Gradin' It Up

Posted on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - by Amanda
I am so excited.
For real.
Excited like woah.

I finished my Ethnography course last week and had a few days off to relax in Chester with Ry and mom and dad, it was really wicked. BUT now it's back to the ol' school grind - I started Basic French on Thursday and I am writing my first quiz today - HA, holy poop.

I have been freaking out waiting for my grade on my Ethnography final exam and my final grade...I am a grade freak. I like knowing right away how I did, and if the wait is long I begin to put myself in panic mode.

I checked this morning....
and the verdit was in.
I got an A- on the final exam
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
AND
An A- in the course!!!
I screamed.
Really loud.
In the computer lab at school.
LOL. Seriously.
It was awesome.
I love A's.
They make me very happy.

The prof sent me an email and basically told me how great I did, and out of the 15 people in the class I had the highest mark (which surprised me because there were a lot of people who sounded really smart - guess they were faking), and I after I read her email I checked to see the average mark in the class....HAHAHAH a C+....yep...that's right...a C+ was the average! What the hell! I didn't think the class was that difficult at all...guess I am just smart. Kidding. Well maybe not.

So, that brings my current GPA up to a 3.57!!!
Holy frickin' frick!
I have been dreaming for a GPA like that for a long time!
If I can pull off something in the A range in my french class then I can hopefully boost it up enough to get to a 3.7 which will put me on the Dean's List baby!!!
New goal in place.
And....go!!

Also on a brighter note, I am feeling quite a bit better which is good.
I go Friday for a CT scan, and the on the 16th for a ECG....so fingers are crossed. Tight.

Library Literary Love

Posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - by Amanda
I love books.

Most of you who know me well know that my book collection is getting somewhat out of hand, but I love it. That is exactly what I want. My goal is to have a library, and I will...someday very soon.

Recently, I have been spending a lot of time at the library up the street. It's an amazing one, only a few years old and just filled with little treasures. I have now mastered the borrowing systems and the notion of putting things on "hold" and having books/CD's/DVD's brought in from other libraries in the Metro area. It's a wonderful thing. I try to calm myself down before going there, telling myself that I can't keep bringing home 8-10 books a visit because I never have time to read them all, but I just lose control. I want to borrow everything. It's becoming a real problem...maybe I should see someone. LOL.

Seriously though, I spend hours there, and have been the last few days because I am feeling so much better. My blood pressure is BANG on. Yesterday it was 116/60, today it was 120/80, so I am doing well, except for the fact that I am 27 and on blood pressure medication. So I have another doc's appointment on Monday to go over everything and then I go for an ECG. There are going to be some major changes coming my way so I am trying to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. One step at a time I guess.

I write my final exam for my Ethnography class tomorrow and then I have ONE GLORIOUS week off before I dive into Basic French for the rest of the summer. Joy just fills me up. Ry was talking about school last night and he keeps saying, "Sweetie, it's only ONE more year, it's going to go so fast, you just wait and see"...yeah yeah yeah. I know it will...but it's just the though of not having ANY breaks from school this year that worries me. I usually work my buns off every summer, but this is the FIRST summer in....oh my god...7-8 years that I haven't worked...so it is really weird for many reasons...one being that I have ZERO money coming in (not that I ever had money but I always had like 20 bucks here and there but now I have ZERO), and I am in school...which is very weird because it is nice out and I am in class...for 3 hours at a time. WOW.Thank someone up above for my mom and dad who help me out with paying for school books and supplies and for Ryan who makes sure I have food in my fridge. He's the best - he really, really, really is.

My dad called me last night with exciting news - my garden is up and running!!! He said everything has come up and things are growing like crazy! I am so excited to see it. I will take pictures when I go home on Thursday night and post them - I am so proud.


Suggested Reads

"Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith " - by Jon Krakauer
"The Secret Lives of Saints: Child Brides and Lost Boys in Canada's Polygamous Mormon Sect" - by Daphne Bramham
"The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals" - by Peter Heller
"Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World" - by Bill Clinton
"The Twilight Saga Collection" - by Stephenie Meyer
"The Long Rain" - by Peter Gadol

Ity Bity Progress

Posted on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - by Amanda
So...this is day 4 without a headache - Hallelujah!
I had to go back to the doctor on Monday to get my blood pressure checked (and also to show them what it has been because I am keeping my own record), and it was still a bit high so the doc decided to up the dosage on my blood pressure medication from 2.5 mg to 5 mg. I still have to go in everyday to the clinic and have it taken (or when I am at home in Chester my cousin does it for me - gotta love having nurses in the family that live across the street) and then I go back in two weeks to see him again.

I still haven't heard back from my blood tests yet. Oh joy.
The doctor also said that my weight loss journey will help lower my blood pressure as well. I am still going to have a CT scan but where I feel better with the meds, it might have been my blood pressure making my headaches - which I guess is better than having something structurally wrong in my brain.

I am finally caught up on school, it didn't actually take me long...probably because I am so smart...HAHAH. No, but really I am caught up. I wrote a test that I missed yesterday and wrote and assignment due today last night and I am feeling pretty good about this course. I ended up with an A- in the summer psychology course I just took and I am shooting for some sort of an A for this Anthropology class. Then, I have a week off to spend in Chester and relax and then I start Basic French - weeeeee, until August 19th. What a slam dunk summer!

Also, my garden is in thanks to my wonderful daddy who worked very hard with me on Sunday to get that bugger planted. We planted green and yellow beans, carrots, snow peas, cucumbers, radishes, and green onions. Ryan was the biggest sweetie and he brought me all my soil that I needed as well as more tomato transplants and pepper plants all ready to go! I am very excited.

Now, it's off to class to talk about organic farming in the Annapolis Valley!!! Horray! I love this class.

Sick

Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - by Amanda
Well...my health has been on a rollercoaster ride the last few months...
and I am about dang sick (literally) and tired of it all and want it to end - now.

There has been a lot going on, which I won't get into in detail, but lets just say that a bump on my head that I have had for a long time finally got the best of me and I went and had it checked out...la la la la la...but in the end everything is clear and fine - thank god.

But...all is not well.
I guess I stopped hoping too soon.
Remember my "slip and fall" accident back in January?
Well...it's back...well the aftermath is...so we think.
We as in myself and my doctor (who..I might add...happens to be the hottest young man I have ever seen - well aside from Ry of course, but yeah..he's hot)
Since that fall, I have been noticing that my headaches have been getting worse and more frequent, to the point where I was using a bottle (of 72 caplets) of advil liqiud gels A MONTH and still ending up in pain.
Well...i hit the wall 2 weeks ago when I had gotten rid of the headache for a few days and then it came back with a vengence, lasting 1 1/2 weeks STRAIGHT...no break...just there...same strength, same pain.
So, I went and seen the doc.
He was concerned, and questioned the other doc I seen in Jan when he was off about my fall, and said that where she told me I had a concussion and whiplash she SHOULD have sent me right away for a CT scan to make sure everything was ok - but she didn't.
GREAT.
So, he is making an appointment for that and now I am just waiting to find out when that will be.
Then he checked my blood pressure - HA
ummm 165/99
WOWZERS
It should be 120/80
so that is not a good thing. He made me monitor it for a week and it was consistant with that number the entire time - not good.
He also gave me meds to help me sleep and help with pain - AND i stopped taking those becuase they didn't do ANYTHING. Horray.
I had another appointment this monday gone by and blood pressure was, as usual, SKY high so he put me on blood pressure meds for 30 days to see if this low dose will help. If not, we up the dose and go from there.
He also sent me for blood tests yesterday, and i have to say almost everything on the blood test sheet was checked off - scary stuff.
I am also going for a ECG (Electrocardiogram - which is when they record the electrical activity of your heart using skin electrodes)...so I am waiting to hear when that will be.
I am just one big medical mess right now and it's not a good thing, especially where I am taking summer classes, which are 3 hours long 4 days a week and REALLY demanding. Thank god I have a super prof right now who is amazing and is really understanding and gives me all the time I need to hand things in.

Ry is amazing and he is taking such good care of me along with mom and dad - I love them all. It's a real great feeling to see how much my relationship with my parents has changed over the last year and 1/2 and we have come a long way - it's great, we are all very close and they are so supportive of everything which is a bonus. As I said, I am lucky to have them, and Ry. He's one super guy and I am a very lucky girl.

I have also decided that at the end of August I will be moving out of my apt in the city and moving out to Chester, living with mom and dad until Ry and I figure out if we are going to buy a house or build one (right now building a house is winning by a long shot). I am excited to be back home, and where I will only be going to school 2 days a week starting in September, travelling won't be bad at all. I am soooo happy and excited to be close to Ry as well, since right now I only see him on the weekends which is hard on both of us.

I am praying for nice weather at least one day this weekend...I have my garden plot at mom and dad's all ready to be planted, so come ONNNNN weather, give me some sun so I can get it started - and also tone down my headache so I can actually accomplish something without wanting to throw up. My tomatoes are doing EXCELLENT in the apt so hopefully they can keep strong until I can move them into bigger pots. This ol' girl is excited for fresh home grown veggies this summer! Yay!

That's all for now.
Sorry for the long gap.
Keep the fingers and toes crossed for my heatlth!
Hope everyone is doing well!

Fluffernutter

Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2009 - by Amanda
I am addicted...
to a white, fluffy, marshmellow substance called Fluff
WHY have I JUST discovered this magical stuff??
WHY I SAY? WHY?
It has 0 fat
It has 60 calories for 2.5 tablespoons
And hardly any sodium.
Ummm HELLO!!!
It's like heaven in a jar.
No joke.
I am hooked.
Line.
And sinker.
Thank god it isn't loaded full of fat and calories or my diet would be in big trouble.
I toast a piece of WW Multigrain bread.
Use 1/2 tablespoon of Light PB
And then I spread on 1 tablespoon of heaven.
The fluff
And it is a magical experience.
The Fluffernutter
It's right on the jar.
I tried it.
And fell madly in love.
Move over RYAN!!! LOL
Kidding...
well...
maybe not..?
No. I'm kidding.
I wouldn't trade him for anything in the world.

One exam down.
2 more to go.
Then a SMALL break.
And then BACK TO SCHOOL
weeeeee

I've also lost 4 more pounds
Whoooop Whooop

I'm on a roll
Scary as that may be....



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