I completed all of my grad school applications today! Everything else from today gets dwarfed in comparison. I AM SO HAPPY/RELIEVED! Now the waiting begins :) Final decisions are (in order of preference):
1. Emory
2. University of Washington
3. Boston University
4. University of Pittsburgh
5. UT
Here goes nothing! WHEE!!!
Also, funny story.
Background: My roommate is super artsy. She is making her boyfriend's halloween costume, which is a gigantic mushroom. It looks great. But anyway.
I'm cooking dinner, and washing some mushrooms. My roommate is in her bathroom right next to the kitchen. I'm putting the clean mushrooms onto the cutting board, and one rolls off the counter and DONK. Right onto her cat's head.
And I laugh and laugh and laugh. Mostly because I hate that cat and it just got hit in the head by my mushroom.
My roommate comes out and she's all like wtf what's so funny. I told her the story. Her response?
"Mushroom karma."
Apparently the cat was clawing up her bf's mushroom costume earlier. She deserved to get donked on the head. THE END.
Thursday
Wednesday
October 27th, 2010
I saw my first opera today (thanks Groupon for a cheap awesome ticket)! Don Giovanni (Italian version of Don Juan) was fantastic, and it was nice to know the story beforehand, even though they had subtitles. I sat next to a really cute old couple. The lady started telling me about how they've had season tickets for the past 30 years. In one of the love songs, the old man held her hand. AWWWWWWWWWWWW :D
A bunch of things went wrong getting to the theatre/parking, but since this is my good thoughts journal, I will skip to the good part. I ended up RUNNING a block or two in my skirt and flats (thank goodness I opted not for heels), ran to the will call, and ran to my seat literally 2 seconds before they shut the door. If I would have walked, they wouldn't have seated me until after intermission. GREAT timing!
Serena is here from Italy!! She came to the lab to tell everyone hello, and it was very nice to see her!
A bunch of things went wrong getting to the theatre/parking, but since this is my good thoughts journal, I will skip to the good part. I ended up RUNNING a block or two in my skirt and flats (thank goodness I opted not for heels), ran to the will call, and ran to my seat literally 2 seconds before they shut the door. If I would have walked, they wouldn't have seated me until after intermission. GREAT timing!
Serena is here from Italy!! She came to the lab to tell everyone hello, and it was very nice to see her!
October 26, 2010
I finished my Emory statement of purpose, and then I just changed the names for Boston's. Yay! A few more to go!
I took my lunch break at home. That was nice.
I finally moved all the tubes I have from the -80 freezer to liquid nitrogen. I've been meaning to do that for a month or two, and now it's finally done and I feel SOOOOO much better.
I had this experiment to finish at 5, and I thought it was going to take me an hour or so to finish, and I really wanted to get out of there. Then Caroline told me a stopping point I didn't know about, so I go to go to the gym and go home after all :)
I went to starbucks to work on my essays and I bought chocolate milk and a banana. I don't really like bananas but this one tasted really good with the chocolate milk :)
I took my lunch break at home. That was nice.
I finally moved all the tubes I have from the -80 freezer to liquid nitrogen. I've been meaning to do that for a month or two, and now it's finally done and I feel SOOOOO much better.
I had this experiment to finish at 5, and I thought it was going to take me an hour or so to finish, and I really wanted to get out of there. Then Caroline told me a stopping point I didn't know about, so I go to go to the gym and go home after all :)
I went to starbucks to work on my essays and I bought chocolate milk and a banana. I don't really like bananas but this one tasted really good with the chocolate milk :)
Monday
October 25, 2010
This weekend was great. Mike came into town and we watched the Aggie game. Then had an adventure with his new BMW... he couldn't get his trunk open to reconnect his battery, was supposed to have it towed to the dealership + get a rental.. and after 2 hours of messing with it/waiting for a tow truck, his friend Ross googled how to open it, and it worked. HAHA.
I enjoy walking my boss's dog when she's out of town. I saw so many cute squirrels at the park with nuts in their mouth. sooooooooo adorable.
Got to hang with Ashley today and her puppy, Daisy. ADORABLE. We had tacos and enormous margaritas. AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME.
HIMYM was hilarious.
Also, yesterday in church I went back and sat down on the wrong row.... and then had to move up to the one in front of me. The girl sitting next to me laughed, and I laughed, too.
I enjoy walking my boss's dog when she's out of town. I saw so many cute squirrels at the park with nuts in their mouth. sooooooooo adorable.
Got to hang with Ashley today and her puppy, Daisy. ADORABLE. We had tacos and enormous margaritas. AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME.
HIMYM was hilarious.
Also, yesterday in church I went back and sat down on the wrong row.... and then had to move up to the one in front of me. The girl sitting next to me laughed, and I laughed, too.
Thursday
October 21, 2010
OMG TODAY WAS THE BEST DAY.
Like.... seriously.
I had 4 solid hours of cranking out stuff this morning at work. And then... I think the past couple weeks of being frazzled/frantic/worried about applications/essays/grad school/moving away/life all kind of hit me, and then I started feeling like poo, and that I REALLY just needed to get out of there. So at lunchtime I left work. I just left. I really didn't have much to do in the afternoon, so I emailed my boss saying I wasn't feeling well, and then I went home and ate lunch.
I had the intention of laying down and trying to rest and feel better. But all I could do was feel guilty about how I could be using this time to work on my stupid essays and how I really shouldn't have left work. And then I thought NO. THAT IS SO LAME.
So I went shopping. The other day I realized how I haven't bought any new clothes (except for a new dress) since I've started working, so I bought the daily groupon for this forever-21-ish looking store in uptown. What the heck right? SO TODAY I WENT SHOPPING. And by shopping I mean I went to this stores, touched a lot of shirts (as my dad puts it), tried on a bunch of cute things that would look cuter on someone else, and finally found a shirt I liked. I had so much fun browsing! I never get much joy out of shopping, but it was nice! So instead of heading back to my car, I walked around uptown for a little bit, looking in the windows of the fancy boutiques, went to Borders and touched a lot of books, spent a considerable chunk of time in the travel section, and somehow ended up in the 'how to write resume/cover letter' shelf, to which I scolded myself and moved along.
AND THEN I BOUGHT FRO YO. From orange cup. It was nice! I sat outside and ate it by myself, which is fun, because I like hanging out with myself. I realized that not too long ago, I thought doing things alone was lame and only for people with no friends. But honestly, wow. I'm so glad I grew up and out of that frame of mind. People looked at me with curiosity or confusion or condescension (or whatever it was), but I really didn't care. I was sitting in the sunshine, eating fro-yo, and really taking time to stop and reevaluate things.
Scott cut out of work early too, and he came over to my apt and we watched cash cab. And I was very happy. And sorry Scott (or anyone in our group of friends) if you ever read this and this seems lame, but it's nice to feel like I've finally found the kind of friendship I've been missing here, where you can do absolutely nothing together and it doesn't matter. And I can say whatever I want, and although he probs doesn't like half the things I have to say, he puts up with me anyway, and I'm very grateful.
Then Bass and I went to Theology on Tap, which is very fun. And I'm also thankful for Bass. And sorry, once again, if you read this, but I feel like there is no topic of conversation off limits, and he is so knowledgeable about everything. I want to follow him around (in a non-creepy way) and learn his ways of awesomeness.
GREAT PEOPLE HERE IN MY LIFE.
I am also very thankful for my mom. She's absolutely crazy, but I love her so much. She said something very amazing on the phone earlier. I told her I left work early today and she was like wASKGJALKGJALKJG!!! I told her about all the stress and emotions I've been feeling. She told me to not worry, and here's why: She said God has laid this path out in front of me, and if I'm being called to help the sick of the world, then He isn't going to thwart that plan! This work is for Him, so He's going to take care of me. I needed to be reminded of that. Thanks, Mom!!
Now I'm here, NOT working on my essays today. I am going to watch The Big Bang Theory and The Office and take a long shower and go to bed.
This post was long, but too bad. It's my blog and I love it.
Like.... seriously.
I had 4 solid hours of cranking out stuff this morning at work. And then... I think the past couple weeks of being frazzled/frantic/worried about applications/essays/grad school/moving away/life all kind of hit me, and then I started feeling like poo, and that I REALLY just needed to get out of there. So at lunchtime I left work. I just left. I really didn't have much to do in the afternoon, so I emailed my boss saying I wasn't feeling well, and then I went home and ate lunch.
I had the intention of laying down and trying to rest and feel better. But all I could do was feel guilty about how I could be using this time to work on my stupid essays and how I really shouldn't have left work. And then I thought NO. THAT IS SO LAME.
So I went shopping. The other day I realized how I haven't bought any new clothes (except for a new dress) since I've started working, so I bought the daily groupon for this forever-21-ish looking store in uptown. What the heck right? SO TODAY I WENT SHOPPING. And by shopping I mean I went to this stores, touched a lot of shirts (as my dad puts it), tried on a bunch of cute things that would look cuter on someone else, and finally found a shirt I liked. I had so much fun browsing! I never get much joy out of shopping, but it was nice! So instead of heading back to my car, I walked around uptown for a little bit, looking in the windows of the fancy boutiques, went to Borders and touched a lot of books, spent a considerable chunk of time in the travel section, and somehow ended up in the 'how to write resume/cover letter' shelf, to which I scolded myself and moved along.
AND THEN I BOUGHT FRO YO. From orange cup. It was nice! I sat outside and ate it by myself, which is fun, because I like hanging out with myself. I realized that not too long ago, I thought doing things alone was lame and only for people with no friends. But honestly, wow. I'm so glad I grew up and out of that frame of mind. People looked at me with curiosity or confusion or condescension (or whatever it was), but I really didn't care. I was sitting in the sunshine, eating fro-yo, and really taking time to stop and reevaluate things.
Scott cut out of work early too, and he came over to my apt and we watched cash cab. And I was very happy. And sorry Scott (or anyone in our group of friends) if you ever read this and this seems lame, but it's nice to feel like I've finally found the kind of friendship I've been missing here, where you can do absolutely nothing together and it doesn't matter. And I can say whatever I want, and although he probs doesn't like half the things I have to say, he puts up with me anyway, and I'm very grateful.
Then Bass and I went to Theology on Tap, which is very fun. And I'm also thankful for Bass. And sorry, once again, if you read this, but I feel like there is no topic of conversation off limits, and he is so knowledgeable about everything. I want to follow him around (in a non-creepy way) and learn his ways of awesomeness.
GREAT PEOPLE HERE IN MY LIFE.
I am also very thankful for my mom. She's absolutely crazy, but I love her so much. She said something very amazing on the phone earlier. I told her I left work early today and she was like wASKGJALKGJALKJG!!! I told her about all the stress and emotions I've been feeling. She told me to not worry, and here's why: She said God has laid this path out in front of me, and if I'm being called to help the sick of the world, then He isn't going to thwart that plan! This work is for Him, so He's going to take care of me. I needed to be reminded of that. Thanks, Mom!!
Now I'm here, NOT working on my essays today. I am going to watch The Big Bang Theory and The Office and take a long shower and go to bed.
This post was long, but too bad. It's my blog and I love it.
Wednesday
October 20, 2010
Dear life,
Today was a good day.
Boss lady brought some cake, then we got to goof around at little bit :)
Texas Exes volleyball. We played a team that was at our skill level, so we had some really good close matches. I played the best I've ever played!
Lots of progress made on my personal statement. Sent it to Ray for feedback!
Thanks!
Today was a good day.
Boss lady brought some cake, then we got to goof around at little bit :)
Texas Exes volleyball. We played a team that was at our skill level, so we had some really good close matches. I played the best I've ever played!
Lots of progress made on my personal statement. Sent it to Ray for feedback!
Thanks!
Tuesday
October 19, 2010
Mingfu took the entire lab out to lunch today at Tokyo One. We all stuffed our faces with all sorts of stuff from the buffet. I tried kimchi, which Seung Tae brings for lunch every week, and all sorts of stuff which I have no idea what they were called. IT WAS AWESOME. I work with a super amazing group of people.
I bought some blank cds and they were multi-colored. I love multi-colored packs of things. I would probably buy anything from you if you were selling things in groupings of rainbow colors.
Also, I finally finished this one task at work, and the results mattered to somebody, which made me feel important and sciencey :)
I bought some blank cds and they were multi-colored. I love multi-colored packs of things. I would probably buy anything from you if you were selling things in groupings of rainbow colors.
Also, I finally finished this one task at work, and the results mattered to somebody, which made me feel important and sciencey :)
Monday
October 18, 2010
I've been driving with my windows down, enjoying the fantastic Texas sunshine and the surprisingly not-too-warm breeze. I pulled up to the stoplight, frustrated that I need to turn right, and the stupid car in front of me is going straight, preventing me from righting-on-red my way home. I hear a strange noise, and I turn down my radio (sorry, Jay Sean). Turns out, the lady in the car next to me is blaring opera music. All of her windows were shut and everything, but it was soooooooooooo loud. I couldn't see if she was singing along or not, but I pictured the driving doing so, and from that point until I got home, I couldn't stop laughing. I've never heard someone listening to opera in the car, and definitely never at 100000 decibels):)
WARRIOR DASH TRAINING. I ran/walked for 40 minutes, 7 minutes run/3 minutes walk 4 times. And I did it and felt awesome. Next time, I'll try 8 and 2. It's nice to run when you actually have a goal.
Tonight has been devoted to statements of purpose for my applications, but it turns out to be a lot harder than I thought it would be. I brainstormed, and I have a lot of ideas and a lot of things to say, but how to put it in an interesting and logical format? :) Solid progress, but I can't wait until this whole ordeal is done!
Emory is back at my #1 spot BECAUSE IT'S SO COOL LINK!
WARRIOR DASH TRAINING. I ran/walked for 40 minutes, 7 minutes run/3 minutes walk 4 times. And I did it and felt awesome. Next time, I'll try 8 and 2. It's nice to run when you actually have a goal.
Tonight has been devoted to statements of purpose for my applications, but it turns out to be a lot harder than I thought it would be. I brainstormed, and I have a lot of ideas and a lot of things to say, but how to put it in an interesting and logical format? :) Solid progress, but I can't wait until this whole ordeal is done!
Emory is back at my #1 spot BECAUSE IT'S SO COOL LINK!
Sunday
October 17, 2010 (again)
A plethora of good things came out of today (and the rest of the weekend that I forgot to mention:
Friday: Secured my 3rd recommender! Belinda gave me some GREAT advice when looking for schools and writing my essays. YAY!!
Friday: E invited us to go see some people she know's band The Rusty Brothers. It was my first time in Deep Ellum, and I have to say, I really liked that part of town, although everyone knocks it for being sketchy (and I'm sure it deserves that reputation). It reminded me of downtown Austin. Sigh. Austin.
Today: SLEEPING LATE, posted on this here blawg. Then I went out to fix my tail light. So when I backed into that column last week, it didn't break any of the lights, just all that colored plastic and framework stuff. So my dad ordered me a new one, and I got it yesterday. It was supposed to be an unscrew/pop out the old/pop in the new/re-screw kind of job, as my dad demonstrated for me last weekend. But noooooooooooo. It's not. I get everything primed and ready to go, come to find out the old lightbulb socket things don't fit into the new plastic thing. The new one comes with new lights and wires and stuff, but somehow, they are supposed to plug in WAY inside my car where I can't get to. I make a few frantic phone calls to my good boy friends here, who are so great and gave me some suggestions, and to my dad, who had to listen to me freak out about everything. He told me to cut the old and the new wires with scissors, rip off the insulation with a knife, then wrap the copper of each corresponding wire to each other. Well. I about threw a fit and moped around for awhile, and then decided to grow up and just do it. So I read on google how to splice wires, and then armed with 3 pairs of scissors, 2 knifes, and several screwdrivers and my phone (which I used to call my dad multiple times to tell him how much this sucked... until he gave me a few tips and then it went super quickly and easily), 14 wires were successfully spliced (successful as far as I know). YAY! I DID IT!!!!!!! I didn't think I could do it, but I did!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY.
Celebratory lap swimming. Felt so nice to be in the water.
I got a crap ton done on my SOPHAS application today. I am excited and happy.
Friday: Secured my 3rd recommender! Belinda gave me some GREAT advice when looking for schools and writing my essays. YAY!!
Friday: E invited us to go see some people she know's band The Rusty Brothers. It was my first time in Deep Ellum, and I have to say, I really liked that part of town, although everyone knocks it for being sketchy (and I'm sure it deserves that reputation). It reminded me of downtown Austin. Sigh. Austin.
Today: SLEEPING LATE, posted on this here blawg. Then I went out to fix my tail light. So when I backed into that column last week, it didn't break any of the lights, just all that colored plastic and framework stuff. So my dad ordered me a new one, and I got it yesterday. It was supposed to be an unscrew/pop out the old/pop in the new/re-screw kind of job, as my dad demonstrated for me last weekend. But noooooooooooo. It's not. I get everything primed and ready to go, come to find out the old lightbulb socket things don't fit into the new plastic thing. The new one comes with new lights and wires and stuff, but somehow, they are supposed to plug in WAY inside my car where I can't get to. I make a few frantic phone calls to my good boy friends here, who are so great and gave me some suggestions, and to my dad, who had to listen to me freak out about everything. He told me to cut the old and the new wires with scissors, rip off the insulation with a knife, then wrap the copper of each corresponding wire to each other. Well. I about threw a fit and moped around for awhile, and then decided to grow up and just do it. So I read on google how to splice wires, and then armed with 3 pairs of scissors, 2 knifes, and several screwdrivers and my phone (which I used to call my dad multiple times to tell him how much this sucked... until he gave me a few tips and then it went super quickly and easily), 14 wires were successfully spliced (successful as far as I know). YAY! I DID IT!!!!!!! I didn't think I could do it, but I did!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY.
Celebratory lap swimming. Felt so nice to be in the water.
I got a crap ton done on my SOPHAS application today. I am excited and happy.
October 17, 2010
This weekend has been so awesome. I've been doing nothing but eating, hanging out with friends, playing softball, and watching football. TEXAS BEAT NO. 5 NEBRASKA. Love those Longhorns! Today will be comprised of laundry, church, working out, cleaning, essay writing, and maybe a little shopping :)
I'd like to remember these (before these get lost in the abyss of my room), and also I forgot who I told I would give these to:
Easy Sheperd's Pie:
1 lb. ground beef
2 cups hot mashed potatoes
4 oz (1/2 of 8 oz package), cream cheese, cubed
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
2 cloves garlic, minced
4 cups frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
1 cup beef gravy
1. Preheat oven to 375. Brown meat in large skillet, drain.
2. Mix potatoes, cream cheese, 1/2 cup of the shredded cheese and the garlic until well blended.
3. Stir vegetables and gravy into meat.
4. Spoon into 9 inch square baking dish.
5. Cover with potato mixture. Don't worry about it being perfectly even; the more rustic it looks the better.
6. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup shredded cheese. Bake for 20 minutes or until heated through.
Saucy Pepper Steak
1 green bell pepper, cut into strips
1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
1 yellow bell pepper, cut into strips
1 small onion, cut into strips
1 lb well-trimmed boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into strips
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp black pepper
3 tbsp lite soy sauce
1/2 cup original bbq sauce
2 cups hot cooked brown rice
1. Heat large nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium-high heat. Add bell peppers and onions, cook and stir 6 to 8 minutes, or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Transfer to large bowl, cover to keep warm.
2. Add meat, garlic and black pepper to same skillet; cook and stir 3 min. Add soy sauce; cook 1 min. or until meat is cooked through, stirring occasionally. Add bbq sauce; cook until heated through.
3. Spoon mixture into bowl with vegetables; toss gently. Serve over rice.
Bruschetta Chicken Skillet
1/4 cup sun-dried tomato dressing
4 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 lb)
2 large red peppers, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cans (14.5 oz each) pasta-style or Italian-style diced tomatoes, undrained
1/2 cup water
2 cups instant rice, uncooked
1 cup shredded low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese
1 large tomato, chopped
2 tbsp. chopped fresh basil
1. Heat dressing in large skillet on medium heat. Add chicken, peppers, and garlic; cover. Cook 10 min. or until chicken is cooked through (165 degrees). stirring occasionally and turning chicken after 5 min. Remove chicken from skillet; cover to keep warm.
2. Add canned tomatoes and water to skillet. Stir in rice; bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer, uncovered, 10 min. Meanwhile, combine cheese, chopped tomatoes and basil.
3. Return chicken to skillet; sprinkle with cheese mixture. Cover. Cook 5 min. or until chicken is heated through and cheese is melted.
I'd like to remember these (before these get lost in the abyss of my room), and also I forgot who I told I would give these to:
Easy Sheperd's Pie:
1 lb. ground beef
2 cups hot mashed potatoes
4 oz (1/2 of 8 oz package), cream cheese, cubed
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
2 cloves garlic, minced
4 cups frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
1 cup beef gravy
1. Preheat oven to 375. Brown meat in large skillet, drain.
2. Mix potatoes, cream cheese, 1/2 cup of the shredded cheese and the garlic until well blended.
3. Stir vegetables and gravy into meat.
4. Spoon into 9 inch square baking dish.
5. Cover with potato mixture. Don't worry about it being perfectly even; the more rustic it looks the better.
6. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup shredded cheese. Bake for 20 minutes or until heated through.
Saucy Pepper Steak
1 green bell pepper, cut into strips
1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
1 yellow bell pepper, cut into strips
1 small onion, cut into strips
1 lb well-trimmed boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into strips
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp black pepper
3 tbsp lite soy sauce
1/2 cup original bbq sauce
2 cups hot cooked brown rice
1. Heat large nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium-high heat. Add bell peppers and onions, cook and stir 6 to 8 minutes, or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Transfer to large bowl, cover to keep warm.
2. Add meat, garlic and black pepper to same skillet; cook and stir 3 min. Add soy sauce; cook 1 min. or until meat is cooked through, stirring occasionally. Add bbq sauce; cook until heated through.
3. Spoon mixture into bowl with vegetables; toss gently. Serve over rice.
Bruschetta Chicken Skillet
1/4 cup sun-dried tomato dressing
4 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 lb)
2 large red peppers, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cans (14.5 oz each) pasta-style or Italian-style diced tomatoes, undrained
1/2 cup water
2 cups instant rice, uncooked
1 cup shredded low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese
1 large tomato, chopped
2 tbsp. chopped fresh basil
1. Heat dressing in large skillet on medium heat. Add chicken, peppers, and garlic; cover. Cook 10 min. or until chicken is cooked through (165 degrees). stirring occasionally and turning chicken after 5 min. Remove chicken from skillet; cover to keep warm.
2. Add canned tomatoes and water to skillet. Stir in rice; bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer, uncovered, 10 min. Meanwhile, combine cheese, chopped tomatoes and basil.
3. Return chicken to skillet; sprinkle with cheese mixture. Cover. Cook 5 min. or until chicken is heated through and cheese is melted.
Thursday
October 14, 2010
While on the elevator, the man in there with me suddenly turns to me, and say "You know what? I hope you have a great day." I was shocked, and just replied with an awkward but happy "You too!!" And then he started talking about people fighting and stuff, but I couldn't really understand him because it was my floor and I was trying to leave. Nice guy!
I cooked dinner and Scott came to eat it. I will post the recipe tomorrow (right now it's in my kitchen, and I don't want to get out of bed).
SHREK THE MUSICAL HAPPENED. It was adorable.
I cooked dinner and Scott came to eat it. I will post the recipe tomorrow (right now it's in my kitchen, and I don't want to get out of bed).
SHREK THE MUSICAL HAPPENED. It was adorable.
Wednesday
October 13, 2010
AWESOME DAY.
Work was extremely busy. Lots to do!
Texas Exes volleyball! We lost 2 out of 3 games, but it was still fun. :)
Skype date with Lisa!! So awesome!
Signed up for my first credit card. Yay. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be.
I've been recording Hoarders on DVR, but I realized I had 20 episodes recorded. There's NO WAY I can watch all those! I felt like I was hoarding episodes, which is ironic, so I just went through and deleted them. Suddenly, I felt less anxious. Ha ha?
Also, I can't figure out why it's so embarrassing to have toilet paper stuck to your shoe.
Work was extremely busy. Lots to do!
Texas Exes volleyball! We lost 2 out of 3 games, but it was still fun. :)
Skype date with Lisa!! So awesome!
Signed up for my first credit card. Yay. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be.
I've been recording Hoarders on DVR, but I realized I had 20 episodes recorded. There's NO WAY I can watch all those! I felt like I was hoarding episodes, which is ironic, so I just went through and deleted them. Suddenly, I felt less anxious. Ha ha?
Also, I can't figure out why it's so embarrassing to have toilet paper stuck to your shoe.
Tuesday
October 12, 2010
Today was a great day!
I took a walk to the post office (which ended up being closed... haha) on the other campus, and on the walk I got to thinking about why I'm here where I am, and what I've learned since graduation. It ended up being pretty extensive, and it made me very happy to think about how far I've come in the 10 ish months. I've learned all sorts of stuff about relationships, the real world, myself, etc, and one of these days I'll write it all down. :)
Coming back from lunch, I shared an elevator with some lady who might have been me, but 20 years older. We both had crazy color/print lunch boxes (mine is pink zebra striped and hers was leopard print), we both had books, we both had mugs, and we both were coming in from eating outside. It made me smile.
In my attempt to out-walk Scott, I wore my new pedometer, and before I got to zumba, I had 16,000 steps? I'm debating the accuracy, because I took it off and left it in the cup holder of my car, so I don't know if the bumpiness of my car increased the number? I think the recommended minimum is 10,000 steps in a day, but I know I had over that, so that's pretty cool.
I made some pork tenderloin and rice pilaf for dinner, and they turned out really well!! Lots of leftovers for lunch tomorrow! It was funny because the rice pilaf box mix thing told me to bring the stuff 'just to a boil,' which doesn't really make much sense, but my roommate and I had a good laugh.
I also found some good recipes to try this week, and I'll post them if they are any good :) So I went to the store and almost everything on my list was on sale! I love when that happens!
Catching up on tv instead of writing essays was also a good choice. Good Guys, HIMYM, Glee. yay yay yay
I took a walk to the post office (which ended up being closed... haha) on the other campus, and on the walk I got to thinking about why I'm here where I am, and what I've learned since graduation. It ended up being pretty extensive, and it made me very happy to think about how far I've come in the 10 ish months. I've learned all sorts of stuff about relationships, the real world, myself, etc, and one of these days I'll write it all down. :)
Coming back from lunch, I shared an elevator with some lady who might have been me, but 20 years older. We both had crazy color/print lunch boxes (mine is pink zebra striped and hers was leopard print), we both had books, we both had mugs, and we both were coming in from eating outside. It made me smile.
In my attempt to out-walk Scott, I wore my new pedometer, and before I got to zumba, I had 16,000 steps? I'm debating the accuracy, because I took it off and left it in the cup holder of my car, so I don't know if the bumpiness of my car increased the number? I think the recommended minimum is 10,000 steps in a day, but I know I had over that, so that's pretty cool.
I made some pork tenderloin and rice pilaf for dinner, and they turned out really well!! Lots of leftovers for lunch tomorrow! It was funny because the rice pilaf box mix thing told me to bring the stuff 'just to a boil,' which doesn't really make much sense, but my roommate and I had a good laugh.
I also found some good recipes to try this week, and I'll post them if they are any good :) So I went to the store and almost everything on my list was on sale! I love when that happens!
Catching up on tv instead of writing essays was also a good choice. Good Guys, HIMYM, Glee. yay yay yay
Monday
October 11, 2010
AWESOME WEEKEND.
I want to remember a lot, but I'm still exhausted, so I'll just give a basic outline:
Friday: Took my mom to the lab. Haha. Left early from work, got home at dinnertime, Stephen and I took Dad to Carraba's for his birthday. Spinach and chicken canneloni. Stephen took me to go see Mom's new house. It's a lot bigger than our old house, and I think it will be very nice once everything gets unpacked. Then we tried to watch one of the Bourne movies but we all fell asleep on the couch/chair/loveseat.
Saturday: Slept "late" til 8:30, hung out around the house with my dad and bro. Dad taught me how to fix my tail light and even ordered me a new one. We went on a search for a wedding present for Joe, and eventually I just got a gift card because his registry was like... towels. NO. Bought a new color of nail polish which I totally rocked. The wedding ceremony was beautiful! Joe and Amanda looked soooooo great and sooooooooo happy. Erin and Jaci were there! Blast from the past. The 3 of us had a GREAT time at the reception. Everything was awesome. Hopefully more details later when I'm not sleepy :) We went out to Washington with Mike and Taylor, and other Mike met up with us! Taylor and I ended up talking/eating at IHOP until 6:30 a.m., and it was super fun!
Sunday: Church at 8 with dad. New priest is pretty cool! Hung out with the fam, dad made pork roast, rice, and salad! Went to go see Ron on the way out, then met with Sharon and Alex at Ruggles on the way out. Got a super late start, but made it back to D in time for Scott to cook dinner!
Today: lots of work to do, a good busy day. I got all of my transcripts ordered, loan payments made, stuff mailed, good run, etc. Great day.
I want to remember a lot, but I'm still exhausted, so I'll just give a basic outline:
Friday: Took my mom to the lab. Haha. Left early from work, got home at dinnertime, Stephen and I took Dad to Carraba's for his birthday. Spinach and chicken canneloni. Stephen took me to go see Mom's new house. It's a lot bigger than our old house, and I think it will be very nice once everything gets unpacked. Then we tried to watch one of the Bourne movies but we all fell asleep on the couch/chair/loveseat.
Saturday: Slept "late" til 8:30, hung out around the house with my dad and bro. Dad taught me how to fix my tail light and even ordered me a new one. We went on a search for a wedding present for Joe, and eventually I just got a gift card because his registry was like... towels. NO. Bought a new color of nail polish which I totally rocked. The wedding ceremony was beautiful! Joe and Amanda looked soooooo great and sooooooooo happy. Erin and Jaci were there! Blast from the past. The 3 of us had a GREAT time at the reception. Everything was awesome. Hopefully more details later when I'm not sleepy :) We went out to Washington with Mike and Taylor, and other Mike met up with us! Taylor and I ended up talking/eating at IHOP until 6:30 a.m., and it was super fun!
Sunday: Church at 8 with dad. New priest is pretty cool! Hung out with the fam, dad made pork roast, rice, and salad! Went to go see Ron on the way out, then met with Sharon and Alex at Ruggles on the way out. Got a super late start, but made it back to D in time for Scott to cook dinner!
Today: lots of work to do, a good busy day. I got all of my transcripts ordered, loan payments made, stuff mailed, good run, etc. Great day.
Thursday
October 6, 2010
I played volleyball with the Texas Exes group for the first time tonight, and it was really a lot of fun! I met some really cool new people, and I'm proud of myself for trying something new where I don't know anyone. Good job, me!
And then I went to go hang with Jaime, Laura, and Robson for one last time before he splits for Oklahoma. We found this one bar in Denton with 50 CENT WELLS on Wednesdays, and 1 dollar for doubles. WHAT?! Needless to say, it was good night.
And now it's way past my bedtime, but I am happy. Yay!
And my brother texted me and he is happy I'm coming home for the weekend, and that makes me feel all awesome inside :)
And then I went to go hang with Jaime, Laura, and Robson for one last time before he splits for Oklahoma. We found this one bar in Denton with 50 CENT WELLS on Wednesdays, and 1 dollar for doubles. WHAT?! Needless to say, it was good night.
And now it's way past my bedtime, but I am happy. Yay!
And my brother texted me and he is happy I'm coming home for the weekend, and that makes me feel all awesome inside :)
Tuesday
October 5, 2010
Today was great!
1. Started my SOPHAS application!! Whee! Grad school!
2. I got out of work on time, made it to the Y on time, made dinner on time, watched my recorded shows, and still had time to chat with Ray. Yay productive days! Now I'm almost going to bed on time!
3. My roommate hung Halloween decorations around our apartment, and she let me have a paper cat to put on my door!
4. In Glee tonight, they sang Losing My Religion. That song was the default ringtone on our phones they gave us in Spain, so every time I hear that song, I have a rush of awesome memories :)
1. Started my SOPHAS application!! Whee! Grad school!
2. I got out of work on time, made it to the Y on time, made dinner on time, watched my recorded shows, and still had time to chat with Ray. Yay productive days! Now I'm almost going to bed on time!
3. My roommate hung Halloween decorations around our apartment, and she let me have a paper cat to put on my door!
4. In Glee tonight, they sang Losing My Religion. That song was the default ringtone on our phones they gave us in Spain, so every time I hear that song, I have a rush of awesome memories :)
Monday
October 4, 2010
To finish the weekend:
Heather made me ride Tilt-a-Whirl for the first time, and I'm so glad she did, because it was so fun! Eventually, we met up with my sister, Parth, and their friend Kelsi, and Diana and her friends, and ran into Joe and Amy. Joe is in Teach for America now, and it was really interesting to hear about his new life! We saw the Eli Young Band perform, and they were pretty good! A drunk OU guy asked me to dance (no one else was dancing), so he clumsily led me in a hilarious two-step. haha! Also, got my 2nd backrub of the day from Diana's friend, who bit my ear really hard about 10 minutes into meeting me, so that was his way of offering to make up for it. Yeah.
Turns out, Diana and her friends missed the train back, so we ended up taking them halfway. I was mad at the time, but looking back it's pretty hilarious, especially since they decided their only other option was to be pushed back in some abandoned stroller they found.
Sunday, Heather and I slept late, then I went to go play softball for a few hours! We won our game at noon, and then another team invited me to play with them at 1, and then we had our 2nd game at 2. We won again! We're on fire! It was a beautiful day, I found my sunglasses, and now I have a ridiculous sunburn on my face, complete with raccoon eyes from said glasses. Hahaha. Also Sunday was work, mass, then dinner at Kris's, and he cooked this ridiculously tasty chicken/potato/rice curry stuff, and it was soooooooooooo good.
Today was good because:
-Aloe vera exists. I went to Kroger during lunch to get some, and now my face feels soooooooooo much better.
-Greg and I started off with nothing to talk about at lab meeting, but it ended up being pretty good. My boss told me I did well, even though I didn't feel like that at all!
-Charlie brought me some realllllllllly awesome hand creams from his trip to New York! How thoughtful!!!! :D
-Robson came back into town for work! We went to see Jaime and Laura, ate at Ramen Republic, where we ate last time, and once again, I put way too much spice into my meal. My lips were burning and my nose was running, but it tasted SOOOOOO good. Afterwards, we played pictionary, wore sombreros/boxes/octopus things, and laughed at each other. My word was Democrat, but I mixed up which animal is associated with with party. So I tried drawing an elephant with stars and stripes, but according to the boys, it looked like a turtle with a clown nose, so it morphed into a party turtle. The donkey I tried to draw looked like a unicorn. Everyone made fun of me until Laura couldn't remember how to draw a fish, and made the triangle for the tail face backwards. HILARIOUS.
Goodnight, working world!
Heather made me ride Tilt-a-Whirl for the first time, and I'm so glad she did, because it was so fun! Eventually, we met up with my sister, Parth, and their friend Kelsi, and Diana and her friends, and ran into Joe and Amy. Joe is in Teach for America now, and it was really interesting to hear about his new life! We saw the Eli Young Band perform, and they were pretty good! A drunk OU guy asked me to dance (no one else was dancing), so he clumsily led me in a hilarious two-step. haha! Also, got my 2nd backrub of the day from Diana's friend, who bit my ear really hard about 10 minutes into meeting me, so that was his way of offering to make up for it. Yeah.
Turns out, Diana and her friends missed the train back, so we ended up taking them halfway. I was mad at the time, but looking back it's pretty hilarious, especially since they decided their only other option was to be pushed back in some abandoned stroller they found.
Sunday, Heather and I slept late, then I went to go play softball for a few hours! We won our game at noon, and then another team invited me to play with them at 1, and then we had our 2nd game at 2. We won again! We're on fire! It was a beautiful day, I found my sunglasses, and now I have a ridiculous sunburn on my face, complete with raccoon eyes from said glasses. Hahaha. Also Sunday was work, mass, then dinner at Kris's, and he cooked this ridiculously tasty chicken/potato/rice curry stuff, and it was soooooooooooo good.
Today was good because:
-Aloe vera exists. I went to Kroger during lunch to get some, and now my face feels soooooooooo much better.
-Greg and I started off with nothing to talk about at lab meeting, but it ended up being pretty good. My boss told me I did well, even though I didn't feel like that at all!
-Charlie brought me some realllllllllly awesome hand creams from his trip to New York! How thoughtful!!!! :D
-Robson came back into town for work! We went to see Jaime and Laura, ate at Ramen Republic, where we ate last time, and once again, I put way too much spice into my meal. My lips were burning and my nose was running, but it tasted SOOOOOO good. Afterwards, we played pictionary, wore sombreros/boxes/octopus things, and laughed at each other. My word was Democrat, but I mixed up which animal is associated with with party. So I tried drawing an elephant with stars and stripes, but according to the boys, it looked like a turtle with a clown nose, so it morphed into a party turtle. The donkey I tried to draw looked like a unicorn. Everyone made fun of me until Laura couldn't remember how to draw a fish, and made the triangle for the tail face backwards. HILARIOUS.
Goodnight, working world!
Sunday
October 3, 2010
This weekend was so fantastic, there is so much I want to remember. This may take awhile to type out.
First of all, I was upset when I typed my Thursday post. That was because I had just backed my car into a column and cracked all the plastic on my taillight, and dented in the back corner of my poor little car. And then the gate of my complex wouldn't let me in, so I had to walk around the other side of the building to get in. And then my roommate had locked the deadbolt on accident, so I couldn't get in for a little bit. After the horrendous day I had, this was the icing on the cake. But in retrospect, it's actually pretty funny :) Greg assures me this won't be an expensive thing to fix, thank goodness!
Friday was a great day. I don't remember too much about work, except that Michelle brought apple spice cake to celebrate Young Dae's last day. I also bought lunch at the cafeteria, and it was some kind of cod with saffron cous cous, and it was SO good. I like reading during lunch, I will continue this! The weather was gorgeous after work, and I wanted to start my Warrior Dash training (so Vanessa doesn't make me look like a fool here in a month)! I went for a run/walk (5 mins walk, 5 run, 5 walk, etc) for maybe 40 minutes or so? And good Lord. There were SO many good looking, tan, shirtless men with great abs running past me. And a majority of them had dogs. WHAT. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! I think I'll like running if this scenery keeps up...
But I digress. Quick trip for some groceries, and a quick rinse off, then Jon comes over, and then shortly after Heather gets in from Houston (YAAAAAAAAY), and then Scott, Greg, and Raegan arrive. We leave for dinner at Toulouse, some really nice local French restaurant. It had a fabulous patio, and everyone's food was really good! I got lobster bisque and this drink with champagne and strawberries. Afterwards, we went back and played bananagram and dominoes at my apt :)
Saturday! TEXAS vs OU!! STATE FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Woke up, went to the lab, came back. Blah. Heather and I loaded up on donuts and headed out to the fair!!! We took a shuttle there, and it beat a lot of traffic, which made for very happy Emily/Heather. We ran into Diana's cousin right when we walked in. Yay! We bought coupons (short line... YAY!), and met up with Julia/Eugene/Barbara/Melissa/Matt behind Big Tex (so we didn't have to look at his creepy face). It was soooooooooooooooooooo awesome to see them again! They let me try some of their fried beer, which was absolutely disgusting. Went to the petting zoo because they had a BABY GIRAFFE! After waiting awhile and pushing little kids, I finally got to touch it, and it ate out of my hand, and I was soooooo happy! Yay! They also had baby goats, pigs, longhorns, llamas, zebras, everything. So great!
Corny dogs. So awesome.
Throughout the day, the group of us also tried fried margaritas, p.b. & j with bananas (Heather's faves), friend queso, fried guacamole, funnel cake, fried cookie dough... and I think that might be it. Last year we ate fried grilled cheese, and that was good :)
The game wasn't so good, but it's always fun to be there around everyone, UT and OU fans alike. In fact, while we were watching the first quarter, we befriended some OU alumni. One proceeded to give me a backrub and tell me that although he hates orange, he thought I looked really good in it. After awhile, we got creeped out and moved to a table under a tree, and watched bits and pieces through the branches. Eventually, we decided the horns looked pretty sloppy, so we went to the rides. At some point I ran into my old friend, Ryan, from high school. Nice to see that fool again.
We rode crazy mouse. I thought we were going to die. Julia and I were hanging off the track. Looking back, it was really fun, but at the moment.... not so much. We did, however, get our picture taken, and it was hilaaaaaaaaaaarious. We had to buy it. I look absolutely terrified while everyone else looks like they are having a blast.
Okay, it's bed time but I'll finish tomorrow :)
First of all, I was upset when I typed my Thursday post. That was because I had just backed my car into a column and cracked all the plastic on my taillight, and dented in the back corner of my poor little car. And then the gate of my complex wouldn't let me in, so I had to walk around the other side of the building to get in. And then my roommate had locked the deadbolt on accident, so I couldn't get in for a little bit. After the horrendous day I had, this was the icing on the cake. But in retrospect, it's actually pretty funny :) Greg assures me this won't be an expensive thing to fix, thank goodness!
Friday was a great day. I don't remember too much about work, except that Michelle brought apple spice cake to celebrate Young Dae's last day. I also bought lunch at the cafeteria, and it was some kind of cod with saffron cous cous, and it was SO good. I like reading during lunch, I will continue this! The weather was gorgeous after work, and I wanted to start my Warrior Dash training (so Vanessa doesn't make me look like a fool here in a month)! I went for a run/walk (5 mins walk, 5 run, 5 walk, etc) for maybe 40 minutes or so? And good Lord. There were SO many good looking, tan, shirtless men with great abs running past me. And a majority of them had dogs. WHAT. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! I think I'll like running if this scenery keeps up...
But I digress. Quick trip for some groceries, and a quick rinse off, then Jon comes over, and then shortly after Heather gets in from Houston (YAAAAAAAAY), and then Scott, Greg, and Raegan arrive. We leave for dinner at Toulouse, some really nice local French restaurant. It had a fabulous patio, and everyone's food was really good! I got lobster bisque and this drink with champagne and strawberries. Afterwards, we went back and played bananagram and dominoes at my apt :)
Saturday! TEXAS vs OU!! STATE FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Woke up, went to the lab, came back. Blah. Heather and I loaded up on donuts and headed out to the fair!!! We took a shuttle there, and it beat a lot of traffic, which made for very happy Emily/Heather. We ran into Diana's cousin right when we walked in. Yay! We bought coupons (short line... YAY!), and met up with Julia/Eugene/Barbara/Melissa/Matt behind Big Tex (so we didn't have to look at his creepy face). It was soooooooooooooooooooo awesome to see them again! They let me try some of their fried beer, which was absolutely disgusting. Went to the petting zoo because they had a BABY GIRAFFE! After waiting awhile and pushing little kids, I finally got to touch it, and it ate out of my hand, and I was soooooo happy! Yay! They also had baby goats, pigs, longhorns, llamas, zebras, everything. So great!
Corny dogs. So awesome.
Throughout the day, the group of us also tried fried margaritas, p.b. & j with bananas (Heather's faves), friend queso, fried guacamole, funnel cake, fried cookie dough... and I think that might be it. Last year we ate fried grilled cheese, and that was good :)
The game wasn't so good, but it's always fun to be there around everyone, UT and OU fans alike. In fact, while we were watching the first quarter, we befriended some OU alumni. One proceeded to give me a backrub and tell me that although he hates orange, he thought I looked really good in it. After awhile, we got creeped out and moved to a table under a tree, and watched bits and pieces through the branches. Eventually, we decided the horns looked pretty sloppy, so we went to the rides. At some point I ran into my old friend, Ryan, from high school. Nice to see that fool again.
We rode crazy mouse. I thought we were going to die. Julia and I were hanging off the track. Looking back, it was really fun, but at the moment.... not so much. We did, however, get our picture taken, and it was hilaaaaaaaaaaarious. We had to buy it. I look absolutely terrified while everyone else looks like they are having a blast.
Okay, it's bed time but I'll finish tomorrow :)
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