The List: Day 1

THE LIST:

1. List 20 random facts about yourself.

1) I sing in the car... and the shower... and while cooking... ok I sing a lot
2) I hate mushrooms because I know they are fungal gonads not because of their taste or texture

3) I am a hopeless romantic but very rarely do I choose chick flicks or romance novels (with the exception of my current reading adventure)
4) I love scary movies but very few, if any, scare me (the first scary movie I ever watched was Pet Cemetery and I never got scared once... Some exorcism movies give me the heebie jeebies but no real fright)

5) I am terrified of Centipede/millipedes and I have been known to throw my shoes at them rather than step on them....

6) I one day hope to own a blue Corvette Stringray Convertible

7) I love the color blue and will pick it over most other colors if given the choice (in case you couldnt guess from my choice in cars hahahah)
8) I was born with 9 siblings, 8 still remain living
9) My mom gave birth to me when she was 46yrs old... statistically I should have had Downs Syndrome
10) Since January 1st I have lost 40+ lbs
 
11) I was voted most likely to succeed in high school... don't think I've gotten there yet
12) I miss playing softball and I don't miss basketball (I wasn't very good)
 
13) I am addicted to my camera and taking pictures (if you have me on facebook you know this and you also know that I am not very good at taking pictures haha but I do it anyway... it makes me happy)
14) I had a small issue with depression while I was still at LECOM but magically that went away went I came to Oxford..... (probably has some to do with Phil too ;)

15) I crack my knuckles  and my neck wayyyyyyyy too much'
16) I love disney movies and will often choose "Beauty and the Beast" or "Aladdin" over grown up television
 
17) I love being outdoors whether it is camping, hiking, sports, no matter what I love my Vitamin D
18) I had bangs until my sophomore year of college

19) I still own stuffed animals
20) My dream vacation would involve a very long trip across and thru Italy












And that is it for Day 1!!! Hope you enjoyed hahaha


God Bless

Ideas

Got this idea from Pinterest but I love it so Im doing it!!!
look in tomorrow for #1

To spice things up a little this month I will be posting something random about myself each day   The idea is to record different parts of my personality for my posterity, and I guess you get to know me better by default.  I think this'll be super fun and I invite you to play along! I would LOVE to read what you have to say about yourself in regards to these questions, and get to know you better, too.  This could potentially be very hilarious.



THE LIST:

1. List 20 random facts about yourself.
2. Describe 3 legitimate fears you have and explain how they became fears.
3. Describe your relationship with your parents.
4. List 10 things you would tell your 16 year-old self, if you could.
5. What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now?
6. What is the hardest thing you have ever experienced?
7. What is your dream job, and why?
8. What are 5 passions you have?
9. List 10 people who have influenced you and describe how.
10. Describe your most embarrasing moment.
11. Describe 10 pet peeves you have.
12. Describe a typical day in your current life.
13. Describe 5 weaknesses you have.
14. Describe 5 strengths you have.
15. If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
16. What are your 5 greatest accomplishments?
17. What is the thing you most wish you were great at?
18. What has been the most difficult thing you have had to forgive?
19. If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why?
20. Describe 3 significant memories from your childhood.
21. If you could have one superpower, what would it be and what would you do with it first?
22. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 15 years?
23. List your top 5 hobbies and why you love them.
24. Describe your family dynamic of your childhood vs. your family dynamic now.
25. If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be and what would you eat?
26. What popular notion do you think the world has most wrong?
27. What is your favorite part of your body and why?
28. What is your love language?
29. What do you think people misundertand most about you?
30. List 10 things you would hope to be remembered for.

sad face

So we didnt get the house we were originally looking at. A little while back we found this cute little place in West hamilton and Phil ended up putting a bid in on it but come to find out there were multiple bids on it and we didnt get it... so back to the drawing board and back to house hunting...
We are bouncing back well though because last night we found 7 more with potential that we are hoping to look at soon. I guess the last one just wasn't meant to be but we will find the perfect one for us soon im sure!

So school started back up and the traffic and campus is awful... I really dont remember it being this bad last year... there are kids everywhere and they walk out in front of moving traffic like they have 9 lives to bounce back on.... its crazy.... parking is a mess too... I miss summer already... Its weird not teaching and not having classes though... I just go to work 9-5 everyday and its a little odd when I know everyone else in my year are still in class... I find it an odd sensation but Im not complaining... hopefully I can get my manuscript written soon with the extra free time.....

Antarctica is quickly approaching... where does the time go? where did the summer go?? I still have stuff I need to buy.... hopefully that gets done soon hahah

ok its a short update but i have to get back to work....
hopefully ill be better at updating now that it isnt summer hahah we'll see I guess

God bless!!

house update

Went to look at the house again last night… I think Phil likes it more every time he sees it haha
Im starting to see stuff too which makes me feel good

Last night we took his boss and his dad with us and the realtor and the guys seemed to really like it and didn’t have any real issues with it. Phil and his boss climbed up into the attic to look around and they took a look at absolutely every single thing you could look at haha. I found a few gems too.. so in the master bedroom there were two light switches very low on the wall and Phil realized that there were two small lights above them on the ceiling and it makes perfect sense that the bed goes in between the two switches and then there are reading lights for in bed… genius… I never would have thought to install something like that hahaha. The kitchen has a ton of cupboards and drawers which is especially awesome for me because my current kitchen is ridiculously small and I am excited to have enough room that I don’t have to cram my cupboards and storage room full.
I can already picture where things would go like the couch and kitchen table and stuff like that too which makes it feel more home like already… I mean I don’t want to get my hopes up yet because we haven’t even gotten to the point of putting a bid on it but still… I like this better than if he was liking something and bidding on something that I couldn’t picture at all or despised….
I can even picture the yard and where a little garden could go and stuff like that which means it isn’t just a material inside only kind of thing… The bathroom was recently remodeled too which is great because that will save us a ton of money… Oh and did I mention the wall to wall bookcases in the study? Guess who loves that!! Hahaha

Ok I know it’s a short update but back to work I must go….
God Bless

houses

So much to say…..

First off Antarctica deployment dates are now October 29- Dec 17^th which gives me an entire 12 extra days here at home but Im completely okay with that haha. I can’t believe how close it is getting!!!

Phil and I found a house that we like but we are still looking just in case… We are taking his uncle/boss and his dad to go see it tonight… It is a neat little place and Phil has ideas coming out of his ears as to what he wants to do with the place… We both have ideas actually but one step at a time. We are still looking at other houses but I can tell he is seriously considering this one in Hamilton… Its not a very far drive to work for either of us (almost exactly the same distance for both of us) and its definitely big enough for us. So who knows… maybe by this time next month or so we may have a place…..

Had a great weekend… Friday night Phil and I didn’t plan a whole lot but we had date night which was nice. I made dinner and we went and found a movie to rent and we just kinda chilled which was much needed I think. Saturday he had a family  reunion to go to so that took up most of our day but it was fun getting to visit with the family and meet a few more of them!  Sunday was play date day hahah After church we headed out to Hueston woods to try out the Frisbee Golf course there and go figure it is completely in the woods… Us trying to maneuver Frisbees around trees was pretty hysterical if I do say so myself. We surprisingly didn’t do too badly though…

Yayee for closing ceremonies and getting to see a Spice Girls reunion hahaha… Gotta love silly stuff like that. Im such a nerd…. 
Crazy night last night though… Cops knocked on the door after midnight because the people upstairs had an argument and the cops got called. I don’t think they knew which apartment but when I answered the door obviously unharmed and obviously just awakened (awesome hair and all) they looked a little surprised and I think they got the hint it wasn’t us hahaha
Something else to look forward to when we move… no more neighbors on the other side of our walls…. hahahah

continued

So my to be continued continues…..

Had an interesting thought last night… Phil and I were watching a part of a movie that involved the military and I asked him if he had ever considered enlisting… One of my great friends and past roomie is now a member of the military and is overseas currently. I am so proud of her and what she does but yet part of me wonders if I could ever handle something like that… Boot camp and being yelled at and forced to do pushups… etc…. I just don’t know if I have it in me to handle something like that…. Although I have to admit I consider enlisting every time I think about how much debt I am in from school…. I keep thinking about how they can help me pay for school and I was told by a recruiter that they would pay off my debt because it was acquired over three years of medical school in return for enlisting for 3-4 years depending on just how bad it was…. Its kind of a tempting offer but then again I wouldn’t start until after graduate school which already puts me at 30yrs old and then throw 4 years of military on top of that and we are talking 34yrs old and I would like to have already started a family by that point not just starting to settle down and make a life for myself…..  But yet again money is a scary thing and you have to have it to survive and I would like to have some to support this family that I want one day and getting rid of all that debt is still super tempting…. Can you tell I’ve put some thought into this?.....

Anyway The boss is back in town and you better believe she has assigned homework for us hahah Guess its back to the old grind and 9-5 days hahah Oh well it could be worse… at least I like my job and what Im doing which is always helpful…..

I can’t believe its already August…. It seems like 2012 is flying by and especially the summer portion of it…. I’m just not ready for winter yet…..

Edon Daze were this past weekend… kinda sad to have missed it… I used to love all the random town events like breakfast at the firehall… truck pulls… ice cream social by the band… basketball tourneys and kids games and sidewalk sales… you see everyone and their brother there and it was nice to be reminded just how small of  a town you come from occasionally… The fair will be in September and if Phil and I don’t find one to go to around here you better believe Im coming home for the Williams County Fair hahaha I love silly fun stuff like that….

Ok that’s enough for right now I need to get back to work….. just needed a minute in my own head but now its back to science I go…..

Life's happenings

I know I am doing a terrible job keeping everyone updated this summer but I'm trying I promise......

Here goes the newest thoughts and updates

So.... Where to begin... Work is going well.... I have been getting a lot accomplished which is always good... I feel productive anyway... The boss has been away for a month so it's been kind of lax hours which will make it hard to get back to normal next monday but I guess I gotta suck it up now that Im a big girl with a 9-5 job haha. I finished all the controls for the circadian experiment I was working on with my collaborator from Chicago. Now I just have to start writing the paper we are hoping to get published based on the results...  We have a new post-doc in the lab now and he is going to be working on real time PCR with me starting Monday so we will see how that goes... I am not taking classes this coming fall because of Antarctica but Im thinking about sitting in on a biochem just so I know whats going on when I take it in the spring.... Im such a weirdo... I might be doing my seminar this semester instead of next too since i can't take classes. Hopefully it goes better than last time and I dont sound like a conceited bitch which evidently is how I came across last time even though that wasn't my intentions.......

speaking of Antarctica... Im getting more and more excited the closer it gets but it also gets more and more terrifying... I dread spending all the money on the warm clothes but at least I should be able to use some of it for caving and hiking with Phil after I get back.... Thats another big part of the fear.... Leaving Phil.....I dont like the thought of it at all... Its not like Im expecting him to go running into the arms of another girl, I think I know him better than that but Im just not liking the idea of being away from him.... The more nights we hang out and the more mornings we wake up together the more I fear not waking up to him or seeing him when I get home at night... I love him so much and Im not looking forward to being away from him for 8 weeks.... We were talking about it the other night and he was getting sad and I couldn't help but change the subject because i just know that if I see him upset Im going to break down and lose it... Ive been so good about not crying or thinking sad things but if I saw him sad I wouldn't be able to hold back... I already know I will sob like a small child at the airport but Im going to put it off for as long as possible which knowing me means it will get harder and harder the closer we get to that time..... I hope he doesn't realize it was easy to live without me by the time I get back....

Which leads me to Phil and my's newest adventure..... house hunting.... He has set it in his mind that he wants to buy a house... We looked at a few in Oxford but they were crap so then he started looking into Ross and Hamilton ohio.... I dont mind living a little farther from Oxford since right now he is driving 40 minutes to work each day, it seems only fair that we split the distance.... Im not gonna lie though I will be sad to leave oxford commons... I love my little apartment and my huge closet and the work out center and the closeness to the school. But Im pretty sure I can adapt. The way I figure it Ill just claim the spare bedroom for my closet haha and as far as working out goes I think it might even make me more disciplined... I might start going to the gym at like 7:30 every morning so I can work out til 8:30 then still get to work by 9 since the gym is on campus and I doubt a ton of people will be there at that time in the morning. Then I can get my workout in before work and then when 5pm rolls around I can head home to spend the evening with my baby. Its kinda interesting though looking for a house... I mean its not exactly how I imagined it but Its not bad either... I dont know what I imagined really but I guess I always imagined moving directly into a house I was going to build a family in but that isn't really practical the more I think about it... Neither of us are in a financial position to buy a house like that... I never imagined searching for my "starter home" but thats definitely what we are doing. We even found a cute little two bedroom that would be a good size for us to get started.... I dont know if its the one we will decide upon or not but I can tell he is super excited about it which makes it easier for me to get excited about it... I kind of was hoping for a small dining room or a big enough kitchen for a 6 seater table just so i can have people over and cook for them but I don't know how realistic that is either.... Phil is amazing when it comes to construction and stuff like that so I have no doubt in my mind that  even if we bought some crappy little joint he could make it amazing for us... Really when I get to thinking about it I dont care where we live because I know that the two of us would make it a home.... We have enough love for each other that the home would be filled with love and no matter what it would be ours and we would make it perfect..... I think its more important for us to be together than where we are together at..... Any house could become a home... but I get more excited about house hunting the longer we do it.... If it hasn't already I bet something perfect will fall into our laps soon.... Or at least I hope so......

I can think of a few more topics but I need to get ready to leave for Phil's parents house... We are headed to a Sugarland concert down at Riverbend tonight so Ill try to update the rest this weekend....

God Bless