And So It Begins...

I've been wanting to start a blog for the longest time and now that I have finally done it, I don't know where to begin. I know that there is an about me section, but I wanted to keep that brief, so I guess I'll start by telling a little about myself...

• First of all, I LOVE food. I'm constantly on foodgawker and reading other blogs, my favorite channel is by far the food network (and that's only because we don't get the cooking channel in the apartment), and every year for both Christmas and my birthday, I get at least one cookbook from my friends, which apparently isn't normal for a twenty-one year old... Who knew?
• I recently lost about forty pounds! I'd love to lose ten to fifteen more, but those last several are proving much more difficult to disappear. Regardless, my overall health has improved drastically and I just feel so much better all the time. Now I have this fantastic sense of accomplishment and I know that if I could do that in just one summer, I can do anything if I try hard enough. So along with some awesome recipes, I'll probably write quite a bit about my weightloss and workouts and complain about having to buy an entire new wardrobe on a college student's budget. Let me tell you, not fun.
• After graduating from Texas A&M in May, my plan is to go to P.A. school; I want to be a Physician Assistant. Which, for those of you who don't know, is basically the step under a doctor. I will be able to do everything that an M.D. does, without the legal responsibilites since I will work under the doctor. You've probably seen a P.A. without even realizing it.
• I have a five month old kitten named Penelope. She's a little monster sometimes, but she's so stinkin' cute! She loves people food and likes to play fetch with granola bar wrappers. Look how she sleeps! And that little dotted belly! How can you not love that?

 

That's enough general information about me. Now on to something more exciting.

 

I GET MY AGGIE RING ON FRIDAY!!

 

To an Aggie, that's a bigger deal than graduation. It's a way to network without ever uttering a word. People get hired just because they have that little ring of gold. If you've never heard anything more about A&M than the plethora of Aggie jokes out there, read THIS! Reading an article that moving written by a fan of one of our new SEC rivals, made me so proud to be an Aggie. It truly gives an excellent depiction of what we are all about.

 

Now, I must pay attention to a homework assignment that's been calling my name for the past several days. It's basically screaming at me now and it's due at 8 AM tomorrow. Speaking of 8 AM classes, I despise them. And I'm a morning person! But having to leave my apartment at 7:15 in order to catch the bus to campus and then walk across campus to my class is killer. I haven't had an 8 AM class since the first semester of my freshman year. Even though I always wake up by eight o'clock, even on weekends, without an alarm, being out of the house at 7:15 is literally torture. I hate it!

 

I think next post I'll share a recipe for some super delicious pumpkin muffins! Yum!