New New New Boo!

This week has been full of "news." It's been fun and stressful - my recent pizza face can attest to that. It is not a pretty sight let me tell you!

• New apartment: I've been looking forward to moving out since I was 12. Now that it has come, it kind of stinks. It has been hard leaving my family and friends (oh, and Lucy!). But I know it will eventually get better. I'm trying to stay positive!!!
• New cat: Bess is my new roommate! She is 5 years old and black and white. She is so precious! She eats like a horse and I am worried I am going to make her a fatty. She has made this life change so much easier on me. She keeps me safe from the demons at night :-)
• New city: Well, I am not sure you can classify Quincy as a city. It's very small, but I am sure I will grow to love it. The people are extremely nice and friendly. And, it's close to my favorite state, Missouri!
• New job: Today I started my first dietitian job at Blessing Hospital. I am so excited to finally start! I love being back in the hospital and I can't wait to start working with patients.
• New car: I got a new car! Say goodbye to ol' Jetta girl because she's dead. I got a Honda Fit and it is free of that wonderful crayon smell. His name is Sammy- yes I did name my car.

It is scary being a real person, but I suppose it is about time. It does have its perks :-)

Oh, you know.

You know how they say that if you write down a goal it is like a bajillion times more likely to be completed than if you don't? That scientific reasoning is the basis for this post.

Being a gimp, and a very poor gimp at that since my gimpness has cost me a job for 2 months, I have quite a bit of time on my hands. So why am I not studying for the RD exam so I can get a job I spent 5 years studying for? I do not know and it is sad. Ever so sad. This post ends the procrastination once and for all (hopefully)(fingers crossed).

1. I will study at least one hour a day and take the exam by September 1.
2. I will do my physical therapy twice a day like I am supposed to.
3. I will stop sleeping 12 hours a day!!!
4. I will make the baklava and creme brulee and it will be tasty!
5. I will finish East of Eden by Friday!

Alright, I feel a lot better now that that is done. Now I must go study. Oh crap.

computer illiterate

I am not very good with computers. However, I have finally figured out how to import pictures from my camera to my computer. It is great and I am excited about it. I'm not much of a picture taker (I had pictures still on my camera from 2007), but my goal is to start now. 

Pretty much this post proves that I don't know how to use simple blog picture stuff. See, I don't even know how to say it. I also don't have time to try to learn it on my own- gotta go! I'll attempt to fix this another time. And I use the term "attempt" and "another time" very loosely. 

I visited Mark for his graduation and we went mini-golfing before I had to leave. It was fun! Except I suck at mini golf. Mark is good at pool golf. 

the cupcakery will be missed

This week has possibly been the best week ever. I know I say that a lot, but seriously, this week has rocked plenty a face off. First: great graduation weekend at U of I with Mark and his family filled with tons of good food and even mini golfing at an impossible course (I thought I stunk before but MAN!). Second: it's my last week of internship! Can life get any better than that? I think not.  Third: I applied for a job and got an interview! It's a dream job for me- working in a rehab hospital so I can actually build relationships with the people and see the "fruits of my labor." For some reason I felt nasty saying that. But I said it anyway so deal with it! Good. Fourth: I just went to the Cupcakery and got a delicious lemon drop cupcake. Yum!

Tomorrow my parents are coming for graduation and to help me move out. Which means: 1. dinner at Charlie Gittos, a place I could never afford without gracious hosts! 2. Ted Drewes. It will be open this time! I can feel it. 3. Botanical Gardens: I have been waiting since Day 1 to go here. 4. Creperie one last time (so sad! I think I will miss this place the most). 5. Cardinals v. Kansas City game! 6. Goodbye life on Lindell falling asleep under the glow of the arch (haha). 

Things I have learned while writing this post: 1. I enjoy lists. They are pretty great. 2. Medication makes life amazing and wonderful in every every every way. 3. Food makes life worth living. Especially delicious Italian food, French food, and unique bakery items! 4. Life post internship is the best thing in the world (or so I hope. It hasn't actually ended yet..... But I have high hopes!!!) 5. Staying up past 8 is actually a pretty good time. 6. I hate traffic.

ode to st. louis

As my time in wonderful St. Louis is winding down, I can't help but get a little nostalgic. This year has easily been the most horrific, awful, stressful, dream killing year of my life, but it also has been delightful (in between the ickiness). I am going to miss a lot of things here and I've made a lot of fun memories too. 

For example: Nikki and I daring each other to do strange things at bars such as offering nonexistent gum to very large bartenders and making friends with scary tattooed bouncers, eating "bowls" with Becky each time she visited, destroying my knees twice at the City Museum, becoming addicted to running at Forest Park and running my first 1/2 marathon in the rain, eating delectable crepes at the Creperie, stealing the wooden cats after every fun night out, Ava getting attacked by the goats at Grant's Farm, Halloween with Mark, making friends with a band at Mardi Gras, winning 20 dollars but losing 5 at the casino with Suzie, attempting to go to every coffee shop in the area (I still have to make it to Kaldi's-tomorrow!), discovering spin class and my love for old people, my wonderful view of both the basilica AND the arch, and the bus stop that smelled like urine. 

I'll be back to visit like every day!

oh dear.

please don't ever make me eat indian food again. 

blog? why yes.

For some very odd reason I got a sudden, strong urge to create a blog. I wonder how long this urge will last? It doesn't matter.

Anyway. I downloaded a song the other day that I loved loved loved when I was in high school and I haven't stopped listening to it since. The count is up to 87 I am embarrassed to say (but I'll say it anyway). Oop, now it's at 88!  

I am moving away from St. Louis in about 1.5 weeks after almost a 10 month stay. Part of me is really sad about it. St. Louis is such a great city that I would have liked to have gotten to know better. But the other part (a really huge part) cannot wait to get out of here. Though I am a bit nervous to actually have to get a real job when I go home. I told my dad I wasn't getting a job and that he was going to support me the rest of my life. He didn't seem to appreciate that! But I would :-)

Right now I am doing my staff relief at Bethesda nursing home. I have found out that I love old people! They are pretty awesome. Though, today some woman told me my questions were stupid (who knew? Guess I went into the wrong profession). To punish her for her extreme rudeness, I decided to get her a disgusting protein beverage twice a day, ever day. And then I backhanded her. She lost the only 2 teeth she had left! 

That's all I got!