This morning I woke up at 9:40 a.m. after snoozing on and off for a bit. My main motivation to collect my wits were Mark's texts telling me that he's hoping that I'm having a good time. Aww, shucks, Mark. After I was awake, we attempted video chatting, but Mark's computer sucks and we were unsuccessful. That was fine with me though since I needed to eat breakfast and get ready to go shopping for something business professional. Ughs.
Breakfast was oats!
And then I had a mediocre salad for lunch that I didn't end up finishing.
It was mediocre mostly because I used awesome home-grown tomatoes that probably shouldn't have been tossed around as violently as I tossed them. All the good gooey insides ended up at the bottom of the salad and it was kinda gross as well as slightly depressing. So, I topped off lunch with a Luna bar. Yum!
After finally showering and getting dressed, I headed to the meijer next to the mall to return some things I ended up not needing. Then I met up with Matt in Kohl's and we began our shopping spree. We started in New York and Company where I found a few things that were okay and then we went to Macy's where everything was simply too short. I'm in this awkward stage where I'm not quite misses sizes and not quite plus sizes. Everything in the misses section is too short or way too tight across my chest and everything in plus sizes is the perfect length, but a tad too big. Not a fun size to be, trust me.
After Macy's, we met up with Matt's mom (Mama Sue!) for lunch at Panera, which was awesome. I decided to try something new and went with the turkey artichoke. It was awesome. I wasn't able to read the description in as much detail as I've posted below, so I really made my decision based on the name of the sandwich.
Once we were done having lunch and chatting, Matt and his mom went to Express while I headed to Old Navy where I bought three new pair of jeans (in a size 14!) and two cardigans. Then we went searching for more business attire. We spent quite a bit of time searching and then ended up at Lane Bryant where I bought a simple button-down shirt and called it good. I was sick and tired of shopping and I'm sure even Matt's patience was running out (I'm not fun to shop with - at least when we're shopping for me).
Then we headed to the new YMCA near the area. Matt wasn't able to get in though because he's been a guest more times than you're allowed in a calendar year. So I was forced to work out alone. That was a bummer because I really enjoy working out with him. After getting a feel for the facilities, I decided to do some Chi Running on the treadmill. I wanted to see if I could run a mile, so I tried it out. And I did it! I know that seems inconsequential to some, but I wasn't sure if I'd be able to last that long. So now I really want to get working on my running.
After the gym, I headed home and decided to cook a nice, balanced meal for myself since MSU will be feeding us tomorrow. So, I grabbed this out of my fridge:
I threw it in the oven for 30 minutes while I seasoned and cooked some sweet potato fries and steamed some corn. While all that was going, I decided to finally clean the fruit I bought last week. Strangely, there were some conjoined twins in both my grapes and strawberries.
Strange. Perhaps organic fruit results in more conjoined twins. The good news is that they were doubly delicious!
I was super excited for my corn this evening because I would be able to try out my organic butter
Woot. I could tell it was going to be an awesome meal. And look how pretty it was:
Okay, maybe pretty wasn't the right adjective. Whatevers. I ate everything on my plate because I'm a champ/bamf/badass.
Then I cleaned up and decided to start learning how to do CPR, use an AED, and stop people from choking. Don't worry, I didn't do this just for fun - I had to do it for school. It took me about 3.5 hours to go through everything (I took copious notes) and I had 11 pages of info to use.
Not fun. Then I took a 25-question test to see if I learned anything. I had to get at least 21 questions right or else I'd have to take another version of the test. And if I didn't pass that, I'd be humiliated in front of all med students. Fortunately, I got it on the first try with a 24/25:
The bad thing is that I didn't use my notes. Wasted a bit of paper there...
Anywho, I'm off to figure out what I'm going to wear tomorrow and where I need to be since I have to be there at 7:00 a.m. Gross.
