Day 269: Dietitian Appointment

Today, I had an appointment with my university's dietitian.  I'm in a therapy group for people with a history of disordered eating, and the group facilitator said that she wants all of us to see the dietitian.  So I complied and made an appointment, and today was my appointment with her.  I really wasn't expecting to get anything out of the appointment.  I've seen dietitians over the years, and my experience has been that they usually don't listen to what I say and make my meal plan based on what THEY think it should be.

Result:  I told her about my concerns, particularly my concerns about my digestion issues.  So she tailored a meal plan for me that takes into account the fact that I have difficulty digesting fruits and vegetables.  She also took into account the fact that I like dairy and don't have much difficulty digesting dairy.

I wasn't planning on scheduling a follow-up appointment with her, but she suggested that I do so.  So I will be seeing her again in two weeks.  Surprisingly, it turned out to be an enjoyable and worthwhile appointment :-)

Day 268: SCI Tabling

Today, my student group and I did some tabling in the Social Science building.  Tabling has one main purpose:  Recruiting.  We are hoping to get more members for our student group.  Now, we have tabled in the SS building at this specific time and day of the week several times now.  I really didn't think that we would have a successful tabling session, but we had already reserved the table, so why not?

Result:  It took us a while to get a table, but we did eventually get one in the correct location.  And long story short, we got more donations than we've ever gotten before, and we had several people say that they hadn't heard of our group before and that they were interested in becoming a member of our group.  So it was a VERY successful tabling day! :-)

Day 267: Research Assistant Week #2

Today was my 2nd stint at being research assistant for one of my school's psychology professors.

Result:  This time, my professor was not present to help me with the study.  However, I did have a partner help me.  We are going to be conducting research together each week.  Unfortunately, we were not able to access the research file programs.  The professor eventually ended up at his office, and he was able to show us how to access the programs for the research project.

Next week, I REALLY hope things run smoothly!

Day 266: Homework Sucks.

I'm taking a Computer Applications of Statistics class this semester, and we started with Excel.  I have almost zero experience with Excel.

Result:  This homework assignment is literally THE hardest homework assignment that I've ever had (at least that I can think of).  There were only 10 problems, but each problem had a bunch of stuff that we had to do.  And everything had to be formatted correctly.  I don't even know how many hours I worked on this homework assignment overall.  Luckily I worked on it off and on for 2 or 3 weeks.  But DAMN this homework was really difficult.

I have no idea the grade that I got on this homework.  I'm just hoping for a 90 or above, and normally, anything below a 98 would be disappointing to me.

Day 265: A Hike at Kennesaw Mountain

Today, my friend Melissa and I decided to go hiking at nearby trails at Kennesaw Mountain.  I decided to bring Daisy, the dog I was petsitting at the time.  We had decided to take an hour long hike.

One hour later:  I looked at my phone and saw that an hour had passed.  We hadn't yet turned around.  So our hike ended up being 2 hours.  I didn't know how Daisy would do on the hike, but she ended up being fine the entire time.  And Melissa and I both made it for the 2 hours.  And afterwards we had lunch at Panera Bread, which was yummy.  So a one hour turned two hour hike turned out to be worthwhile and fun :-)

Day 264: Housesitting Cancelled

Today I was supposed to start housesitting for a client/friend of mine.

Result:  They cancelled because they decided to leave tomorrow instead.

Result:  I was with my friend Melissa when my client called and told me not to head over later that night.  SO, we decided to go see the movie Super 8 at the dollar theater nearby. 

Result:  Super 8 was AWESOME!!!  It was super suspenseful, and it was just a really good movie.  So not petsitting tonight ended up leading to an awesome night with my friend :-)

Day 263: Sleep.

Sleep.  Oh, how I love sleep.  I REALLY love sleep.  And yet, sometimes, sleep does not love me.

This past month, my sleep schedule has really been messed up.  Taking 8am classes 3 days a week will do that to you.  Most nights lately, I have a hard time falling asleep.  Then I wake up at 4 or 5 in the morning and can't fall back asleep.  Then I end up taking a nap some time during the day.  As you may be able to imagine, these sorts of things are rather disruptive to my daily life. 

Add to this the fact that my motivation level has been low the last several days or so, and I end up with a huge desire to sleep. 

Sleep.  How I love sleep, and yet how my body sometimes hates sleep even more than I love it. 

It's times like these that caffeine can really come in handy.