naked as a jail bird.....

This past week has gone by in a fog. A dreadful fog that I thought would never disappear.

This was one of those weeks when you KNOW you’re in grad school because you’re exhausted, you never feel confident about the information, you can never study enough, you don’t sleep, you eat like crap and you look like crap.

Yep.

That was me this past week.

We had our first anatomy lab practical and exam back to back. Aside from being in class for up to 6 hours a day, I spent at least an extra 4-6 hours a day studying. (and i feel terrible about the exam we just took. i seriously hope i did better than i feel like i did.) 

(only some spoiled & ridiculous child would complain about studying 12 hour days. I realize this is the norm for some of the world..but not for this girl).

I didn’t jog or do yoga once this week. I slept a few hours a night, got up and went straight to my kitchen table to study, then straight to school, then straight home to study.

I ate nothing but pretzel m&m’s and keifers all week.

My neck has a crick in it. My carpal tunnel on my right wrist is acting up again (because I have to re-write my notes over and over). I predict by the middle of October I’ll be back in my splint. (don’t you think, dad?)

I both feel and look really ugly right now.

I’ve gained at least 5 pounds this past week.

My whole life I've been told that people envy me for various reasons...i can assure you that NO one envied me this past week;) 

All I want to do is sleep. (which is a sign that my spirit is not in alignment with my body).

The only thing that made me smile this week was the season premiere of Modern Family 

and this picture of my nephew.

Thank goodness it’s over……this week.

I certainly hope your week looked a lot differently than mine did.

By the way, we are officially now in a new season.

Happy Fall!

 p.s  but no matter how rough a week it is, i do believe this to be true.....

happy happenings

Hi Friends!

I have a few things I wanted to share with you....

The first and most important “happy happening” I have to report is that my baby sister got engaged late Tuesday night.

I still don’t think it’s sunk in quite yet that my sister (baby sister) is going to be a married woman soon-ish. I am very happy for her and her soon husband-to-be. I think they truly do compliment each other and it is true that I have never seen my sister happier.

 congrats to my sweet caroline and darling alex.

They are thinking about a beach wedding sometime in March or April. I’m sure more details will soon follow.

The next happy happening is that Chuck Palahniuk is COMING TO JACKSON, MS!!!!!!!!  I awoke to this information on my facebook newsfeed  and my heart nearly jumped out of my chest. Most of you know how much I love this author. I’ve read nearly everything he’s written. When I read the book Choke, I felt as if he was writing about me. I am SO beyond stoked and I hope you’ll come see him and buy his latest book, Damned. Chuck will be here Oct 20^th, 2011 at Hal & Mal’s. 5:30 pm. No tickets are needed. It’s a free event. It just doesn’t get much better than this;) For more info, click here.

The third thing I have to report is the yoga workshop this weekend with the amazing Noah Maze! I had the privilege of attending his last workshop here almost 2 years ago and he is phenomenal! It is truly a blessing to get this kind of expertise this close to home. And the good news is that YOU CAN STILL REGISTER! Please come out and join us this weekend. You will not be disappointed!

Also, my sweet friend, Cassie, is coming up from the New Orleans kulu to stay with me this weekend for Noah! So excited to see her and spend time with my yogi’s.

another happy thing is the weather we experienced earlier this week. my morning jogs have been even more extra delightful.

 (come on Fall!)

And yet another happy thing is that my mom bought me a dresser from Hudson’s (her absolute favorite place to shop). i’ve been using my ironing board (of which I NEVER use) as a dresser the past 4 months. I can’t wait for parents to bring it to me!

This first week of school has been both good and exhausting. I’m in class most days for 6 hours. That’s 6 hours worth of new material my brain has to digest and absorb. I can absolutely assure you it did hardly either of those things this week.  The second day of school I had over 3 hours of reading material to cover. 

When I was re-tested a few years back (IQ and ADHD testing) the therapist told my dad I had one of the worst cases of ADHD she had ever seen. She told him I needed to tape my medicine to my tooth brush so I wouldn’t forget to take it. Sadly, I can’t take the medication anymore because, of course, I abused it;)

So, now my “medication” is my daily routine of running and yoga. and eating pretty decently. I function MUCH better when I do those things. It takes me about 5 extra steps a day to keep in step with the “average” or “normal” person. This used to frustrate me. I’ve gotten sort of used to it now.

What was I talking about??

Anyway…..

OH yeah. happy things.

What are some of yours?