Whew!

It's hot outside.

I went grocery shopping last night finally. It had been so long since I actually stocked my kitchen that it was some serious Grocery Shopping. It's so nice to have my own food again! Like actually opening the fridge and being able to make a meal. Amazing.

I really need to clean up my apartment a bit. That sort of thing really gets on my nerves.

Anyway...I spent most of today on campus. Classes and lunch @ University Hospital w/ Jon. (We both had extremely healthy cafeteria food....pizza, grilled cheese, fries....yep.)
Classes are going OK. It's weird to be back in undergrad-type classes, even though it's only three of them and only twice a week. I just feel like I've already paid my dues to the undergrad life. Guess not, since here I am. It's only one semester, though.
It's not so bad. I mean for one thing, they aren't especially hard or anything. That helps. I spend more hours at work than I do with classes, which is nice. I have really nice profs, and I'll learn some things. I really shouldn't complain.
I stopped by and submitted my final paperwork for review by IUSON today. Now just 3 months of waiting. :P Fingers crossed!! Let's hope T-Dubs doesn't get the last laugh after all.

Tomorrow is my day off and I'm going to WL in the evening to hang out with my Purdue homies. I miss them! And this is probably going to be one of the last times in a while that we'll be able to get together (hopefully the next time will be my birthday!!).

I'm working Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, which is actually awesome news because I get paid extra for weekends AND the holiday. WOO!

$.

OK, time for more productivity. Hope everyone is having a nice week so far!

Does this mean I'm a grown up?

Things I spent my paycheck on:

• oil change
• scrubs
• groceries

Back To School!?

So today was the first day of the fall semester for me. It was definitely the weirdest first day I've had so far.

Right off the bat, and then constantly throughout the day, I've been reminded of how old I am. Just about everyone around me all day has been and/or looked at least 3 years younger than I am. Part of this is because of the classes I have to take....sociology, psychology, and history - all 100 level, and all pre-reqs so I can start with the clinicals in January pending IUSON's approval of my previous grades.
There seem to be a couple of people in soc and psych that are doing the same thing I am, but otherwise it's a lot of brand new college freshmen, just out of high school. Weird.

Another thing I noticed today is that traffic is exponentially worse during the actual school year. It now takes me about 5x longer just to drive the 1.5 mile from my place to campus.
I took the people mover from the IU Hospital (on campus) to Methodist between classes to meet Jon for lunch. I love that people mover, plus you don't have to sit in traffic.

I also got a new volunteer position at the IUSON shiny new simulation lab. I'm pretty excited about it, and it works out that they need me on my prescheduled day off work. Perfect!

The rest of today will consist of laundry and other boring crap. Tomorrow: back to work and trying to remember to turn in my criminal background check to IUSON.

Also tomorrow: GETTING PAID. Holla.

Yay!!

Good Times

So it's been a week since I last posted, and it would be crazy of me to try to go through all that has happened in those past 7 days, because it's a lot. The short version is that life is good and I really need to start bringing my camera to things. The longer version is:

I've spent most of the past week at work. 6-8 hours a day on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Since I have to get up so early to get there, I'm always tired early, too. This is a strange feeling, and must be what being a grown up feels like.

To combat this, I spent the rest of the weekend (while I wasn't at work) partying. On Friday night, I got about two hours of sleep, and on Saturday about four. Both parties, one of which was my housewarming party, were a great success (high five!). I was ridiculously tired at work, but I survived.

Friday was the housewarming-type party for Jon, who I work with, and his roommate. My housewarming party on Saturday was great - lots of fun with great people. We spent a while at my place, with some beer, food, and the Olympics, then went to Tiki Bob's on S. Meridian for dancing and a few more drinks.

Monday night I went to another housewarming party (it must be moving season) out on the eastside suburbs where some of Jon's friends live. Then last night a few of us went out to see Tropic Thunder.

Today I got to sleep in, then drove up to Carmel for some quality time with my dear Vickilea. We walked the Monon for a while, stopping at random places along the way (random mystery bookstore, chocolate shop, museum of something, Bub's where we spent about 5 hours while waiting for change), then we went to the pool, which is something I seriously haven't done in years. I've discovered that I like going to the pool. To top off the quality time, Vicki read my tarot cards, which was awesome.

Tomorrow I start my 8,527th semester. It's such a habit now that if I wasn't going to school, I would feel weird. I suppose one day I won't be in school, but who knows when that will be. Maybe like 5 years from now? I just need some more letters after my name.

Friday I finally get my first grown up paycheck! I'll be straight up ballin'. (I live in a city now, so I can say "ballin'".)

This weekend is going to be awesome because not only is Crystal coming to visit, but I get to go to the Colts game on Sunday!!! I am SO excited and you'd better believe I'll finally bring a camera.

After that, it's back to work and school.

I can't complain though; life is good.

Day Off?

Today is supposedly my day off, although it doesn't really feel like it because I have to do everything that I can't do while I'm at work every other day of the week.

I started off this past weekend house/pet sitting for one of my parents' neighbors here in Carmel, which means I have to commute to and from work during rush hour. Yesterday while trying to get back I-465 was completely stopped both ways for about half a mile, all because of one guy getting pulled over by four cop cars. Seriously? I'm not a fan of commuting.

This week, I'm working every day except today, including the weekend. I don't mind it because not only am I making good money, but I actually really like the job too. But with the hours, I basically can't do much else with the rest of my day. My free time is mostly spent taking care of the plants and animals here, and sleeping.

Friday I have to get everything together here before work, and then that evening Jason is coming to visit! I'm so excited! :) It kind of sucks that I have to work all day and then go to work early the next morning, but I'm sure we'll still have fun.
Then Saturday is my housewarming party! I'm going to try to get out of work around 2 so that I can actually get set up for that and all. Then work at 7am on Sunday. :'( I really hope it all works out OK this weekend, because it's a lot of stuff to cram into 48 hours.

Anyway, that's what's been going on here lately. Insanely busy!

I'm Gonna Make It After Aaaallll!

According to my sister, I'm like Mary Tyler Moore.

I started my new job this morning, but not without a bunch of ridiculousness first. I woke up in time to see the sunrise, which was weird, and was about to leave when my toilet started pouring water out of the tank. (When I was at work, the maintenance people came and fixed it, but there was still water everywhere.)

I eventually made it to work. The Boss introduced me to everyone around the lab (including one Purdue grad who I actually had met before through mutual friends), and they all seem really nice. I had to go over to Methodist to get my ID, parking pass, etc. I got an impromptu little tour of the hospital, which is so big that the hallways have street names and there are multiple buildings. The rest of the day I spent getting through forms and SOPs, taking a little break to have lunch with another new lab assistant, Gina.
So far I really like it. I'm getting a lot of hours, everyone's been really nice, and nothing beats working in a hospital setting. I'm addicted to it. And I get to wear scrubs, which is still new enough to me that it makes me feel happy.

Yay!


Now I just need a hat that I can throw joyfully into the sky while twirling around Monument Circle.

Weekend?

Where did the weekend go?!

Friday I drove up to WL and completed the final stage of moving out of the place I lived for the past four years. I didn't have much time or energy for reminiscing while I was there, since it was a million degrees outside, I had nothing to do but clean (which always takes longer than expected), and there were some giant beetles flying around the pine tree outside my front door that I was afraid of.

After it was all said and done, the keys were turned in, and everything was taken care of, I drove back to Indy and started to feel a little nostalgic and such. I don't wish I still lived there or anything, but sometimes there are certain things that remind me of Purdue and WL and I'm like aw. I guess I do miss it....at least certain parts of it. It was a wild ride, that's for sure. I find myself mentioning things about Purdue or WL when I'm hanging out with people down here, much to my dismay, which surprises me; I don't want to be that person who always talks about where they used to live....that gets old quickly.

Either way, now I'm here. 100% an Indianapolis resident. I'm more than ok with that.

Friday night I met up with Vicki and we went to Champps to see Living Proof! Always a great time with Vicki :) We danced, sang, met random guys and then sort of kind of ditched them in favor of a giant piece of ice cream cake (we're talking huge), and talked about many things. I'm so glad she's in Indy for a while!!

Saturday I did all kinds of boring things like laundry and junk. I met up with Richa and an awesome group of people for her birthday celebration that night. It was so good to see her again after a few months and even better that we live so close now! We went to Bourbon St. Distillery for dinner, then back to her place for a bit, then hit Broad Ripple for a few hours. It was a great time...lots of dancing, which was unfortunate for our poor feet. We went to a few places, but the best of the evening was the Vogue, despite the several random guys (including the one who claimed he is going to marry me one day).
After getting back to downtown, Richa and I and the three guys we were with all went on a walk along the canal. By now it was about 3am, but it didn't really matter. I looove the canal area. I got home around 4am, and got to bed around 5am (since a shower was definitely needed).

Today....a lot of random stuff. None of it extremely exciting or important. Filling out paperwork for my job, running a couple of errands, going to the grocery store, watching some Grey's on DVD again.

In terms of dating, it's been an interesting past three/four weeks. I've met a lot of nice guys.....mostly nice, at least. Some weird. A couple of stupids. I'm starting to feel like my life is like Sex and the City, without the sex. Ha. It's been interesting....all of the awkward, slightly nervous, getting to try new places, learning more about someone you'd probably never otherwise really talk to, finding out if there's chemistry or not, exciting, cute, disappointing fun that is dating.

I just have a lot of stuff going on right now, and a lot of important stuff to focus on. I really feel like I'm getting to the top of my game with this career/academics stuff lately, so that's my top priority. This whole dating thing is going to get the back burner for a while.
I like where I am right now, and I like that I just get to see what happens next. I guess I'm not totally opposed to surprises. Mostly.

Anyway, I wish I had pictures from this weekend. I wish I had pictures from anything lately!

So, there you have it.