I woke up earlyish around 8, took my time eating breakfast & whatnot then headed to the gym. After that, Mel came over &  we ventured to Panera where I got an impeccable iced soy latte & we grabbed lunch for the beach. Drove down to the Pavilion/Soundview (Old Lyme), where we spent the not-too-hot, not-too-cool, wonderfully sunny day laying on the beach & drinking sweet tea vodka & lemonade and catching up on our magnificent lives/man-scursions (or lack thereof) throughout the past week. I got home with just enough time to shower & attend a pilates class with my sister, which was actually pretty cool. Or maybe I was still a little buzzed from the beach. After that we (Stacy & I) picked up Sean (her boyfriend) and had dinner at China Pan. I got adventurous for the first time and tried their vegan “meat” stuff – fried vegan chicken drumsticks and the chicken & broccoli. I also tried Sean’s BBQ & citrus spare ribs. Everything was unbelievably delicious & I’m still stuffed and super happy.

I just got home now, and I am about to head to bed earlyish because Mel & I are visiting Meghan in NYC tomorrow!! Catching a 9:40am train out of Milford, this should be fun.

Made vegan dinner for some boys at paulie’s tonight, infamous Veganomicon Chickpea Cutlets, lemony potatoes & roasted veggies. Mmmm. Every Wednesday, vegan night? Um yes please!

Signed up for a pilates class with my sister at NVCC. We both need a phys ed course so this works. Once a week for an hour? I’ll take it.

I’m going to bed now, even though I have no work (ever) I still want to be able to get up early and enjoy a morning for once, instead of rolling out of bed and directly into my Ford Focus & going to Bristol Hospital. Then beach with Mel, who I haven’t seen IN OVER A WEEK. Not fucking OK.

I am slumped over on my metaphorical couch, gazing around my new place. Listening to the tinkering of my new sink that will undoubtedly drive me mad before I finally give in to it. Exhausted from the move, hesitant to call this “home” just yet. Maybe after a few Yankee candles & some paper lanterns from Ikea…

And what’s that smell? Do you smell that? Is that tomato sauce? Why is my blog orange & green?

My phone died & so I had no alarm this morning. The pathetic part is I went to bed earlyish, around 11 and still didn’t stir for the first time until 10am. Immediately upon opening my eyes, my first words of this glorious, sunny day were “oh. fucking. shit.” and I immediately bolted upstairs to call work. As soon as I grab the phone, I am met with an equally frantic sister (Stacy) saying “is that an important phone call??? Because I’m pretty sure I left Gossip Girl season 2 in the back of Sean’s car and he JUST dropped me off.” Which atleast got a laugh out of me during this tumultuous time.

Thankfully I work with cool people & it wasn’t busy at all today. I just took it as the undeniable sign that I am so ready for summer and all this “working” nonsense to be over with. I’ve been scrambling all day today, trying to figure out how to get a PPD (TB test) and  CPR-recertified for cheap slash free, before clinical begins next week. My dad offered to pay for the CPR course but I’m still having a hard time finding one between now and next Monday that isn’t full.

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Making today the most productive day ever!

Attention Nursing class of 2011!!<–On a sidenote, this last article caught me a bit of flack in the final days of the spring semester, namely from the Dean of Nursing. It was a last minute thing I threw together in between studying for finals.. I didn’t feel like developing words of my own so I elicited advice from the junior & senior nursing students via facebook messages. In short, she wasn’t exactly pleased with the “negative” advice published.. she also seemed more than a little relieved when I informed her that I did, in fact, turn down the offer to take over position of editor due to (and this is blissfully ironic) the miniscule amount of free time I would have thanks to the nursing program. Hey, atleast I got someone to pick up the paper. Or even realize that we have one at our school (that’s what writing for the paper of a school which offers NO Journalism program will get you!). If you can’t get them to read it because they like it, then there’s nothing shameful about using scare tactics. Heyohhh.

Today I was somehow roped into taking my youngest sister & her friend to the Wolcott fair. It wasn’t entirely horrific except that I wore jeans and the humidity was at about 6000%. The highlight of the entire endeavor was a candy apple, but as soon as I unwrapped it I saw that it was grainy and damp and falling off the stick. Any other day of the week I would have thrown it out, or hell maybe even eaten it anyways…but not today. I marched right back up to the stand & demanded my 3 dollars back. Well I didn’t really have to demand anything, the lady was disappointingly understanding & apologetic.

Anyways I thought I might go to the movies tonight, but that fell through. Then my sister blew me off for stay-home movie night part deux. I also thought Mel & I would go to the fireworks (read: probably just ride bikes down to the school, stand in the street & watch them for free), but she is at Donny’s. Woe. is. me.

I haven’t touched Pygmy in months. I think I might make it a point to finish it this week. I just finished Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (began as a guilty pleasure beach read, but actually decently written) & am currently into a couple books I bought up in Provincetown, one of which is The Straight Girls’ Guide to Sleeping With Chicks by Jen Sincero. This shouldn’t alarm you, my readers, as much as it probably does. I am just so fascinated by the whole sexual ambiguity thing, the shedding of roles/labels, “what DOES straight/gay/bi even mean,” etc. Especially in the female context; I like to do more than just acknowledge that a double-edged sword exists, I yearn to get in there and really analyze the scars, potential or actual, it leaves behind. It’s a sociology thing. And a boredom thing. Very enlightening and entertaining, to say the least. I also reccomend Same Sex in the City by Lauren Levin & Lauren Blitzer, which runs along similar notes but is alot less cultivated than Sincero’s book. I’ve also been occasionally thumbing through the other book I picked up in Ptown; to be real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism by Rebecca Walker, which is a compilation of essays from contemporary feminists. It should atleast help to lay some decent ground work for my upcoming feminist theories course, I’d hope.

That’s that. Working the next 3 days then no more for the rest of summer. Actually, I have 0 days scheduled at all past this Wednesday. Kind of nice.

As a sidenote, I honestly don’t know where my summer would’ve been had I not (re)-met Melony a few months ago. She is my best friend and can make me laugh harder than anyone else and can cheer me up without even trying. She is like a sister to me and we definitely can argue like it. But that’s why I love her to death, because I can just be real with her….and anyone who thinks you can’t find a soulmate BFF past the age of 9 (with whom no topic is ever, EVER off-limits), is simply, and unfortunately, misinformed.

What would I change about this summer? I wish I had used my free time to do some adventurous/experimental vegan cooking, and I wish I had gone to the beach a couple more times than I did. And maybe get into reading more, I only read a book or two. Oh & I wish I visited Meghan in NYC & Steph in Boston, and seriously, where the hell was Ben/Ash all summer?! But that’s about it…I sincerely, truly wouldn’t change anything else for the world.

http://www.peta.org/accidentallyVegan/

On a sidenote, I’ve been contemplating taking pictures of everything I eat & starting a facebook album called What Does a Vegan Even Eat? Since I have mobile uploads & it’s just super easy to do via the iPhone. But Mel said no one would look at it and no one would care and I am going to die alone. I said Mel, that last part wasn’t necessary. And I’m still contemplating.

Kinda psyched to go back to school. August 31st hollaholla. I’m taking pathophysiology & pharmacology II, foundations of clinical nursing & a feminist theories course. Technically my schedule right now is only all day Monday & then a 2 hour class Wed, but I’m waiting to hear when my clinical days will be. That’ll probably add another 6 hours onto my schedule somewhere. I should start looking over my notes/practicing my clinical skills sometime soon so I don’t have to start from square one once I go back. Meh.

I wanna leave early today. And tomorrow. And Friday. How is it only Wednesday WTF

I got an iPhone and I’m obsessed. Well actually, dad got the new 3GS & I bought his 3G off him, but it’s still mint because he’s neurotic about taking care of his electronics. And he only had it since March. But yeah I’m all over it… google maps has already saved me about 5 times, and I love being able to facebook at work. And conversational text messaging? FTW! Hate the battery life though, I just charge it non stop basically whenever I can.

I think Mel & I are heading back to Rehoboth this weekend which is amazing. It all depends on the innkeeper guy, there is supposedly a 2 night minimum but we can only afford 1 night & don’t really need 2 whole days down there, so we’ll see. He kind of loves us though.

Back to real work.