tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77668723743250578002024-03-05T15:12:50.970-05:00Me, Myself, and InesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672867448361618618noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766872374325057800.post-31962160773602295352016-06-25T21:26:00.002-04:002016-06-25T21:27:24.091-04:00RUN - A Short Poem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672867448361618618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766872374325057800.post-61915117662173936642015-06-15T22:28:00.003-04:002015-06-18T12:06:33.554-04:00OOTN: Fanatics.com Red Sox Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As most of you know, <i><b><span style="color: #fff2cc;">I’ve lived in the Boston area all of my
life</span></b></i>. With that being said, it can be assumed that one of my favorite past
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And, if you’ve stuck around long enough, I’m positive you’ve
seen at least one past blog posts where I rant and rave about <i><b><span style="color: #fff2cc;">attending a wicked
awesome sports game</span></b></i> in the area. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Contrary to popular belief, not every girl who likes sports dresses like a tom boy. I consider myself to have a great sense of fashion, so of course when I discovered <a href="http://fanatics.com/">fanatics.com</a>, I had to challenge myself to create a look using one of their pieces. I just couldn't resist!<br />
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Do you root for a different home team? </div>
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Is your favorite sport hockey, lacrosse, or NASCAR? </div>
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<a href="http://fanatics.com/">Fanatics.com</a> is one of the top 50 internet retail companies in the game right now. They are home to thousands of officially licensed sports items. They offer flat rate shipping for $4.99 as well as easy returns 365 days of the year! You honestly can't beat that. With a massive selection of caps, jerseys and other merch, there's something for everyone!</div>
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Naturally, I went with a very <i><b><span style="color: #fff2cc;">classic fitted Red Sox cap</span></b></i>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">With</span> <a href="http://www.fanatics.com/MLB_Boston_Red_Sox_Hats" target="_blank">over 200 Red Sox Hats</a> <span style="color: #fff2cc;">to choose from, </span></span></b></i><br />
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student and a teacher, it’s highly unlikely. The next best thing however, is
getting together with a bunch of my friends, taking the T into Fenway and
watching the game at one of the <span style="color: #fff2cc;"><i><b>crowded sports bars</b></i></span>.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wait! Can you really wear a hat in those bars?</span></i><br />
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Nope! No catch. It's quite simple actually.<br />
With some style help from <a href="http://fanatics.com/">fanatics.com</a>, I’ve come up with <span style="color: #fff2cc;"><i><b>the
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">One of the greatest things about this outfit is that it </span></i><br />
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By using solid colors from the <a href="http://fanatics.com/">fanatics.com</a> Red Sox cap, (red and navy blue) not only am I dressed appropriately to represent my home team at the bar, but I'm also ready to hit the club after.</div>
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Nothing is worse that feeling under-dressed or over-dressed when you're out on the town.<br />
What rocks about this whole look is that regardless of where the night takes you, you will<br />
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Something else I love about these pieces is that <b><i><span style="color: #fff2cc;">the colors can be flip-flopped</span></i></b>. Everything that is red can be navy blue and likewise, everything that is navy blue can be red.</div>
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One of the reasons why I love fashion so much is that it's completely your own.<br />
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xoxo Ines</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672867448361618618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766872374325057800.post-21219025326923811952015-04-09T07:30:00.000-04:002015-04-09T07:30:00.124-04:00The road less traveled.<div style="text-align: center;">
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I turned 24 on March 7, 2015... that was about 4 weeks ago.</div>
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<i>For my 16th birthday</i>, I invited all my high school friends over to my house and we had a giant barbecue. That's when everyone in MA get's their driving permit. </div>
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<i>When I turned 18</i>, I went over to my friends house and they surprised me </div>
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I've only ever bought one and yes, it was the night of my 18th birthday.</div>
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<i>And when I turned 21</i>, I decided to go out to dinner with all my friends and continue the night at a bar with the ones who had already turned 21. </div>
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That's when you're life is expected to hit a downward drinking spiral.</div>
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I hate drinking.</div>
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I've never followed social norms and I've always been okay with that.</div>
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It wasn't until the few months before turning 24 that I started to judge myself based on how far behind at life I was...</div>
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<b>When you tun 22</b>, you're expected to be wrapping up your undergraduate college career. </div>
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When I was 22, I still had 2 years left at Lesley University!</div>
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<b>When you turn 23</b>, you're expected to finally be somewhat an adult. If you've followed the 4 year college plan, by now you've graduated. Everyone knows that for the next year, income will be unsteady and you'll spend all your time looking for a job. </div>
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When I was 23, I still had a year of undergrad left.</div>
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<b>When you turn 24</b>, however, boom! You're an adult. You're expected to have a legitimate job with a steady income which puts your degree to work. You're expected to start putting money away so that one day you can settle down and buy a house. </div>
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Let's just say when I'm no where near any of those things.</div>
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I turned 24, had just finished my last undergrad semester and I hadn't even received my diploma in the mail yet... I'M SO FAR BEHIND!</div>
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Going into my 24th birthday, I felt discouraged because I was about 1.5 years behind the 'typical timeline of a college graduate.'</div>
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I found myself thinking "I can't believe it's taken me so long to het here" when I should have been thinking "Yes, I've finally gotten here!"</div>
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I was so hung up on the fact that I was still living at home, working a part time job, in an after school program, with no actual tangible diploma or teaching degree.</div>
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All of my friends had graduated last year, so I was bumming on that too.</div>
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But, I'm not them. Why am I comparing myself to them?</div>
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Not to mention all these random questions I had for myself about the future.</div>
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Where should I go to grad school?</div>
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Will I ever work full time?</div>
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I'll never be able to afford a new car.</div>
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Will I ever have a legitimate teaching job?</div>
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No one will pre-approve me.</div>
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If you're always looking towards the future, you'll never live in the present.</div>
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Just because I turned 24 doesn't mean I need to be discouraged about all the things I haven't yet done in life. I will get there, whether I'm 5 steps behind or in front of anyone else.</div>
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<i><b>It's important to remember not to compare yourself to anyone.</b></i></div>
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Our society creates these social norms as a way to judge everyone against each other. </div>
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Who's more successful?</div>
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Who's living the dream?</div>
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Who's smartest?</div>
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Who's got the perfect family? </div>
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Who missed their oppertunity?</div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Don't compare yourself to anyone.</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">I choose to take the road less traveled.</span></b></i></div>
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At first I was nervous about telling everyone I was 24. I'm not where 'I should be' according to society.</div>
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But, I've one so much I'm proud of...</div>
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I finally finished college.</div>
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I got my diploma in the mail a week after my 24th birthday!</div>
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I was granted my teaching license for the state of MA a few days later!</div>
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I paid off my car.</div>
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I have money to splurge on myself. </div>
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I am happy.</div>
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I am 24.</div>
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Those are the things that matter most to me right now.</div>
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Now it's your turn to ask yourself, are you living in the present or in the future?</div>
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XOXO Ines<br />
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<tr><td>And sorry I could not travel both</td><td><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7766872374325057800" name="2"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>And be one traveler, long I stood</td><td><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7766872374325057800" name="3"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>And looked down one as far as I could</td><td><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7766872374325057800" name="4"></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Because it was grassy and wanted wear;</td><td><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7766872374325057800" name="8"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Though as for that the passing there</td><td><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7766872374325057800" name="9"></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>And both that morning equally lay</td><td><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7766872374325057800" name="11"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>In leaves no step had trodden black.</td><td><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7766872374325057800" name="12"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Oh, I kept the first for another day!</td><td><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7766872374325057800" name="13"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Yet knowing how way leads on to way,</td><td><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7766872374325057800" name="14"></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>I shall be telling this with a sigh</td><td><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7766872374325057800" name="16"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Somewhere ages and ages hence:</td><td><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7766872374325057800" name="17"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—</td><td><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7766872374325057800" name="18"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td>I took the one less traveled by,</td><td><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7766872374325057800" name="19"></a></td></tr>
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I was an eager college freshman, living out of state at Salve Regina University. I was a chemistry major and a dance minor and I had just started a new relationship.... </div>
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While at Salve, I danced with the company. To this day I refer to them as my saviors. I don't know what I would have done without them. </div>
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Because I wasn't doing so well in my classes (something I was not use to) I had to meet with an advisor once a week. Our conversations were great and it was in his office I realized that chemistry was not the right career path for me. I somehow always ended up talking about the dance company instead. It was the only thing at Salve that I actually dedicated my time and energy towards. </div>
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Well, let's just say between gradually realizing that your dream school was actually your worst nightmare and that your relationship was quickly evolving into the most unhealthy relationship ever, I left after one year.</div>
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I moved back home and enrolled the following September in Community college (which coincidentally happened to be the same school my ex-asshole was enrolled in) ...</div>
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I felt like I dug myself a huge hole which I had fallen through.</div>
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I spend the next year and a half taking as many Gen Ed classes as I could all while trying to figure my life out.</div>
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A year into community college my relationship got even worse, having gone from just mentally abusive to now also physically abusive. I was called names, told what to do, talked down to, hit repeatedly, stalked, threatened and followed around. I lost pretty much all of my friends and my relationship with my family was also greatly effected. </div>
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So, I spend a lot of my free time looking back on high school and how I use to be. </div>
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You see, I always loved dance, but I could never justify majoring in the art because, lets face it, you can't make a living off of it. But I did remember how much joy it brought me working as an assistant on the weeks in the classes for 4 and 5 year olds.</div>
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My life was finally getting back on track. </div>
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It was still unreachable, but at least it finally showed up!</div>
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That June, I broke up with the evil-worless-excuse-of-a-human that I had wasted almost two years on and enrolled in my third and final semester of community college.</div>
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I even reconnected with someone who I had previously fallen for back in high school. It didn't work out then but as of right now second time seems to be the trick. We went on our first date in November of that year (2012) and the rest is history :-)</div>
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I also began applying as a transfer student to colleges in the area. That's when Lesley University popped up in my research. It's known to be the 'Harvard of Education' and I made that my reach school.</div>
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I got my acceptance letter and in January of 2013 I enrolled in my first semester at Lesley.</div>
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I felt like I was never going to graduate. I felt like that light at the end of the tunnel was getting farther and farther away.</div>
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Three years later, with a few minor set back, many awful administrators and a dozen weird classmates I can finally say that not only have I graduated and received my diploma from Lesley, but I have also received my official teaching license!</div>
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It took me five and a half years to get to this place. Its now March 2015 and I am the happiest girl in the entire world.</div>
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...I've never been closer to my family. I love and appreciate them.</div>
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...That boy I reconnected with three and a half years ago will one day be my future husband.</div>
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We just celebrated out three year anniversary! </div>
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If you ever feel like giving up, don't.</div>
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If you feel like things aren't going the way they should, find your voice and stand up for yourself.</div>
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I hope that my story can shed some light to someone.</div>
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This isn't just about my college experience.</div>
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This has been about my life experience over the past 6 years.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672867448361618618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766872374325057800.post-40165198236960908612015-03-30T07:30:00.000-04:002015-03-30T07:30:04.175-04:00Celebrating 3 years with the love of my life...<div style="text-align: center;">
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Originally, we had planned to go away that weekend and spend time skiing and enjoying each other's company but because of a dance audition, we had to cancel last minute.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">We went to one of our favorite restaurants in downtown Boston, </span><a href="http://www.abbylaneboston.com/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Abby Lan</a><span style="text-align: center;">e, and enjoyed delicious gourmet cuisine.</span><br />
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If you are ever in the Downtown Theater District of Boston, I highly recommend Abby Lane. Especially in the spring and summer month, I suggest sitting upstairs because they open all the windows!</div>
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He's the most understanding, flexible, supportive person I've ever met and I'm lucky to have him in my life. </div>
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The reason I say this is because it literally feels like just yesterday that I met him 6 years ago in high school. Or that it feels like just yesterday when we had our first kiss outside my house 3 years ago when we started dating.</div>
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I find it interesting that in the beginning it felt like time was going so slow and that it felt as though years and years had gone by, and now I'm looking at out relationship and I honestly can't believe it's already been three years.</div>
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It's been three years of nothing but joy, laughter, support, love, listening, affection and any other synonym I can think for any f these words.</div>
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My only wish is that more people in the world got to experience what I experience with Brendan everyday. </div>
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I love him to the moon and back a thousand time and I always will.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672867448361618618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766872374325057800.post-85453602430510018322015-03-27T07:00:00.000-04:002015-03-27T07:00:01.022-04:00Does drinking 64 oz. of water a day ACTUALLY work?!<div style="text-align: center;">
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You may be asking, where the heck have I been?! </div>
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Has Ines quit blogging?!</div>
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The last time I wrote a post was on Christmas day. I decided to tackle the 25 day leading up to Christmas and challenged myself in something I called "25 days of Blogmas". Well, that consumed my entire existence and I guess you could say that up until now I've had no motivation to continue writing.</div>
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A lot has happened since then... I mean, it has literally been three months.</div>
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I am currently sitting in my living room, on my phone. I've refreshed all my social media and nothing has changed. That's when I remembered my poor blog and all of you amazing people! I've been so neglectful and with a little extra time on my hands and some sudden motivation and inspiration, I have decided to challenge myself yet again. </div>
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But, this time I challenge myself to never go three months without blogging again.</div>
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Since I last posted on My, Myself and Ines, I have...</div>
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1. Received my degree!</div>
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2. Been given my teaching license.</div>
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3. Made the Dean's List.</div>
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4. Auditioned for my fifth year as a Boston Cannons Dancer.</div>
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5. Auditioned to be a Patriots Cheerleader for the first time.</div>
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6. Been given a pay raise at work.</div>
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7. Applied to grad school!</div>
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8. I turned 24.</div>
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9. I went on yet another Caribbean Cruise as a grad gift from Brendan <3</div>
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So far March has been the most wonderful month!</div>
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That just names a few. There's so much more that has been going on, and each of those things above have so any more details associated with them, so for now I hope to create a blog post dedicated to each of those milestones.</div>
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Anyways, I have to get ready for work. </div>
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It's so great to be back and I'm super excited to see where this year takes me!</div>
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XOXO Ines</div>
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Well they were all hides except for one dress. It was perfect.<br />
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I styled it with gold heart stud earrings from <a href="http://www.forever21.com/Mobile/Product/Category.aspx?br=mobile&category=acc_jewelry" target="_blank">Forever 21</a>, a chunky gold chain necklace </div>
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My whole family slept in until 11 am and I woke up to the smell of pancakes and bacon. </div>
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After breakfast, it was time to open presents!</div>
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It's funny because now that we are older, the presents under the tree look different. It's not big boxes full of you sets, DVD players, tvs or sterios. </div>
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My family consists of me, my brother and my mom and dad. The one aunt and one uncle I have living in the United States (actually both within 15 minutes from my house) my dad doesn't talk to. Besides that, all my relatives, ALL of them, live in Portugal. </div>
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This Christmas was wonderful. I spent it with both my family and Brendan and I couldn't be any happier! </div>
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My mom has an extremely sensitive stomache, IBS, and krones so petty much all December, when she gets home from work she can't do anything. I've been doing most if the Christmas shopping for her. </div>
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Today she was finally feeling better so she decided that we should go out together and finish our Christmas shopping. </div>
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We went out for about an hour and I have to say we were extremely successful. There weren't too many people out surprisingly so that was even better!</div>
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I went over at 6 pm and his parents had appetizers waiting on the table. I brought over all my presents for Brendan and his mom and dad, which we would eventually open after dinner. We also sipped on a Portuguese cocktail drik which I had brought them this past summer from my vacation in Portugal. </div>
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It wasn't about all the lovely gifts I got. Instead it was about the thoughtfulness behind each of those gifts. </div>
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Today was the last day of my student teaching placement. </div>
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The kids had a holiday party today. Parent volunteers came in and helped with the sock snowman craft, which turned out super cute! </div>
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What I was really surprised about was that I got a class gift presented by the parents. It really made me feel included and even more a part of the classroom. It also made it harder to say goodbye. </div>
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At the end of the day, my classroom teacher and the aid, as well as the kids, presented me with a huge bag of books. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672867448361618618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766872374325057800.post-23996311128132116392014-12-25T03:31:00.003-05:002015-03-25T14:05:36.171-04:0025 Days of BlogMas | Day 20Saturday: December 20, 2014<br />
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Waking up this morning was hell!</div>
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My alarm went off at 6 am (a whole hour earlier than normal) and I was out the door by 7:15 to pick up my coworker Connor. </div>
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We all got to work at 2:15 dead. When the kids walked into the afterschool room at 2:35, we just sat there. There was low interaction from all of us but thankfully the kids were low maintenance today. </div>
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Nothing exciting happened today other than the fact that if we keep having indoor recess, I'm going to explode! And it's not the children's or school's fault. It's no ones fault. We have indoor recess when the temp outside is below 20F or if it's raining/snowing. </div>
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Well, eventually I figured everything out and sorted through the ornaments. We have so many that they all simply can't go on the tree. We would need 4 trees. So every year I pick and choose the best and most special. </div>
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I know it's a little silly and it's not like we post it all over social media but today is me and Brendan's anniversary. I say it's silly because ever since he asked me out on March 15 back in 2012, we text eachother every month on the 15th 'happy anniversary'. It's definitely not a mile stone but it's a tradition we have created and we love doing it. </div>
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Our new student was there in class bright and early and greated by this wonderful sign! </div>
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She was eager to meet everyone and make new friends. </div>
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This group of children couldn't get any better because they all welcomed her into their lives with opened arms. Ite never seen a bigger game of tag out on the playground. It started with a group of 2 and Talia and everyone slowly started to join in so that Talia felt as included as possible. </div>
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The day went on without too many glitches, but the children were define rely on a high after the weekend. It was hard to get them to sit quietly for a few minutes at a time. For most, they has done a lot of Christmas related things. Like decorating their trees, seeing the nutcracker or shopping with parents, so there was a lot of Christmas stimulation that just totally threw them off track. </div>
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After dismissal I headed to my afterschool job. This week I can already feel will fly by because today flew by. The staff spend a lot of time decorating our larger room for the parent pot-luck on Thursday so that might have had something to do with it. </div>
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I headed home ready to just relax and do nothing. No homework. No class. No anything!</div>
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Afterwards, my dad, brother and me drove down to our local ice cream store in search of a Christmas tree. We've gotten our tree here ever since I can remember, so it's one of our very few Christmas traditions. </div>
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Sweet dreams!</div>
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Sunday: December 14, 2014</div>
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Hello world,</div>
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Today ended up being a day full of finishing up homework assignments.</div>
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I slept in, thankfully, but as soon as I woke up I grabbed the computer and started typing. I had to finish 4 papers and email them all to my professors. I knew that it was going to be dificult (I always do this to myself. Stress out at the last minute) but I had to get them done.</div>
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Although my last class was Tuesday, my homework days were not over yet. I spent the rest of the week slaving over that portfolio (thank goodness I passed it in already). Not the only thing that separated me from freedom and the emester was finishing these 4 papers.<br />
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One of the papers had to be 4 pages long. It was a reflection about two lectures that I had to attend during the semester. I got that one done no problem<br />
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I procrastinated by snacking and watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas on abcFamily<br />
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I started on my second paperwhich was only two pages and also a self reflection. I had to talk about the workshop I did infront of my class. I had to reflect on what I thought went well an what I could do next time to imporve it.<br />
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Once again, after that was done I watched more of the movie and snacked.<br />
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The third paper was also only 2 pages long and another reflection. At this point I was so over writing reflections that I just sat in my room on my phone and watched YouTube videos for what seemed like possibly 2 or 3 hours.<br />
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I ate left over Chinese food and went back to watching YouTube Videos.<br />
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6 o'clock rolled around and I decided I should write that third paper. I was able to do it in about an hour because I had to stop every other sentence to watch TV.<br />
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As soon as that was done, I emailed all three of them to my professor.<br />
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Only 1 more paper left...<br />
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Then it was 10 oclock at night...<br />
So I made myself a cup of coffee and finished my Sweet Cajan Trail Mix.<br />
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It was 10 oclock and I had to email this paper by midnight.<br />
The only problem was that it was suppose to be around 10 pages long and have research included.<br />
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So for two hours straight I typed away at my computer. I sat in my living room in absolute silence and tried to get as much done as possible. I didn't even put the TV on.<br />
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Eventually, I finished around 12:30 am. I proofread through it, saved it one last time and opened up my emails.<br />
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This was the moment where my semester would officially end.<br />
As soon as I attached the email, I had to take a picture to document the end of my journey.<br />
I was about to email my final undergraduate paper. Nothing felt better than hitting send and seeing the 'message sent' notification.</div>
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I'm done..<br />
omg I'M DONE!<br />
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I'M DONE!!!!! I did it. I'm officially done with my last undergraduate college semester. Soon I'll be recieving my diploma and degree in the mail. I've never been prouder of myself.<br />
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Through stress, tears, procrastination, so many snacks, laziness, frustration and exhaustion, I powered through it and I'm so proud of myself.<br />
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I've gotten a few emails from the career resources at my school about teaching abroad opportunities. Right now on the list is Greece and Belgium. I think I might apply just to see. I would absolutely love the chance to teach abroad but I'm not going to get my hopes up just yet; there could be more qualified candidates out there. Only if I get hired will I then think about actually going.<br />
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I've already talked to Brendan about it, and although he seems sad, he told me that if it's what I want to do then I should go for it. He will miss it but if I'll be happy, so will he. I love him.<br />
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Well guys it's 1:46 am and I've finally caught myself up on blogging. Hopefully from here until Christmas I'll be able to post daily at the end of the night, We will see,I guess.<br />
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Until next time,<br />
XOXO Ines<br />
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I still have to print out all the pictures I took, but all the schedules, maps, and souvenier I kept are indie nicely organized pockets in the album. That's when I found the professional pictures me and Brendan took.</div>
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One of the things we love doing best on cruise ships is taking advantage of the professional photographers. You don't have to buy any of the pictures, but photographers are stationed all over the ship throughout each day. </div>
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Originally we had seen the giant moon and thought it was the tackiest thing in the world... so we had to take a picture!<br />
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What was even better when it was our turn was the fact that the photographer made us jump.<br />
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Brendan looks like he is floating and in the actual 8X12 i have lipstick on my front tooth.<br />
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Not only is the backdrop and the pose tacky but it's totally outdated. It made our night.<br />
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After spending an hour doing that, I lounged around the house for the rest of the afternoon. At 5 oclock Brendan picked me up to go to the mall. I was able to buy him a Christmas gift that he picked out and he was able to buy his mom a little something too.<br />
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Next up for us was Mocking Jay! We had purchased tickets the night before because the theater we were going to sells out quickly.<br />
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If you live in our area, then you already know that over buy the brand new train stop Assemply Row is the new AMC movie theater. We've heard nothing but amazing things about it. Every single seat is fluffy and leather and there's a giant arm rest in between every single seat. Even if a stranger sits next to you, the arm rest is big enough where it doesn't matter.<br />
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But the thing that everyone is talking about is the side seating. Imagin balcony seating on each side of the theater. Usually the side rowsn have 3-4 seats, but these only have two. you get your own private little section and the seats recline fully. ITS AWESOME!<br />
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And so we watched Mocking Jay.<br />
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I thought it was awesome! I've never read the books, so I have nothing to compare it to. I don't know if they changed or left out detail. But I thought it was full af amazing scenes. I don't understand why everyone was so disappointed.</div>
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After the movie, Brendan and I went back to his place and ordered Dominoes Pizza. We ate and passed out and then, just like every other night, he drove me home.</div>
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I started off this morning by heading right over to my college to drop of my completed portfolio. </div>
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The sun was finally out, so of course I had to snapchat it! </div>
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The best feeling in the world was dropping off my portfolio with the front secretary. I spend all week and every waking minute I had putting that thing together. Passing it in was icing on the cake.<br />
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So much closer to being done this semester.<br />
Now I just have to email my last 4 assignments by Sunday night...<br />
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I got to my placement around 10:30 am.<br />
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I had forgotten it was pajama day in our class but thankfully my outfit totally qualified. I was not in the mood to put on tights and a dress this morning.<br />
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If you remember, last Friday was also pajama day. It was spirit week so the whole school wore their pajamas.<br />
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This Friday was different. Only out class got to wear pajamas. You see, in our class, they have the opportunity to earn silver balls (aluminum foil crumpled up into a ball). Things such as lining up quietly and putting everything away after indoor recess are opportunities where they can as a whole class earn a silver ball. Once the jar is full, they can vote on a special reward.<br />
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They voted for pajama day. With pajama day, they could bring in a stuffed animal...<br />
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This tiger was literally bigger than the girl who brought it in, but isn't it amazing!<br />
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I had to take a picture.<br />
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Anyways, we have a new student joining out class on Monday so I spend the majority of the day working on this poster. I'll have to take a picture of the final product once I get back there. It came out great and all the kids drew a little picture!<br />
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Well, after student teaching... you guessed it, I went to work.<br />
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As soon as it was over, I was ready to go home! While stuck in traffic, my mom called me. She needed a few things from the super market so I stopped by there onthe way home. I bought myself and redbull lobster roll; a little treat for all my hard work.<br />
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I spent the rest of the night watching abcFamily Christmas movies.<br />
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Well, I'm off to bed early. I can't wait to sleep in!<br />
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I woke up this morning trying to put finishing touches on my portfolio. There were some things I forgot to add the night before. </div>
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Right before leaving my house to go student teach, I got a call from the classroom aid. The heater in the school broke so the building was freezing! They were plannig on sending all the kids home and she told me not to bother coming in. </div>
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Yes! Day off for me!!</div>
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The after school kid were a little out of control so I was over being there the moment they walked in. I wasn't in the mood to yell or argue with any of the older kids. </div>
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After work, I got drinks with my co-worker and a girl that use to be our co worker. </div>
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So a majority of the night was spent filling in our ex-coworker on his shenanigans and all the crazy things the kids in after school say or do that she's missed since she left. </div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I've been slacking so bad but I promise you didn't miss out on anything yesterday.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Every morning, before I go off to student teach, I had downstairs to my kitchen and make myself a cup of coffee. This morning, I was greeted by a lovely bouquet of flowers; the same ones Brendan gave me the day before. At that moment I knew I would have a good day. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvWebDnSi0qkdexdwBAgirRmxX-imK214RXIn9pcLo8n95vqVhKtiMM0xb201azxBu1SQr5GGD-vg7jIyYrjEKI3cYbD0bbibCFNk44JJbmkVMB31IODctojKNXtre1DUzNrp56XXEzp1/s640/blogger-image-542315976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvWebDnSi0qkdexdwBAgirRmxX-imK214RXIn9pcLo8n95vqVhKtiMM0xb201azxBu1SQr5GGD-vg7jIyYrjEKI3cYbD0bbibCFNk44JJbmkVMB31IODctojKNXtre1DUzNrp56XXEzp1/s640/blogger-image-542315976.jpg"></a></div></span></div><div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When I got out after dismissal, I headed straight to work. They were short staffed and really needed me to be there as early as possible. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Because I had been in such a good mood since the early morning I really enjoyed my time working in after school today. A lot of the students got picked up early because of the weather, so the ones who were there until 5:30 or more calm, quiet and focused. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As soon as I got home I stuffed my face with leftovers and of course enjoyed ice cream! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Afterwards, I started working on some assignments that I have due by the end of the week. I sat on the floor of my living room and had my laptop on the coffee table. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I couldn't keep my eyes open, my head was droopy, and I just felt an overall sense of weakness. It was only 7pm! Last time I felt like this I took a nap for a couple hours, woke up at 11 PM, and finished my work by 1 AM. I had been getting up early all semester so I just thought that I was a little extra tired.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So I headed up to my room, grabbed a blanket and laid right on top of my bed... still in my work clothes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I didn't actually wake up til 12:30 am. At that point, I thought to myself "I'll just wake up at 6am". Of course I didn't set an alarm for this either. My regular alarm went off at 7 and I hit snooze til 8am. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When I finally woke up, I realized I was still laying on my comforter under a blanket in my work clothes from the night before. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I guess running around, being on my feet for 15 hours and staying up every night to do homework finally hit me. Being sick all last week, taking over the classroom and not sleeping comfortable didn't help either. I just couldn't function until I got a good, full night of sleep. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And boy, did I! ... A whole 13 hours!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">XOXO Ines </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672867448361618618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766872374325057800.post-7138347530392125182014-12-10T19:35:00.000-05:002014-12-11T09:24:36.150-05:0025 Days of BlogMas | Day 9<div style="text-align: center;">
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(Totally failed to get this out to you guys yesterday. Sorry!)</div>
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Today was the first day my classroom teacher was able to come into work. Something a lot of people don't realize about pneumonia is, the actual flu-like symptoms are gone within about a week, but the toll it takes on your body is so bad that it takes a couple more weeks to fully recover.<br />
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I was so happy my classroom teacher was able to come in, we all missed her, but she left at 1:30. She just couldn't do it one more hour. Her lungs were starting to burn and she just felt totally wiped out.</div>
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It was nice not having to do everything myself that day. Don't get me wrong, I love teaching, but in the future when I have my own classroom, I won't have to go to work, then class then do homework. </div>
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Well around 3 I grabbed all my stuff and headed to my car. It was torrentially (is that a word?) down-pouring so I guess you could say I was also trying to wait out the rain.</div>
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As I was walking to my car, I noticed a large Ford SUV parked next to it, with someone in the drivers seat...</div>
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It was Brendan!!</div>
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I've never had a bigger smile on my face. It was just what I needed! </div>
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I got there and guess what? My professor gave each of us a long stem rose and poured some sparkling cider into champagne flutes.</div>
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Today was a day full of celebration. Even though I still have to finish up assignments and drop them off in my professors mailboxes by Sunday, I never had to attend a class again! YEEEESS!!</div>
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After class, I headed home. I took a shower and washed my hair (WOW did that feel good). This whole semester I have been totally neglectful of myself. Of course I shower and brush my teeth every morning, but because I have to. Tuesday night was the first time in a while that I pampered myself with 'the good body scrub' or the expensive conditioner... because I was in the mood too.</div>
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Brendan picked me up and we enjoyed a wonderful dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. I got the Chinese Chicken Salad, which is to die for! And, of course, a slice of Tuxedo Cheesecake to go :-)</div>
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I never thought I'd see the day where I'd actually finish my undergrad career. Looking back on the day, I remember sitting in class and thinking back to my freshman year. Different college, different peers, different me. I was in a totally different place. A down in the dumps, depressive, dark place. I always dwell on the past and so I've never given my chance to realize that I was getting closer to the end. I remember exactly how I felt 5.5 years ago, sitting along in my dorm room, under the blankets. I'm so proud of where I am now, how much I've learned, how strong I've become and the people who I have in my life now that just make it all worth while.</div>
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