Category: Nutrition

two things

On the up side, I rocked my Micro test with a 94%, which as of yesterday at 5 p.m. as she was grading them, was the highest of all her sections.  SCORE!

On the downside, I ended my day yesterday with not one but TWO (albeit small) bowls of ice cream.  I started with Jeni’s uber-fudgy Chocolate Peppermint, leftover from one of our trip to Ohio, and then went back for more and chose some of Andrew’s Perry’s Vanilla Bean, topped with hot fudge, whipped cream and two cherries.

It’s been that kind of week, and there is no stopping until I finish my Chem homework by Friday and online Chem quiz sometime this weekend…

MACRO micro test

GAH!  My first big test of the semester, microbiology, is in T-1 hour and 40 minutes!

I studied for 45 minutes this morning on the elliptical, and have been reviewing my notes often like last semester, so I don’t feel like I’ve had to cram or anything, but I definitely don’t have that “warm fuzzy” yet–partly because I didn’t make any sort of study sheet/guide, and partly because it’s the first test.

Wish me luck!

At least it’s Wednesday and the stressful week is almost ALMOST over!

school, now and then

I started school today.  One semester down, only SEVEN more to go!

Despite my lack of downtime this winter break (hello three trips in three weeks!), I am ready to start up again.  Finally knowing what I’m passionate about is like knowing who you want to marry; you just want to start RIGHT NOW!  I remember being in college and daydreaming about being married to Andrew.  So many of my friends didn’t understand my ‘rush’ to get married, but I reasoned that since I knew who I wanted to be with, I just wanted to hurry up and be with him!  Being an RD feels like that to me; I can’t wait!  This time, however, I’m trying to enjoy the journey…  I don’t know that I can say the same about getting married.

I had a big blog post about my day of ‘firsts’ (first day of school, first pilates/yoga class at the gym–at least in awhile–first co-op meeting of the new year…), but it’s 10 p.m. and Andrew’s already in bed.  Bottom line: I am no longer worried about statistics; the teacher seems reasonable, fair and more than willing to help.

I’ll leave you with a nugget I’d already put together earlier today…

Here are some photos from the last day of my anatomy lab last semester…  How, in three weeks, I could not find the time to blog about them, I don’t know, but oh well.

I’ll be honest–I’m not really that into dissecting.  And it’s not because I’m a girly-girl, or that I have a weak stomach (although the older I get, the easier I find I get grossed-out).  I think the reason I don’t really care for dissecting, at least in school, is that it just seems to trite and pointless.  I mean, yes, it’s neat to do something different once in awhile and really ‘get your hands dirty.’ But at the end of the day, I’m still just an undergrad and I’m not saving a life, nor will I ever really be.  (Well, as an R.D. I’d like to think that my work is life-saving, but it’s not like I’m studying to be a doctor and I MUST understand the inner workings of a sheep’s brain or someone will die.)

Anyway, we dissected a sheep’s brain and a cow eye, neither of which were all that exciting.  And, in girly-girl fashion, my main concern was not squirting myself with any of the gross ‘juices’ involved and preserving my clothes.

Here’s to another successful semester!