Cough Cough...I'm sick

No, but really I am! I have been stuck at home the past few days with what I am considering a cough-less bronchitis. I know that probably isn't actually possible but that's what I feel. I have also been completely exhausted...meh! I am hoping I kick this thing in the booty soon so I can get back to daily life....really I want to get back to working out! I am going stir crazy to say the least. I have been juicing to try and kick it sooner.

 

Workouts: I have started to do a half marathon training schedule and using Tone it Up routines on my cross training days. Now you may ask when is my half that I am gonna run. Well truth be told there isn't one, I am doing it to get in/stay in shape and tone up a bit more. I ran 5 miles the other day!!! WHAAAA?!?!?!? I am so proud of myself.

Relationship: Jason and I are doing great. Still learning and loving more every day. Learning things like Off Roading scares me quite a bit. But I did it and he was happy and that makes me happy.



An Interview

At last!!! I heard back from someone today about a job that I had applied for and had a brief phone interview and was asked to come in for an in person interview tomorrow. Gahhhh it's nerve wracking to say the least. So fingers crossed and prayers said that I do well and can be confident in my interview tomorrow so I can land a job. The people I am interviewing with are more of a temp agency that place jobs but hey ya gotta go where you are wanted! Who knows where this may take me....although I hope it is a full time job!

I also have been having some serious back pain and abdomen muscle pain. I think I pulled something in my abs and may have done my back in with moving. =/ I went to the chiropractor today who said he could tell I was bad. Luckily he was able to release a lot of the pain for me, even though it was temporary. I will be going back Friday....Yay for insurances that cover chiropractic! Woot Woot!!

I did get a workout in this morning with another Tone it Up routine called Love your legs...it was a killer and luckily not too much on my abs, or else I think I would be writing this while laying on as much ice as I could find in this house....speaking of Ice I need an ice pack for my apartment, another thing to put on the list....sorry for that random detour. I am thinking about doing a gentle yoga routine before bed to try and stretch out my abs and back but I really don't wanna stress anything too badly before tomorrows interview. Well that's all for today.

Cheers! -Em

The Madness of Moving

So a lot has happened since I wrote last. I have found an apartment for myself and moved in. I have a couch a bed and most of my kitchen stuff. It is going to take a while for it to feel like home but I am working on it. At the same time I have been searching for a new job. You can only work for your parents for so long before all of you start to lose it completely. At least my move is helping to relieve some of those tensions as we aren't constantly on each others toes. But for the next two days I will actually be staying at the house and dog sitting. Not hating it though since I don't have internet or cable yet in the apartment....it is mildly frustrating. I do get to chill with the puppies though and watch them as Alistair is acting a bit crazy and Winston hurt his foot. When it rains it sure does pour doesn't it?!?! Well here are a few of my pictures of the new place for whoever is reading this to see. Sorry that I don't really know what the point of this blog is yet...but I promise I am working on that. Soul searching takes some time.

 My new bed is nice and cozy!!

 I am loving that I have a pool!

 Its a pretty good view....just not always for the girl that is scared of heights haha

 So cozy....both of these are the living room

Welcome!

 

 

I have also been working on getting myself in better shape. This has been a long process and I am still going cause my health is important to not just myself but the people around me as well. So I am doing what is best for all of us. I am trying to eat cleaner and greener as well as working out every day. Luckily the lovely Karena and Katrina of Tone it Up have been helping me do just that. I follow their nutrition guide(as best I can) and am in LOVE with their workouts! If you are looking for some fun free workouts check them out! I promise you will love them to. Its nice to finally feel good about myself and have people that I have never met encourage me in that aspect as well.

 

Well that's all for tonight. I am feeling a bit under the weather and am about to curl up with a good hallmark movie and pass out. Cheers!

Independance Day!

Happy 4th of July!!!!! I can't believe it is already the fourth and not only that but my day is half over =O I am happy that I get to spend tonight with my bf and his family celebrating this great day. I am so thankful today especially to my family members who have given their service to this great nation so that we may retain the freedoms we have held so dearly since 1776. I am truly blessed. So in thanksgiving to them I am gonna celebrate that freedome with some food, fun, friends, and fireworks!!

Slacking...

Soooooo I have as you can see been slacking on this blog of mine. oops!!! Sorry! I am hoping to get back to it as soon as life stats to settle a little more. Going from graduation, to moving home to MI, starting a new job, and trying to nurture a relationship as well as my friendships this blog of mine has started to slip off the to do list. But I assure you I will be back at it asap!! Thanks for hanging in there with me!

Finals Week

Well it is upon us. That dreaded week for finals to be taken and what do you know I have 3 in one day. Lucky me haha. At least one is a take home exam....now if only my procrastination skills hadn't become so honed in these past 4 years I would already be done with it. Ahhh well it will get done and it will get done well when it wants to. Being sick on top of the procrastination is not hepful either. A pounding headache is not condusive to writing about Aggregate Demand and how it is seen by Keynsian or Classical economics and blah blah blah blah blah. See I cant even keep myself interested right now. Writing this post is one of the most productive things I have done in the past couple days. But let me give you a run down....and maybe some pictures if they cooperate.

Friday: Last day of classes and Luaupalooza. My first class at CUA was german and so was my last. I find this incredibly fitting and wouldnt want it any other way. I treated myself to some starbucks in honor of the occasion.

 

Yum yum

 

We also had Luaupalooza which is a big end of school party that the school puts on for us.

 My roomies and I at our last Luau

 Yup we have Hula girls and Fire Dancers

Gonna Miss this! Haha dont mind the trash bins that was where we unfortunatley got stuck next to in line for t-shirts

 

Saturday I had a very lazy day not doing anything but trying to rest up and get myself better from whatever bug it seems I have picked up.

 

Sunday I was inducted into Pi Gamma Mu which is a social sciences honor society. Here are some pics from that:

 

 Roomies got inducted too =)

 

Oh and I also got to watch a movie with my wonderful boyfriend...he is sick too and I had stolen the Finding Nemo dvd so we both watched together. Thank tht Lord for technology=)







 

Last Day of College

So today will be my last college class of my undergraduate career at CUA. Luckily for me it is my favorite class this semester, German!! So it will be bittersweet but I am ready. Ready to be done with school, finals next week, senior week after that, and then the big day of Graduation. =) I can't wait! A bonus here at CUA is on the last day of classes before summer we have Luaupalooza which is basically a huge fun party for all of us here on campus to celebrate our sucesses and have one final blowout before finals and everyone leaves for summer. I love it and am so excited for the fun, friends, and food. Speaking of food I will need to get a workout in right after class in order to eat all the sweet treats I am looking forward to. So is a short post today but hey it is a post.

Slacking and my Weekend Getaway

Soooooo remember how I mentioned I need my own Emily?!?! Haha sorry for the slacking already. It is the last 2 days of classes in my college career and it has been a funky time emotionally for me as well so blogging has not been at the top of my to-do list, even with the blogging challenge =/ Which may unfortunatley fall to the wayside. Ah well somethings gotta give right?

Well now I guess I should tell you about my weekend getaway with my wonderful boyfriend. It was much needed and I couldnt be happier with how it went. Good talks and just time spent together learning about eachother and enjoying eachothers company. It was very needed and greatly deserved. Just made me fall for him anymore. While he was here we went to the Zoo, Air and Space Museum, American History Museum(super briefly so he could see all the cars)*, and the Baltimore Aquarium where I may or may not have had a minor meltdown in the 4D film but thats another story for another day....maybe. Overall it was a great weekend and I couldn't be happier to have spent it with him. It isnt easy living 500 miles from your man but hey only 16 more days or so of that. =)

Now for some pics:

Jason and I

 

 I want a Puffin!!!

 

*Jason is a mechanic and car junkie as I would like to call him. So I was happy to take him there even though there was not as much as there should be for the importance of cars in American life.

Blogging Challenge and looking forward to my weekend

First things first....my boyfriend will be here so soon!!! Ahhhh I can't wait for him to be in DC and see where I have spent the majority of the last 4 years of my life. I also have been missing him something terrible so I cant wait to be able to hug him and hold his hand and all that cheesy boyfriend/girlfriend stuff. Our game plan this weekend is to see as much as we can without driving ourselves mad so tonight e will wander the monuments and relax. Saturday we are going to the ZOO!!!! This one was my choice haha. I havent seen it yet and he is being super sweet to take me. We will also be hitting up the Air and Space museum, it's my favorite museum in all of the Smithsonians! Then the rest of the day is loose as we didnt wanna press ourselves for time at all. The poor guy only gets one weekend off a month I don't wanna make him feel like he is working and on a schedule. Sunday I am treating him to the Baltimore Aquarium. He is a huge marine biology lover and has a saltwater tank with corals and adorabel fish himself so I think he is really excited to see this, at least I hope he is cause I am!!! I still need to get myself packed though haha and prepare myself mentally for my drive downtown. =O

 

So in order to start getting myself better in the groove of this whole blogging thing I have decided to participate in a blogging challenge to blog everyday in May.(excuse my run on sentences I spent the morning with Thomas Mann's Schwere Stunde and man can he rattle on...in a good Nobel Prize winning way) It is being started/hosted by Jenni over at Story of My Life which is a great read. She has helped inspire me to blog and what a better way than to follow her challenge?!?! So there is that...

Here are the rules:

1. There really aren't any rules. If you miss a day, you can make it up or skip it. The blog police will not come knocking.

2. I will be including a linkup option at the bottom of my post each day, so you are welcome to leave your links here for others to peruse, as well.

3. You can still post other things every day, too. I plan to do normal outfit posts, life posts, around-Austin posts, and sponsor posts just like usual.

4. I'd seriously love you if you also include the "blog every day in May" button (below) either on your sidebar or at the end of your posts, but again, the blog police will not come knocking. My main goal here is to get us all back to the basics of blogging, not to gain a million new readers (though I wouldn't mind that).

5. Here are the topics. You can be as creative and awesome or as boring and bland as you like with these. Take 'em and run with it. Use creative post titles. Interpret each "prompt" however you like. There's no wrong way to do it. Have fun.

Day 1, Wednesday: The story of your life in 250 words or less (or one paragraph... no one will be counting your words... probably)
Day 2, Thursday: Educate us on something you know alot about or are good at. Take any approach you'd like (serious and educational or funny and sarcastic)
Day 3, Friday: Things that make you uncomfortable
Day 4, Saturday: Favorite quote (from a person, from a book, etc) and why you love it
Day 5, Sunday: Publicly profess your love and devotion for one of your blogger friends. What makes them great? Why do you love them? If you don't have blogger friends, talk about a real-life friend or even a family member
Day 6, Monday: If you couldn't answer with your job, how would you answer the question, 'what do you do'?
Day 7, Tuesday: The thing(s) you're most afraid of
Day 8, Wednesday: A piece of advice you have for others. Anything at all.
Day 9, Thursday: A moment in your day (this can be just a photo or both a photo and words)
Day 10, Friday: Most embarrassing moment (s). Spill.
Day 11, Saturday: Sell yourself in 10 words or less
Day 12, Sunday: What do you miss? (a person, a thing, a place, a time of your life...)
Day 13, Monday: Issue a public apology. This can be as funny or as serious or as creative as you want it to be.
Day 14, Tuesday: Ten things that make you really happy
Day 15, Wednesday: A Day in the life (include photos from throughout your typical day - this could be "a photo an hour" if you'd like)
Day 16, Thursday: Something difficult about your "lot in life" and how you're working to overcome it
Day 17, Friday: A favorite photo of yourself and why
Day 18, Saturday: Tell a story from your childhood. Dig deep and try to be descriptive about what you remember and how you felt.
Day 19, Sunday: Five of your favorite blogs and what you love about them
Day 20, Monday: Get real. Share something you're struggling with right now.
Day 21, Tuesday: A list of links to your favorite posts in your archives
Day 22, Wednesday: Rant about something. Get up on your soapbox and tell us how you really feel. (a pet peeve, a current event, a controversial topic, something your husband or roommate or neighbor or boss does that really ticks you off)
Day 23, Thursday: Things you've learned that school won't teach you
Day 24, Friday: Your top 3 worst traits
Day 25, Saturday: Something someone told you about yourself that you'll never forget (good or bad)
Day 26, Sunday: Something you read online. Leave a link and discuss, if you'd like.
Day 27, Monday: A letter to your readers
Day 28, Tuesday: Only pictures
Day 29, Wednesday: Five songs or pieces of music that speak to you or bring back memories. Use Grooveshark or YouTube to include them in the post
Day 30, Thursday: React to this term: Letting Go
Day 31, Friday: A vivid memory

I need my own Emily!

In my junior year of college I had the opportunity to intern with an awesome company that worked in govt. contracting. I had the pleasure of being the Executive Assistant to the CEO and when I go back to visit they always point out to the new interns that I am THE Emily, they even call the new assistant that until Emily until they get their name right. Haha thats awful but incredibly flattering as well. Getting to my point though I have been feeling that lately I need my own Emily! I have been way behind on keeping up with people that I mean to stay in contact with as well as random projects that I have started....like this blog for example.
 
Luckily for me my final semester of college is winding down with mostly readings and finals left for me to do...not necessarily helpful for my senioritis though! What I am currently looking forward to though is a weekend with my boyfriend who is flying into DC this friday! =) I can hardly wait! Only thing I am not looking forward to is driving my car downtown. I just keep reminding myself it will all be worth it and that after I pull it off I can have a nap to relax till the bf's plane lands. We have some fun plans including the zoo, air and space museum, and the baltimore aquarium as a very special all day trip. I am so excited that he will be coming. It was starting to feel like too long till I would see him again after graduation since he lives back in Michigan. This weekend is just what I need!(only downside will be getting circled by sharks....thank God I will have Jason's hand to hold.)

Group Projects and why they should be avoided at all costs

This little pie graph sums up my feelings about group projects in the school setting. TRUST NO ONE!!! Unfortunatley I find myself to be that person in group project who winds up doing most of the work with very little reward aside from my grade. My profs don't recognize my hard work because those other members who don't work as hard are spending their time with their lips against the prof's bumm. Yup I said it....and no I will not take back the truth. I have never enjoyed group projects and one I am currently working one is pushing me to the very edge of my sanity. One group member keeps insisting on changes but does not appreciate or politely deal with our criticisms. So I have found myself getting snarky and downright rude just to ge tmy point across. I put too much hard work into this project to let it slip away now.....sorry for that vent today but I couldn't bottle it up anymore. Just reminding myself that it will all be over monday. Eyes on the prize.

What on earth is a Nobleman's nook?!?!?

Hello all! This is my first blog post ever and well quite frankly I am not sure what will become of it. I just feel the need as of late to really begin documenting what all is going on in my life at the moment as well as what is to come. So here are some facts Jack(yes I love Si and Duck Dynasty)

1) I will officially have graduated from college on May 18, 2013....30 days from now
2) In regards to #1 I have no clue who thinks this is a good idea. I swear I just unpacked my bags and walked out of my terrifying first day of German 101
3) I speak German....well I attempt to and there are teachers who have given me grades suggesting I do quite well at it. They even let me in an honor's society(I think they just wanted the money =P)
4) #3 I only started a measley 4 years ago with a year off from official classes due to studying business in Dublin, Ireland
5) Yes, I have been to Dublin as well as London, Rome, Naples, Athens, Sydney, Brisbane, and Munich. I am in LOVE with traveling and cultures and food from around the world, most specifically the baked goods.
6) I am an International Business Major....#5 is making sense now isn't it?(I was a german minor until I went to dublin, my prof is still heartbroken over that I think)
7) I am only 21 years old, yup a youngin but I just made that October cut off in Michigan school systems =)
8) As 7 suggests I was born and raised in Michigan but in fact peaced out to Washington DC for college
9) I would love to own a bakery one day....what can I say it's my passion
10) I have an awesome family that I love dearly....even though they drive me absolutley insane at times.
11)I love them so much I am gonna help manage my dad's doctor's office back in Michigan after I graduate. Along with my mom, aunt, and people I have known since I was born or as they say "since you were that big"
 
Have I lost you? I hope not. Stopping at 11 facts as that is one of my lucky numbers. Also couldnt let you know everything about me now could I? Why would you wanna come back?

Now to get to the very simple awnser to the question that titles this post....What is a nobleman's nook and why is it the title of my blog?
     Well my last name means Nobleman in German and this blog is part of my little nook is this great big world. It is cozy and I like it here and I hope you do to.