Been a long while

Well, it's been a very long time since I have updated this. This semester was a busy one for me. It was my last semester in the Coordinated Program in Dietetics at TCU so I spent much of the semester studying, interning, and preparing to graduate. I graduated on May 9 (WooHoo!) and am looking for a job right now. I will take my Registered Dietitian Exam this summer so I can become a RD.

My dad left Texas in February for a job in Connecticutt. So far he is liking it up there, but he is home sick. I went up there at Easter to visit him. We spent 3 days in Connecticutt and a day in NYC (I have been there before). I was a lot of fun and a much needed vacation. We went to Mystic Pizza in Mystic, CT (home of the 1988 movie with Julia Roberts) and I have to say the pizza was very very good. We also went to Yale which was pretty but I was dissappointed with it because streets ran throughout the campus. It wasn't like I thought it would be. Plus it was raining and cold so I was soaked by the time we left. My dad grew up in NYC and still has relatives in the area so we spent Easter Eve having Easter dinner with his family. It was good to see them all again. I have only seen them once in my life and that was 9 years ago. We went to NYC on Easter which was packed with people. Thankfully since I have been there twice already I didn't want to go to too many of the touristy spots. The best part of the day was walking through Central Park because the weather was gorgeous and it was so peaceful. It is hard to believe a park like that is in the middle of a huge city. My dad said we walked by someone famous but I wasn't paying attention. He said I would have known the person, but she was gone when I turned around.

My dad was able to come home for my graduation which was nice, even though he has seen me graduate before from TCU. This ceremony was much shorter and nicer I think. The first time I graduated the ceremony was held at the Fort Worth Convention Center and everyone graduated at the same time so it lasted way to long and the speaker was boring. This time graduation was held in two ceremonies on campus and the Chancellor spoke and was much more interesting.

Besides school I have been dealing with some medical issues this semester. I was diagnosed with idopathic thrombycytopenic purpura which means I don't have enough platlet cells in my blood so my blood doesn't clot like it is supposed to. So now comes the fun part of trying to figure out the right treatment plan. I also have had terrible headaches since last fall and finally was able to get into a neurologist to check things out further and make sure nothing serious was wrong. He has me on a few different meds which have made all the difference in the world. It is so nice to be able to get through the week with only 1 or 2 headaches at most as opposed to having them constantly most days.

Ollie is a growing pup. He looks yorkie and acts poodle. He is a little over 7 months right now and is still tiny. He thinks he is a big dog though until he hears another dog bark or a loud sound. Fungus is tolerating him and enjoys stealing his food. They haven't killed eachother yet so I take that as a good sign. I think Fungus actually enjoys having him around when I am gone during the day. I got him a TCU jersey so he is now a Frog Dog and can show his TCU spirit this fall.

Well this is a lot of updating and I am sure I have left out some things, but I should be updating more now that school is out (though I am still studying for the RD exam).

Finals are over...let's celebrate!!!

There are 14 girls in my program at TCU and we all share the same classes. The classes this semester warranted a celebration upon completion, so that is what we did. 10 of us hit up Chimys for some Happy Hour fun!

The group

My wonderful Experiemental Foods lab group! I love these girls!!

Oliver

Over the Christmas break I bought myself a puppy! His name is Oliver but I am calling him Ollie. He is a toy yorkiepoo and will be 12 weeks old on Wednesday. Right now he is under 3 lbs and will only get between 5 ad 6 lbs when fully grown. He is such a sweet heart, though he does have a fiesty side. Fungus, my cat, hates him right now, so I have been trying to keep the peace in my apartment. Hopefully she will eventually get over being upset.

He likes to chew on the camera strap while I take pictures

His first time out in the cold weather in Nebraska wearing his little sweater

He is such a kisser

On my lap on the ride back to Nebraska from Kansas City

This is Kim and Oliver. Kim was his breeder

I wrote this a while ago before I had a blog to post it in

"In sickness, in health; for better or worse; till death do us part" does this actually hold true anymore? It seems in today's disposable society not only are our cell phones, computers, water bottles, milk cartons disposable, but it is beginning to seem that relationships are disposable. More and more people are leaving relationships the minute the going gets tough instead of sticking with it and working things out. I recently read an article saying that couples who argued were actually happier because they got issues out in the open and worked things out. It seems that people are forgetting that everyone is an individual and is not going to see eye to eye on everything, but unfortunately somewhere a long the line it was imbedded in us that if we did not see eye to eye with our significant other that it wasn't going to work. I do not know where or why this started but it is stupid. Of course we are not going to see eye to eye on everything, that is what gives relationships of any type spice and interest. It allows for people to express their views and converse with each other. By the time people get married they should know that the person "they love" is not going to always agree and they should be happy with that. Now there are things that people can disagree about that can be deal breakers, but if you really know the person you are with those issues should come out way before marriage is ever brought up.

 

What saddens me the most is that "in sickness, in health" could really just mean "in health" and that I could get sick or hurt and end up alone because the person I love decides they do not want to deal with it. People seem to not like difficult situations such as injury and disease and all the side effects treatment can bring and therefore instead of sticking to their significant other's side and offering the much needed moral support they up and leave. More and more I hear about people who get diagnosed with cancer and then end up getting left. Why is this happening? Why can people not deal with difficult situations with others anymore? What is our society going to become if we ca not stick by the people we love in their most difficult hours?

 

And what about the sanctity of marriage? What happened to that? What happened to monogamy, not just in marriage but in relationships? Have we been raised to believe that since there is always a better cell phone or computer out there to try out that there is also a better person out there to try out. I am disgusted by the amount of infidelity that goes on in our society.  It seems that the old adage "once a cheater, always a cheater" really is true. Since when did trying out people become okay?

 

I'm not aiming this at anyone, I'm just stating what has been on my mind for awhile. In a society where more marriages end in divorces than stay with it for the long haul, I begin to wonder where we are headed.

 

Now I do believe that if a person is in an abusive relationship that they need to get out. I do not condone staying with someone who abuses you, this is one of the few times I think divorce is okay.

*** Like I said I wrote it a while ago. I feel like it needs a better ending, but right now I don't know what to write.***

I've been meaning to post...

I've been meaning to update everyone on my life, but I have been so busy lately that I haven't had a chance.

Ok, so I'll go back a few years and start from when I graduated TCU.  I graduated TCU in May 2005 with a degree in psychology.  My last semester there I decided I didn't want to go into research like I had planned so chose another route. I ended up going to grad school at UTA for a Master's in Public Accounting. I lasted a year before I got too sick of UTA and the program to stay. I ended up going back to TCU to get another degree in nutrition.

I am currently in the Coordinated Program in Dietetics, which means I am doing classes as well as a 1000 hour internship in 2 years. I started the program last year and now have less than a year left. I am currently doing my clinical rotation back at Weatherford Regional Medical Center (formally Campbell Hospital for all you Weatherfordites).  It takes up much of my time right now, but it is a good experience.

Since I graduated TCU I have moved a few times. After graduation I moved to Arlington.  I loved my apartment there and stayed 2 years until rent got keep going up and gas started going up even more.  Last summer I moved to Fort Worth.  I thought I had found a great town home,  but the complex went downhill while I was there and I no longer felt safe so I moved again this summer. I am currently loving my new place.  My patio looks out to the Trinity Trails and the Trinity River.  It is so much nicer than my old place.

Last summer ended on a rough note.  I was hit in the face with a line drive foul ball at a Fort Worth Cats game.  I ended up having to have 2 surgeries to repair my orbital floor.  So far everything is doing well right now, so hopefully I won't have anymore complications.

This year I started the summer by breaking my finger in Florida. Not only did I break it, but I had to have surgery to put the bone fragment with the tendon attached back in place.  I spent most of the summer in a sling. It's slowly getting better.

There is probably more I need to update on, but I must get back to studying.

I got tagged...

The rules: List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, and 3 facts about yourself. Tag 3 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog!

3 Joys:

1. My family

2. I graduate in May

3. I just got my upstairs neighbors number so I can call when his stereo is too loud.

3 Fears:

1. Being alone

2. Failing

3. Not getting a job

3 Goals:

1. Reconnect with old friends

2. Make new friends

3. Unpack my apartment

3 Obsessions/Collections:

1. Friends DVDs

2. Gilmore Girls' DVDs

3. hmm, not sure

3 Facts:

1. I can't eat avacados

2. My cat's name is Fungus

3. I broke my finger with a foam football

The only other person I know with a blog here is Leah Williams.

Blogging again

I have decided to try blogging again. I deleted my livejournal account a while ago, but I'll give it a try here. More to come later...