all I can think is “Oooh, I’m going to need one of those.” I need to get out of here.
This weekend has a 5K, a short work shift, and a quick trip to Dallas in store. Pretty excited. If I can get my tummy to cooperate. I was forced to get a flu shot for my internship, and I’ve felt pretty crummy since then. It’s either the flu shot or lack of sleep. Or a combo of both. But I seem to be on the up-swing today.
Next week marks the beginning of my first internship rotation. Many updates on my new adventures to come. I’m excited!
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Birthday Elvis to all! J
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