29.

oni's demanding face.  if she stares long enough at what she wants to move, it will move.  

28.

i finally washed sarsaparilla puce so i could put her clothes?  tattoo?  whatever.  i finally support my own country again!
i know it's hard to tell, but it is pink, as i'm sure you all know.

u dub, i never thought i would say this, but i think i miss you..!

27.

i was trying to show you how i am such a good student and that i study even when i don't have a test coming up.  but you probably noticed within the first second that skype is up on my computer...
so much for that, i guess.

are you noticing a theme yet?
study, drive, smoothie, cat.
study, drive, smoothie, cat.
my life.
for now...!

26.

this is one of the ways oni loves to spend her time.  stretched out in the weirdest way possible and staring.  i was doing homework and she just stared at me.  with her laser beam eyeballs.  maybe she thinks she looks innocent if she stretches weirdly...

25.

peach smoothie!!!  so far i have also made

• nectarine/strawberry
• peach
• blueberry/peach
• blueberry/cherry
• strawberry/banana/nutella.  

just say it:  i am a smoothie genius.

24.

apparently oni loves to burrow.  no wonder i have super allergies every time i take a nap/go to bed.  what a jerk.

23.

i have been making oatmeal/banana/peanut butter/nutella smoothies for a while.
but i decided i should branch out.
so i got some frozen fruit (i think it's cheaper than the fresh, and it lasts longer) and some jars from mikah (because they fit on my blender blade - her idea, not mine).
and now i am a smoothie master.
i can't stop eating them.  and since i have 3 jars (well, i have 4, but 1 is full of ground up oatmeal/chia for better texture that i may or may not have stolen from pj's house), i can make a few smoothies at one time, and stick them in the fridge, and have them for the next few days!
and it's so great because the oatmeal and chia (i like to call it chia pets, you know) soak up liquids and thicken, they stay super thick and smoothie-ish.

22.

(i can't make it as big as the other photos because it's just too gross.)

you guys. do you see that?  so do i.  but i didn't until after i cooked and ate my pizza.
i just thank the higher powers that for once i pre-heated the oven (to cook off the sick, sick bug germs), instead of just shoving the food right in.

yes, that thing is still in my oven.  no, i haven't cooked since.  maybe if i call maintenance they'll come get it out while i'm at school?

21.

i know it's kind of a blur, but can you see those black blurries?  those are birds.  and trust me, i did not even catch a quarter of them in my camera.  seriously, for a second the sky was black.  it was like the power went out for a second.  and then i saw the wings.

20.

are you surprised that this is what your kitchen table looked like, pj?

i have been studying for a few days.  a week and a half.  nonstop, it feels like.  only around 5 more months, though.  we can do it!

19.

it's a little blinding, isn't it?  i didn't even photoshop this time.  but maybe i should have, just to tone it down a second!  my apartment doesn't have any blinding roses.  but pj's does.  i go there to study sometimes.  and by "sometimes," i mean "once."

18.

these books were to study for one exam.  plus the clipboard (with the man on it).  it has cool lab values and stuff on it.  i like it.  and i actually use it in clinical.

17.

i like photoshop.  well, not the actual photoshop, because i've never used it.  but i like photoshopping my photos.  but it makes it hard to choose which photo is my favorite.  because they all look good after i fix them!

i brought an apple with me to study.

it was kind of a let down study day.  i studied a lot.  but my tea was not the ginseng peppermint that i ordered and my apple was all dry and pithy and gross on the inside, even though it was so perfect on the outside.

16.

i have diagnosed myself with exercise-induced exertional compartment syndrome.  i went running on saturday.  and noticed that my shin was numb that night.  by tuesday it was still numb and tingling.  of course, i diagnosed myself by sunday morning (not that diagnosing is within the scope of nursing.  i think there are exceptions when it's self diagnosis...).

because i have exercised induced crap, and may need surgery sometime soon to return the proper blood supply to my leg, i went for a walk on sunday instead of another run.  (still having a hard time fitting all my workout time in...boo.)  and it was cloudy and windy (aka. there was a slight wyoming breeze).  can you believe it?  wind in texas?  i know.

15.

i don't know if you can see those purple baby flowers beside the super green palm bush (as opposed to the palm tree?  named by: me).  but they were so vibrant in person.  also.  they were blooming in february (when this photo was taken).  and in january.  and december.  i'm pretty sure they've had flowers since late august...

the one thing that my apartment complex has going for them is that their gardeners (or whoever does plants) are fantastic.  the catch is, is that plants are only around the welcome sign and the main office.  the rest of us can suffer gratefully (according to them) in our dying grass and cat poop.  feral cat poop.

i always plan to take a photo when i am out and around - this was from a run day - and then i completely forget until i'm back at my apartment...

14.

you may know that i like to eat snacks on my couch-bed.
you may also know that my couch-bed is actually a bed.  with sheets on it.  but many many pillows to make it look couchy.
you may also also know that i like my fruit on the crunchy side.
my nectarines were super delicious, and slightly crunchy.
they were extra delicious because they were so cheap.

i thought it was weird that peaches were so much more expensive.  not that i know anything about growing fruit trees, but i would assume that since nectarines and peaches are alike that they would be in season around the same time.  aka cheap around the same time...

13.

somehow, oni got on the top shelf in my closet (i think she's half ninja).  when i came in she couldn't remember how to get down.  but when i reached up to get her and help her down, she just attacked me and wanted to play.

if my video thing works, then maybe you will see oni being a weirdo, trying to get down.  you will also see that it may or may not have been "laundry day"....

12.

i accidentally ended up at half price books the other day.

i accidentally ended up at the dollar section of half price books.

i accidentally found some dollar books that i needed.

i accidentally bought them.

it was worth it.

11.

this is my most common view of oni.  constantly hunting, constantly avoiding me and my unwanted snuggles.

if she had it her way, the door to the deck-patio would be forever open so she could come and go any time it struck her fancy.  she's kind of dog-like like that.

10.

can you see that orb of light in the middle of the black?  that was the lamp in my living room circa monday when i came home from yoga at 9 30 at night.  technically, i had power.  but not enough to shower by (not that i had the hot water to shower with), or study by, or read by.

so i called the electric company (because the other week, maintenance told me that they don't deal with electricity).  they told me they would be "right out."

an hour later i got a call from the electric company saying that i had to talk to maintenance, because they didn't do apartment calls.

so i called maintenance and they told me they would be "right out.  but why in the world didn't you call us 2 weeks ago??"

"sir, because my power wasn't an issue 2 weeks ago."

an hour later maintenance showed up.  looked in my breaker box thing.  tramped down the stairs.  tramped back up the stairs and looked in my breaker box.  then told me that he couldn't even do anything because he wasn't a licensed electrician.

"....can i at least borrow your flashlight?"


at my next grocery shopping experience, i will be purchasing a flashlight.


UPDATE:  i did not purchase said flashlight on said shopping trip.  but it is in the plans for the near future.... (i like to leave these things open, in case i forget and need to "take my time")