impromptu list

I had intended to write and publish the post about our trip to the Adirondacks tonight, since, you know, it’s Tuesday and the trip was this past weekend.

Well, I’m making the executive decision to go get ready for bed since it’s 10 p.m. and I. NEED. REST.

Adirondacks post coming tomorrow. In the meantime, highlights of the past few days:

1. After much anxiety and stress (and prep!), I scored a 92 on my Chemistry quiz. Hallelujah!

2. Spring Break is exactly two days and 50 minutes away…but who’s counting?

3. I have not one, not two, but THREE articles on the docket for the paper… Hello more fun money 🙂

4. I’ve been asking for a GREEN Penn State sweatshirt for a little while now (ever since I saw Abigail’s in pink). She’s home on her spring break and brought one in GREEN back for me. So excited.

5. I roasted beets tonight. (And other veggies.) I’ll let you know how they turned out when I actually eat them, perhaps tomorrow.

6. Swim practice was intense this morning. How do I know? (Other than the obvious huffing and puffing and gasping for air while swimming…) I was STARVING this afternoon. Yup, swimming will do that to you.

7. My little brother, Aaron, will be 17 tomorrow. SEVENTEEN. Where did the time go?

8. I’m going to accompany Andrew and his friend Bart to the gym tomorrow evening to get some new ideas to revamp my lifting routine. Should be interesting…

9. Did I mention spring break was coming up?

10. Wrote another blog for the co-op today about salads. Check it out!

a list

…because, yet again, it’s that kind of week.

1. I should be studying Micro or starting my Chem homework, but my brain is going a million miles a minute. And it’s only 5:31 a.m.

2. The trouble is, those things (see above) take TIME. Like, more than an hour. If I don’t have more than an hour, I feel like I can’t start them. So I do other things, like blog. Hey, they all gotta get done!

3. I have my first swim practice today. Did I tell you I joined the Master’s team at the Y? I can’t remember… It’s been making me anxious. The old Holly would be sweating bullets by now, worried to death she wouldn’t be able to hack it. The new and improved, best-shape-of-her-life, more mature and self-confident Holly is only the slightest bit anxious (hey, I’m still me) but realizes it might be a rude awakening in the pool, and maybe it won’t be. Either way, I’ll get through.

4. I have a Micro test tomorrow morning. I am not prepared. The teacher is kind enough to allow us to take it with any of her sections throughout the day, the last being at 5 p.m. Seeing as I have her lab directly before the 5 p.m. lecture, (my real section is 10 a.m.), I just might take her up on it. I hate doing that, but I just might need the extra study time.

5. I have my second Chem quiz this weekend.

6. We’re going out of town this week–as in, leaving Thursday night. We’re going to Gore, which is in the Adirondacks, for skiing. Well, I don’t think I’ll be skiing. I just want to get away with my school books and magazines and not be on a schedule and just ready and study and bake. Repeat.

7. Did I mention we’ll be in a cabin with a bunch of other people with no internet and that I have a Chem quiz to do ONLINE? Just a little stressed about this…

8. My next chapter of Chem homework is due Friday, but since I’m leaving Thursday (see #6 above), I have to finish it before. I haven’t started yet. Did I mention the last homework took something in the ballpark of 6+ hours?

9. I’ve been fighting a cold now for a week and a half. Go away already! My poor, red nose can’t take any more!

10. In an email recently to a friend I confessed that if I didn’t love school (and the thought of being an RD) THIS MUCH, I would quit in a heartbeat because the schedule (with only 12.5 credits and a 10-minute commute!) right now is insane. This must be what having children is like…

Say an extra prayer for me this week!

Texas, part 2

…and I’m back. Just a few more minutes before my flight home to Buffalo and my beloved 🙂 I did miss him.

We woke up Sunday morning and, after enjoying a buffet breakfast at our B&B, headed to our spa appointments at The Gruene Day Spa, just a mile down the road. Heather got a facial and I got a sports massage… So nice!

Uplifting moment: after our spa trip, my tummy was growling, so we stopped at a little coffee and smoothie shop, expecting a bit of a hippie atmosphere. Well, after ordering my drink, I suddenly heard Christian music on the speaker. And then I realized all the books were devotionals and other God-inspired goodies. I just thought it was neat and unexpected, and made me feel just a little better that my $8 smoothie was supporting a Christian organization.

We checked out the Gruene Historical District, where I spent 20 minutes in the ‘general store’ sampling about 12 different flavored of honey butter before deciding in the blueberry nut and peach amaretto flavored. And then proceeded to leave them behind at Heather’s… Sad!

Heather couldn’t let me leave without some Texas Pride BBQ, so we headed there for a mid-afternoon lunch.

We split ribs, brisket and sausage as well as their cheesey potatoes, which were awesome.

I couldn’t pass up the peach cobbler, which was amazing!

The Riverwalk was our next stop, where we walked our BBQ off before our next treat–guacamole!

We ended up at Boudro’s, where they make your guac right in front of you:

We had plans that night to meet some of our Ohio bible study friends at Pappasito’s, where hey make the tortillas fresh!

Being more than full at this point, I split some fajitas that were amazing. The homemade tortillas just made them incredible!

Check out the tortilla maker!

Not wanting to end the fun, we headed to the movies to see Safe House, which was pretty good. At that point, I was so tired and full, I just wanted to crash!

Boarding my flight now, see you all in NY!