sunday runs

Okay, okay. I know. I have been absent from all mentions of running, eating healthy, etc in addition to the rest of the blog lately. My bad.

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February was a rough month--I was in my critical care rotation at school and it was pretty rough. I didn't have a lot of free time, and the free time I DID have I honestly didn't feel like spending working out. Needless to say, February was an epic fail.

March has been going MUCH better. I'm more on pace with what I was running in January, and I've been watching what I've been eating. I've hit sort of a plateau as far as the scale goes, but I have noticed little things, like some clothes either fitting better or being slightly too big (particularly my workout clothes. It's horrible to try to run and hold up your shorts at the same time!).

The wedding I'm attending in FL is in a little less than 3 months (yay! so excited), so while I know I won't be at my goal weight/size by then, I think I will still be at the point where I'm a little more comfortable hanging out on the beach!

PS: This is my 99th blog post. Whoa. I should probably make 100 something special.

spring break 2012

Sam and I had big plans for spring break originally (Austin, Nashville, Chicago were all ideas thrown around), but since we're both poor students, our crazy destinations were KC and St. Louis.

The gorgeous weather we've been having in the Midwest have made this week especially feel like a vacay, which is maybe why I'm having a hard time getting motivated to do all of the homework and fill out all of the job applications I should be working on. Instead, I've been watching a lot of movies, spending a lot of time outside, and generally avoiding the reality check I'm going to be hit with on Monday. Yikes.


We started off the week with one of my best friend's wedding reception at the National Airline History Museum in downtown KC. She got married out of town in November, and had her in town reception here this past weekend.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I have pretty friends.

Friends for a long, long time.

What a handsome man.

The next day, Sam and I headed back to St. Louis to hang out for a couple of days.

On Monday, we went to the zoo because it was GORGEOUS outside. Unfortunately, we didn't look up the time or anything, and we got there at 3:30...FYI, the zoo closes at 5:00 on weekdays. We speed-walked through the exhibits, which was fine, because we've gone a bunch of times, and it was fun just to be out in the nice weather.

I don't know that I've ever noticed anteaters at the zoo before, but they are SO WEIRD.

The elephants are one of my favorite exhibits.

Sam's enjoying the exhibit!

Camels are also weird creatures.

Do they spit? Sam and I couldn't remember, and there were a couple of people debating this around us too.

Has anyone noticed how incredibly windy it has been lately? Although I'll admit, the breeze was nice while we were walking around.

The bears!

Apparently these penguins lives somewhere where the air is hot and the water is freezing, which is why they can acclimate so well to the temperature here. I'm not sure I buy it but it makes me feel a little better about penguins living in St. Louis.

 One day I got to have lunch with another one of my besties, J. You probably recognize her from earlier posts! I have missed her a lot. She's crazy busy because she's in nursing school as well...although our goal is to work at the same hospital so we can see each other all the time :).

 Since I've been home I've just been chilling with this little man. He's been following me around like a shadow. I guess he doesn't really understand where I went for 5 days. Sorry, babe. Bella doesn't really care that I was gone. Typical.

Today I've been staring at my homework pile and decidedly ignoring it. I've also been mourning Mizzou's loss in the NCAA basketball tournament (I picked them to win in BOTH of my brackets. Ugh). I've also been rejoicing in Duke's loss for the past few minutes, even though I picked them to go to the Elite 8.

I know I've been a total slacker in the blogging world lately. Really all I do is go to school, come home, apply for jobs (I'm up to 20 or so, so far), do homework, and lament about the fact that I should be doing more than I already am. I can't wait for this process to be over. If only I could have a glass ball to peek into the future so I'd know in 3 months or so everything would be figured out!

I do have some exciting events coming home (some more wedding events!) so hopefully I'll keep up on my blog posts so people will know I haven't fallen off the face of the earth :).

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I'll be back to regularly scheduled posts when

1) my writer's block goes away
OR
2) my life gets semi-exciting again.

Hope you're all hanging tight in the windy weather we've been having lately!

my fourth favorite day of the year!

1) Christmas Day
2) My Birthday
3) Tied: Thanksgiving/Sam's birthday (I love buying people gifts, and Sam's my fav person to buy for)
4) ACADEMY AWARDS DAY

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That's right. Tonight is the Academy Awards. I'm SO excited. Last year I went to a fabulous Oscar Party with delicious food and great friends, and this year I'll be stuck at home watching by myself. Boo.

That doesn't mean I'm not going to CELEBRATE! I love watching all the fashion and the stars and how awkward they all are. It's fabulous.

How much do YOU love the Academy Awards??

life lately.

Thank goodness for my iPhone. It's the only reason I have any photos of what's going on in my life lately!

So, through the lens of my iPhone...

I got this awesome new hat from j.crew on super clearance. it's so warm and fuzzy and wonderful.

I love pretty clouds and sunsets.

had a night out with some great friends (after a few hours of dancing).

woke up to this cutie staring at me and trying to hold my hand.

had breakfast in the lou with Sam...he was either intensely happy about this or trying to send me a signal about all the pictures I take...probably the former :).

hung out with these babes on a day off from school. they're besties.

I mean how does your heart not melt?

spent a LOT of time in the hospital.

sleepy bellsy

a ridiculous license plate I saw on my way to school.

he *looks* so sweet. he isn't really sweet when he's biting your head while you're trying to sleep.

Okay, yes, I take a lot of pictures of my dogs. I don't care. You know you think they're cute.

weekend update

I realized a few days ago I haven't been updating the ol blog much lately. I have been crazy busy and I haven't really had a lot of exciting things happening, since I'm not about to bore you with details about school, and that's basically my whole life.

My "resolution" of taking more pictures hasn't been going very well, partially because I forget to take my camera anywhere (and then I left it in St. Louis), and also because well, I just forget. I remembered a few times this weekend, hence the weekend update!


Sam was in town this weekend to celebrate Valentine's Day, and we had so much fun! Here's our weekend in pictures (and pictures found on the internet because I forgot to take my own...).

On Friday, we went out to eat with my carbon copy Chelsea and her bf, Nathan at Conrad's. It was delicious and super reasonably priced, and great because it was one of those evenings when you totally lose track of time.

We then headed to the movies to see The Vow. I was really, really, really sad because I was looking forward to this movie for MONTHS and I was sort of disappointed by it. I thought I'd be the only one, but then I realized it got a 28% on Rotten Tomatoes so then I thought, "maybe I should be a movie critic!" I would give it a C+...maybe a B-. Let's just say I nodded off at one point, and that's not a real ringing endorsement. Then again, I did see it at 10:30, and I'd been up since 4:45 for clinical...

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On Saturday we watched Mizzou beat Baylor (sorry, Kansas fans, wait no I'm not)...

 ...and hung out with these munchkins.

 And then we got all dressed up (and yes, I dyed my hair...more on that later) and went to one of our favorite restaurants in KC:

If you haven't been here, go immediately. We got the VIP treatment (seriously, when we told them our name for our reservation she said "Oh we'll be taking you to the VIP room"), and the food is SO. GOOD. We both devoured everything they put in front of us, including the best turtle cheesecake I've ever had. Also, there were some ridiculous couples sitting around us, which made for some interesting entertainment during dinner :).

Of course, it wouldn't be Valentine's Day without some gorgeous flowers. I can smell them all over the house, which may not be great for my allergies but makes me super happy.

Thanks again for a great weekend, Sammy :). Hope everyone else has a fabulous Valentine's Day! And also, if you saw the Vow...let me know what you thought of it. I'm dying for a second opinion!

M-I-Z-Z-O-U.

It's Game Day!

I'm sort of a bad alumni. I love my Tigers, but I don't carve out to watch every single game like some people (cough Sam). However--I do watch whenever we play kansas. Like any self-respecting MU fan, the jayhawks are my enemies.


So in the spirit, MIZ-BEATkU!

UPDATE:

74-71. That's how we roll ;).