Learning how to pick myself up.
One day I'll get to go swimming and have a picnic. Waiting.

Grad School

I hit my next little graduate school speed bump. Apparently I have a hold on my account from when I was admitted as an undergraduate student in 2007. I still remember when I was choosing which college I was going to attend - should I stay home and attend the UH or should I leave for three and a half hours away? Between those years, a lot had happened, including my freshmen year when my mom was diagnosed with Diabetes.

Okay, I'm rambling. My next point is that I'm having a hard time deciding what my next career move should be. I have requested an exception to take an online class since the end of the week class would be difficult for me to attend. Hopefully this goes through and I do intend to make the most out of my courses.

Term 1 with the students is about to end. The "prom night" will be taking place tomorrow evening and I think I will re-wear my green dress!

McAllen Wedding

Michelle's wedding was so beautiful! I'm glad that I was able to get over to McAllen for the first time and experience this special day with two of the most amazing people I know. As an added bonus, I got to laugh and dance with the advisers - there will never be a group like them. 

The days in Sherman are getting better. Luckily, Andrew and my mom are coming to visit sometime in July and I get to go home in exactly one week. Then of course I'll spend another 4th of July with Alex. Although I only get one day off a week, I got to spend Friday night and all of Saturday with him. He grilled some steaks, bell peppers, and made the delicious feta cheese with butter pasta. We watched a few episodes of Game of Thrones and shopped at the Galleria in Dallas.  

Lists

I'm finally settled into Sherman, TX to be part of this amazing summer program! I know, I've been here over a week but it really does take me that long to start feeling even the tiniest bit comfortable. My suitcase has yet to be unpacked and maybe I've been putting it off just so it feels like I have something to do but I haven't found any time to actually do it! Okay, tonight I'm going to try to clean up some of the clothes and brainstorm on how to actually get a wedding outfit together before the McAllen shannigans this weekend!
Musts on my to-do:

• Paint my nails
• Put my clothes up
• Watch movies and shows I've been putting off

Such fun obligations! 

Mother's Day

My family never celebrates events on the right days or the right times but I love how flexible we all are so that we can make things work out better. Tonight, my sister and I took my mom to Sur La Table for a Tapas, Paella, and Flan cooking class. Had I not been so tired, I think that I would have been a little more perky and excited. All in all, it was a great success and now I know how to make four new dishes! I really need to try making new stuff so that I will at least know a few dishes off the top of my head if I ever moved out on my own again.

Earlier this morning, I was in the Woodlands celebrating with the boyfriend's family for their special occasions. I'm surrounded by great people! The next few months are going to be a change of pace from what I'm used to - working for Duke in the summer, a couple weddings out of town, and not going to be with my seniors of 2012 anymore. Life is moving forward, that's for sure!

Decision Day

Done, done, done. From an insider's perspective, it was such a hectic event and that's no surprise since I'm going to say that we had over 300 students attend. I'm completely exhausted. The seniors this year have been so fun and interesting and downright crazy. So many of them have such sweet hearts and I'm positive they'll achieve BIG things in their near future!

Skinny Jeans

For a good year or so, I've been really unhappy about the way I fit and look in skinny jeans. Well, even regular jeans and pants were BLAH. But since working out for a couple weeks, I even fit into my size 1 skinny jeans and they're comfortable! I am now convinced, working out is something that has to be consistent. Everyday I do a different kind of exercise - whether it be the JM videos, Youtube Pilates exercises, or my usual run. Sometimes I take snippets of all the above and do my favorite exercises from each one.

I'm now in Dallas and got to "sleep in" till 8:30! Although it's not the same as how I used to sleep in till 11, this has been a great 7 hours of sleep and I can't wait to enjoy my weekend.