So cute!

I just found this post on Cute Overload and this puppy looks just like Izzy.

The Doctor is In

by Prongs on February 2, 2010

I don’t know, doc – it’s just a feeling of malaise, I guess.

My walks are sluggish, my fetching is mediocre, and I couldn’t care less that the cat keeps blaming me for his “accidents”. I dunno – can you help me, doc?

Um, how is telling me to eat some mango and then charging me $450 for the 15 minutes I’ve been here, helping me, doc?

That doctor is going to find an accident under his couch, that’s for sure, Dax L.

Happy February!

Today is the first day of February and I can’t believe how fast January went by! I was actually very busy in January with friends visiting from the east coat, a few trips to the mountains, my birthday and of course job search and school. I have been writing way too much about work and school in the past, and so not this time. Instead, I want to focus on all the fun stuff that happened in January, such as trips to Napa and Sonoma with my visitors for the east coast, a wonderful birthday dinner at Gitane, a pub-crawl in the Mission, a trip to the mountains with Cindy and a trip to Tahoe with my brother. Very fun times!!!

Sonoma

Napa

Wine Tasting with Jules

Jess and I having a beer in San Francisco

Having classy drinks with Cindy at my Birthday Pubcrawl

My first drink of the night at the Pubcrawl

South Lake Tahoe

Beautiful View

So much to do, so little time…

It’s my birthday today and I decided that this year of my life I am going to do some really fun and exciting things. I’m not really sure yet what those fun and exciting things are going to be, but looking at my “30 things before I’m 30” list, there is a lot to get done in the next two years! I definitely want to travel more, take a photography class and do even more outrageous things like scuba diving and flying. Pretty much, I want to do all of these things I always say I want to do, but never actually do them.

Dating advice, drinking games, etc…

Okay, so I may be a bit obsessed with my TV shows, but seriously, I love How I Met Your Mother. I started watching it last year when I was unemployed and just caught up over the holidays. Hot/crazy scale, lemon law and settler/reacher are actually pretty valid and funny!

‘How I Met Your Mother’: But, um’s the way.

Sunday Funday

Sometimes all you need is a good friend

The past couple of days have been pretty stressful for me. Living on a tight budget, breaking up with my boyfriend, grad school stuff, and looking for a new job has not been easy. It is hard to distract yourself with a $10 weekly budget as there are only enough TV shows to watch in one week, and I’m running out of wine in my apartment! Sometimes all you really need is a company of a good friend to remind you how awesome you are, what a great new job you will have and that being single is actually very fun. Oh, and having a few bottles of wine around the apartment never hurt anyone.

500 Days of Summer

Summer: I woke up one morning and I just knew.
Tom: Knew what?
Summer: What I was never sure of with you.

***

Tom: Look, we don’t have to put a label on it. That’s fine. I get it. But, you know, I just… I need some consistency.
Summer: I know.
Tom: I need to know that you’re not gonna wake up in the morning and feel differently.
Summer: And I can’t give you that. Nobody can.

2010 Goals

1. Renew my membership at the YMCA ($35 per month) and try to work out at least three times a week, not including holidays or vacation.

2. Join a yoga studio in my neighborhood and take a class at least once a week.

3. Start paying off Credit Card as soon as possible and cancel all remaining credit cards that I still have.

4. Stop ignoring bills and take care of them right away. I know it sounds crazy, but when you don’t see the cable bill it doesn’t exist. Right?

5. Travel somewhere new outside of the USA. Maybe Japan? I would also like to go back to Poland and visit a new city.

6. Travel to Seattle, Portland or Boulder with my roommate. Good food, wine and a cool bookstore.

7. Take advantage of Northern California and do a few ski trips up to Tahoe this winter and some hiking in the spring.

8. Take the bus instead of cabs. I already started this by walking home from the mission on Saturday night!

9. Focus on school and my career by getting good grades, volunteering in the community, and finding a job that I love.

Goodbye 2009!

I promised to fill you in on random stories from fall 2009. I have sat down to write on many occasions but it was too much to organize my thoughts into short blurbs. Instead, I decided to write a short summary and start 2010 with a fresh start. I mean, isn’t it what we do every year on January 1^st?

In the last four months I have been pretty busy with preparing for grad school and trying to make enough money to pay rent. I have been working part time because I take classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays and babysitting in the meantime for extra cash. I have been spending time with friends and family, but I feel like I have not spent as much time with them as I would have liked. I went home in November for a few days and then took a trip to Florida for thanksgiving. It was a first family trip in years where there were no arguments and all of us had a great time.

My favorite part of my thanksgiving trip was time spent with Izzy, our family dog. Technically, Izzy is my brother’s puppy, but we all like her so much we pretend that she belongs to all of us. When someone is talking about his or her dog I usually chime in with “my puppy, Izzy…” I like Izzy so much because she is a tiny pug with a huge heart and she likes to play and cuddle with me. I could write about her for hours though!

Last four months have been great and filled with many happy times and amazing people that came into my life in 2009. There is so much more to write about, but as I said before, right now it is time to focus on today and the last two days of 2009 before the brand new 2010 comes around.

Looking back at 2009 Goals

As I was studying for psych exams I started to think about my goals for 2010. I realized I haven’t really checked in on 2009 goals as I promised to do, so what better time to do it than right now. Drum roll please…

1. Get A Job: I got a job and about to lose it due to state founding. Back to square one. Check and Fail.

2. Complete a GRE class and take the GRE: Check and check!

3. Apply to grad schools: Check and check!

4. Pay off my Chase Visa Card and keep track of all expenses: I’m very far from paying off my credit cards – FAIL! However, I have been  keeping track of my expenses and have been doing a pretty good job – Check!

5. Take 3 to 4 trips somewhere new (weekend trips included): I went to Miami, San Diego, NJ, MA and NYC, but nothing new. Fail!

6. Walk more, take bus/drive less: I think I have been doing a pretty good job. Hard to measure so I will keep working on it.

7. One SUPER outdoors days a weekend (hiking, skiing, biking, the beach, etc.): Huge FAIL!

8. Think through my decisions; don’t be so impulsive: Surprisingly Check! I started my year a hot mess but as the months progressed I learned how to think things through and plan for a constructive future.

Overall, I have achieved about 75% of what I set out for myself for 2009. I will be keeping track of the fails through 2010 and add on some new and exciting challenges. Yoga? Running? Stay tuned.