a breath of fresh air.

Today's been a slow day at work so I'm taking a little time to get back into the grove of bloggin, writin, reflectin, and giving my little fingers a bit of a workout while i lounge in my nice comfy chair. I can't believe that it is already friday, these past 2 weeks have just flown by. It seems like only yesterday that a few friends of mine were planning to come down to DC for a weekend, and now they're here! I'm constantly reminded of the time passing by at work as I fill out forms with the date, each time I wright out 10/9/09, I scratch my head and wonder where the time went. I think that now I'm starting to pay attention to the time passing by much more than I did before. When I was younger I longed for the clock to speed up while in class, each school year felt like an eternity.
Work has been going well, I had my best / most intense work day this week after meeting with a guy who graduated from GW med school. His take on medicine, and his good responses to my question got me suuuuper excited about applying, also extremely nervous about it as well....

I don't even know where to start, so when that happens I suppose I should talk about the recent stuff. Yesterday Nick arrived to DC, late, and we went out to go watch the Mizzou game at a local sports bar. As a result, this morning was the closest I've been to sleeping through my alarm. I woke up feeling like it was still 5am and i had a ton of time, when in reality I had 15 minutes to get my ass out of bed and out the door. I've been trying this week to live healthier as well, I've been weighing myself every day, and eating only when I need to. I used to be excessive in my appetite, I ate probably 6 times a day, probably over 3500 calories. I don't know how my body did it, but I managed to stay at around 180 lbs for 5 years. Now I know that the metabolism can't stay like this forever so I'm trying to make healthy eating decisions. My biggest struggles are not in the morning, or afternoon where I've already planned out my lunch and am confined to what is in my lunchbag, but the evening where the floodgates are opened, where I can eat and eat, getting seconds and sometimes thirds. It is at these times that I can't seem to feel satisfied when I eat and eat almost compulsively. So this week, I've resolved to be mindful of my eating habits, to not eat snacks late at night, and to try and keep my body healthy.

This weekend should be a lot of fun, while I know there is stuff to do, I'll find some time to get it done on Sunday, and leave the rest of the weekend for haning out with Kristina's family who are in town (for a delicious dinner) and with friends! Until next time.