Where I've been

This is what I looked like when Alex came home from work yesterday.

It might seem like I am sleeping,

but in reality I am just thinking really hard about my epidemiology paper.

I promise....

It was actually a paper for my public health class about epidemiology, but I just feel like it sounds smarter to say epidemiology paper.

Anyways,

 I know I was MIA all last week, for which I apologize for. School has been kicking my booty. 

Which is great, I wanted a challenge. I just forget that challenges can actually be... challenging.

And since I have nothing good to write about today, I will leave you with these three completely random pictures. The last one is my favorite.

I got that blue dress at a garage sale for a dollar. Yep, $1.

My baby, Bret.

See you later folks! Hopefully I find something good to write about soon.

Which would probably be a little easier if I actually starting thinking of things to write about.

I'm dreaming of chemistry equations...

Yep, dreaming about math and chemistry. It sucks when your homework break/nap consists of dreaming about how to solve the problem you are stuck on.

This is literally my life right now. Buried in chemistry equations. Don't take this as me complaining because this is what I wanted. Not necessarily to be buried in chemistry homework, but to finish my degree and do something that I actually enjoy. To be honest, I actually kind of like chemistry and math and all that other stuff that lots of people hate. I guess this is the perfect path for me because I have lots more science classes to take. Oh goody! (please, that was sarcasm people!)

I know this isn't going to be an easy path. I know that I am going to have to fight my desires to be lazy and sleep in until noon and cuddle with my adorable cats (which is very hard to resist!). But I know that in the end it will all be worth it.

Before I started school I felt like maybe I was too old to pursue a career change. But now that I am there, I know that I still have so much life ahead of me. There are people who wait until they are in their 30's or 40's and suddenly decide they want to be a nurse, and then go to school and their dreams become a reality. I'm not even nearly that age, so what is stopping me? It isn't an unattainable goal. This is something that I can accomplish if I really want to.

Every opportunity has been opened to me, and my job is only to embrace those opportunities and run with them. I'm excited about the challenges ahead of me, because I know that it is going to build character along the way.

I know that I could get discouraged along the way, but I just hope that the people in my life will help me snap out of it. And that does include you guys!

For now I need to sleep, because I have to get up at 5:30 again tomorrow morning. Yikes.

My big dark secret!

If you are going to follow this blog, I feel like I have to tell you the truth about myself.

Are you sure you're ready for this?




I am not cool.
I know, I have ruined all of your hopes and expectations you had of me.
I am weird and awkward.
And I am definitely not up with the current slang lingo kids are using these days.
Or abbreviations and things people are using on facebook.


For example,
I just figured out what YOLO means! JUST as in 5 seconds ago!! I've been seeing this for months and every time I just think what the h does that mean??
{for those of you that are like me I think this means "you only live once", am I right?}

Also when people say things like: legend, savage, boss, etc... {I don't know any others} I usually look at them like the hell are you saying?!? You might as well just say things like "this picture is so grasshopper" because that makes just as much sense to me... Which is NO sense!!

I stopped being "hip" and "with it" about 23 years ago.
I was a pretty awesome two year old that's about it.


So let me ask you this, how am I supposed to go back into college with all of these kids that are fresh out of high school and some how try to make friends? I wont understand a word they are saying.

Can you guys help me out?
How do I be cool?

Because I don't think things like this...

Are working for me.

Alright, I'm going back to being an old cat lady and laying on the couch with my migraine.

Maybe I will even go to bed... at 9:30.
In two weeks I will start pretending I am a young hip kid.
But for now, let me enjoy being an old lady.