A week without tests....

So this week marks the first week without testing! We went from Quizzes one week, to midterms the next week, to skills checkouts last week! Phew...Now all this tired graduate student has to do is prep. for class, write a literature review, and get together her community wellness project to present, and then it's SPRING BREAK!

Okay, so we're all thinking of crazy kids at the beach drinking waaay too much beer and staying up with glowsticks at a rave. Let's remember, this isn't an undergraduate spring break, this is a graduate school spring break. My amazing and hopefully relaxing week will go as follows:

• Frolicking in Washington DC with two of my sorority sisters for a reunion
• Watching UNC beat Duke (hopefully)
• A girls night with my mom
• Time to play tennis
• Cable television
• Hopefully seeing some in-town friends

All of that blanketed with an electric stimulation worksheet due that's worth 20% of my grade, a final draft of a literature review, preparation for our community wellness project....So I guess there is no rest for the weary. Just a brief pause and a margarita...

Speaking of margaritas it was national margarita day last week....we decided to celebrate...

Happy Birthday Pops!

Happy Birthday to my Pops!
This blog post is dedicated to you! Thanks for teaching me the finer points of life, including but not limited to:

• Super-sized chocolate milkshakes and grilled cheese sandwiches
• The right time to flip a pancake
• Real women hike to Scrabble lake
• Pie is the key to happiness

And last (for now) but not least:

• Don't go to bed with your socks on!!!!

Valentine's Day

So in high school I hated this holiday. Every single girl with a "boo" or boyfriend paraded around school with a stuffed animal or balloons...well now it' s my turn. I think he did good, don't you? Yay for boyfriends who care about you and brightening up a rainy, study-filled, stressed out Valentines Day!

Birthday Evidence

Just to show you I am alive and midterms aren't killing me, my friend Amanda made me a cake to celebrate my birthday. Gluten-free of course! Jen, Jamie, Amanda, Sam, and Lauren really made my birthday special away from home. Thanks guys!

Happy Birthday to Me...

So, today is my birthday. Sadly I am up early, going to class from 9 to 4:30 with two 30 minute breaks. I guess this is the life of a grad student. Also, I have been blessed to have my birthday during mid-terms week, awesome. Which means there are never enough hours in the day, or sleep to be had. I just wanted to take some time this morning to thank everyone who thought of me on my birthday. My Nann and Pops, Aunt Mary, Aunt Amy, Mammaw and Papaw, Mom and Dad and my Braxton. You guys sure make me feel special and loved. Hopefully I will get to see all of you very soon and I will be more rested and less stressed.

As for new things I've done lately, I've decided to start training for another 5k. We'll see if this one keeps going. ;)
Love and Hugs,
Ashley

Swimming!

Who would've thought I would be swimming in January? Well, it has been surprisingly sunny and warm lately (minus yesterday where it freak snowed). I have been trading in the treadmills for swim trunks and goggles. It has been a nice change because i was getting bored. So this was my new thing this week. We'll see how next week goes! I feel like a fish in water! Please don't let me out of that pool!