so, i've been back in school for a month and totally getting my ass kicked on the clarinet. trust me. jumping back into a grad program after 2 years without practice. not advised.
so while i've been running around like the scream painting for 2 months, the grim reaper decided, like my favorite david wilcox says, to pull my aside and give me a warning. and this week i got the shit knocked out of me by a respitory virus. i can normally handle life at about 85% while juggling a cold. but this little bug was extra special, it was a full stop you don't get to do ANYTHING AT ALL for a frickin week cold.
this morning, my sinuses are much improved, i haven't had a fever or chills or sweats in over 24 hours, but i've still got that ugly barking cough. happy halloween, at least this year i don't need a costume! the zombie look just comes naturally.
in the meantime, we've adopted a kitten, her name is artemis and trying to take picture of her is a worthless endeavor, since she never ever ever holds still. she has so much sass no one knows what to do with her and i'm hoping she mellows with age.
we shall see.
i've been trying to finish up my insanely long reading list, totally not happening. i should move on. i really should. i think i will hold out until i come up with a winter list.
in the meantime my favorite time of year is here! Nanowrimo. starts in 2 days. i haven't even THOUGHT about it. graduate school has sucked my body and soul into the dark pit of busy despair that it is. but, a girl has to do something to keep herself from driving off a bridge sometimes and i'm thinking i'm gonna make a comeback this year. i have to have something to do when my lip starts to bleed and my fingers go completely numb from practice.
anyway, happy halloween everyone! hope you are having some good times out and about there, I'm going to try to keep being me despite my all consuming new adventures and maybe post some more pictures while i'm at it.
so while i've been running around like the scream painting for 2 months, the grim reaper decided, like my favorite david wilcox says, to pull my aside and give me a warning. and this week i got the shit knocked out of me by a respitory virus. i can normally handle life at about 85% while juggling a cold. but this little bug was extra special, it was a full stop you don't get to do ANYTHING AT ALL for a frickin week cold.
this morning, my sinuses are much improved, i haven't had a fever or chills or sweats in over 24 hours, but i've still got that ugly barking cough. happy halloween, at least this year i don't need a costume! the zombie look just comes naturally.
in the meantime, we've adopted a kitten, her name is artemis and trying to take picture of her is a worthless endeavor, since she never ever ever holds still. she has so much sass no one knows what to do with her and i'm hoping she mellows with age.
we shall see.
i've been trying to finish up my insanely long reading list, totally not happening. i should move on. i really should. i think i will hold out until i come up with a winter list.
in the meantime my favorite time of year is here! Nanowrimo. starts in 2 days. i haven't even THOUGHT about it. graduate school has sucked my body and soul into the dark pit of busy despair that it is. but, a girl has to do something to keep herself from driving off a bridge sometimes and i'm thinking i'm gonna make a comeback this year. i have to have something to do when my lip starts to bleed and my fingers go completely numb from practice.
anyway, happy halloween everyone! hope you are having some good times out and about there, I'm going to try to keep being me despite my all consuming new adventures and maybe post some more pictures while i'm at it.
Labels: another resurrection
and it finally feels it, too.
i've been tested, i have mostly not passed, i have been advised, i have played hookey, i have made lots of small talk and introduced myself to people who will not remember my name, i have registered, and reregistered, i have come up with a degree program plan and then promptly been told not to do that but do this but that it was all good cuz i was gonna be here awhile, especially if i went on to the almighty D.M.A., everything changed again, and i am suddenly facing way more than the usual course load and course conflict forms, which means, YES, i do, in fact, need a time turner this semester, and in the end, i'm okay with it if they are ok with it, but everyone is out of town for the fabulous labor day weekend over which i will be relearning the clarinet entirely so i can go sound like crap for an ensemble audition that won't really matter because with a school this size i have a 99% chance of playing in band, which we all know i love with the passion of a thousand firey suns, if they are right next to my left eyeball, shaft won't stop meowing or laying on the keyboard while trying to eat my hand and i feel like i should be exercising, alot, but instead of actually doing it i just sit inside with a cats head on my hand as i type this posting thinking, wouldn't exercise be nice? wouldn't having a few weeks of being healthy and comfortable be nice?, the military is still being very MISSING in the payment of my tuition bill, but i'm trying not to stress it, they always come through in the end, right? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
ok.
i've been tested, i have mostly not passed, i have been advised, i have played hookey, i have made lots of small talk and introduced myself to people who will not remember my name, i have registered, and reregistered, i have come up with a degree program plan and then promptly been told not to do that but do this but that it was all good cuz i was gonna be here awhile, especially if i went on to the almighty D.M.A., everything changed again, and i am suddenly facing way more than the usual course load and course conflict forms, which means, YES, i do, in fact, need a time turner this semester, and in the end, i'm okay with it if they are ok with it, but everyone is out of town for the fabulous labor day weekend over which i will be relearning the clarinet entirely so i can go sound like crap for an ensemble audition that won't really matter because with a school this size i have a 99% chance of playing in band, which we all know i love with the passion of a thousand firey suns, if they are right next to my left eyeball, shaft won't stop meowing or laying on the keyboard while trying to eat my hand and i feel like i should be exercising, alot, but instead of actually doing it i just sit inside with a cats head on my hand as i type this posting thinking, wouldn't exercise be nice? wouldn't having a few weeks of being healthy and comfortable be nice?, the military is still being very MISSING in the payment of my tuition bill, but i'm trying not to stress it, they always come through in the end, right? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
ok.
so the first day of cramming went kind of like this:
and then the second day went like this:
and then tonight kinda went like this:
and now i'm all:
which means this weekend i'm totally screwed with this:
sigh.
and then the second day went like this:
and then tonight kinda went like this:
and now i'm all:
which means this weekend i'm totally screwed with this:
sigh.
it's here.
school.
quitting my job and such.
i'm laying right next to Grout.
very determined not to read it.
but i imagine the cramming will begin soon.
i feel sad i haven't blogged about all the books i've read so far this summer. maybe this is how i will while away my hours of procrastination...
what, exactly? is the best way to cram for exams that are supposed to cover the entire course of a four year degree??
no idea.
but i do know that me, grout, and ambien are about to become quite the menage a trois.
school.
quitting my job and such.
i'm laying right next to Grout.
very determined not to read it.
but i imagine the cramming will begin soon.
i feel sad i haven't blogged about all the books i've read so far this summer. maybe this is how i will while away my hours of procrastination...
what, exactly? is the best way to cram for exams that are supposed to cover the entire course of a four year degree??
no idea.
but i do know that me, grout, and ambien are about to become quite the menage a trois.
Labels: the cram
emz wanna be healthyish journal – Week 1
Ok, so some of you probably want to know what is up with me and my health. Cuz I get all uber dramatic and stuff and verbal diarrhea all over the blog and then just never follow up. Not that anyone I know besides Megs actually reads this thing anyway.
If you aren’t interested in weirdo health talk, etc, feel free to move along. I’ve got another post on The Summer Reading Challenge and a big picture fiasco of our last camping adventure in the works(if anyone else is interested I’m tentatively planning another camping adventure the weekend of July 25th and would love to see some friends if they are in the area and game, but shhhh! Eddie doesn’t know yet. And we KNOW he never reads my blog). Hopefully, I will get to them soon. But lately, sensory/emotional overload has been ruling Chateau Robinson. Things in life here are in pretty big turmoil, big change is in the air and I’m very grateful for my therapist! and for the distraction of facebook games. cuz WoW just isn't as entertaining these days.
The last I posted on my health and what I was going to do about it was in winter, when the whole PCOS freak out happened. Unhelpful doctor put me on the pill and told me to suck it up, I was destined to be manly and probably a hundred percent infertile (from my symptoms) for the rest of my life. I started the pill, which turned into insanity. Weeks of hives, insane acne and whole new exciting body odors took over!! Plus migraines and back pain that left my legs completely numb from the hips down.
I was feeling awesome!
So I took my pills and waited.
And waited.
And waited.
And I stopped sleeping.
Joined a support group for emotional eating.
Got really really sad.
Decided I needed meds or an institution. I was leaning towards institution, but eddie wasn’t having it. such a killjoy!
I saw the doctor.
And she was amazing! Thank goodness for having good luck when you need it. caring, compassionate, understanding and determined that she could help me. What a change. We played with meds for a few months, I started being able to sleep and actually go through the motions of everyday life. I stopped laying awake fearing all the awful things that just MIGHT happen at any moment.
Did I ever mention that depression sucks? Really really sucks.
Found a therapist.
She’s even better. Very zen, very supportive. Which is what she would say has been really missing from my life.
So things started to get better psychologically. Couple mental breakdowns. Couple weeks in bed paralyzed with depression/anxiety/fear, but most days that isn’t happening anymore! Progress!!
I am thankful for that.
And I officially think not having your periods while on the pill is the best idea ever. When I think about how many fricking days of my life were wasted having pretend god awful periods?? Never again, thankyouverymuch!
But now that it no longer feels right to be as physically bad feeling as I was psychologically feeling, well, I’m starting to sense that the timing is right to start evaluating my physical health issues and how I can positively affect them with food, etc.
It’s time to get back to all that amazing knowledge I learned at Integrative Nutrition. And for once, I’m actually looking forward to it.
Stress and my body’s total inability to handle it without flipping out is a big problem for me at the moment since I’m preparing for grad school to start in 7 weeks!! And I’m still working full time for now. A necessary financial evil.
And the main problem seems to be toxicity and digestion. So my current baby step of choice (thank god I’d already weened off caffeine!!) is to keep my food choices as easy on the system as possible for the next few days to try and support my super sensitive digestion. No sugar overloads (sorry, dear friend PIE, I will miss you for awhile), lots of water, ALL my vitamins, especially Vit. C, probiotics and the F word, FIBER. Green tea and simple foods, berries, veggies (which I have to go buy some… lucky me there is a farmers market right outside work today!!) whole grains (well chewed ;).
We’ve been eating a lot of meat lately (grass fed local beef, at least) cuz of the grill, but I’m gonna try and back off on that as well. I’ve been having HUGE indigestion issues lately as well, meat sometimes causes problems for me.
I had some Kombucha Gingerade this morning and it tastes sooooo good. This is after days of wanting to yarf everything that I swallow because of the intense indigestion. It is a little bubbly in my tummy but has been surprisingly refreshing and soothing.
So, I’m going to try and do a little babystep health post each week, just to keep me focused on what I want to be trying and how I think my experiments turn out as i move along. Maybe it will evolve into something more nutritionally factual so it could be helpful for someone else too instead of just miscellaneously ramblings of my everyday health.
We’ll see!
And feel free to comment on this stuff as much as you may want, about your own adventures in food/health, or desire to just check into a mental institution. Might be fun to hear about some other people’s experiences too!
farmer's market yielded: zucchini squash and new potatoes for dinner, nuts and fresh cherries for lunch. that and another big bottle of water. all for $3! :D
Ok, so some of you probably want to know what is up with me and my health. Cuz I get all uber dramatic and stuff and verbal diarrhea all over the blog and then just never follow up. Not that anyone I know besides Megs actually reads this thing anyway.
If you aren’t interested in weirdo health talk, etc, feel free to move along. I’ve got another post on The Summer Reading Challenge and a big picture fiasco of our last camping adventure in the works(if anyone else is interested I’m tentatively planning another camping adventure the weekend of July 25th and would love to see some friends if they are in the area and game, but shhhh! Eddie doesn’t know yet. And we KNOW he never reads my blog). Hopefully, I will get to them soon. But lately, sensory/emotional overload has been ruling Chateau Robinson. Things in life here are in pretty big turmoil, big change is in the air and I’m very grateful for my therapist! and for the distraction of facebook games. cuz WoW just isn't as entertaining these days.
The last I posted on my health and what I was going to do about it was in winter, when the whole PCOS freak out happened. Unhelpful doctor put me on the pill and told me to suck it up, I was destined to be manly and probably a hundred percent infertile (from my symptoms) for the rest of my life. I started the pill, which turned into insanity. Weeks of hives, insane acne and whole new exciting body odors took over!! Plus migraines and back pain that left my legs completely numb from the hips down.
I was feeling awesome!
So I took my pills and waited.
And waited.
And waited.
And I stopped sleeping.
Joined a support group for emotional eating.
Got really really sad.
Decided I needed meds or an institution. I was leaning towards institution, but eddie wasn’t having it. such a killjoy!
I saw the doctor.
And she was amazing! Thank goodness for having good luck when you need it. caring, compassionate, understanding and determined that she could help me. What a change. We played with meds for a few months, I started being able to sleep and actually go through the motions of everyday life. I stopped laying awake fearing all the awful things that just MIGHT happen at any moment.
Did I ever mention that depression sucks? Really really sucks.
Found a therapist.
She’s even better. Very zen, very supportive. Which is what she would say has been really missing from my life.
So things started to get better psychologically. Couple mental breakdowns. Couple weeks in bed paralyzed with depression/anxiety/fear, but most days that isn’t happening anymore! Progress!!
I am thankful for that.
And I officially think not having your periods while on the pill is the best idea ever. When I think about how many fricking days of my life were wasted having pretend god awful periods?? Never again, thankyouverymuch!
But now that it no longer feels right to be as physically bad feeling as I was psychologically feeling, well, I’m starting to sense that the timing is right to start evaluating my physical health issues and how I can positively affect them with food, etc.
It’s time to get back to all that amazing knowledge I learned at Integrative Nutrition. And for once, I’m actually looking forward to it.
Stress and my body’s total inability to handle it without flipping out is a big problem for me at the moment since I’m preparing for grad school to start in 7 weeks!! And I’m still working full time for now. A necessary financial evil.
And the main problem seems to be toxicity and digestion. So my current baby step of choice (thank god I’d already weened off caffeine!!) is to keep my food choices as easy on the system as possible for the next few days to try and support my super sensitive digestion. No sugar overloads (sorry, dear friend PIE, I will miss you for awhile), lots of water, ALL my vitamins, especially Vit. C, probiotics and the F word, FIBER. Green tea and simple foods, berries, veggies (which I have to go buy some… lucky me there is a farmers market right outside work today!!) whole grains (well chewed ;).
We’ve been eating a lot of meat lately (grass fed local beef, at least) cuz of the grill, but I’m gonna try and back off on that as well. I’ve been having HUGE indigestion issues lately as well, meat sometimes causes problems for me.
I had some Kombucha Gingerade this morning and it tastes sooooo good. This is after days of wanting to yarf everything that I swallow because of the intense indigestion. It is a little bubbly in my tummy but has been surprisingly refreshing and soothing.
So, I’m going to try and do a little babystep health post each week, just to keep me focused on what I want to be trying and how I think my experiments turn out as i move along. Maybe it will evolve into something more nutritionally factual so it could be helpful for someone else too instead of just miscellaneously ramblings of my everyday health.
We’ll see!
And feel free to comment on this stuff as much as you may want, about your own adventures in food/health, or desire to just check into a mental institution. Might be fun to hear about some other people’s experiences too!
farmer's market yielded: zucchini squash and new potatoes for dinner, nuts and fresh cherries for lunch. that and another big bottle of water. all for $3! :D
So Mom came to visit.
which you probably gathered from the title of this post.
we did so much fun stuff!
ikea!!
food!!
facebook!!
:D
and since megs will want pictures, we took our time and made sure to take pictures of everything we ate.
now you get to be jealous.
super jealous.
anyway, friday night we went to common roots cafe. sadly we did not take any pictures, but we split fish tacos (YUM!) and a pasta dish made with peas from the garden at the restaurant and cream. eddie ordered a chicken and capers dish with chard in it that had TONS of lemon juice in it. It was just like eating sour patch candy! i was in love!! mom came up with a recipe btw if you dig sour foods!
no chard at the farmer's market yesterday or i might be eating that today!
and we couldn't resist the vegan strawberry peach tart. mmmmmmm.....
after that sumptuous locavore meal we went to the mecca: IKEA.
they closed the store before we were done. :(
the next morning!
for starters we went to one of our favorite local cafes: Patrick's.
We both had the eggs florentine, mom had coffee, i had a delicious white chocolate mocha. or most of it. it was a little bit too rich!
once our bellies were content we went back to IKEA!! seriously, where else would we go??
but after we decided we had gotten everything we could ever want at that moment we decided to move on to the Taste of Minnesota! Sounds like fun, right?
That picture right there? the one right above this text? that sums up the awesome culinary wonder of Taste of MN.
if your reaction was wth? you aren't alone. we spent about 5 minutes there before we decided to leave. but we perused the vendors first and found me the greatest bag ever: hot pink with skulls.
c? it was all worthwhile...
to make up for the culinary disaster of taste of mn i decided to take mom to one of my favorite downtown mpls restaurants: Hell's Kitchen. we decided we would do our own Taste of MN.
we split the ham and pear sandwich and walleye blt, both with sweet potato fries with a chipotle dipping sauce (yum!).
and because we were the cutest little foodivores ever to walk the earth they gave us a free caramel roll (not really, the roll was free bc we sat in the seats right by the kitchen lol).
we totally were going to take it home to eddie..
really..
we were..
well, i guess it wasn't a total lie, we did take it home! it was just inside our bellies.
After that we couldn't handle much more.
i mean, seriously?
did you see that meal?
so we went back home.
i introduced mom to the wonders of facebook. teehee.
we got a propane tank for the grill!
we watered the dying tree we adopted at ikea -
we planted a teeny-tiny herb garden...
we gave shaft some fresh nip and he lost his kitty brain -
i mixed mom up an Amaretto Cherry Sour -
and we introduced her to the genius of Sarah Haskins:
The next morning we took mom out to our favorite pancake joint: Original Pancake House.
they have the most awesomest cheesy hashbrowns evar. plus crepes. and pumpkin pancakes. and thick cut bacon. and whipped cream. but you get the idea.
afterwards, mom waved buh-bye to Chateau Robinson and made her very very full way home.
and in case, you didn't catch the detail -
where'd the nip lady go?
which you probably gathered from the title of this post.
we did so much fun stuff!
ikea!!
food!!
facebook!!
:D
and since megs will want pictures, we took our time and made sure to take pictures of everything we ate.
now you get to be jealous.
super jealous.
anyway, friday night we went to common roots cafe. sadly we did not take any pictures, but we split fish tacos (YUM!) and a pasta dish made with peas from the garden at the restaurant and cream. eddie ordered a chicken and capers dish with chard in it that had TONS of lemon juice in it. It was just like eating sour patch candy! i was in love!! mom came up with a recipe btw if you dig sour foods!
Sour Patch Chard
Ok…here goes.
This is one serving (me)
Take ½ bunch of chard…wash it really well so it won’t be gritty. Slice it up a bit/stalks, big leaves.
Put about ½ cup of water in the bottom of a lidded pan and bring it to a boil.
Add the chard and steam with the lid on for about 2 minutes.
Remove the chard to a dish.
Cut a lemon in half and use the juice of a half of lemon over the chard along with about two teaspoons of capers and maybe a bit of the juice from the capers. Add salt and pepper if you’d like…
no chard at the farmer's market yesterday or i might be eating that today!
and we couldn't resist the vegan strawberry peach tart. mmmmmmm.....
after that sumptuous locavore meal we went to the mecca: IKEA.
they closed the store before we were done. :(
the next morning!
for starters we went to one of our favorite local cafes: Patrick's.
We both had the eggs florentine, mom had coffee, i had a delicious white chocolate mocha. or most of it. it was a little bit too rich!
once our bellies were content we went back to IKEA!! seriously, where else would we go??
but after we decided we had gotten everything we could ever want at that moment we decided to move on to the Taste of Minnesota! Sounds like fun, right?
That picture right there? the one right above this text? that sums up the awesome culinary wonder of Taste of MN.
if your reaction was wth? you aren't alone. we spent about 5 minutes there before we decided to leave. but we perused the vendors first and found me the greatest bag ever: hot pink with skulls.
c? it was all worthwhile...
to make up for the culinary disaster of taste of mn i decided to take mom to one of my favorite downtown mpls restaurants: Hell's Kitchen. we decided we would do our own Taste of MN.
we split the ham and pear sandwich and walleye blt, both with sweet potato fries with a chipotle dipping sauce (yum!).
and because we were the cutest little foodivores ever to walk the earth they gave us a free caramel roll (not really, the roll was free bc we sat in the seats right by the kitchen lol).
we totally were going to take it home to eddie..
really..
we were..
well, i guess it wasn't a total lie, we did take it home! it was just inside our bellies.
After that we couldn't handle much more.
i mean, seriously?
did you see that meal?
so we went back home.
i introduced mom to the wonders of facebook. teehee.
we got a propane tank for the grill!
we watered the dying tree we adopted at ikea -
we planted a teeny-tiny herb garden...
we gave shaft some fresh nip and he lost his kitty brain -
i mixed mom up an Amaretto Cherry Sour -
Amaretto Cherry Sour
1-2 oz Amaretto
1-2 oz Sour Mix
1 oz lemon/lime soda
splash of grenadine
and we introduced her to the genius of Sarah Haskins:
The next morning we took mom out to our favorite pancake joint: Original Pancake House.
they have the most awesomest cheesy hashbrowns evar. plus crepes. and pumpkin pancakes. and thick cut bacon. and whipped cream. but you get the idea.
afterwards, mom waved buh-bye to Chateau Robinson and made her very very full way home.
and in case, you didn't catch the detail -
where'd the nip lady go?
Labels: adventures, food, pictures, vacation
that was full of pictures from our two camping trips so far this summer!
awesome, right??? i KNOW.
anyway, my computer has sequestered the pictures in an unknown location. they are no where to be found.
i open up photoshop and there they are, all nicely tagged.
i open up the picture folder it SAYS they are stored in.
no pictures.
and i already deleted the damn card.
so this means, i have to find them, somewhere hidden on my hard drive.
WHY?! computer! WHY?!
in the meantime, a little advice:
When you are perusing the dollar aisle at your local grocer and there is a box of 100 green tea bags for $1? keep walking.
frugal emily saw 100 green tea bags for a dollar and went "SQUEEEEEE!!!!" with joy at the idea of uber cheap delightful sun tea all summer long for a dollar! IKNOWRIGHT?!?!
monday morning emily poured herself a glass of iced tea and promptly spat it out.
just say no.
to the $1 tea bags.
also please enjoy this picture:
WoW - Undead Warlock by ~evion on deviantART
that's totally me in WoW. i wish i was eating babies and fueling my dark energiez Right. Now.
but alas, it shall have to wait a bit longer.
(deviant.com is total internet crack btw)
in other news, 9 weeks!!!
9 WEEKS till grad school starts.
i haven't been this nervous since undergraduate started.
and i have to study for the most insane set of placement exams i have ever seen.
i thought IU was nuts, but seriously, this school takes the prize. 4 days of tests.
any advice on the best way to prep? i'm determined to place out of everything and i better get started with the studying.
also, i choose my own audition rep. this is very new. no idea what i should play....
awesome, right??? i KNOW.
anyway, my computer has sequestered the pictures in an unknown location. they are no where to be found.
i open up photoshop and there they are, all nicely tagged.
i open up the picture folder it SAYS they are stored in.
no pictures.
and i already deleted the damn card.
so this means, i have to find them, somewhere hidden on my hard drive.
WHY?! computer! WHY?!
in the meantime, a little advice:
When you are perusing the dollar aisle at your local grocer and there is a box of 100 green tea bags for $1? keep walking.
frugal emily saw 100 green tea bags for a dollar and went "SQUEEEEEE!!!!" with joy at the idea of uber cheap delightful sun tea all summer long for a dollar! IKNOWRIGHT?!?!
monday morning emily poured herself a glass of iced tea and promptly spat it out.
just say no.
to the $1 tea bags.
also please enjoy this picture:
WoW - Undead Warlock by ~evion on deviantART
that's totally me in WoW. i wish i was eating babies and fueling my dark energiez Right. Now.
but alas, it shall have to wait a bit longer.
(deviant.com is total internet crack btw)
in other news, 9 weeks!!!
9 WEEKS till grad school starts.
i haven't been this nervous since undergraduate started.
and i have to study for the most insane set of placement exams i have ever seen.
i thought IU was nuts, but seriously, this school takes the prize. 4 days of tests.
any advice on the best way to prep? i'm determined to place out of everything and i better get started with the studying.
also, i choose my own audition rep. this is very new. no idea what i should play....
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