YES

AHHH I am sooo happy I just finished my last online exam!! YES! School is great and all but these classes were more about just keeping an A for nursing program requirements instead of actually learning. So I am so glad they are over. What a relief. Now for enjoying the outdoors....

Tifah is going on a big adventure. Oh Tifah....you will be missed so much! But we can follow her!

Planning SF!

This is the first time I actually planned a trip instead of just going. I love the guidebook I got at the library. Unfortunately, my cousin's house is right outside of the bottom of the map... I am really excited to bike across the bridge. The guide book tells you everything- where to get the cheapest bike, which museum to stop at-which just so happens to be the free day at the Exploratorium on Wednesday, the best coffee place, if your tired take the ferry back. And with my Bank Of America check card I can get into 4 different museums for free; I actually don't mind my bank anymore. However, do beware of them, a friend of mine who has a high position job with them said she doesn't even bank with them for several reasons...

When me and Sophie went to Europe it was so awesome- I got into all the museums for free and the subway was only a dollar a day, 0r 2- because I was under 18. But now I understand why Sophie wanted to walk everywhere!

Past secret!!! and the wonders of TAZO TEA!

Earl grey tea is soooo delicious with honey and milk but I will make a mental note not to drink it after the afternoon time. I was up till like 12:30 and then i woke up before my alarm at 4:30am! Crazy..That has never happened before! The first few hours of work flew by, I have never been that chipper with the customers ever! Then my heart started making weird pounding sounds--yes I think I have a super sensitivity to caffeine or that tea was just the strongest most delicious TAZO experience ever!

Well, since the band is out of the bag I guess... oh just one of those past secrets....music practice went a lot better tonight! Nobody stormed out- helps when we are all there for the most part, especially Meagan because she makes us all be nicer. I think we are just going to put this more elaborate song we have on the back burner for now...

I love this hindi word लाजावाब(lajavab) I think I spelt it right-it means so amazing it leaves you full of questions! That's how the translate English -wonderful.

Ohhhhh! My mom's dinner is the best thing in the world! I am always amazed! She gets better everytime she makes something. Today she made fried catfish sandwiches. This is worth remembering....

1. marinate catfish in ziplock bag with half a lemon, salt and pepper,
2. have a bowl with flour and cajan spices which you dip the fish in
3. have a bowl with a whipped egg that you dip the fish in
4. have a bowl with japanese bread crumbs aka pankos ( i think that's the name)
-Then you fry it with a little canola oil.

In the sandwich (on delicious fluffy white grainy bread from publix) she has marinated artichoke hearts, tomatoes, ketchup, and Dijon mustard with horseradish.

I just love a good schedule!

This has been the most productive week for me in like the whole month! It feels so good to get so much done and to be able to check it off! And the weather is so amazing! I feel like we haven't had weather this nice in such long time...Guess it would be good not to get too accustomed to it, knowing it will be 95 and humid soon enough! Hard to believe it's lasting this long. I love it! Meagan and I going to invite our bible students over for dinner next month; I hope they come! They are just the nicest people!

I keeping thinking about how interesting it must be to my dad... First he sees the service group meet for service at our house and he sits in on the meeting and pretends to read his bible! Then he randomly attends a meeting and goes to hospitality and eats lamb. Now he'll get to see all these Urdu speakers come to dinner! Granted he's a unique guy--showing off his wood collection and random demolition finds, but this has got to be very interesting to him. "Yeah dad this is what we do all day; hang out with foreigners" and say Bahut accha-very good- way toooo much! gotta expand on the vocab!- Well he can pretend to know his bible as much as he wants-- because they won't understand a word.

Oy my despite how awesome this schedule, I am more than ready for the part where finishing these classes is over. I've been doing 1 ch. of medical terminolgy and 2 chapters of Anatomy everyday to be finished with homework by monday! Then its just coasting one more week! AHHH

I am so excited!!!

SAN FRANCISCO! I was so worried that my great cousin didn't want us to stay with her anymore because there are 3 of us...instead of one (like I would travel alone hah). But I called her again and told her we were just going to find somewhere else and that hostels really weren't that bad and I think she felt pity and said we can come stay with her...as long as we bring sleeping bags...because there are plenty of rooms but not enough beds! Yes! I am getting a travel book at the library tomorrow! Oh I can't wait! Just 2 more weeks of school! Oh the possibilities and so much anatomy coloring to do till then. Me and Nina beaner both have talks tomorrow!

Kale=brain food. Feel so healthy after eating a whole pot of it... oh and hopefully it will make stupid pimples go away!

Greeks know how to eat

Greek yogurt is amazing! It is so delicious and creamy and rich! It taste like tiramasu but for breakfast! And it is so good for you. It has double the protein of normal yogurt. And if you eat 4 ounces a day it can help prevent colds. Something about supporting T cell production.... In fitness magazine there was a three page article on it. I tried the Cabot brand Vanilla Bean flavor. You can get a big container of it for $4! 5 ways to eat Greek yogurt

I also tried Goats Yogurt... eh not my forte, smelled too much like goat cheese, a little overwhelming.

Why did my classes have to get so hard! I just found out I was apparently supposed to be doing this coloring book for AP class the whole semester...which means I am very behind. I really think that was not in the syllabus and will have to look into that...I need to make a good to do list otherwise I will get very distracted. I like school but gosh AP deserves a real teacher! just 27 more days of this online class! Have to get back to studying!


P90x is sooo addictive. HIGHLY reccomend the youtube videos.(ab ripper x) I finally did the whole thing without pausing the video! Avril you are the best competition! hahaha