An Exciting Weekend

Hello there! So I just got off pretty much the best weekend ever! A brief summary:

On Friday I went shopping all morning with my friend Katy in an attempt to find a dress for Saturday's wedding. Unfortunately, I couldn't find one that I liked and could afford. However, I did find some jeans at Gap that I thoroughly enjoyed, and, as an added bonus, were 2 sizes smaller than my previous pair! It was nice to see some concrete evidence of the success of my New Year's Resolutions. :) After the shopping I went and picked up my sister and we made the 440 mile trek to St. Peters, Missouri for the wedding.

Saturday morning I got up and got uber sweaty working out in the hotel "exercise room" (aka: overheated room with an old man and three pieces of equipment). Had a delicious and free "hot breakfast" at the hotel (where Bunny and I stayed with three former swimmers, which was super fun), then headed to the wedding. Of course, my friend Michelle, looked gorgeous, and the wedding was simple yet elegant. Then Bunny and I headed back after the reception (and stopped at the Brazil Grill, see me and the humongous pork tenderloin, above) and arrived in Columbus at 1am.

Because I'm crazy, and despite the fact that I didn't go to bed until 3am that morning, I got up at 7am, worked out, and then made the 200 mile drive up to Detroit. Some may say it's a little nuts to drive 3 hours each way to see your favorite team play baseball, but I disagree. I just like being outside and watching live sporting events. Plus, I enjoy doing these things by myself--sometimes I find myself a little tired of being around people and always being "on" and trying to "entertain" them. So it's nice to just do something by myself and for myself. I got to Comerica Park in time to see the Twins' batting practice. I also made friends with the Tigers fans around me and saw the Twins win! Awesome.

I headed back after the game and headed over to my friend Courtney's apartment, where we ate "healthy" Papa Murphy's pizza and low-fat Edy's Mint Karaoke Cookie ice cream. It was so diculous, it was ridiculous. We also watched lots of SATC and Meet the Deedles. Quality.

Slept in Monday morning (I think this was justified after my crazy amount of driving and lack of sleep). Then came home, worked out, and headed over to my second family's house, where I made a diarama (sp?), which including making a 3 inch tall police officer and naked boy out of clay (is it summer yet? I'm getting really tired of school projects). Then we ate a delicious dinner and saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (my review: good...solid acting and chase scenes, but a little strange with the alien invasion at the end).

To round out the evening, I then went to my dad's place, where I watched the Bachelorette with Bunny and my dad. Bah--she should have given Ryan and Chris another chance, and should stop giving roses to Twilly and the speedo guy! But atleast Richard, Jason, and Jeremy are still in the running. All is well.

Sorry, that was a pretty boring and useless post, but I figured I would type something, and now I'll add a few pics. :) Later!

Not much here

Hello! Not too much new here, just thought I would update.

Let's see...last weekend my friend from college, Jodi, came over to visit. It was awesome! We had a heck of a time at the Race for the Cure, and also went and saw the Columbus Clippers get their butts kicked by those pesky Toledo Mudhens. But, all in all, it was fun to see her.

I've also been continuing the packing. Still lying awake at night, freaking about finances and the move, but atleast this week I got my refund from the Ohio Public Employees Retirement Fund, which means that I atleast have enough money for my June rent, which means I can breath (a little) easier.

This coming weekend I'm (briefly) heading over to St. Louis for my friend Michelle's wedding. I can't believe she's getting married! I'm bringing my sister as my date, and I think the wedding will be a mini-Illinois swimmer reunion, which will be fun. I'll try to take some pictures.

That's about it. Graduation in 14 days, moving in 21, starting residency in 27. Not that I'm counting.

Pics:
Jamie, me, and Jodi at the Race for the Cure
University of Texas-Medical Branch, main hospital
Shriner's Burns Hospital

Feeling productive

So, today I started packing. Not much, really, just the decorations from my wall, my cookbooks, my bulletin board stuff.

I haven't been sleeping well lately because, well, I've been working out late at night, but also because I lay awake at night thinking about the entire moving process--the duration and cost of it all.

And the truth is that I'm not moving for 4 more weeks. And after this weekend, I'll be inheriting a lot of boxes from Race for the Cure.

But, atleast I'm doing something. Feeling productive. Taking control of my life. Step by step.

Home Sweet Home??

Hello again, everyone!

This past weekend my mom and I headed down to Galveston to look for an apartment. We looked at several that were close to both the medical center and the beach (ok, honestly, how hard is it to be close to the beach--it's an island that's only 2 miles wide). In any case, I was having a hard time deciding which apartment I liked. Well, we were at the medical bookstore and my mom was (of course) chatting it up with one of the women that works there, and who eventually set us up with a man named Bruno. Well, Bruno is in charge of all facilities at UTMB--parking, dorms, apartments, etc. and he has some apartments that he rents to students and residents. And guess what--one of them was available! It's not the fanciest place ever, but it just felt cozy and homey when I walked in. I didn't take any pictures, but here are the deets:

2 bedrooms (both good size)
1 bath
$610/mo (cheap!)
ceiling fans in every room!
balcony off the living room
literally, 1 block from the medical center
therefore, 1.5 blocks from the medical center workout facility and outdoor pool
<1 mile from the beach
<1 mile and on the same street as the grocery store
<1 mile and on the same street as the Original Mexican Cafe (delicious)

I'm actually pretty pumped about it. Supposedly these apartments are hard to come by, so I was really lucky that it kind of fell into my lap. I am going to be setting up the second bedroom as a guest room, so I'd better have some visitors! :)

Also, tonight was the last night that my softball team will play together. We had a double-header in the tournament, and unfortunately, lost in the second game by one run. We have been playing together for four years, and now it's over! :( This is a pic of us after our last game.