Dawn v2.0

Alive

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 16:24:49 -0500

Was doing really well with cutting out wheat. I was.

And then, had a first date. That involved beer and yummy sandwich/bar food.

Worked at another facility Friday an Saturday, an hour+ from home, so food wasn’t planned. This whole week has been covered in, smothered by, or surrounded by wheat and other junk.

BUT, that was the best first date I think I’ve ever had. We met, started talking, outlasted our waitress, and next thing I knew, 5.5 hours had passed and I had to go meet a friend for another painting thing. I’m pretty sure we could have closed the place down just talking.

He works nights, I work days. So we get to talk while I’m getting up and then as he is. But conversation is so incredibly easy, it’s amazing.

Just wanted to make sure I could still post. :)

Ironman Texas

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:48:17 -0500

I had never spectated a race until yesterday.

I watched finishers on both sides of the line - as they crossed, looking strong and amazing. And as the finish line volunteers led them away - wobbly, dehydrated, emotional, and even more amazing.

I watched grown men find their spouses and sob such relief, such disbelief, such raw emotion that it made me and the volunteers with them tear up.

Whether they finished or not, in my eyes, they are ALL Ironmen.

Maybe someday.

Ironman Texas, looking for Mollie, saw Jason, channeling my...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:02:08 -0500

Ironman Texas, looking for Mollie, saw Jason, channeling my inner Shortmom.

juliaworksout: 130to110: Love this! I never judge big girls at...

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:46:36 -0500

juliaworksout:

130to110:

Love this! I never judge big girls at the gym. Props to them for being there!

^^^^

Absolutely!

Ok, Academic followers

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:04:46 -0500

Is there any benefit to being in 2 different honor societies at the same time?

I’m already a member of Alpha Phi Sigma which is the national honor society for criminal justice. I received an invitation today to join Phi Kappa Phi which is multidisciplinary and also national.

Now, I know it might help if I was going into a PhD program, but does it really make a difference gor resumes and such?

Help!

If my job causes me to go hunt down my friendly neighborhood crack dealer, I should drop all this...

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:10:33 -0500

If my job causes me to go hunt down my friendly neighborhood crack dealer, I should drop all this extra weight, right?

Going to lose my mind

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:44:40 -0500

It’s May 7th.

We already knew that we at work were going to have to spend May 31 - June 10th at a sister hospital helping with a computer system change over. We go live in August.

Our system has recently been sold. We found out today, right before lunch, that the new owners want system wide inventories done before the hand over. Oh yeah. That’s June 3rd.

So. Between now and the end of the month I’ve got to prepare for an inventory we didn’t know we were going to have to have, prepare to spend a week + in another hospital, work on my thesis, and try not to loose my mind.

Thank god vacation is June 16th.

Just Keep Spinning: A Love Story

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:40:12 -0500

Just Keep Spinning: A Love Story:

erinen31:

I first met Kevin Healy at a coffee shop in January of 2009. Our mutual friend, JR, who was the manager of the coffee shop, introduced us. Since I was on my way out, not much happened between us that day other than “hi, nice to meet you”. I really don’t remember much else.

The following month, I…

Jose - please explain this to me. Please?!

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:02:48 -0500

Jose - please explain this to me. Please?!

Want to get your step count up in a hurry? Try an hour of...

Sun, 05 May 2013 10:49:54 -0500

Want to get your step count up in a hurry? Try an hour of Zumba. I was under 1000 before class.

Miller High School seniors share longtime friendship, prom king title » Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:00:45 -0500

Miller High School seniors share longtime friendship, prom king title » Corpus Christi Caller-Times:

Definitely worth the read.

Thesis stuff

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:03:26 -0500

So, yeah. The semester is almost over and theoretically I was supposed to be defending my prospectus by now.

Yeah, not so much.

My chair wasn’t getting back to me very quickly or really providing much guidance at all. Then, one day, I get an email saying she’s asked another committee member to take over.

Ok, that’s fine. I understand you’re busy - you ARE the department chair, too. Lets just get this show on the road. I would REALLY like to be done in December.

So, meet with the new chair who gives me the run down on how “we” are going to do this.

It took a week to just finish the IRB application, do the letter of consent for adults, format the survey instrument like she wants, take the course on protection of human subjects, and get it all to her with the revisions she wants.

Holy crap. I’ve gotten more accomplished this week than I did the whole rest of the semester.

Packet will be submitted to the IRB on Monday and we’ll hear something about it by the end of the month.

Kill me now.

Swam yesterday. Not far, just needed to get my feet wet. Thinking of taking the hour long Zumba...

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:19:30 -0500

Swam yesterday. Not far, just needed to get my feet wet.

Thinking of taking the hour long Zumba class at 4:30. It’s been a long time since I’ve done any dancing.

Runs with Poodles: On dating, hope and being a basketcase

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:42:57 -0500

Runs with Poodles: On dating, hope and being a basketcase:

runswithpoodles:

I spent a lot of time today thinking about last night’s date. This guy is awesome. He really is. He’s funny and smart and creative and he’s got his shit together. And I got home last night and he sent me a nice text and… Nope. Didn’t feel it. I just… Didn’t.

And then I thought about Saturday…

There is no such thing as too picky when it comes to the person you’ll be spending the rest of your life with. Never settle.

I haven’t read anything so true in a long time.

Ok, seriously? First off, anybody wearing a D cup probably...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:32:05 -0500

Ok, seriously?

First off, anybody wearing a D cup probably doesn’t want to add a size.

Secondly, a push up sports bra?!?

Photo

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:34:44 -0500

runningwithguts: neoteotihuacan: A few months back, a small...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:47:20 -0500

runningwithguts:

neoteotihuacan:

A few months back, a small twitter hashtag got kind of crazy - #overlyhonestmethods

Its a hashtag full of scientists admitting shortcuts in research, along with the daily face palms and annoyances of a scientific lifestyle. Science is hard, yo.

I decided to steal some of the more popular tweets from the trending hashtag along with some random images of scientists from Google image search and combine them. This is the result. it works, I think.

The full album can be found here: http://imgur.com/a/x77kL

#4

Future GPOY.

I have read some papers where I’m sure these were the case.

Pedestrian struck on Southwest Freeway - Houston Chronicle

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:57:18 -0500

Pedestrian struck on Southwest Freeway - Houston Chronicle:

Apparently this is what I was stuck in yesterday.

Photo

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:21:25 -0500

Finally.

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:16:05 -0500

Finally.