Before-After

I have temporarily moved in with my cousins [including a 13 and 9 year old] while I complete my internship this summer. So the life of  living on my own and doing the college thing has officially been placed on hold for the next few months. The layout pretty much stayed the same [Study-work-workout-play] but the details have changed drastically.

Study

• Before I studied with my girls at a coffee shop or shut away in a quiet room.
• Now I study with my sweet cousin sitting behind me braiding my hair while the other attempts to read the terminology from my paperwork. It's pretty awesome. Yes, I'm a little less productive but at least I have a sweet 'do' when I'm done.

Work

• Before I sat in a cubicle auditing on a computer and got paid.
• Now I run around a hospital all day in scrubs, wash my hands non-stop, and receive no check. The experience, however, is great!

Workout

• Before moving workouts consisted of running/weights.
• Now workouts consist of swimming like a mermaid, learning to ride a unicycle, or running to catch the ice cream truck.
• I attempted a "before" workout a few days ago and my little cousin appeared in the doorway with her workouts on ready to go with me. I must say....the workout was pretty entertaining! If we keep it up I'll be a pro at running & conversing...."are you tired yet?", "do you always run this long?", "what are you listening to?", "when are we going back to swim?"....and the list goes on :)

Play

• Before moving I would hang with girls my age, soak up sun by the pool, and have a party on the patio. 
• Now I get to hang with my cool cousins, have contests like "who can hold their breathe the longest" or "who has the best dive," and have dance parties in the play room. 
• I almost forgot the Double Bubble contests....."who can fit the most candy in their mouth." Yes. I have some sweet video footage. I'll attempt to share one of these days.

BIG changes but BIG fun! Such Big things happening this summer! I'm excited to see what the BIG guy upstairs has in store for me!

PS. I feel there will be fewer blogs this next month....between work and time with the cousins I haven't found 'blog' time. Time with fam is precious though and I wouldn't trade it!

   

For life?

Sunday a group of us were asked to decide whether we would want to have either a) stinky feet or b) bad breath for the rest of our lives? My immediate response to that was 'B.' Bad breath. Then we shared our answers with those around us. I honestly thought more would feel the same as I did. Yah, not so much. A whopping 2 of about 150 people [myself included] chose bad breath over stinky feet.

I'm pretty sure my decision was influenced by a dressing room experience a few months ago. All was good until the chick next door removed her shoes. It was beyond rank. Haley and I were to the point of gagging. Literally. I'm a shopper and I was ready to call it quits. So....no....I refuse to opt for stinky feet for life.  

And peeps....I have some good news. I just saw a commercial. Dentyne Pure. Apparently all other gums cover the smell and this packet of pleasure cleans it.

Problem.....bad breath for life.
Solution.....Dentyne Pure.

Overall the reviews are good. So for that ONE other out there that chose bad breath. We are good to go. I suppose it will only be problematic if you aren't a gum chewer. Then you should choose stinky feet....but I'm afraid we can't be friends :)

Word of Day

"Voraciously"

Most can tell by my vocab that I don't technically have a new "word" everyday. Even though it might be pretty legit if I did. BUT I was reading an AOL article today about this "proud cheapskate" grandma who left 4.5 million to her town when she passed....when I stumbled across my word [aka voracious]. Apparently she was "very simple but very kind and giving" and "read Barron's/Wall Street Journal voraciously."

Sometimes you just can't get enough of something....and one might not want to say "I just can't get enough of ________." Bam. One word. Straight to the point. Voracious. Congrats to you "voracious" you made the word of the day!

For those who don't feel the need to utilize cool resources like dictionary.com...I did it for you :)

vo·ra·cious (vô-rshs, v-) adj.

1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

2. Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit.

Please take note. My word of the day is definition #2...personally the first definition grosses me out.

Anywho, that g-ma couldn't get enough of Wall Street Journal....probably why she rocked the stock market and had so much money-honey.

Blah, blah, blah.... here is what I took away from this:

• Live voraciously for Jesus [aka don't be satisfied with the place you are at....constantly pursue Him more]. 
• Become a stock market junky and read Wall Street Journal.
• Be a cool grandma living the simple life [who rocks sweet hats]. No, the article didn't say this cool g-ma rocked sweet hats....but I'm sure she did. And while on the topic....I feel that wearing them should be a prerequisite to being a cool g-ma. 
• Apparently to become a grandma you need to have kids first...until then the plan is to just find a sweet hat and go to the Kentucky Derby.

   To-do list:
Find these hats...

Unplanned goodness

Well my research filled and busy weekend turned into a pretty chill weekend. Something about a virus on campus and the entire system going offline? I'm actually not sure what happened exactly? A guy just came on the speaker talking about a virus. Blah, blah, blah....all that means to me is that I can no longer check my emails or spend hours looking up research articles this weekend! Thank you Texas Tech Health Science Center for forcing me to enjoy my weekend at home.  I'm currently watching paper-view movies (aka Mr. Eye Candy himself, Dwayne Johnson in Tooth Fairy) and eating my weight in apricot cobbler.

I learned nothing about my research topic BUT here is what I did learn:

• Cobbler is way cooler with a lattice pie crust. It's all about that presentation baby! 
• 1% milk is truly better than skim.
• Ice cold milk enhances the cobbler experience by at least 5.25%.
• I shouldn't have waited this long before trying a philly cheese steak sandwich. It was worth every calorie but now I want to visit Philadelphia.     
• I wish I had a green-thumb.

To-do list:
Go running.
Purchase cool/low maintenance/indoor plants.