long story long...

my friends pick on me for telling the longest, most detailed stories.  :)  sometimes i even preface my stories with "long story long..." because i know there is no way to shorten it.  i mean, you have to set the context and tell the back story before you get into the details!  i think there must be a bio/about me section where i can lay the backdrop of my lift up to now, so look out for that.  but the present is where i'll start...

about a month ago, i finished my clinicals and thus my MASTERS DEGREE in OT!  I've since been traveling all over to see friends and family on my time off, taking time to relax and pamper myself a bit, and STUDYING for my board exam coming up on September 4!  before i move back to NC to get settled and start my new job in a new city at the end of October, I'm spending some time at my parents' house in my hometown in Ohio.  studying and relaxing can only carry a day so far, so meanwhile, i've set a few goals for myself:

- train for and run my first half marathon on nov 11
- find an amazing (yet reasonably priced) apartment in uptown Charlotte
- find an amazing roommate to live in said apartment
- planning a west coast trip in october to include visiting two of my bros, see my brother and his fiancee get married, house and puppy-sitting, and a pitstop in las vegas!
- be patient, strong, bold, honest and loving in my relationship with this pretty amazing guy... :)
- save money to pay for aforementioned lifestyle (i.e. living with my parents for a little longer than i'd like...) and the car damage from a careless accident earlier this week..... oops.
- indulge in an obscene amount of television garbage (hello, daily mini-marathons of saved by the bell and boy meets world on MTV...)
- be a little bit bold with some cooking endeavors to help my busy, overworked parents a little bit
- after my test, go to Charlotte to stay with a friend while looking for a permanent housing situation
- rest!

these are just a few of the topics will appear in some future posts, along with tidbits about my adventure of becoming something i have worked toward for the last 6 years- an occupational therapist!  i'll try to keep it down to the very necessary deets...... buuut no guarantees.  sometimes the details are the best part!  and sometimes you just need somebody to (pretend to) listen.

like i said, i tell long stories.

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today's workout: run 1.2 miles out, walked back + jillian michaels' ripped in 30-level 1