My Apologies

HI everyone!
 My apologies for not posting in so long! After my trip to the east coast my week got crazy as I got licensed and had to train and start working on my own as a pharmacist!!! So far I've had three shifts on my own and I feel like it's been going really well! Granted these three shifts have been really slow so I haven't felt overwhelmed yet. It's still nerve wracking at times when I wrack my brain trying to remember if I made any mistakes. I think I'm most worried about dosing in kids because pretty much no prescription has their weight on it which makes it hard to double check the dosing. Anyway, the other thing I did this week was join a gym....now this is a funny/embarassing story.
So after joining LA Fitness they have a complimentary fitness assessment to help you get started with a workout plan. I was all for this since I haven't worked out in a while. So last Friday I went in for my appointment. I started out with about a 10 minute warm up on the bike then I went down and this personal trainer showed me a circuit workout consisting of pull-ups, push-ups, squats, etc. So at the end of the circuit I thought I was going to pass out. I literally could not stand up and the trainer thought I was going to get sick. I just felt so lightheaded and my vision started getting blurry. So the trainer went and got a chair for me and a manager came over with some orange juice. They kept telling me I had to drink the orange juice but I felt so awful, I couldn't see or hear or catch my breath. I started sipping on the orange juice and within five minutes I perked back up. I guess I was hypoglycemic. Needless to say this is all going on in the middle of the gym while everyone else is working out around me. haha. SOO embarrassing. It just goes to show that I need to get in shape! Yikes!! I don't think I've ever been this out of shape ever in my life.

Anyways, I know I promised a recap of my weekend on the east coast which will be coming up in my next post!!

Have a great Monday everyone!

Yours Truly,
 Amanda

Traveling!

Hello everyone!
This post comes to you from Charlotte, North Carolina as I'm sitting in the airport at Starbucks until my flight to Boston leaves! I apologize for not blogging in so long! It was a whirlwind of a week so far! Here's the recap!
Well on Monday I took the pharmacy law exam also known as the MPJE. After that on Monday I took my sister Lindsey shopping for some birthday gifts! I find that sometimes I enjoy shopping for other people more than myself. Sometimes ;-)
Tuesday I went back to work after being off for a week and a half. Now Tuesday was interesting because our pharmacy manager is on vacation and the pharmacist filling in is my age and it was only her second day of being licensed and on her own as a pharmacist! Let me just say that she seemed very stressed. We had prescriptions backed up all day and some people were told the wait was 15 minutes and ended up having to wait an hour for their scripts! Basically she was being very meticulous about researching every flag the computer system put up for each script. This made me nervous because that will be me very shortly and I hope I'm not that slow and getting customers mad and being stressed! I'm sure it just takes everyone a different amount of time to get comfortable.
On Tuesday I decided I wanted to take this Thursday and Friday as vacation days and go up to the east coast with John. A little last minute!!
So yesterday I worked and packed for my trip (my least favorite activity).
Yesterday was exciting because I found out that I passed both of my licensing exams!!! Talk about a load off! I'm so excited to not have to study anymore!!!!
So that brings me to today! I'll be in Boston, Cape Cod,and Newport this weekend!!



So I want to leave you with a link to Hilliary's blog. She had a post that is a sort of blogger game that is going around. She had me answer twenty questions and it was featured on her blog. Now it's my turn to feature a fellow blogger on my blog and that will be coming to you soon!! You can see my 20 questions here!

Have a great rest of your week everyone!

Yours truly,
Amanda

Waiting

Hi everyone!
 As most of you know I took the Naplex today. I think it went okay, but it's hard to tell! I really don't like that I have to wait for the results! I decided to take a break from studying tonight and will be studying the rest of the weekend for the law exam on Monday.

As promised I'll give you a summary of my weekend in Chicago! It was a super busy weekend!
I got in on Friday evening and we went straight to dinner with my dad's side of the family. We had none other than Giordano's stuffed pizza...my favorite!!

Doesn't that just make you drool!?

After dinner John and I went to a couple bars downtown Naperville and called it a night.

Saturday was my cousin Kristin's wedding! We first went to the church for a traditional Catholic ceremony and then to the reception at Brookfield Zoo! This was so fun! When we first got there we walked around a little and saw the lions!

Cocktail hour was in the new bear exhibit, they were feeding and getting the bears to do all kinds of tricks! I got some great pics!

After cocktails we got on a tram and went over to the discovery center where the reception was! It was a super fun wedding. The food was good, everyone danced all night and they had a fun photo booth! Here are a few pics from the reception!

On Sunday me and John went to brunch to a place in downtown Naperville called Heaven on 7th. It's a New Orleans style restaurant with thousands of hot sauces. I had a traditional breakfast and a cup of gumbo that was really good! After that John and I took a walk on the river and then headed over to my aunt's house for a barbecue. It was good to see my mom's side of the family there! John had to go back to Indy that night :-( On Sunday night I got to meet up with my best friend Kristin! We went to a bar in Aurora called Saddle Up. Let me tell you it was quite an experience! It's a place that does line dancing so there's a huge dance floor. On a Sunday night this place wasn't packed so it was funny to watch the people on the dance floor. A dance off broke out and this one guy was doing all kinds of break dancing! It was a fun night and I'm really glad I got to see Kristin!

On Monday I went to the dentist (fun!) and then had to catch my flight back to Florida that afternoon. So there you have it, the recap of my weekend! Now I'm just going to finish watching Project Runway and head to bed!

Have a good evening everyone!

Yours Truly,

 Amanda

I'm Back! (sort of)

Hi everyone!
 My apologies for not posting in so long! I just got back from Chicago late last night! This weekend I will post a summary and pics of my trip! It was a very busy but fun weekend! Right now I'm just studying like crazy until my first test on Thursday! I may be a little MIA from blogging until after my last test on Monday. It's late and I better get to sleep before a long day of studying tomorrow. I'll leave you with a Tiffany Tip!! (These always brighten my mood!)

^No. 10

Be True To Yourself.

In the heady rush of true love, it’s easy

to compromise your real opinions in the name of romantic tranquility.

This is a mistake. Be yourself. In the end it’s better.

“Thanks ever so, darling, but I don’t much care for calf brains.”

Have a great night everyone!

Yours Truly,

 Amanda

Study Break

Hi Everyone!
  I decided to take a study break and write a post about some of my favorite things! Now some of these you may or may not already know!

In no particular order:

1. Margaritas! I order mine " on the rocks" NO salt!

2. Magazines! Pretty much all of them...especially Glamour, InStyle, Cosmo, Self, and People!

3. Flowers! Especially roses!

4. Nail Polish, especially OPI!

5. Perfume, Armani's Acqua Di Gioia is my newest!

6. Starbucks' Grande Nonfat Iced Caramel Macchiato

7. The Ocean

8. Traveling!

9. Dancing

10. Panda Bears!

Well this list could probably go on forever! I will have to do another favorite things post again sometime!

I'll leave you tonight with the next two Tiffany Tips!

^No. 7

Timing Is Everything.

When moods turn south, blossoms do wonders.

When nights get cold, firesides are cozy.

When work grinds down, champagne bubbles up.

^No. 8

Light the Candles.

Use the good china. And crystal.

When you are together, put style in your life.

This is part of living well, together.

This is romance.

I like number 8! I really believe in treating any day as a special day...you don't have to wait for special days or holidays to treat others or yourself!!

Have a great Saturday night everyone!

Yours Truly,
 Amanda

Lost Title

Hi everyone!
Today got off to a bumpy start when I decided to turn my alarm off instead of snooze! Needless to say I got up at 8:45 when I had to be at work at 9!! Oops! I definitely can't make that mistake once I'm licensed, because the pharmacy can't open until the pharmacist is there!
My day hasn't ended on a very good note today either, I'm suppose to get my Florida license plates tomorrow and my parents and I are switching the car and everything into my name but I can't find the title! I'm about 99% sure I packed it into a box which is now at the bottom of our storage unit....ugh. The DMV isn't open on weekends so we are going to have to go dig for the title this weekend and then hopefully get it all set on Monday!
I want to get a license plate that sort of matches this frame I have:

 I've pretty much narrowed it down to these two plates:

Which do you guys like better?

Anyway there's not much else going on around here, just working and studying!
I'm taking my tests on August 4th and 8th and I will be very happy to be done studying!!

Next weekend I'll be in Chicago for my cousin's wedding and it just so happens that John has to be in Naperville for work that weekend so we will be seeing each other in Chicago! Only 7 more days till I get to see him and my best friends Kristin and Molly! I'm very excited to see everyone, including all my extended family that's up there!


I'll leave you with the next two Tiffany Tips and then call it a night!

 

^No. 5

Small Square Boxes Are Dangerous.

Every woman knows there are only two kinds of rings:

THE RING. And, all other rings.

An unwed man presenting the latter had better prepare

a clever preamble or look for cover.

^No. 6

Music Is Magic.

Especially romantic music.

Especially live music.

Especially an original song

written just for someone.

Yours Truly,
 Amanda

I Believe In Pink

Hello everyone!
Today has been one of those typical Mondays. Not very fun. I worked 9-6:30 today which went by pretty fast which was good. However, today has been one of those blah kind of days. I feel like I'm in a rut with work and studying. I really am missing my friends and boyfriend. I feel like my transition has been going well from out of school, but now that I'm more settled I'm realizing what I'm missing. I am grateful to have my family around so I definitely don't feel alone but it's just not the same. A friend of mine posted this quote from Audrey Hepburn on Facebook today. Audrey Hepburn can always lift my spirits, so I'll share the quote with you in hopes it does the same!



"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."
— Audrey Hepburn

Have a good night everyone!

Yours Truly,
Amanda