Great Food, Good Friends, Family, and Home

So apparently I don't have a job at College Delly anymore? Not totally sure yet, as nobody has officially told me I don't have a job, but since the owner's of Paul's Delly purchased it (or so that's the rumor) a lot of the original staff isn't working there anymore.  Honestly, it's not a big deal, I only worked once a week, and  most of the time it was 11 pm-3 am.  I was planning on leaving after this month anyway since it's senior year, and I would like to have my Friday nights available to have fun after I depart for the real world.  Yikes.

This past weekend, I went back to Glen Allen for a nice home-cooked dinner with the parents and Adam.  We went ice skating afterwards at RVA on Ice which is at the new CenterStage theatre/artsy place downtown.  For all you people who know downtown, it shares a block with the old Miller and Rhodes department store building.  The rink is pretty small, and they don't have a Zamboni resurfacing the ice, so it has a lot of shreaded and uneven ice.  It was nice to skate outside (well except for the 5 police cars responding to some drug bust the next block over).  I even had a little girl ask me if I was an ice skater! I must have been good.  Maybe it was the fact that I still have my ice skates from when I was 12 that have been worn about 3 times in my life.  Here's a picture of me looking like I know what I'm doing!

Oh and another of the boyfriend attempting a triple toe loop... (just kidding it was his first time on ice skates)

I think I want to take ice skating lessons now and get some use out of my ice skates!  My mom took us on this very romantic date (yes we're back in high school) down to the rink and watched/took these fabulous pictures.  Then my camera died, so we did not have further documentation of our ice skating abilities or the fact that I'm just too speedy to skate with Adam.  Too bad.  

After ice skating, mom, Adam, and I met up with Alison and Mike (Adam's sister and her fiancé) for a few drinks downtown.  It was nice to see them and hang out again! 

When I go home we always have great food, and for Sunday brunch we ate at Kitchen 64 on the Boulevard near the Diamond.  We shared the Steak Fries, which you must try if you ever go there.  It's pieces of steak cut up, onions, mushrooms, cheese, all over french fries.  This was definitely one of my cheat meals for the week.  We got to spend the afternoon at Alison and Mike's place downtown and after watching some of Adam's home movies and looking at old pictures, went to Kuba Kuba for dinner.  It's not fancy by any means, but the food is really good.  Yay for paella!  So after a weekend of great food, good friends, family, and the comfort of home, I'm back in Williamsburg for another week of class.  Tomorrow is my super busy day AND I have a personal training session at 7:45 am.  I hope I can make it through the day!

A Lazy Friday Night (a.k.a I'm a Lame Senior)

Hola!  Today was a rest day in all aspects.  I started really well with waking up at the beginning of the week, but by this morning, I wanted to sleep in so bad.  I believe I had intentions of waking up to do some reading, but ended up getting up about an hour before my 50 minute discussion session (around 10 am).  I still see this as a success because in the past I was known to wake up about 15 minutes before class and hurry out the door with sweats and no makeup on.

I think Adam believes his absence has helped my productivity level, but I think I just tend to get off on the wrong foot most semesters.  I've waited until my last semester to be a good student!  That's kind of the reversal of how it should be, huh?  Do you think having your significant other around a lot influences productivity levels?

After discussion, I headed to the bank to deposit some birthday money (thanks Mom and Dad!) and then went to MedExpress because my right knee has been feeling 'off' and after last spring's injury I wanted to make sure nothing was seriously wrong since I'm training for the Monument Avenue 10k and will be running more.  MedExpress in Williamsburg is actually really fast.  They usually see you within 10 minutes of arrival, and I've never had to wait.  None of that Patient First mess back home where you're there for 2 hours...Anyways, after an exam and some x-rays, my knee is fine!  The area bothering me was the meniscus and he said sometimes it can get strained with a lot of physical activity.  I basically need to have rest days, especially if I feel more discomfort.  I'm glad I got it checked out because now I know I can focus on improving in running, endurance, and strength training without worry of a bad injury happening.

The rest of the night I spent some time working on a scrapbook page for Snowshoe pictures (once they come in) and made a few thank you cards for the people who made my 22nd birthday so special.  I feel like handmade notes are more sincere than generic cards, plus I love being crafty so it gives me a reason to procrastinate doing other things.  Obviously it's totally understandable if a person isn't crafty/doesn't have time to make a card, as long as you send a thank you note!

Right now, I'm off to bed in hopes of getting up early to workout and make it home in the early afternoon.  I probably should be out partying right now, but I expended that energy last spring semester.  Also, last Saturday night was enough partying for at least two weekends.  Oh hey! Here's a picture of the lovely ladies who I began the night with (and somehow lost in the course of the night's debauchery).

(Me, Diana, and Noel)

I'm headed home tomorrow because my mom is cooking dinner for me and Adam--it will be good to get away from the 'burg for a day or so.  Also, I believe the boyfriend is coming back tomorrow!  I enjoyed having some time to myself, but I have started to miss him (just a little).  I think in any relationship, it is important to have space and time apart.

Last First (Full) Week of the Last Semester of My College Career

Technically, tomorrow is the last day of the first full week, but it's a 50 minute discussion, so I'm not too worried about it.  I'm taking a pretty full schedule this semester of 16 credits:

Monday:
11 am-11:50 am/Adventure Games

Tuesday/Thursday:
9:30 am-10:50 am/Archeology of CW and Tidewater
11 am-12:20 pm/Sexuality in America
12:30 pm-1:50 pm/American Popular Music
3 pm-5:20 pm/Intermediate Acting

Wednesday:
9 am-9:50 am/ American Popular Music
11-11:50/Adventure Games

Friday:
11-11:50/Sexuality in America Discussion

Being a transfer student, I lost a few credits, and in order to graduate on time, I need to take 16 credits this semester.  Obviously, none of these are government classes, due to the fact that I finished my government requirements last semester (yay!).  This week, I went to ALL of my classes.  That's right, ALL of them. And I have early classes.  This may not be a big deal to some people, but I am not a go to class person or a get up early person.

While I usually work out on a regular basis (at least 4 times a week), I have been going to the gym in the morning and going everyday.  I've already taken two Body Pump classes this week!  I'm also going to start working with a person trainer to achieve my goals of strength building and also, try and build endurance to run the Monument Avenue 10k on April 2nd at a 10:30 min/mile pace or below.  My right knee has been bothering me a bit, so I'm definitely trying to take it easy, and might even go to a sports medicine doctor to just make sure it's nothing big.  It started bothering me last spring, but now it makes more of a clicking/popping noise when I bend it and isn't the same pain as before.  Do any of you have knee problems?  How do you work out, but prevent further injury?