10 Notes on My First Week of Pre-Med
(or How I Stopped Having Free-Time and Started Loving the Library)
1. I have a giant zit on my forehead likely from several face-palms during my Calculus homework.
2. Working, volunteering, and taking 4 classes does not leave much time for doing the actual work.
3. There is a LOT of actual work. There are problems, chapters, homework, recitations and the mounting stress of fitting everything in.
4. Columbia has about 5 million libraries and I’m working on finding my favorite. Currently I enjoy the science library, at a table near the window overlooking Broadway. My least favorite is the Math library because it is called the Math library.
5. Peanut butter and jelly travels well in a back pack. Bananas do not.
6. When do I exercise?
7. You can figure out who the post-bacs are in any lecture because we’re the students sitting in the first two rows who showed up 30 minutes early to class.
8. If two trains are traveling at a speed of 30 km/h and a bird is flying at 60 km/h between the trains, how long will it take for your head to explode? Answer: 5 minutes.
9. Did I mention I’m moving out of my apartment this weekend? At some point it might be a good idea to start packing. Moving in NYC is the WORST. It’s the worst. But UWS, here I come!
10. I would love to be blogging about 5x more than I currently am, but it’s just not happening. I don’t think I realized how much work I would actually have and the amount of time I would be devoting to my classes. It’s a lot. So right now the plan is to find a balance.
I just wish this zit would go away.
Where is The Honest Palate?
My blogging frequency has taken a nose dive and this is NOT okay. It’s not okay when you’re blogging so little that your mother calls to make sure you’re still alive and not being eaten alive by your cat. Nope, I’m still alive. I’m just BUSY.
I haven’t been posting new recipes as often because I’m not making any new recipes. I’m not posting about running, because I’m not training for anything.. I’m simply running whenever I get a free 30 minutes. I’m boring, you guys.
So, for the lack of anything new and exciting, I’ll just give you a typical day in the life of Michelle:
- 7:30am - Snooze button
- 8:00am - Force self out of bed
- 8:30am - Head out for run (3-5 miles depending on the day)
- 9:30am - Shower, eat a bowl of oatmeal/porridge/barbara’s cereal with berries
- 10:00am - Study, run errands, clean apartment
- 12:00pm - Eat lunch, Go to work
- 6:00pm - Rush home, eat a snack, pet kitty, stare at the internet, go to class
- 7:00pm - Sit in Organic Chemistry lecture and will brain to understand
- 8:30pm - Cook dinner from random ingredients which is usually made of two or more of the following: black beans, rice, broccoli, kale, tomatoes, tempeh, pasta.
- 9:30pm -
Socialize Watch past seasons of Project Runway, more studying, pet kitty.
- 11:30pm - Bedtime!
EXCITING STUFF. Really though, things are good and classes are going well. Moving forward I’ll probably start posting more about life as a student (yes? should I?), but I’ll definitely continue to post new things I’ve made in the kitchen when they happen. Or, send me a recipe and tell me to make it.. and I’ll post the results!
So that’s the update. Just trying to live up to the “honest” part of The Honest Palate.
One year and three months after moving into this apartment and I’ve finally hung some stuff on my living room wall.
I’m no good at home decorating. I bought those lamps 6 or 7 years ago at a garage sale in New Jersey - $5 each. I nabbed that futon 3 years ago from a friend who was headed to med school.. now it’s full of scratch marks from my kitty. Those two pillows were stolen from my mom’s house and I happened to like the colors beige and green. (I love beige and if that’s wrong I don’t want to be right!) Maybe one day when I have a disposable income, I’ll shell out some cash for “nice” things, but right now all of belongings have a fun story behind them.
And now my art does too! My designs may not be in fashion or reminiscent of something I’ve seen in the pages of modern design magazines that I occasionally drool over, but they do represent one of the most important parts of my life: running.
These aren’t the bibs from all my races, just particular ones that I remember - some fun, some excruciating, all rewarding experiences which have changed my life for the better.
My house might be a hodgepodge of a stuff, but it’s starting to feel like a home.
SMILE FRIDAY: THURSDAY EDITION
Today is especially excellent because tomorrow I have the day off. George and I will be traveling up to his lake house for a weekend of sleeping, movies, whiskey and elaborate homemade meals.
I’m not packing my running shoes. And I may eat a block of brie.
