A New Chapter

I can't believe how fast the year has gone. I feel like it just started and then I blinked and a whole year has gone by. It's been a relatively okay year. I wouldn't say anything fascinating has happened. We were supposed to be moving into a house by the end of the year now its going to be more like the end of January MAYBE and it wont even be Corey and I's house but his roommates. A good year at work. Had our Christmas work party and we got nice shirts and under armour jackets with our logo on them. They are really nice. My secret santa got me nice measure spoons (Joseph Joseph) and a spatula with a K on it from Williams Sonoma. Perfect! I am no longer gluten free. That lasted a little over a month and I did not notice much difference so I went back to it and just continued on my way. I think it might be dairy so I am trying to eat less of that but that's definitely hard to do. I LOVE cheese. haha. It has been a little bit better lately. Also my acid reflux barely

So it has been two weeks since I have started this gluten free diet. This is what I have experienced so far: 1. Its fucking expensive. My grocery bill has almost doubled. And I am literally buying the same amount of items I usually do sometimes even less. It is atrocious. 2. I feel like I have more energy. It's weird. I mean on my second week I was sick with the flu so that did not count but the first week I felt like amazing. 3. Bloating and gas has decreased a good amount. still there but not as bad. and a lot less. 5. way too damn expensive. 6. I miss yeast rolls. (they are my favorite) 7. I need to buy gluten free flour so I can actually cook and eat my desserts I make. 8. Dinner planning is hard because my boyfriend must also deal with gluten free meals because I aint making two different dinners each night. At least he gets to still eat the regular bread and poptarts. 7. I wish fruit loops and cinnamon toast crunch were gluten free. 8. Had hoisin sauce last night as

I have had GI issues for over a year now, tolerable, but annoying and getting tired of carrying around meds all the time like a 60 year old. I just had my physical this week and was talking to my doctor about trying to change my diet drastically well drastically for me. We have done tests to see if it was other things but it all came back normal. So the next logical step would be a food intolerance. So first thing is to cut gluten out. She told me I would notice or not notice a difference in two weeks but dairy can also cause the symptoms I have and my coworker who is allergic to both said that dairy and gluten allergies come hand and hand. Great my two favorite things in the world.. sigh I will be starting my gluten free trial starting Monday. It is going to double my grocery bill and take me 5 hours to go grocery shopping checking everything for gluten..ugh. Also its going to take me half a day to meal plan ahead of time. I hope its worth it. I went to whole foods today for my salad

I am a pretty easy going person and will get a long with pretty much anyone but I am shy and usually someone has to approach me before I open up so making friends is easy for me but it also isn't easy if you see what I mean. So in high school I ended up with two very close best friends and that's it. So college was super scary for me but in the end I cam out with three good friends and they say in college friends last a lifetime or at least I thought they did. So  we will call these three friends; Emm, Elle, and Kay. At first when we graduated we still stayed pretty close. Even though work kept me busy on the weekends as well I tried to go and hang out. Elle lived in NH and Emm stayed in Maine while Kay moved back home to the west coast. Money was an issue as soon as I had to start paying my loans back I mean I lived with my parents while everyone else was on there own so unfortunately money became an issue when I was invited out and even money for gas. I regret now making t

You ever have those dreams that totally bug the crap out of you the whole next day? Like you literally can't stop thinking about it and you really wish you could because it was a stupid dream? Yeah I seem to have those now and than and they usually involve some sort of past that didn't end well and my subconscious just loves to think about it even though consciously I never think about it. So last night I dreamt about my ex friend Anthony. It hadn't happened in quite awhile. I am gonna short hand the word subconscious to S.C. and conscious to C. because it's easier to type. So I had this dream and I wake up like totally livid. It's like wtf S.C. why you gotta bring that shit up. It's been like almost three years get over it. Seriously because C. certainly has. So I delve deeper into myself to figure out why he pops up on occasion in my dreams. Let's just say if therapy was free I'd jump right on that band wagon because I am no psychologist. So I think

It has been a few months since I have posted anything. Work and schooling have been really busy. Which is great because I love to be busy at work and with school. I'm finally learning about the stuff I have been wanting to for vet tech school. All the super fascinating stuff, to me, and gaining more knowledge. Some of it being clinical pathology which I barely knew anything about but now know a lot more of. I am half way through my third semester. The only thing I'm not looking forward to is the second Externship which is large animal and exotics at the end of Semester 4. Postcrossing has gotten more exciting. I have sent about 20 or so. People love them and I love getting postcards in return. I enjoy checking the mail every day because of it. I have done a few direct swaps where someone has contacted me directly and asked for a swap and it has worked out great. Just a few postcards I have received. We lost a great receptionist at work (moved to Iowa to be w

I have dated a handful of guys before Corey and every Valentines day i would get something. I am sure they were being thoughtful but I never got anything that was really me or that i really liked. I got a lot of flowers, too typical, boxes of random Russell stovers chocolates, which I HATE, giant milk chocolate Hershey kisses etc things like that. Not me at all. Corey has done the best Valentine's gift which was Boston for the weekend the first year we dated and a really nice fishing pole and rod for the next year. This year I came home and he had done the dishes! Score that's the best thing ever because he never does them! Then we had take out Chinese food and that's about it. Nothing really extraordinary. We are saving money for this house this spring. If a guy really ever knew me they would know I A. LOVE/Prefer Dark Chocolate b. more specifically dark chocolate with almonds C. MAPLE CANDY or really anything maple. Like that's it plan and simple. The holiday itself

I have to say 2016 was not overly exciting but it wasn't a shit storm for me other than battling my ongoing digestion issues. BUT 2017 is going to be a good year! Mostly because this will the year I get my corgi :) I have been waiting to get my own puppy since well I knew what a dog was. I didn't grow up with dogs so its very exciting. Trying to save money for that endeavor will be hard but hopefully my tax returns will help a little. I know purebred dogs are expensive. This will be the only time I buy a purebred after that I don't care what the dog is as long as they don't have any terrier in them. I've signed back up at the gym, starting end of December 2016 and have continued going on a regular basis. Corey and I are doing wonderful:) I got a Nutribullet Pro and I have been making smoothies every day and they are delicious! Pushing my way through school to get my license like a BAMF! Going to PAX again this year, for 3 days and I'm going to definitely e