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Not So St. Patty’s Day Weekend

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The plan was to do a weekly update on my internship but not gonna lie, I’m feeling less than thrilled to talk about it right now so I guess I’ll just post-pone the updates until I feel like it. Honestly who even wants to know about it?! Ok well maybe some of you, but, sorry.

So since we’re not talking about internship things, let’s talk about life things.

This weekend we had beautiful weather here. I’m talking 75 and sunny during the day and low 60s at night. Just absolutely perfect.

I took full advantage of this and sat out by the pool for a bit yesterday. Unfortunately I underestimated the sun and ended up a little crispy. Normally I don’t burn that easily, but considering some parts of me haven’t seen the sun in a few months (my belly? ah!) I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Funny how we have two pools in our apartment complex and live 20 minutes from the beach, yet still can’t seem to find the time to enjoy it… that needs to change!

Today I was determined to get outside again somehow, so when my friend Katie texted me telling me she was working the farmers market today I told her I’d stop by with Annie to give her some company.

She’s works for a hospital that puts on a farmers market in the parking lot every Sunday, and as a dietitian she’s sometimes asked to man the “nutrition table”.

By the time I got there, I realized I didn’t have a whole lot of cash on me to buy much. But one local business, and honestly now I can’t remember the name of it, was giving free samples of their smoked mahi-mahi dip and it was amazing, so I scrounged up 6 bucks in change to buy a tub of it.

Annie wore herself out tugging on the leash trying to follow every smell she picked up with her little nose. Poor doggie, I tortured her by bringing her around all that food! Though lots of people who stopped to comment on how sweet she was gave her treats. So many random people carrying around dog treats. Makes me think, should I be carrying Milkbones in my purse?

After that I came home, ate like half of the smoked fish dip (portion control, shmortion control) and hit the books for a few hours of busywork… I mean, homework. And now I’m just as worn out as the pup. I realize now that I failed to do anything St. Patrick’s Day related this weekend, although I did wear an emerald-green cardigan today! Fail?

 

Did you get outside this weekend?

Thursday Thoughts: Random

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Today is a compilation of randomness. There is nothing new to talk about in regards to my internship this week. We are literally still doing portfolio stuff (snore), and just had Blood-borne Pathogen training today, so I’ll spare you all from that.

1) We took Annie (my poochy pooch) to the vet yesterday for her annual check-up, and her doc says she’s a got a little too much junk in the trunk. I like to call it her “winter weight”. By that I mean she’s pretty much been staying in doors for the past few months, it’s just been so brutally hot. I am not about to put her at risk for heat stroke! Anyway, the vet suggested to cut back on food, and start using baby carrots as treats… why didn’t I think of that??! Oh, right, because I didn’t know she was such a little chunk. Doggie on a diet.

2) I woke up today to the most beautiful day in the history of EVER. The humidity finally broke and we didn’t have any sea-breeze storms this afternoon, just pure, beautiful, unadulterated sunshine.

3) Finally after years and years of battling with my curly hair, I have found a concoction of elements that tames it (mostly). Not only do I have kinky curly hair but it is thick and there’s lots of it. And don’t forget about the frizz. My little “cocktail” of hair products is moroccan oil, leave-in repair conditioner and hairspray that seals out humidity.

4) LASTLY and probably most importantly, I wanted to tell you guys about this awesome smart-phone app called Strava. It records your cycling or running/walking and provides you with ALL sorts of stats! I like it mostly because I’m too cheap to go out and but one of those awesome GPS watches (although it’s on my Christmas list… mom…or dad). Stephanie over at On the Road to RD explains it in detail in her post here, and is the reason I learned about it. Check it out!

  • Tell me something random.
  • Is your dog (or cat) a roley-poley? Do you have curly hair? How’s the weather over there?