"We're illegally parked at a cupcake shoppe"

On Saturday morning I woke up at 6:30, put on some fancy clothes, and headed out to Brockport  to present my thesis project with my wonderful research partner Jessie. I was terrified of course, because I hate public speaking (as I suppose most people do). In order to avoid stuttering too badly, I practiced saying 'community integration' aloud about 1000 times in my car (and Jessie's). We got there, found lot N (Keuka barely has past like D) after a little searching, and headed in just in time. The actual presentation actually went very well, and I didn't mess up the words community integration at all (though I did get a bit lost in the words 'intellectual disability'). I was shaking like a leaf though, I could feel my legs especially shaking, which is unusual, but I spoke somewhat clearer and slower, so I'll take it.

After our presentation we went to a place called Chipotle and I got a gigantic steak burrito, which was fabulous! Next time when I'm not so startled by the assembly line efficiency of the place I'll make sure to get the guacamole.

Later in the day I went out with the gang to get cupcakes because, well, we like cupcakes! Also, Meg was back in this state, albeit briefly! Anyway, due to an unfortunate failure to communicate, I ended up driving around a moderately sketchy part of the city, in circles, for about half an hour before the rest of the gang arrived. I wasn't lost or anything (which is usually the case when I end up driving in circles), but there were no parking spaces near the cupcake place and I wasn't sure how long I would be waiting there alone...so yeah, I probably looked pretty sketchy myself circling the block eight times.

So when almost everyone arrived...they had run out of cupcakes. It was soooo disappointing. We ended up going to a bar down the street (and leaving our cars illegally parked at a cupcake shoppe), where I accidentally ordered a non-alcoholic drink (yup, I'm that cool :p) and we heard some fantastic stories from Meg and laughed at the way Joanna sensuously  caressed her drink. Overall a fabulous weekend!

Shake it!

After a busy last first week of the semester ever (ah!), it was only fitting that I would have a fabulously awesome weekend to match. Ready for some awkward?

First, zumba. Yes, that crazy Latin dancing craze where you have to be able to shake what your momma gave you in rhythm. Needless to say I am not any good at that kind of thing. I have absolutely no sense of rhythm, and on top of that my motor planning skills are a bit sub-par. Despite knowing both of these facts about myself, I decided to go for it anyway because it was for a good cause (my brother and one of my best friends are going on a service trip to Kenya!!).  Accompanying me to this debacle were Joanna and Dan (did I mention he's going to Africa!!?), and this would be a first for all of us.

Now that I've set the scene, let's get right to it...I was just as horrible as I thought I would be, but, so was everyone else! I pictured this being embarrassing, like 8 straight years of gym class where I still managed to mess up the cotton eye joe, but it was actually really fun! Joanna was actually really into it, and very good too - she probably could have taught the class the way she was shaking it. Dan and I, on the other hand, were doubling our cardio workout by laughing at ourselves and each other so much that it sincerely made it hard to breathe. And as if that wasn't enough, about halfway through they brought out skirts with little clinky pieces of metal on them, and we wore those for the rest of the class, which made shaking our booties even more fun. We even managed to get a picture of Dan in one :).

After an hour of sweating buckets, we decided to go to a restaurant, because, hey, why not? We recovered the calories we burned with mudslides and food  and no one even told us we smelled (although they did sit us in a corner, thankfully). I'll leave you with a picture, for your entertainment.

I have the best friends in the world :)

It's Almost Over!!

One month from this Friday I will officially have my Masters degree in occupational therapy. Not until it's almost over do you realize how fast college goes...sitting in a two hour long class seems like an eternity, but looking back over the past four years I can't believe it's so close to being over. I am not ready to be an adult.

Also, even though I'm back in classes now, my pinterest addiction has not slowed. I now have 99 different boards, including some real winners like:

Animals in Glasses (seriously, this will brighten your day - http://pinterest.com/au99/animals-with-glasses/)

Elephants

Cats (but honestly, what pinterest user doesn't!)

Hot Air Balloons

Mazes (the life size versions)

Of course I have normal boards like desserts and books, and most of my boards are actually devoted to my future profession...but I still think this online hoarding is a dangerous thing for me.

Online Hoarding

Wow, I haven't written a blog post since March 1st!! I was on such a roll too...:(

Anyway, here's the update. Since the last post I have finished up my last level 2 internship and completed my first successful phone interview (they want to interview me in person, even though I sound like a nervous five year old on the phone and I said 'cool' waaaaaay to many times)! Hopefully the in-person interview goes well, because this job would be an incredible first job and it's basically my dream job.

 I also quit (well, went inactive, in case I get too poor at the end of the semester) my job at the dunk. It was actually more bittersweet than I thought it would be. I absolutely love my boss, so leaving was a bit difficult...especially since she bought me and this other kid that's leaving on good terms (which is unbelievably rare at an establishment like the dunk) dinner and we talked about our time there for a couple hours. Also, my favorite customers made a special trip to see me because one of my dumbass (jk, he's actually one of the ones I don't mind) coworkers told them I was leaving. Schizophrenic lady also visited, of course, because I couldn't possibly leave without being berated about a decaf latte just one more time.

So I've basically had two weeks totally off, which is weird because I really haven't had that much consecutive time off in a couple years. That would explain why I spent copious amounts of time on pinterest, or as I call it, online hoarding. Seriously, I'm pretty sure I have a problem...do they have rehab for this? I have 89 boards. 89. That's an ungodly amount. Who knew I enjoyed categorizing things so much! Imagine if I collected 50 pictures of elephants, or 30 different angles of the Christo Redemptor Statue in Rio in real life. I'm pretty sure people would think I was crazy. Well, I am. So there. God I need to go back to school.