Tomorrow never knows what it doesn't know too soon

All my dreams are made? Well, they are definitely weird.

The other day I had a dream that I was walking through a mall or hospital and this lady/demon/soul threw something at me. The thing made me slow down but time moved at the same pace. In order to be able to go back to normal time I had to catch up with her. I moved slowly through the hospital/mall place and saw all these people who had also been attacked. Apparently I was healthier than everyone else, so I was able to move slightly faster. The only way to travel through time was to get to this waterfall in the center of the mall/hospital. So, I made me way there and caught up with the demon lady and killed her soul. I saved the day! It was a creepy dream though.

Here's a dream not made: the Twins lost. Boo to the White Sox!

I finished my Built Environment assignment quickly! Whoo hoo! (Ok, that's definitely not interesting like my dream...)

Always where I need to be

Just got the latest Kooks cd, and I LOVE it!

I also love going to two games in Fenway in the past week! Hopefully the White Sox will have bad luck, so the Twins can go to the playoffs. HolleR.

School is busier than expected, but not too overwhelming so far.

Last weekend in MN/IA was amazing! I was so happy this past week even though I was exhausted. My family and friends are so great. We had a lot of fun. It makes me want to go back to the midwest again. People are so nice! Also, another good thing - Allergy shots are working well! I'm so happy because allergies are NOT fun to deal with.

Ok, that's it for now. Gotta work on Enviro Health and Health Law.

Mmmuah!

Come away with me and shoot the moon

I'm learning how to relax and not take things so seriously, including myself. The past 4 years (and even before that) I've been surrounded by overachievers. Not such a bad thing, except that stress tends to wear off on me. Especially during the last school year. I realized that extended stress manifests itself physically. For me it was in the form of tension headaches. Since receiving the diagnosis, I've become very aware of my stress. Now I'm working on reducing it instead of just taking 3 advil to make it go away. I'm learning Tai Chi. Not to be confused with Chai Tea. I actually missed the second session today, but I just practiced on my own. I love it! Seriously, I feel so much better. Now I need to learn to make time for it everyday.

One of my good, new friends told me that she is learning techniques for reading more quickly. I'm totally into that idea. I feel like I waste so much time when I read because I try to remember every detail. That's important when learning anatomy or chem, but not as much for my classes this semester. So, I'm trying to pick up the main points and move on. So far so good.

Being a TF for Epi is proving to be a lot more work than anticipated. I'm learning, though, that I am possibly a little bit too helpful with responding to e-mails. I need to learn to just answer the question and move on instead of typing up multiple ways of explaining the same thing. Hopefully taking a new job at the BU Athletic Business Office (where I worked freshman-junior year) won't be too much to handle. I think it will be good for me.

So excited to go home this weekend!!!

I'm a reader, not a writer

and a listener, not a talker.

Had my first actual day of class! It's pretty awesome so far. Wednesdays will be my environmental health days. I have intro to EH for an hour and a half, and The Built Environment for basically 3 hours. Intro class seems pretty good. We have weekly on-line exams instead of exams, so far so good. And Built Enviro seems pretty awesome as well. The prof is super into the topic, but not so much that he tries to teach too much info. The readings for class are pretty short because he didn't want for us to pay too much! I'm happy with that :)

I'm still waiting for my bed and desk to be delivered. Geez! Stupid Ikea Home Direct On-line shopping takes forever! And they don't warn you that it can take so long. More like Ikea Home-Direct-through-every-state-on-the-way-to-yours-from-Sweden On-line shopping. Oh well. Luckily I have a good friend like Ricky to loan me his air matress. Otherwise things are pretty much settled in the new apt. I really like it :) However, I'm probably going to be known in the building as the "cat girl."

I made chicken for dinner Friday night, and while I was cooking I heard a cat meowing. I realized it was coming from the back hallway, and opened the door. A really cute, skinny, black and white cat was there and tried to come into my apt. Unfortunately, I couldn't let the little guy in because Abbey and I are both really allergic. Since he didn't have a collar on, I decided to knock on all the neighbor's doors to see if he belonged to them or if they knew who he belonged to. So I did. And everyone was home. Luckily there are only 3 other apts in the building. Anyway, I talked to everyone and only one other person could hear the meowing. Everyone else looked at me like I was a crazy person. Well, at least I tried to figure out the situation. I haven't heard from the cat since then.

Last year it was a dead bat, this year it's a live cat. I wonder what kind of animal will be in my next apartment.

Dog can talk

Shake it up!


Once again, I kinda forgot about my blog...Ooopsies!


Today was the first day of grad school. I didn't have any classes though, just had to go to the class the I'm a TF for. Anyway, I'm excited and anxious for this semester. My classes sound interesting, but how many times have titles disappointed? Far too many. Hopefully taking all SPH classes will make me feel more like a grad student, because right now, besides being in a new location, it all seems the same. The only thing that makes it different is that $120,000 piece of paper that I got in May. Growing up is not as fun as I imagined. Rent, career choices, friends/acquaintences getting married and having children, gray hairs, flabby skin = not so awesome (except the friends/acquaintences getting married and having children becuase it's happy for them). Although, voting privlidges are excellent!


To make myself feel younger, I applied a temporary tattoo from a cereal box! Too bad Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds never has any prizes besides the delicious flavors. I would have a ridiculous amount of useless toys by now. It would be great. Maybe I would create a trophy shelf dedicated to their portrayal and awesomeness.


Life takes interesting turns. Maybe it's more of a change of perception. Like when I was 5, learning how to do a cartwheel was the most important thing for me to accomplish. Now I'm 22 (almost) and getting my Master's degree is the most important thing for me to accomplish. Its just a different view of what skills are important to learn. Sometimes I wonder if I'm aiming too high. Will I finally get out in the work force and realize a MPH really isn't necessary for my careet goals? Hopefully NOT! I guess it's hard to estimate now, since I'm still figuring out my career goals. Seriously, who knows their career goals when they are in their early 20s? Ahhh! I will not stress out!

This one is for Dom:

What do Mexican pirates eat?

Chili con cAAAARRRRrne!!!!

I think I'm too reserved to have a blog.