Voice Gone, Sleep Gone

Wow, this week has been crazy. I woke up at five for the past three mornings for sorority recruitment. I do have to say that being on the other side of rush is much more fun. However, I am so incredibly tired. Last night we rushed all day, then had an intense meeting afterwards that lasted until midnight. And guess what! I had to wake up at five again this morning, so I am basically running on almost no sleep. On top of that my voice is completely gone and my throat is on fire from all the yelling and screaming we have to do. Honestly, we're all quite ready for this to end and for our normal lives to return. We can't wait for the furniture to return to the house for good. On another note, I discovered an awesome new blog today. Here's the link: http://eatliverun.com/ Enjoy! Well, I'm tired so I'm going to bed now. Good night!

Let's Sing Quietly Today

Posting lately has proven to be very difficult since sororities are so secretive and this week especially contained many secrets. Basically, I don't have too much that I'm allowed to post about. I will say that yesterday/last night was hilarious and so much fun!!! This morning I woke up the earliest out of all the girls in the house (at least that's what I think) to go for a run before recruitment starts tomorrow (recruitment = absolutely no time for anything). The temperature was nice and cool and I ended up running 5.2 miles. Go me! I definitely felt like I could have done more had I been running with others or in a race situation. Speaking of races, my dad and I are thinking about running in the U.S. 10k Classic ( I think that's what it's called). Supposedly, it's the hardest 10k in America since the whole thing is uphill. I figure it will be good practice for my half marathon coming up in a few months. The past two days have been a bit sad, foodwise that is, because our chef had some days off. The good news is that I have plenty of food in my room now. I don't remember if I already posted about the Kashi warm cinnamon cereal that I bought, but it is AWESOME!!! I'm hooked.They're delicious when mixed with Cheerios, which are super low sugar. It's a nice balance.
For lunch yesterday I wasn't hungry at first, so I went with some friends to Chick-fil-a to socialize. Guess who holds the door for us!!!! Vince Dooley!!! My friend Katie and I had absolutely no idea until the other girls told us. Vince's assistant/friend saw us freaking out and asked us if we wanted to meet him. Of course we did! We went outside and chatted for a few minutes and oh my gosh was he nice! So friendly! After they all finished lunch I headed to Earthfare to check it out. I've read a lot about it on another blog I read, so I figured it was worth a trip. It reminded me a lot of Whole Foods, but on a smaller scale. I made myself a delicious salad from the salad bar for lunch.

The base was romaine, then I topped it with lots of bell peppers(I've been craving them lately), grilled chicken(it's underneath the peppers), quinoa salad(first time having quinoa and it was delicious, grape tomatoes, broccoli salad, feta (my favorite), and a few other things that I can't remember. I also had fruit and Cheerios on the side. I will definitely visit Earthfare again.
After running and rush practice today (the last one! woo hoo!) I drove to the grocery store with Meredith and Stephanie. Going anywhere with them makes errands so much fun! We laughed so much! I pretty much tried to stock up on everything I'll need for the next 5 days. I bought more cereal, some milk, almonds, grapes, Greek yogurt, deli chicken, lettuce, and probably more stuff that I can't remember right now. We all ate lunch as soon as we got back into the house, then we spent the next couple of hours cleaning and preparing our rooms to be seen this week. Our main guideline: "make your room look like no one lives in it". Okay, no problem. :/ In order to give my room a cleaner, simpler look I started on a craft yesterday to replace the collage next to my bed. It turned out super cute if I do say so myself.

Wish me luck for tomorrow! :)

No More Yelling!

Sorry for the delayed post. The past few days have been crazy busy. Of course, there's been plenty of rush practicing and committee meetings, but I've also been keeping up with my running. So far I've continued to run every other day and our distances are pretty decent too. Today we did a 5.6 mile route, but it was more of a walk/jog. Anyways, the lack of sleep definitely caught up with most of the girls tonight. Last night turned out to be a big party night, so I'm guessing they'll head to bed early tonight.
In addition to all the rush festivities, I've made quite a number of Wal-mart and Kroger trips. yesterday I had to pick up a few things and decided to buy myself a little "treat" since my Cheerios are running low. I picked out some Kashi cereal for the first time! I debated between Strawberry Fields and Warm Cinnamon and settled on the Warm Cinnamon. They're like crunchy Cheerios covered with cinnamon and mixed with heart shapes. I pretty much love the stuff.
You know what's crazy? Classes start a week from tomorrow! Ahhhh! I hope I'm ready. Even if I'm not, this video will inspire me to try my hardest. haha! Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR3rK0kZFkg

A Work in Progress

Time slipped away from me yesterday, so I didn't get the chance to write a post. They've been keeping us pretty busy here at the house. Yesterday's breakfast was at 8:30, then role call for rush practice was at 9. Our chef made us egg sandwiches on english muffins with a delicious fruit salad on the side. Sorry no pictures yet. It's a bit too hectic to lug around a camera and take snapshots of my meals. Anyways, I ate a bunch of fruit and ate the egg off of the english muffin for some protein. Practice ended up being much more fun than I originally anticipated. Our leaders gave us a bunch of great information about the upcoming weeks. Our chef served lunch a little after noon and it was delicious! There was a big salad along with hamburgers, hot dogs, and grilled chicken sandwiches. He also made potato salad, but I skipped it since I'm not a big fan of mayo. Of course, I filled my entire plate with salad and grabbed a grilled chicken sandwich. I took the chicken off of the sandwich and ate it with the salad. After lunch they planned to hold another meeting, but ended up cutting it short which left us with a bunch of free time. I once again made a trip to Wal-mart for a brown pillow and some more food. We also stopped by Joann's to get a few sheets of scrapbook paper. I changed around my wall a bit and am pleased with the new results. I painted my "K" last night and centered it between my two Paris sketches.

On the other end of the wall I made a collage with all my 8x10 pictures. I used some leftover scrapbook paper to make a sort of frame for it.

Today we had our second day of workshops, which pretty much consisted of the same type of things as yesterday. Except, this morning I went running with a friend at 6:45. We ended up running 4.6 miles and now I am exhausted. The lack of good sleep is starting to catch up with me. Breakfast and role call was at the same time, but today I had Cheerios with a little bit of Raisin Bran mixed in. I've missed my cereal. Lunch was at noon again and consisted of salad and pita pizza. I got a whole plate of salad again and ate the veggies off of the pita pizza. I was still a bit hungry, so I scraped the cheese off and ate almost half of the pita. Tasty! Once again, the older girls held a short meeting after lunch then released us early again. Today I stayed at the house and finished decorating my room. Also, I took an hour long nap! I never do that! After crafting for a few hours I made myself a delicious oatmeal dinner. I mixed the oatmeal with cinnamon and a packet of Truvia. Then I topped it with a large dollop of plain greek yogurt and slivered almonds and walnuts. It was so tasty! The yogurt makes the biggest difference!

On the side I had some yummy cherries.

Now I've just been crafting some more and chilling. I love this house!!!

Wow, what a busy day! I woke up at 6:30 after a pretty much sleepless night in order to get ready to move back to Athens. My dad and I planned to leave the house at 8 this morning in order to get to the house by 10 when it was opened for us to move in. I quickly took a shower and got dressed before packing the last items in the car. I had a quick cereal breakfast and we got on the road shortly after 8. Overall, the traffic wasn't that bad. We arrived at the house almost exactly at ten. In no time at all we unloaded the cars and lunchtime approached. At 11 we headed to Little Five Points and made the decision to try out the Five Points Deli for the first time. I ordered the "veggie-wich" and my dad got the turkey sandwich with swiss. It was delicious! You can't go wrong with hummus, lettuce, tomato, carrots, cucumbers, and banana peppers on multigrain bread.

After lunch we drove to Wal-mart to get some last minute items for the room. When we returned back to the house I spent the rest of the afternoon organizing everything and decorating. Colleen and I received the news of no dinner being served for the next few nights, so we made a Kroger run at around 6:30 for some food and snacks. For dinner I made some oatmeal from the kitchen and had it with some grapes and carrots on the side. In the oatmeal I mixed cinnamon and a pack of Truvia. It was so yummy!

Finally, time for room pictures!



Now I'm just chilling and watching some TV with my wonderful friends! Role call tomorrow at 9 am! Good night!

Last Day at Home

This morning started off with a 4.5 mile run at 7:40. Luckily, the sun was behind clouds the whole time, but darn it was humid! Once I got home I made myself my usual bowl of cereal and I made a broccoli and cheese omelet for my mom. This omelet was the first I made in a long time, so I took a picture of it. It must have tasted good because she ate it all.

Now for the close up

After breakfast I showered and headed over to Target for a few last minute purchases before moving tomorrow. Surprisingly, I actually found a black dress that I desperately need for rush! It's not the cutest thing in the world, but it'll definitely do. $53.34 later I made it home just in time for lunch. I wasn't sure what I was in the mood for, so I made myself the usual salad. Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, roasted red peppers, grilled chicken, hearts of palm, and cumcumber. Instead of using just balsamic vinegar, I made a delicious dressing of whole grain dijon mustard (the really thick stuff), red wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, and water.

I love how you can see the mustard seeds in the dressing!

It was delish! Too bad I didn't discover it earlier in the summer. Although I am definitely going to be the salad nerd in the sorority house because I'm planning on bringing a bottle of balsamic vinegar for my salads. :) For the rest of the afternoon I pretty much worked on packing, packing, and packing. I hope I haven't forgotten anything. At least my school is only an hour and a half away. Easy to drive home to pick up forgotten items. After packing my dad made us a delicious dinner of healthy eggplant parmesan with spaghetti squash. My brother and his friend actually ate with us tonight too! But they made themselves hamburgers and tator tots. For the eggplant parm, my dad first baked the eggplant with a little cooking spray, herbs, and some parmesan cheese. Then he layered it with diced tomatoes and cheese (without cheese for me). Then he baked them until all the layers were heated through. I almost forgot to take a picture, but luckily I remembered just after everyone had gotten their servings. Here's a picture of my parents' parm.

Here's mine!

I ate way too much. Dinner was comprised of only vegetables, but I'm still so full. Anyways, after dinner we packed up the cars and watched some 30Rock. Tomorrow will be a busy day. Wish me luck!

Last Day

So today was my last day at work and it turned out to be a busy day at the restaurant. Luckily, I got to say goodbye to most of my favorites. Also, it's better to be one of the first to leave than it is to be one of the last. "Quit while you're ahead". I guess that quotation works in this situation :/. Anyways, I just packed an apple as a snack for work today, so I ended up not eating lunch until around 4. My meal ended up being pretty randomly paired together. I snacked on some fruit with greek yogurt while I waited for my sweet potato half to cook. Afterwards I cut up some watermelon, but ended up eating a lot of it. I always lose my self control around watermelon. My parents went to a football fundraiser tonight for my brother, so I am alone for the evening. I've just been doing laundry, packing, and I walked the dog. I made dinner at around 9:30, but wasn't really in the mood for anything in particular. (except cereal, I could eat cereal for every meal). I ended up making some scrambled Egg Beaters with zucchini, tomatoes, broccoli, and peppers. I normally include banana peppers from the jar, but we were out of them tonight. Overall, it was okay but not the tastiest I've ever had.

Tomorrow's dinner will be much better since it will be my last night home. Let's hope I finish all of my packing in time! Tomorrow is dedicated purely to running and packing. Can't believe I'm moving on Monday!