Keepin' busy!

So wadup 2013? I'm going to stick with this once-a-month blog thing I have going on here, because that's all I have time for! One blog is better than no blog :)

January was a cool month. Not literally.. It's basically a sauna here, and i'm not sure why. Much different than Tallahassee winters, that's for sure. I don't even mind it.. running in the morning before work (5 am) is much easier while it's muggy than when I can't feel my fingers and my toes go numb. My only problem is that it is so freakin dark! I have reflectors that I can attach to my legs and arms but I feel like they don't work so I never use them. I should, but they are so tedious to put on. Kind of like the tedious-ness of bringing mace with me while I run which I highly regretted not taking the day I got chased by a pitbull 2 weeks ago. He was barking and growling and jumping and all I could do was stand straight with my arms crossed (like a mummy standing up) and my head facing the sky so he wouldn't jump and bite my face off. Or my arms (cause they tend to go for hanging things). This dog came out of no where too! I was running on Little Rd. and it literally came out of the bushes where there were no houses or people around. He even had a harness on.. that's when you know he's serious. Anyways, I freed myself by sprinting across the street while he ran back into the bushes. I was pretty far away now.. sprinting about 11 mph (for real) and I was hoping he would get hit by a car if he was to chase after me. None the less, he DID chase after me again and dodged all of the cars while doing so. I kept sprinting -- way out of breath -- and ran into a 7-11 where I stayed for a good 10 minutes while reading the latest celeb mags :) Lol.. bittersweet. Moral of the story? Bring mace and reflectors? lol.. I don't know, maybe I just wanted to blab.

So other events that occurred this month? I started my next internship rotation at a nursing home and I surprisingly LOVE IT. I love feeling important and taking control of these patient's diets. I do all kinds of things! Make sure they are getting the types of food they like/need/crave and also making sure the consistancy is one they can manage. Mechanical soft is like grinding up their food in chunks, puree is obviously having a mashed potatoe-like consistency (for ill-swallowing/chewing patients), and TPN (which is.. :( .. tube feeding). All of the food tastes exactly the same because really the only addition to the recipe is putting it in a food processor. It just looks um.. gross.
The older generation is just so cute. I love lending a helping hand to those who can't open their sugar packets, pull up their covers, or can't stand having their tea just below 212 degrees. No, but really.. I do love helping them, just because I know I am making a difference in their day. It's really fun figuring out which field of dietetics I am going to pursue! This week is my last week at the nursing home, and then I am off to a hospital for 20 weeks. 9 hours a day. 5 days a week. No pay. WHOA. 

Thank god I am busy right now though because my boyfriend, Jay, left for the Army this past Sunday. It was the saddest thing but ya know what, the rout he is taking is probably the best thing he could have done. Plus, makes me realize how special he really is. MUSHY MUSHY!! 

Last month I gave up Facebook for my new years resolution and this month I will be giving up sweets. How freakin hard! I went from saying just "milk chocolate" (cause I really only eat dark), to "ok, fruity flavored candies", to "ugh okay. All sweets. Here we go!". I literally just threw away my baby stashes too so this is serious business. I'm trying to keep up with the fact that Jay won't be eating like this either while at boot camp (he's a huge sweets person, too. HUGE.) Plus, this is the best month to do it as February is the shortest month of the year ;)