one more thing...

I take back defending the goose...that thing came flying at me today with it's mouth open. I had to make a detour...TWICE. psycho.

The goose that laid the golden egg.

Geese are scary. Bottom line. I know this because I am staying in a place where the geese are plentiful. And very protective of their female geese laying eggs. A few short feet away from my parking spot, there is a goose that has been laying on a pile of mulch that looks very much like a throne for the past few weeks. She hasn't budged--besides opening her mouth when you walk by. However, there is another goose, I think the overprotective male goose, that stands guard 95% of the time, within a 5 foot radius of the sitting goose. The first few times I walked by the goose, I noticed that he would walk towards me, opening his little mouth and sticking his tongue out a little. This is much scarier than it sounds...now I try to make as wide of a space between me and goose as possible, and usually have to do a little jog to pick up the pace.

Recently, I saw an older man walking by making the same wide jogging loop. I don't think he meant for anyone to see, and he said, "That thing was sticking it's tongue out at me." Oh I know buddy. It's creepy.

On sunday, 2 girls were trying to ride their scooters around the plantation, but they couldn't get much further than the parking spaces. They asked me if I worked there...I said no but that the goose was mean.

I was feeling a lot of negative thoughts towards the goose until last night. Some kids thought it was funny to throw their soccer ball at the geese. Each time, the scary goose would come flying at the ball and push it out of the way. That's serious protection. Seriously though, its not cool that the goose thinks an innocent passerby is going to do something to his girl, but really, let's not provoke him kids!

Enough about the goose. I'm off for a run, in a goose-free zone. ;)

so inappropriate

Since when did it become ok for parents to let their 13-15 year old girls go to church dressed for the clubs? Seriously! And then sit on the front row...and send text messages. So inappropriate. UGH! I don't know much, but I think style can be tasteful too...

Ok feel so much better :)

Moving right along...

Today I moved home from Charlottesville. For about 24 hours, and then it's off to Williamsburg/Newport News to start my last clinical of PT school!! I think I am really going to miss cville...but am excited to be one step closer to graduation!! Can't believe I'm almost through with school forever...woah!!

Express Wash

Today my CI called because her kid still has a fever.  Noone can cover for her so we are trying to reschedule patients and so I'm just hanging around the basement waiting to find out what time I have to go into work.  Good thing too because I started the washing machine this morning...I used the "express cycle" which was supposed to take 23 minutes.  Nope.  1 hour and about 50 dirty sink water bucketfulls later...it finally finished.

Just to back up, the washing machine leaked last weekend too.  You might not think that really happens, I know I didn't, but it does.  Only it wasn't really the washing machine leaking, it was draining out into the big laundry room sink because it supposedly does that if you use the dishwasher and washing machine at the same time.   The garbage disposal and dishwasher are also connected to the same pipes (I don't get it); so not only was there soapy water in the sink, but also Eve's previously disposed meals including carrots and tuna.  Delicious.  

I was watching a movie with Ted and Elizabeth when EB came in to report that there was "a little water" in the laundry room which really meant about an inch of water all over.  Luckily there were some brooms, a door leading outside, and a strategically placed laundry basket that I could stand in to avoid the nasty water buildup.  I felt like I was fording the river in Oregan Trail.  So this could have happened again this morning, but I caught the rising sink water just in time (twice) and was throwing the water out back onto Eve's porch and plants in my work clothes while it was raining. Right when she was pulling into the driveway...oops ;)  Then she tried to tell me I should use the express cycle and saw that I had and there was only 1 minute left...which turned into 30.  Never thought I would hate seeing soapy water in a sink so much.  

Eve's theories never cease to amaze me.  So far, the dishwasher makes water leak everywhere in the kitchen even if it hasn't been used in 3 days, and turning a lamp on means you hit the power strip and the internet stops working. :)

I'm rambling.  And thinking we should just cancel our whole patient load today :)  

over the river and through the woods

The Rivanna trail is one of my favorite things about Charlottesville. And Saturday's mud run along it made me love it even more. Where else can you run along a pipe holding onto a concrete wall to avoid the creek below(besides the richmond pipeline), find surrender flags hanging from trees, cross a street to stay on the trail and find a bamboo forest waiting for you, jog over a wooden plank and find out it would be better as a see saw. Add in some rain and ice in the week before and the narrow, hilly, now muddy and icy trail is even better. I still don't understand why the footpath was the iciest but I made it and with the help of EB to push me up a hill when my feet went sliding towards the river below ;) The run/walk/ice skating was longer than I meant but who's counting when you're having so much fun :)

What I learned about myself...

* i love an adventure

* being outside makes me feel free

* i want to be in shape to enjoy these things for as long as i can

* i miss my bestest

* I think running up icy hills is easier than walking up them...but running down icy hills is way scarier than walking down them

Why this weekend was my favorite in cville so far...

1. I tried a morrocan restaurant which included a European style toilet flush, belly dancer, hand washing at the table before eating delicious noodleys and lentils with your hands, and fun people.

2. I felt like a freshman in college and stayed awake till 4 am for fun...I mean 3:50. :) And DON'T feel like a freshman in college because as Julia pointed out...no more papers ever. EVER!

3. Adventure mud run on rivanna trail.

4. Devilsback Brewery with delicious Hef and spastic waiter. "You good? Good. Everyone good?"

5. I realized how fun hiking can be in cold weather! Cold Mountain was amazing, especially walking the ridge and eating lunch at the top. Thanks for a fun day and making the trip sister, ryan, sak! :)

6. Steelers win the superbowl!! Delicious chili and cookies at my cville home away from home. Did you know there was a new hour long office afterwards too? Icing on the cake.

That is all. I like lists. HA!

snow

It snowed last night. And it's been a little while since I've seen enough of it but I think the prettiest time to see snow is early in the morning. I had to work early and went outside around 6:30...it was still dark but the I love how the snow makes it brighter and it was so beautiful!! It made me appreciate the early hour and feel very peaceful. Everything is untouched and quiet. I tried to take a picture but my photography skills are average at best but much worse when I am half asleep :)

Snow on mountains is even better. And I love the adventures you can have in the mountains...more on that later :)

DeSSert

I think my first blog being about dessert is very appropriate considering my love and lack of control for all things sweet. Tonight I met my roommate EB for dinner at a Thai restaurant.  Dinner has sort of been a big deal ever since I've been living in Charlottesville, or more specifically Eve's basement.  It's hard to complain since we have a ton of space, plenty of hot water, perfect location, great roomie; however I think I could say there are 3 main downfalls...

1.  Huge standard size poodle that sounds more like a dog pulling a sled at all hours of the day, has really long clicky toenails, gets into the yard a chases deer, sneaks into the basement and rips up plastic bags/chocolates.

2.  It's plenty warm inside if you wear your winter coat + gloves + scarf + socks + slippers + blanket + breathe hot air onto your nose.

3. And most importantly...we have no kitchen.  We have a "dugout" as we like to call it which is a glorified closet with a minifridge, microwave, extremely sketchy toaster oven that sits on an even sketcher wicker stand...you get the point...

So anyway, EB and I have been exploring what Charlottesville restaurants have to offer.  The Thai place tonight was delicious.  And I'm not a food critic so that's all the details I'll give.  After dinner, it was definitely time for something sweet.  It has been way to cold for ice cream, and we thought maybe the kroger bakery, although no Ukrops, would have something.  What I was really craving was a piece of cake.  Random.  We walked into Kroger...found the baker section...and what do you know...sitting in the clear plastic case (which I usually expect to find holding olives or cheese samples) were at LEAST 10 pieces of cake...FREE?!?!  You better believe it.  Have you ever seen a free sample of pre-cut sheet cake?!  So perfect.  I even had enough self control to hold it the whole way home so I could eat it with a fork.  It's the little things ;)

Life's short...eat dessert first.