wooooweeeee

i was told that fall of 3rd year would be relaxing/easy/fun/wonderful... So far, I've had at least 3 meetings per week and no end in sight. ahh well. i guess that's ok.

where to begin.

nebraska was great during our week off. highlights: family. baby. friends in kearney, york, omaha, lincoln, and wayne. painting the outside of the house. moving kel to college. bread&cup. ivanna cone. Shopko optical #172. cooler temperatures. neighbors- new and old. partaking in the "cold ones" that are consumed in the driveway. grandmas. food. garden.

first week of school was a blur.

• i made a poster/powerpoint presentation and gave it to the entire 1st and 2nd year classes about COVD. contrary to popular belief, i still am a shy person and HATE public speaking. my mom laughed at me and mentioned HS speech team and musicals, etc. i can "play the part" but i am not comfortable being myself. i know, it's strange.
• nursing home is as depressing as it was this summer.
• one of my patients that week was "cupped out" aka end stage glaucoma. bummer.
• kaila's family came!! baring CORN and tomatoes and salsa and pork and all things lovely homegrown. 
• went out with Jess and some of her friends 
• began organization in the "VT Storage room"... and ordered a label maker

second week was blurrier.

• student government meeting
• lions club meeting-- I am a Lion now... or will be once we have our formal induction ceremony
• invited to join BSK the honors fraternity!
• nursing home canceled because they went to the casinos.
• bought plane tickets to vegas and realized that tickets home for Brian's wedding were farrrrr to expensive and impractical (dang you Huskers for having a home game that weekend!)
• FCO meeting
• loooooong day in optical, and fell in love with one of D&G's Madonna sunglasses... (Retail > $200)
• 2 follow-ups in primary care
• fell in love with the label maker and labeled virtually everything
• bridgette's bachelorette party. awesome. made strawberries and champagne cupcakes w/ chocolate butter cream! delish

third week was just as busy but since it was last week, not so blurry

• first seminar with Dr. Ensor-- practical Medical model applications of optometry- perfect
• nursing home again. i will never adapt to those smells.
• OPP meeting- one of my professors threatened to beat me up?? 
• another loooooong day in optical- this time i won the sales contest-- $15 to BBQ Shop for me!!
• primary care--- just an odd oddd day. 
• optifest. whoops. might have purchased a couple pairs of glasses i didn't really need. though, i found a look-a-like, for the Madonna D&G sunglasses for 1/2 the cost ("only" 65!) and a cute pair for Kel
• Fridayyyyyy. more organization in VT and ugh, killer headache. Lauren came over and we went out to dinner and drinks and then hung out with cosmoritas-- delish-- oh and i bought tahini paste to make hummus. 

yesterday was bible study at mrs. newman's and the football game. i did some laundry and baking to help relieve some of the stress of the game... thankfully i have not developed the "upset stomach" like dad gets, but sheesh. give me a myocardial infarction! i was very thrilled to see the old school Husker football offense-- Full back busting free for a 36 (or whatever) yard gain! Sexy Rexy rumblin and rolling. But the defense...  the "sky isn't falling" as Bo would say, but it looked pretty gray.

but i baked some kick-butt (and butt enlarging) pumpkin pie tarts. 

today. lazy sunday. trying to do homework. having kaila stare at me because she's bored and doesn't want to do anything. and i made a homemade pumpkin spice latte featuring real pumpkin, no artificial garbage!!

ok. back to work. :)