Love the Life you Live, Live the Life you Love

I'm alive! Just working 40+ hours a week! I'll blog when I have a moment that doesn't revolve around waitressing, running, biking, grad school, or GRE studying. Until then my twitter updates to the left will keep you updated! love love love,, me

Sorry I haven't posted at ALL about the summer thus far - this whole no internet thing is getting the better of me. I actually like it. When I'm not training or working I spend time reading, cleaning, pestering Chris, and cleaning my bike...FAR more productive things than stalking FB and updating my twitter. The only thing I really miss is keeping in touch with my friends and my cell service, that's a bit annoying. It's like Camp Miniwanca all over again! Chris and I had our first day of work this week. I really love it up here! So that's good! But work isn't my favorite thing about NH. I love the hills and the farms and the open air and Mt. Monadnock. I love the organic farms and hundreds of lakes we can swim in. I love never being bored or anxious. For two college kids Chris and I are eating fantastically - and cheap! All thanks to the local farms. Not much else to write other than that....this week I also climbed mt. Monadnock, that's a hike. My quads are...

Cape Ride is over - thank God. I really shouldn't say it like that because it was a great thing we did. But it was hard work and definitely didn't pan out the way we expected. However, we did raise a lot of money for The Hall's Steps Foundation and Fisher House and we did have a great (kind of) time on the ride. A few things did put a damper on it though...such as having to reschedule so most everyone couldn't actually make the ride, the wind blew us sideways for 40 miles, and freezing my ass of in Provincetown. However, we did it - and that's what counts! Oh! And I got to sleep in a yurt for the first time - fantastic fun. Even though Chris and I had to sleep under 2 sleeping bags to avoid frostbite in the 40 degree East Coast weather, that was pretty hilarious. Apparently a "yurt" is a Northeast thing, so I added a pic for those who read my blog from other parts of the world. It's basically a wooden igloo. Ours had a wooden walkway/porch thing that l...

All things considered - I'm talking weather wise - training this week has been pretty good! Even though it's been 50 and rainy I've still managed to sneak in some bike rides and runs in between heavy rain showers, and I only got caught once! It was actually pretty funny. On Monday Chris and I headed out to the Quabbin to get some serious hill repeats in - and I mean serious. The climb to the top of the hill at the Quabbin usually takes well over ten minutes to get to and at my hardest I'm climbing around 9 mph. Not saying I'm the best hill climber but I'm pretty decent - it's definitely hard. We usally do about 2 or 3 of them and then hit it hard on the 7 mile ride home. This time it was drizzling when we got to the hill, raining harder on the way up, and by the time we were heading down it was coming down in sheets. We literally biked home in flood waters and showers. There was nothing we could do but laugh! By the time we got home it looked like we had jum...

Summer!!!! I don't think I've ever been so excited for a summer to come, and as fast as this one snuck up on me, I'm so glad it's here. I even finished off with a decent GPA! So far I have a 3.5 with 2 grades in the system - so we'll see. I somehow pulled a 95 on my cognitive final out of my butt so that raised my B- that I had a B+ - WIN. And I scraped by clinical with an A-...so now I just have my nutrition grade (I'm pretty sure I have a 96% in that class, what a joke.) and my LX grade - which she already told me is a B+ (Dropped down from an A- with the final - NUTS. Maybe she'll take pity on me and bump me back up...I was a great student...totally interested in everything she had to say and absolutely NEVER rolled my eyes or made fun of her...not. So maybe I deserve the B+...) Anyway. All in all it was a very hard, but very great semester - probably the best one I've had at BU. I am absolutely in love with my suitemates - I'm so sad to see them ...

Wait for the boy who pursues you, the one who will make an moment like grocery shopping or doing homework seem exraordinary, the kind of boy who brings out the best in you and makes you want to be a better person. Wait for the boy who will be your best friend - the one who will drop everything to be with you no matter the time of day the night no matter what he's doing or how far away you are. Wait for the one who will spend all night in the ER waiting room for you, tutor you in math, have food waiting after long runs, hang around to walk you home after your classes, and drive hours multiple times a week to come pick you up because he knows you're happier out of the city. Wait for the one who will dance with you while making dinner, let you sing musicals in the car, and even though he despises your favorite TV show, watches it anyway so he can see you get excited. Wait for the boy who never raises his voice, never gets frustrated when you're grumpy, and never lets you forge...