I spent the first half of my summer taking a summer class. As my senior capstone course, it was very project-heavy, and I gained a lot of experience from the class. I was able to shadow my friend Miranda Castillo, RD, LD, CDE in her clinic every Tuesday from 8-5pm during the month of June. She works at BMI of Texas and provides nutrition counseling to patients who have had bariatric surgeries. Some of the projects I completed during the class include -- building a strong resume (both written and video), creating a portfolio, researching and writing on a nutrition blog, and creating a personal website (which you can view by clicking on the link below! 😊).
So...now that I've finished my summer class and certification exam, I'm kinda left with not much to do. 😅 No school, no job, not many social gatherings (thanks COVID...). I don't really feel like sitting around the apartment not doing anything for the next month, so I went out on a limb and applied for a job at Target. Completely spur of the moment decision...lol. But I'm hoping they contact me soon to schedule an interview, because I'm feeling desperate for something to do. And they have a sign posted in their store window advertising that starting pay is $15 per hour -- a definite perk I am looking forward to!
Luke has been staying busy volunteering at the San Marcos veterinary clinic and selling peaches at a farmers market in Austin. He also started his vet school application to Texas A&M a couple weeks ago! Both of us are definitely feeling the stress of the application... We will do our best to write his essays well and make sure his application will stand out from the crowd! Here's the timeline if things go as planned...
October 1st - Application Deadline
December 18th - We will be notified if Luke has gotten an interview with the school
January 2021 - In-person interviews at A&M
March 2021 - We will be notified if he has been accepted into the vet medicine program
If all goes well, we will be moving to College Station in March of next year! 😄 (Being the planner that I am...) I've already picked out an apartment complex that we would love to move into next spring. Ohhh to have stainless steel appliances, a huge kitchen island, and a pantry. 😂 Lol. We'll see what happens.
Annnnd that's about all I've got in terms of a life update. Texas State hasn't made an official announcement in terms of how classes will be arranged next fall. I think they're pretty much leaving that decision up to the teachers and letting them structure their class in whatever manner they choose. So far - I've heard from three teachers and they're all doing completely different things. 😮
One teacher is choosing to do asynchronous online learning (my favorite!! 😅). Another is going with a mixture of online learning and in-person learning (i.e. it's a M/W class that is online on Monday's and in-person on Wednesday's). And the last teacher I've heard from has decided to do a rotation (i.e. we meet online the first week, then in-person the next week, then online, then in person, etc... etc...).
It's already getting hard for me to keep everything straight in my head 😅 and I still have two more teachers to hear from! To console myself - I've bought this perfectly lovely, sarcastic planner that will hopefully help me manage the craziness that this semester will be. Lol 😂
Other cool things that have happened this summer:
1. A Tara sister person graduated and she's moving down to Austin next week and her house is 20 minutes from mine! 😄
2. We took my car to the mechanic for a simple wheel alignment. He said they'd have it done in about an hour. Five hours later, we get a call that they can't do the wheel alignment because it would just come undone, hand us a hefty repair bill of $3000, and say "well at least you got a lot of life out of it." 😳😥
You know you have some great in-laws when they're able to order all the parts and spend 10+ hours out in the hot sun doing your car repair work - all for the low price of $400. I knew I was marrying into a great family. 😊 And now it feels like I have a brand new car.
Low-quality picture but high-quality people. 😊😍😊
3. Our crazy upstairs apartment neighbor got crazier. He's been a weirdo guy from the beginning though. He lives by himself with his dog, and Luke and I are pretty convinced that all is not mentally well with this person.
Something really funny must have happened last week, because we heard LOUD laughter coming from upstairs for about 10 minutes. And two months ago... oh boy was he angry! This guy has a serious temper. His stomps shake our apartment walls, and his incessant cursing and profanities make us want to rip our ears off. No idea what caused his anger this particular time, but he was out on his balcony (right above ours) just shouting his frustrations into the air. The next morning we woke up and looked out the window.... to find that he had ripped out his window blinds. They were broken and strewn all over our patio and the front lawn. 😳 I'm telling you - crazy.
Thanks all for reading! :)
