Last days of freedom....

I just realized this morning that I start school in two weeks from tomorrow. I have so much stuff I need to get done before my life really turns upside down.  I am so freaked out about my stupid chemistry class. I mean, it is just chemistry, but I am scared to death of it. If I don't do good in chemistry I might not get into nursing school. Stupid chemistry!

This coming week I am covering a couple of shifts for people at Elements and then I still have to work for Thomas Hammer. In between, I plan on finishing my "spring cleaning". Spring cleaning in our household primarily means to get rid of any junk. I feel like we are always getting rid of junk and then it just re-appears! I don't want junk and I don't want clutter! I almost get panic attacks thinking of that show called "Hoarders". I never want to be like that!!!!!

I am really looking forward to my trip to Seattle to visit Adrienne on the 24th-26th. I haven't seen her since August and I am so excited that she lives in Seattle now. :) Luckily, I get to fly so I will get to spend more time with her. Yay!

Cam has been plugging away on the basement project. He is dry walling in our office room and is almost done. It looks amazing! Good bye hideous wood paneling. :) I can't wait for it to be done so I can stop engulfing the kitchen table with textbooks.

Tia and Maisy are doing really good. Tia loves being a big sister and she is teaching little Maisy the ropes of life. They play, play, play, and play. By the end of the day, they are both exhausted and sleep through the night. Maisy is my little tom boy and Tia will always be my little princess. :)

I got my Boston coat and some t-shirts on Friday. I LOVE them! It was a great "pick me up" because lately running just has been down right depressing! I am feeling much better than I was at the beginning of February, but I lost a lot of training time so it worries me a little. I just want to get through the race without dying at this point. I did my first hard workout in almost 4 weeks yesterday and it felt pretty good. My legs aren't as sore today as I thought they would be. Of course, I am lucky enough to get free massages now so that might help. :)

The results are in....

.....my diet really does suck! I am now on a very strict diet that requires a ton of protein intake everyday. I feel so full right now, but I know that I need to keep on eating if i want to get better. My protein, iron, potassium, magnesium and just about everything else was "alarmingly low" in my blood work that I had done. On top of being severely protein deprived, I am also anemic and hypoglycemic. At least I know that everything is fixable, I just need to especially work on getting more protein; 90 grams per day to be exact! My dietician has me on a stict diet so I am measuring and writing down everything I eat. I will re-evaluate my consumption in a couple of days to see where I am at. In 3 weeks I will have more blood work done to see if I am improving or not. Let's hope that I will be much improved! The dietician and doctor both said no long runs or hard workouts for 2-3 weeks to let my body recover and start to feel more normal again. That is kind of lame with Boston so close, but I need to start feeling better. The last month or so has been awful. Having no energy isn't something I can have with the gazillion things I need to do everyday. Well, I guess I better stop blabbing and go eat a fruit cup! :)

EWU...ready or not here I come!

Today was the day....I officially registered for my classes at EWU. It makes me feel incredibly confident that I knew more about the nursing program than my advisor did. To put it nicely, He was not the brightest crayon in the box. Let's hope he isn't messing up my schedule etc. He did say that he didn't really like ICN and that I should probably go through the community college. Should an advisor really be saying something like that???? I don't think so. He also messed up and forgot to have me fill out half of my necessary paperwork. I guess it was nice of him to leave me a voicemail and an email.

I went and got my new EagleCard today that said "student". How surreal is that? I only had an "employee" card for how long? My old boss almost didn't recognize me because of my new 'do. :) Now that I am set and official, I just get to spend a ridiculous amount of money on books and wait for my first day of class on March 29th. Yay!