tough stuff.

A couple of posts ago I noted the difficulty of formulatin goals to reach after. My difficulty now lies in the fulfillment of those goals I set. I must say, it is much more difficult when one works full time, but it is necessary because a number of my goals involve financial freedom from the student loan bondage I am currently under. I have slacked in giving cards on occasions promptly, and have not hung out with at least 5 friends a week, and have not practiced my violin, and have not been studying an hour a day. I have almost finished with "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy which is some sort of achievment. It is an alright book but I don't believe I will be spending much time with Hardy's literature in the future.
In conclusion, after reviewing my goals previously set, some do need revised and I need to work harder at fulfilling the ones that stand. I will not be returning to LU and hence clubs pertaining therein may be transferred to MU.
My reasons for leaving LU are as follows:
-first and foremost and primarily because the academic department of biology and chemistry still lacks the resources and rigorousness of curricula that will prepare me for graduate school if i should so choose to pursue such ventures.
-secondly, MU offers the rigorousness of curricula and further academic opportunities to gain experience in undergrad for a third of the cost of LU
-thirdly, if I choose to pursue a teaching career (as the case seems to be set) my pay will not be able to sustain the basic costs of living and the absurd payment I am sure to have to fork over (it is absurd as of now and I only pay interest on my private loan from this past year, but that interest payment would be doubled on top of other bills that I need to cover.) by the end of this year I would have to make interest payments of 240 a month to sallie mae on top of 120 to another company for a parent plus loan which I pay for myself, as well as 20 to my credit card co. which is just the minimum payment. In order to cover such exceedingly high costs, I would have to work like a fiend and then try to find time to study for a full schedule of 18credits with all of my core classes (o.chemII and upperlevel bio courses)

In conclusion, my choice has been made. I do not regret my time at LU in the least, in fact I am rather glad that I had the experience I did. I had my Liberty experience, it was just shorter than most.

Yesterday Germany lost to Spain 1-0 for the semifinals of the worldcup which is a big let down but the netherlands play uruguay today so we will see what happens! This being my day off, I can actually watch the game today! :)

Doin' Work.

As Kobe Bryant once said, "I'm doin' work." Yesterday that was the state of affairs here. I got a lot knocked off of my to-do list, but there is still much to be done. The main thing is to maintain focus; focus on what I want to accomplish short-term and how that impacts long-term. What I do today impacts the overall shape of my life so if I choose to waste it, that is one day less to accomplish what I purpose to do with my life.

Remember: "He who says he can and he who says he can't is usually correct."
-Confuscius

That's all.

Hard Work Pays.

Today I woke up, and I said to myself, "Claire, let's do something good today. Let's get a lot done while we still can before work starts up next week." So I got a lot done! :) I vacuumed the upstairs and downstairs and got the stairs as well, I did a lot of wash today, and cleaned both full baths! I wanted to get outside and garden a bit but I didn't get to that today. I also made a dinner..a chicken stir fry with balsalmic vinaigrette, a touch of karo corn syrup, a bit of soy sauce, fresh cracked salt, and fresh cracked pepper, a dash of oregano, garlic-olive oil fried tomatoes, lightly grazed orange bell pepper sliced, chopped onions, garlic, and sprigs of brocolli. It would have been cool if there was rice, but I ran out of time. It really comes together really fast!

That's all for now. I'll update about my goal list tomorrow.
note to self, check out gal. 2

Hit the Road…

Hey yall! I just set up my runnersworld profile..I haven't used it for a while, but it's a great tool to track mileage and map out routes!

check it out:

 

http://traininglog.runnersworld.com/profiles/c6abb7729161473da6cec763f1de1d4e

So much to do…

There is so much to do, and so little time and energy in which to do it. That past few days have been really productive for the most part and I've been working on my list (The monster list project I've begun). So, I'll run through some of the stuff I've knocked out this week.

#8. At the moment I'm finishing up Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy. As others have said in the past it is truly a deeply saddening book. It is a book of crushed dreams and a broken life. Otherwise it is a well written book that I'm glad that I am reading. I'm at the part where Jude returns to MaryGreen after having failed at Christminster and returns to the place of his youth, his Great Aunt's house.

#24. I hung out with A and T the past two days which was so much fun! I saw 'Letters to Juliette' which is now one of my favourite movies. It is a fairytale, but nevertheless is excellent.

#17. I had the opportunity to volunteer at church today. What a blessing it is to reach out to others! In helping other people, it makes the helper happy and is consequently helped!

I'm slacking on #11! I made my friend, M a bday card but forgot to give it to her and I completely forgot to give L her graduation card! All will be well in a week when I see them again though. Hopefully I remember to give it to them then. I always make cards, and then fail to give it to its intended recipient.

#12. I've been reading in the book of Luke lately, and it has been really good. I'll have to share some of what I've been learning in my next post (I don't have my Bible beside me at the moment).

#3. I'm working on cleaning the house top to bottom and in upkeep of that I dusted the living room and vacuumed it. Unfortunately the sweeper I used did not have adequate attachments to vacuum the couch so I'll have to do that soon. I also need to do behind the couch which is atrocious with dust, cat hair, and etc.

#46. I've missed out on a couple of vitamin days, but have done good for the most part. On the days I haven't had a vitamin, I've had a nutritious smoothie with kale and other good things.

#19. I have been doing really bad at studying every day and hence will start studying again. I need to learn to persevere when it's easy so I can learn to persevere when it's hard.

#27. I only was able to give a few dollars in tithe, but I gave what I had on hand.

Our poppies are finally blooming! That's not a picture of our poppies, but still lovely nonetheless! I wrote my entire post on microsoft word in order to transfer it, but after finishing it I remembered that I couldn't copy and paste, which stinks. Oh well. In general I'm working on my goals pretty well. There is room for improvment in a couple departments, so I will keep it updated with my progress.

That's all.

Summer days. Day 1000. retitle 50/1001.

Yesterday evening was wonderful! M, L and myself hit up the olive garden for some delicious italian cuisine. I got the lasagna classico, and tiramisu for dessert with a side of coffee. MMM! What a delicacy! I love Italian cuisine! That was #24 btw :)

#8 is read a book/month. Last month I read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. It was amazing! I highly reccomend it. The writing flowed, kept the reader captivated by the wash of emotions of the main character, and ended with a satisfying end.

At the moment for the month of may, I have recently begun Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy. It seems to be a good book so far, though I hear it is a very sad book. Jude has already made one "folley" in his life by falling for Arabella and wasting a good year and a half on someone who is not well matched for himself. It is good though, because for now he is back on track!

Here is the next 25 goals to bring the number of goals to 50:

#26: Donate something to a charitable organization at least every 6 months.

#27: Tithe regularly (once I start my job)

#28: If I don't get into grad school for micro or immuno and instead go on to education, take courses for second bachelors degree in Chem

#29: Join Key Club.

#30: Join Pre-Med Club.

#31: get real estate license.

#32: Do Research with a professor in upcoming school year (hopefully aimed toward micro/immuno.

#33: Get 3 reccomendations.

#34: Take Calc II and III

#35: Take Physics I and II with Calc

#36: Once I have a gym membership, swim at least once a week.

#37: Play in LU symphony orchestra

#38: (I'm probably repeating myself, but if for nothing else, reiteration) Study for GRE and Bio GRE.

#39: Take GRE and Bio GRE.

#40: Turn in application for employment with the University to HR.

#41: Get CPR/AED certified.

#42: Find a low hour job at school for during the school year.

#43: Master that one concerto that I forget the name of at the moment, by Bach. (concerto in D major?)

#44: Visit D.C. (Business District with Smithsonian Institutes)

#45: Maintain a positive state of mind.

#46: Take vitamins regularly.

#47: No fast food except on emergencies (on the road with other people and no other food options)

#48: Have devo at least 5 times a week.

#49: Memorize a memory verse per week.

#50: Pay off Parent plus loan, pay off citi loan.

Oh my word. This goal setting thing is hard! [that is, to create so many goals! I've probably already repeated myself in some capacity or another] Hence I am going to readjust this and call it 50/1001.

Today is just gorgious out there! I hear it is suppose to be dramatically warmer today and begin to feel a bit more like summer than the past couple of days. I just tried my french press for the first time and it is wonderful! My coffee tastes so clean and delicious! Today is going to be a busy day of organizing, finishing my lifegoal plan as outlined by the site i cited yesterday, and studying ( i switched my schedule around so now I have Organic Chem I w/lab, Micro w/lab, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy w/ lab, Intro to probability and statistics, and Paleontology which totals 18 credits. The more head start on learning all of the material the better! Also I heard Comp. Anat is really hard, so I need to hit the books!

That's all for now.