Last year I participated in Relay for Life for the first time and had an AMAZING experience. This year, the Physical Therapy Student Organization here at CMU has formed a team. I need your help!!! If you can spare it, please help me to reach my goal. All I'm asking is $10 from everyone who is able. It's for a great cause!!! I bet that all but ( Read more... )

Today I was at a stop light and I looked in my rearview mirror. The girl behind me was using her right hand to talk on her cell phone and using her left hand to hold her cigarette. She was turning right, and she did so with the cigarette hand. What an idiot ( Read more... )

Today I got to thinking (dangerous, I know). When I was in high school I don't think I really had a grasp on my true self, AKA my identity. I don't think I even really had an identity. Who does in high school? It is such an awkward time in life and I know personally that I was so busy trying to fit in and feel accepted that I was more than ( Read more... )

I realized something today in joints lab about my whole "I hate my body" ordeal. I am not uncomfortable with my body type/size. The thing I really want is definition. One of those sculpted bodies. You know what I mean? I am not sure if what I am doing will help me attain that goal or not, but we'll see. And if nothing else, hopefully I'll get ( Read more... )

On Friday night my parents drove down to Detroit to stay before flying out to the Dominican Rebublic Saturday morning. They celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on Tuesday so they are taking a trip with 2 more couples to celebrate. Anyway, my sister and brother are home alone for the upcoming week so I went home Saturday afternoon to make ( Read more... )

Many of my LJ buddies have written entries in the past few weeks about managing their weight. Naturally, with the new year here and my honeymoon fast approaching, I have jumped on this bandwagon as well. Not only do I want to look good for myself and for Lisa, but I feel like I need to be in excellent shape for my profession. I know that ( Read more... )

Winter break has come and gone and we are already 10 days into 2006. The new semester is here. I kind of freaked myself out a little bit when I was buying books on Sunday (which were over $400 cheaper than last semester!). I was looking at the covers of the books and thinking, "oooh, this looks interesting." I suppose this is a good thing since ( Read more... )

Wow. Woah. Crazy. Insane. Unbelievable. Whirlwind. Hectic. Fantastic ( Read more... )

Okay, so I was talking to a friend tonight and something hit me like a ton of bricks. I am almost 23, and I think I am nearing adulthood. LOL. I realized the following which made me see how grown up I have really become ( Read more... )