Worn Out

Maybe it's the heat (106! Again!) or maybe I'm getting old, but going to classes, lugging around heavy books in the hot sun, and studying has been completely exhausting.

Maybe I should drop my classes and take some different ones, like art, or Spanish, or English.

Seriously, I only have until Tuesday to return $450 in books for a refund if I'm not going to stick out this semester. Plus, someone else might still be able to take my slot in micro (which turned people away)....

Of course, maybe I just need some more protein in my diet. I've been really lazy about cooking lately and I don't have a lot of instant protein foods.

Buried in work...already

I studied too much for micro this week (two quizzes already!) and not enough for anatomy (one quiz). I don't know how I'm going to do all this work. I think I will get a study group together, though.

Anatomy

Very cool teacher. Fun lab. This semester is clearly going to be a lot of work.

Microbiology 101

I started fall classes today and micro was great! I have missed science classes and labs. Of course, I have a lot of old chemistry and math and stuff to review. But I liked my classes today.

Anatomy tomorrow. Woo hoo.

I'm back, baby!

I've been locked out of my blog. I know, very sad. But I'll start posting again...

Now.

Best. Fracking. Episode. Ever!

Do not read if you are a BG fan who has not yet seen the season finale!
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Kara's alive!
The final five!
I've seen Earth...!
And some legal drama that was professionally interesting for me as a trial attorney...who knows a lot of other trial attorneys....

Two and a Half Weeks

Well, the living apart from my fiance arrangement has been old for about...the entire eight months we've been separated during the week...and I finally decided to quit my job to come home. I'll miss the job, but not quite as much as I miss my fiance.

Wish me luck! I gave three weeks notice, but I've got a ton to do before I leave.

Engaged

Learner and I are engaged. Whew! It's hard to concentrate on anything else.

No Sugar...48 hours

I recently read a book about the evils of sugar and decided to cut back. It's only been a couple of days, but it's pretty tough not having any sugar. I had a small glass of orange juice yesterday morning and no sugar since then...or at least, no refined white or brown sugar, no refined white flour, no honey, no hot coco, etc. My book says that the cereal and milk I had was full of sugar. (This is NOT cereal where sugar is a main ingredient...just regular cereal.)

Sick

I hate being sick. I hate missing work. Grrr. Hope all of you are well.

No quitting the band, people!

So I have been at the new job for three months. I love my clients. I have done at least eight trials. I am not so much loving having a long distance relationship and covering an extra day in court for more than a month so far because we have an attorney out on sick leave. She was supposed to be out for one month...which has already come and gone...but it will be another month or more before we get back to normal. Normal is busy enough, believe me. Grrr....

So this will probably be my one post for the next three months...unless I spend Thanksgiving on the computer at my parents' house. :)

Hope all is well with you guys, if I have any readers left.

Life so far...

The job is going okay so far. Interesting work and nice co-workers.

It's very hard being back home only two days a week. I've put over 1000 miles on my car in two weeks. If I keep up at this rate, that will be 26,000 miles for the first year. But Learner has been very supportive. And my family and Learner's friends in the new city have been great.

I would say I'm still deciding about this change. But I'm cautiously optimistic.

Prius

I bought a Prius. Woo woo!

New Job, New Place, New Car

I am about to buy my first car ever, move to a new city, and start a new job. Believe it or not, I also have even bigger fish to fry. Secret fish.

I have a lot on my mind.

So much for 13.1

Well, I have been holding out hope of running this Sunday.

Our goal was to run the half marathon in San Francisco. On the way, my knee got messed up, Learner got heat exhaustion, and we got way off our training schedule. (That's a lot of "gots.") But I was still hoping to go out and see what I could do. I went to the gym two days ago and ran/walked (because of knee pain) four and a half miles. Not really long enough or fast enough to finish the half marathon in the (pretty generous) time limit. I didn't push myself to the absolute limit, of course. I had time constraints and I am being careful about my knee. I wasn't wearing my knee brace. But, still, it's pretty clear that it would be a large challenge to try to finish the 13.1 miles, and even more of a challenge to finish it within the time required. So that's one issue.

The bigger issue is this: we have something more important to do on Sunday now. Learner wants to visit his brother and it might be the last chance for a long time.

So this is it: the death of 13.1. But I think I am becoming a runner. I have never been a runner before, and I like it so much, I don't want to jeopardize my ability to run by pushing my knee injury into an even more serious problem. I think becoming a runner (of a few miles, a few times a week) is pretty cool, whether I can race this week or not.

Stressors

I read an article about life stressors that listed both good and bad events as incidents which add to the baseline of stress to a person's life (or a family's life). So, getting married is up there with losing a job. Moving to a new house counts just like the death of a pet. I think there is an implication that the number of stressors is more important than the type, so getting married, starting a new job, moving to a new house, getting a pet, having a child, and whatever else good that might happen to a person would be more overwhelming than just one bad event.

I'm not sure that the good and bad should count equally, but I am starting to think that a large number of life changes can be very stressful. Not like I'm about to have a kid or anything. :)

What do you guys think?

Knitting Update: Starting Over

I made a mistake and then couldn't figure out how to fix it, so...I'm starting over. Tomorrow. Grrr. The ribbing and the beginning sweater were going well.

New Job

I was just offered a new job. It will involve relocation/a long commute, long hours, and low pay. On the other hand, it will be representing clients that I love to represent, training opportunities, and stable, full-time work.

Wish me luck.

Knitting Update: I'm making a sweater!

Yes, it was at least 111 degrees today, and yet I am excited about knitting a sweater. So far I have knitted half an inch of ribbing. I am very proud. I am taking my first ever knitting class---Learner signed me up for intermediate knitting---and I just don't know whether I would have done this on my own. On my own, I have made a shawl, some nice scarves, and a couple of hats. During the next four weeks of this class, I will knit a toddler sweater. In lavender. It's going pretty well so far. I love having a teacher there to fix mistakes and show me how to purl properly. (I guess I didn't manage to teach myself purling all that well---even though I thought I was doing it correctly.)

So, sweater time! I have to get back to my ribbing.

Wedding News

I loved my sister's wedding.

To start, her dress was beautiful. Next, City Hall in San Francisco turned out to be a fantastic place for the ceremony. While I had no idea what to expect, all of the details were touching, laid-back, and fun. The civil ceremony included simple, meaningful vows. The groom's two sons were the official witnesses--I didn't know you could have witnesses who are under eighteen years of age!

Dinner was wonderful. I didn't take the limo to dinner, but I heard the limo was lots of fun. Our family has a lot of kids and all of the ones at the ceremony and later at dinner were well-behaved. My sister and her husband picked out wonderful almond champagne for dinner. (They also provided red and white wine.)

Then, a smaller group of us (those without kids) headed over to jazz at Yoshi's. My parents love Yoshi's, so I've been there for jazz before, but I found out Friday that my new brother-in-law did the acoustics for Yoshi's, so he's got the inside track. We had great tables reserved for our whole group and we stayed for the second show of the night too. (You can always do that if they have room.)

Finally, my parents put on brunch the next morning at their house for the bride, groom, and groom's parents. It was nice to have even more time with them, particularly when we could kick back in jeans and sneakers. Of course, my sister was still wearing her wedding bling, but other than that, everyone was casual.

All in all, a wonderful weekend.