Life Update

I think it’s about time for a few major life updates so I’m going to go down the list and get everyone caught up. Here we go!

Grad Schools

I applied for 6 different graduate schools in the month of January.  Usually you hear back from graduate schools in late February, March, or early April.  Out of the six schools, I have heard from three schools within the first week of February alone!  One school is even paying for me to visit during my spring break!  I am waiting to see what fellowships/funding is available at each school before I make my ultimate decision.

Meanwhile I am waiting to hear from the other three schools which are all popular, expensive, and in Washington DC area. Ideally I would like to attend one of these schools, but if I can’t afford it…well…I can’t afford it.  Because of the snow all the schools located in the DC area have informed me that they are behind on their application process. And since it is still early, I still have hope for acceptance and funding.

Health

Health wise I could be doing better. I had some blood work done by the doctors and there were a few things that were off but nothing substantial enough to explain what’s wrong. My doctor told me point blank: “I don’t know what to do from here”. I’ve been forwarded to a neurologist, whom I haven’t had time to see yet but basically I’m running in circles. I’ve been to countless doctors about the same thing and no one knows. It’s beyond frustrating.

The Ultimate Challenge

I’ve been doing alright on the ultimate challenge.

• I’ve dropped doing the squats for now for no good reason.  I’m inherently lazy and I just can’t help it.
• Doing the situps is a sinch!
• I can’t do the pushup challenge because I can’t do a pushup. This is so sad since I once held a state record for most consecutive pushups by a girl in my age group. So what if it was in 5^th grade? I really, really did! Anywhoo I have modified the pushup challenge to girl pushups and on the second go around I will try real pushups
• I have not started running.  There is still snow and ice on the ground. This is the one exercise I’m looking forward to. Luckily for me I have found a few friends who have agreed to run with me so I won’t be the only unhealthy looking fool running around the track.

Diet Change

I’ve decided to go vegetarian. I’m in the very early stages of it though.  I’ve done a lot of research and the health benefits seem worthwhile. I was reading a few articles that stated going vegetarian has been known to improve chronic painnd since I suffer from chronic pain I think it’s worth a shot.