Ok. I admit it. I am like the worst blogger in existence. It has taken me THREE WEEKS to write this post and I have no excuse. Literally I've just been watching Netflix and shit. However, I have also been keeping up with my running schedule and I've been grading a lot more papers.
Student Teaching update: So I'm really happy with how everything is going so far. I have taken over two out of four classes and maybe over the next week or so I will work up to taking over all four. The students seem to really like me and they don't think that I'm really old which is nice because sometimes I feel like a grumpy old lady talking about the "youths" and their crazy trends. On the topic of not being old though I have decided that my teaching wardrobe is still not as awesome as I want it to be. But that may be due to the fact that I feel like I have a stronger fall/winter wardrobe than a summer one and also Fashion Week is making me feel inadequate. I did take some pictures of my teaching outfits but I didn't like any of the pictures; either my outfit wasn't interesting enough or I wasn't happy about how I looked in the picture.
Healthy update: I have actually been going to the gym! This is a really great achievement for me since I am so bad at forcing myself to go. I think having a running schedule has been helping me to go as I don't want to get behind. I'm still working on the whole healthy diet part of my life but I haven't been buying any snack food and I think that has helped. Overall though, I am feeling really great and I even feel like I look like I have lost a few pounds which is good since I have not invited at least 10 lbs to my brothers wedding next summer. I really want to look great in the wedding photos so that I don't feel self-conscious about them and also so I feel confident on the day of. Being best man is stressful and I only want to worry about how funny my speech is, not how I look in my dress!
Life update: Over Labor Day weekend I went to visit boyfriend in Pittsburgh! It was really great. He even took me to the absolute best fancy little Italian restaurant. I literally felt like I had been transported back to Rome and it made me so happy and sad at the same time that I wanted to cry. Due to this emotion I have told boyfriend that at some point we will have to go on a trip to Italy. I may have already started planning out where we should go... But honestly, if I could live in Europe and travel to Italy at least once a year I think I would be really happy. And boyfriend isn't opposed to the idea of moving to Europe since they have lots of grant money for science where as grants are becoming much harder to get in America. On the subject of traveling though, I am thinking about going abroad to teach English in a developing nation for three months in the Winter/Spring. Right now I think the top contender is Thailand. It would be really amazing and look great on my teaching resume!
My newest thing to stress over: Where I'm going for Thanksgiving? Back to DC or stay in Ohio with boyfriend? Granted boyfriend hasn't invited me to Thanksgiving yet but he came to DC last year so I'm assuming I might get an invite to stay this year. I should probably just ask him about it but i don't want to stress him out too early either. And yes, I do realize that my decision process is completely chaotic and giving me anxiety over the smallest things for no good reason.
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