spring semester

Postponed

Remember how I said I was going to be doing something surprising on Saturday? Well, the surprise didn’t happen. I got snowed/iced in on Friday night/Saturday morning. I had a fun day anyways and the surprise will be postponed until February. Hopefully the weather will cooperate! This was the scene outside my window around noon, after the snowplow came.

Since I didn’t do “the surprise” on Saturday, I had fun doing other things this weekend like:

1. Running on the dreadmill. I ran 32 miles last week. Not too shabby, but I didn’t go along with my 2012 goal of running in the cold 2x a week. Oh well!2. Eating delicious food. Typical.Iced coffee after an ice storm. Hmmm…MochaChicken tenders, mac & cheese, and green beans.I went out to eat with Jimmy at Eat n Park and got the rosemary chicken with white wine sauce.

3. Did a little bit of homework with a side of peanut butter.4. Woke up looking crazy and messy.5. Walked Lola on a local trail! I don’t have a picture but she was really happy to play in the white powder.

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I can’t believe Penn State has already started the third week of the spring semester! I am finally beginning to feel settled into my classes and the coursework. It feels good and I wish I could go back to three weeks ago when I was so nervous and tell myself that everything would be okay. That’s life though!

I’m thinking about writing up an informational post on eating seasonally. What do you guys think? What are your favorite winter foods?!

It was nice

My winter break was so nice. I’m quite sad to see it go.

I go back to school tomorrow..yikes! I looked at my schedule and I still have no idea where some of my classrooms are, but I know everything will pan out and I’ll be fine after the first 2 weeks. I just get nervous to start a new semester! What will my professors be like? Will all of my classes be hard? What if it snows and I can’t drive to class? What if I get sick? When I start freaking out about all of those questions, I just take a step back and pray. It makes me feel better :).

Pictures from my last days of freedom:

Bible study with Jimmy! (Yay.. this was a part of my 2012 goals/resolutions.)

Snuggling with Lola<33

Folding laundry with the family cat, Callie.

I washed my truck, inside and out. FELT AMAZING!

I went to masters swimming on Saturday morning! Hence the wet hair..

Jimmy & I went to IKEA to look for a TV stand for his room. We were so lost and confused.

Jimmy got what he wanted! A TV stand thing!

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Having a lot of December and part of January off was so nice. I think I really needed the break to just relax and have fun after a tough semester.

Now it’s time to hunker down for the spring semester. I have some fun things coming up soon though. Like races, a possible job opportunity, and lots of church activities (TURBO TUBING!).

Today is my last day of freedom. I’m going to church and then doing something I’ve been wanting to do my whole entire break… ice skating! Huzzah!

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Have a great day 🙂