bad tan lines

today i met ginny and tracy at sid's. after ginny's hair was finished we went to the carolina inn for her pictures. she's really a beautiful bride. her dress and everything is lovely. i was there to help with the train. it needed fluffed every time she moved. tracy had to leave to go to work so it was just me. he took some pictures of us carrying the train and i said out loud that i looked like ass and that my bad tan lines were showing. great!

we fininshed up around noon and ginny showed me where everything was going to happen. it's a really nice place. i went back to her house to grab my paintings and dresses. she asked if she could wear my japanese dress to rehearsal dinner. i'll have to think about it. i haven't worn it yet. so i don't know.

came back home and ate a turkey wrap and didn't really get much accomplished. i was going to go out to the pool and try to get rid of these tan lines but it was cloudy for a most of the afternoon. around four it was really bright and i checked the weather for the week. it's supposed to rain all week, even on saturday. great! so i went to the pool and layed on my stomach. some guys were playing corn hole and were pounding the board. i was trying to read my book but it fell down. i fell asleep a couple of times, but it was mostly cloudy. about an hour later i flipped myself and fell asleep again. but when i got back home, the tan lines looked worse somehow. so i think i'm just stuck with them. ginny asked me if i wanted to go to the tanning bed at the gym. she was serious. i said i've never been and i don't do that. funny!

i went to the fitness center and did arms. came back to the apt and ate dinner. david came by to get some things he left in the cupboard and so i was trying to clean the room a little bit. it's a little better now. i should just shower and go to bed. wake up early.

strange dreams

i had another dream about ka. he came to visit and we went on some trip to walk around outside with a bunch of people. i think denise was there. not sure. but by the end of it, nothing was settled.

yesterday was really productive. i got up super early at 8am and then did some things on the to-do list and finally got out the door to head to the storage unit. i got rid of a bunch of stuff that i didn't wear and now it's in my car. waiting to go to goodwill. i also got my sheets and threw out some stuff. i love purging!

then went to kroger on the way home. had to buy groceries for the new diet. i found those low carb, high fiber tortillas. awesome. came home and had some carrots and roasted red pepper hummus for a snack and made a turkey/spinach wrap and it was good. tried to organize some more and did laundry.

found the fitness center and i loved it. i did my running routine, worked my thighs and my quads and hamstrings. yay! did some abs and went back home. i really need to walk from now on, it's closer than i thought.

ate dinner: chicken breast and black beans. it was good. i was still hungry and ate some peanuts and cottage cheese. note to self and everyone: you cannot buy store brand cottage cheese. it's disgusting! but i suffered thru it, because i bought it, but never again!

the time has come for a change

may 2nd

this has been an incredibly long year! long because i had to deal with all of the people in the real world house. school wise it flew by. the only month that dragged was april because it was my last rotation and i really didn't want to be there and i just wanted to be done.

i'm done with merd and i'm ok with never talking to her ever again. she, along with melody, are bat shit crazy. it's fitting that they hung out at graduation practice. i basically ignored her every time i saw her yesterday. i don't have anything nice to say so why bother? i just hate dealing with all the drama all the damn time. ginny thinks it's funny that i ignored her because most people pretend to be cordial and i didn't. gin also thinks that she's scared of me. that's kinda funny :)

it was really good seeing the old crew. roy, park, gin. then there's brandon, jina, kha, jenny, and andrew. poor jenny is going to vcu with wiggles, kelly, and lindsay. i hope she's ok. and andrew is going to cmc with tyler. i'm really glad that i'm not doing a residency. i'm excited to start my life and pay back my debt. moving to a new place. i'm going to enjoy it!

my sublet is great. i know i'm only here for a few months, but i get to have my own room, a full size bed, sharing a full size bath with only one other person. i'm going to check out the workout facilities a little later. i just hope they have a good treadmill.

i have always hated my stomach. for whatever reason i have never been able to get rid of it. so i've decided that this is the summer that i will lose the belly fat. i'm going to take things a little extreme. i'm going to go on a diet and restrict carbs as best i can and cut out the snacking. the snacking i think is going to be the hardest part. i even bought this really cute bathing suit to motivate me! i hope it works!

car troubles

so i know that it's been a while since i've blogged. i have it written in my planner than i need to catch up. but i'll still need to blog later about the last 2 months.

so this morning i woke up late. i was supposed to wake up at 545am to leave at 615a, but woke up at 615a. i get dressed and eat breakfast, wash my face and such. i get out the door and my car won't start. SHIT!!!! i have 88 miles left in my tank and the gas light has NOT come on yet. but i park backwards on a slant. crap crap crap. i should have known better, but this hasn't happened in a while. great!!! so i go inside and ask melody if i can use her car to get some gas.

i drop her off and head to the citi gas. no gas cans. i go to the shell. no gas cans. i go to hess, which is crazy busy because it has the cheapest gas on hwy 25 and no gas cans. he recommends ingles. ok. i go to ingles and get the only gas can, thank goodness. and since i was there i got some pretzels, and finally found the reduced fat cheez-its, and some bananas. i go back to hess and fill melody's tank with 2 dollars and fill the 2 gallon gas can. i get home and some has spilled a little. not crazy, but just enough to make the back of her trunk smell of fumes.

i put the gas in my tank and still nothing. so i go inside and look up the number to pardee pharmacy and call and tell kerri that i can't come in today. i then call steve to see if he can come by the house tonight after my meeting to help with the car. he said sure. then i'm getting ready to leave because i don't want to be there when merry maids gets there. steve calls back and says he might be able to help after work because he is getting out early. i tried to text melody to ask if i could use her car, but no word yet.

i can't miss my dentist appointment... so i've walked to the mahec library to get some work done. we'll see how far i get :)

aug 1

orientation

it started at 7am so i had to wake up at 530a. i was amazed that i did it. then i got ready and we left at 630 am. we see katherine, meg, and teresa. and then the boys: ahmed, adrian, and matt mcbane. we go get name badges made. then we start going through the rules and the manual.. there is a lot of shit this year. a lot. great!

we got information overload all day. we went to lunch and i got the summer salad and it was delish! then more crap. we didn't finsih til like after 3pm.

we get home and me and merd still need to unpack more. then we learn about drama. melody was pissed that we might have wanted to room in her room. uhhh. there is an extra bed. and then she told rachel that she didn't want anyone in her room. she got here in asheville at 830am on purpose so she could have first pick of the room. she even talked to shante on the phoen and knew that there was only one room with one bed and she had it already. she purposely picked the smallest room and rearranged it to her likeing.

we didnt even want to room with her and she's being pissy. so merd goes to talk with her an dno good. so we keep moving and then we rearrange furnitre and head out for target and dinner. we couldn't believe she was still acting like that. we met ahmed and adrian to go with us to dinner. we told them the drama.

we get home and melody is all smiles and how's it going? we get upstairs and then she comes into the room and starts talkign to us. then she starts singing this weird song. "oh i made this up when i was in 3rd grade." then she sings it again. i walk to rachel and say i think she's crazy. rachel looks at me and is like didn't you know. well i thought so, but now i think even moreso. and so she is. i think bipolar. honest. up and down mood swings. crazy. whatever. i don't have time to deal with that. nor do i want to.

i've been trying to clean up and get oganized. but i went to the bathroom and when i get back the light was out. ummmm. hello. i'm still in here. it's not my fault you want to go to bed so early. it's going to be a long year!

july 30-31

i didn't wake up til after 12p. i finally made myself get out of bed. i needed to ship back my piccell phone and fax some forms to mahec for orientation. i finally made it to barons's and they closed at 430p. that's gay. so i headed to the annex and got both taken care of there.

i came home and mom had ordered pizza. then i think i watched movies the rest of the time. and i loaded the car up.

july 31

i asked mom to wake me up at 6am. she did but for some reason it took me a while to get moving. i ate breakfast. i loaded the rest of my things. and then i wanted to check for directions. i went to starbucks to get coffee and was off. i got gas yesterday. i got to chapel hill after 10am. i went to the storage unit and things had shifted and the door was hard to open. then i couldn't find what i was looking for. then i dropped the padlock and broke off the key. i had to go to the office to get a new one. then i had an appointment and then i met up with clayton. we talked for a long time and then i headed to asheville. i finally made it before 10pm.

there was all this drama with the rooms. when i got there, there is shante in the only single room. and then rebecca on first floor, emily melody and rachel on 2nd floor and all by themselves. so i look in rachels room and see that there are 2 extra beds. she said she is saving one for merd. i ask if i can stay and get hesitation. ok. so i go to melody's room. and ask what about that one. she asks if i looked around at the other and i said no because i know rachel and her best. but i go with rachels room because it's bigger. i asked melody if it was ok to see how it went in the big room and if needed move into hers. she said ok.

july 29

i woke up at 415am and kara got up around 430. we took my things down to the car and then came back up to fetch the girls. they drove me to the station. i was going to catch the 509 to yokohama and then i was to catch the rapid sobu line to the airport. BUT because my bags were so heavy it took more than 5 minutes and i missed the train.

now i was freaking out a little bit because i didn't know any other way to get there. but i looked at my jr maps and if i took the local sobu line i should be able to make it. thank goodness we left so early. i got on the train to chiba. i had to get off and wait for the next train. then it went to narita. i wasn't sure if this was the right stop. i got off then got back on. then the train took me straight to my terminal.

when i got there i loaded my bags on this huge cart that even went up the escalators. i went to the 4th floor for international flights and waited in line to check into the us flights. both of my big bags were only 30kg total. that's better than i thought. so i went to some gift shops to kill some time. then i went thru the departure gate and they had to check my bags. then i waited in the terminal. i saw some monks in golden robes get on. i read my book, and then they fed us. i slept for a few hours and woke up. i watched 3 and a half movies. i saw 21, fool's gold, and vantage point, and half of 10,000. we landed. i took the shuttle to connecting flights. i had to go thru customs and then get my baggage and take it to the next send off point. then i waited.

i called mom and brenda and waited. i got a salad from wendy's and then boarded. i fell asleep but there were these children that would not shut up. we landed and i got my bags and then i saw daddy.

we went to the car and headed home. we talked about where i went and what i ate and everything. daddy said he really liked yakisoba when he was there.

we stopped at bojangles on the way home. we got there and i gave them their gifts. then i stayed up. i don't know why. i don't even remember what i was doing. i went to bed after 12a.