Headaches..and Good Food!

I drink Mountain Dew WAY too much. Today I tried to not have any pop and I had a terrible headache. I did not want to become grumpy so I went and opened up a can. During the spring I got myself off of caffeine for awhile. However, now I am back on it due to early mornings at work and long days. I know I could be addicted to way worse things, but I want to not be so reliant on it. It also is hard to stop drinking it when I get free pop at work. By the end of the summer I hope to not rely on it so much for energy. I am going to look up foods that will provide that energy, but not the caffeine headache.

I went shopping the other day with some friends (basically to every grocery store!). We went to Aldis and that was actually my first time that I had ever been there! It was amazing! The food there (although mainly all off brands) was so cheap! I was able to buy a lot and I went to pay for it and my total only came to about $9.00! I was so impressed. I now have a new favorite grocery store. With everything being so cheap I can be able to learn how to cook healthy meals. To say the least... I'm pumped!

Our home

Here are some pictures of our new home! Enjoy!

Downstairs living room

Front of our house

Our HUGE backyard

Kitchen

Kitchen

The living room

The living room (again)

My room

My room (different angle)

Summer Goals

So lately I have found that I have had a lot of down time (minus when I am working). Instead of sitting around and just watching TV or being on the internet I have decided to create a list of things I would like to accomplish this summer. So here it is!

1. Relearn the guitar and continue to get better (this also means I need to fix it)
2. Take 20 minute walks every day
3. Run- By the end of the summer be able to run at least 5 miles feeling good
4. Paint a picture/canvas
5. Make green smoothies (I have been hearing a lot about these lately!)
6. Buy a cook book and learn how to cook well-balanced meals
7. ***Study for the GRE- Take the GRE
8. Make a summer dress
9. Dejunk my room- get rid of old clothes as well
10. Start and FINISH a book
11. Have more one on one time with people- be more intentional
12. Become more domesticated- this includes being more lady like and professional

GRE Time

I have officially started studying for the GRE. That is the test to get into grad school. I have a book to study from that a friend generously gave to me. I have found that it is hard to get myself to actually study for it when the sun is shining or I'm tired from a busy day. I plan on taking it mid-July. Grad school is getting closer and closer and I keep getting more nervous. I have only one more year left of undergrad and then I have two really hard years of grad school still left. It makes me sad that a lot of my friends will be done with school next May and I still have to keep going. Sometimes I wish I would have stayed in the education program just to be done next year, but I believe in the long run everything that I am doing right now will be worth it.

Distance sucks... That is all I can say. It sucks being so far away from Jacob all the time. Right now we are on opposite schedules and sometimes it is hard to talk during the day. I cannot wait until the day that we do not have to rely on the phone to be able to talk to each other. I would love to see him more on a day to day basis and not just on the weekends. However, all this depends on him getting a job (and location of the job) and where I will go for grad school. I wish we could fast forward our lives three years from now just to be able to get past all this distance and actually be together in person. I am really excited to spend the Fourth of July with him in Minneapolis. We are doing to do some shopping and go to a Twins game. I cannot wait to spend some good quality time with him.