Checking in....

You can probably guess why I'm checking in. Yes, it's because I have a ton of other things to do and can't really seem to get out of bed, so I can fool myself into thinking I'm being productive by posting a blog that is neither going to get my laundry done, get a workout in, or help me pass my classes.

I didn't sleep well last night and lay awake from about 1 am to 3 am for possibly no reason at all. Around 2 am I decided I would go to the 7:30 am yoga class but then woke up at 7:49 and that was that.

I've officially entered the grad program, having finally finished all my prerequisite physics and calculus classes- and hey, who cares about the prerequisite meteorology classes? We're just going to throw you into Advanced Meteorological Dynamics. Which is less about meteorology and more about differential equations. What? At least I have my computer programming skills going for me.

If nothing else, I have learned that grad school is no joke. 

I also just want to eat Trader Joe's mini quiches for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Everyday.

Oh! I just got back from Chicago, but apparently I'm too lazy to post a good blog post about it. But it was awesome. If they didn't have January, February, and March, I could totally live there.

I have plantar fasciitis in my left foot that is sending me mixed signals about what I should do about it (half marathon in November and full marathon in December). And now, suddenly, after several weeks of having a strange pain in my thumb joint, I now have a strange pain in my big toe joint. No apparent cause for either of them. Which has me more worried than if there was a cause. Everything I've googled has informed me that I am at the correct age to develop lifelong, horrific arthritis problems. My current strategy for those two things is to just wait and see if they go away.

I was just browsing around on Facebook, and one of the hotels I stayed at in the Dominican Republic is celebrating its birthday today (I don't know?) and it made me stop for a second and think that maybe I should just go there.  http://www.fiordilotohotels.com/

It's got an Indian flare as the owner grew up in India. But everyone speaks Spanish, so it's interesting. But it's very homey and familiar. The owner teaches yoga classes which you can attend while you're staying there. Sometimes they order food in and ask if you want anything. One of my favorite places I stayed there. I could really use that right now.