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1.31.2011

doctor's orders

Alright, here's the situation:

Doc said I should be drinking a gallon of H20 a day to help me get feeling better again.

Feeling better?

Oh yeah,

Recap being sick:

Involved swollen tonsils the size of golf balls (maybe a tiny bit smaller).

100+ degree fevers.

And having mono.

Not the funnest.

But this is not the point.

The point is I'm supposed to be drinking 16 cups of agua all day, every day.

This, my friends, is a lot of water.

Should one person ever be ordered to consume so much liquid in such a small 24-hour time frame?

Can it be done?

I carry around a 16 ounce water bottle with me everywhere I go and refill it at every possible drinking fountain.

Also I am now all too familiar with the layout of the Tanner Building's bathrooms.

TMI?
Maybe.

So far I can get up to 10-ish cups, but that's been my limit for now.

I'm working on it Doc, I really am, but I never was very good at the gallon challenge.

1.29.2011

These, my friends, are some of my favorite blogs to read.
They are for those sometimes when you don't have the time you wish you did to sit down and read
and read
and read
about all the things you wish you could.

They are sweet

and they are short

and they are gosh darn entertaining.

They are my snippets,

and I thought you might enjoy them too:

http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com/

http://tomywife.tumblr.com/

http://www.deargirlsaboveme.com/

http://andrewgarlock.blogspot.com/

http://rachelbarnard.blogspot.com/

http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

1.28.2011

Pb&H

aka: Peanut butter & Honey

This is a combination I think I've been eating on and off for lunch probably every day since around the second grade and then probably before that too.

Well, after 10+ years I have come to a stop.

Hit a wall.

Need a change.

This week I made something new;

I made myself:

Cucumber Sandwiches.

Silly?

Maybe.

Tasty?

Definitely - and that's really all that matters.

Wheat bread.

Cucumber slices.

Cream cheese.

Olives.

No promises this combo will hold out as long as Pb, but here's to trying something new!

P.S. - Anyone have any other sandwich options to share?

1.26.2011

winter epiphanies

Today as I strolled onto campus on this cold and completely predictably gray January-esqe day I realized something:

I need to take Floral Design before I graduate.

To answer your question:

Yes, you may laugh.

And your other question:

Yes, I'm serious.

Walking between the Wilkinson Center and the library I spotted at least 5 people carrying the most colorful arrangements of Gerber daisies, roses and babies breath all swaddled in crisp spring colors of lime green and hot pink tissue paper.

Who doesn't need Gerber daisies on their window sill in the middle of January?

I don't know if I'm the only California girl who gets the mid-Winter-Utah-blues, but flowers sure wouldn't be a bad way to curb my sunshine cravings...I'm just saying.

I've planned it out, and with the time frame I've set up it's got to fit somewhere between April 2011 and April 2012, because

(crossing all fingers and toes)

I should hypothetically and probably be done with all things undergraduate related by then.

{ Gasp! }

However the best laid plans of mice and men and me are more than apt to go awry,

so don't go holding you're breath just yet.

But this also means something else dear blogging friends...

something I didn't quite realize until I looked more closely at my transcripts just the other day:

I am a

senior in college!!

{ Double Gasp! }

It's only because of the exorbitant amount of credit hours I've gleaned over the last 3 years taking classes like Intro to Beginners Bowling and not officially declaring a major until the first semester of my junior year (aka: last semester),

but the term senior just isn't rolling smoothly off the tongue quite yet.

Yet being the operative word in that sentence.

I'm more than certain I'll get all too used to my new found seniority status by the time Fall rolls around again.