Sep 30, 2009

Book Club

A few of my girlfriends and I have decided to start a book club. We all love to read and it will give us a good excuse to have a girls night at least once a month!

We have just decided on our first book, we are going to read Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.

eatprayloveSince I have manages to get all my homework done for this week already, I think I am going to go get the book tomorrow and spend my afternoon reading and relaxing. :)

-Lauren-

Sep 28, 2009

Quick Update

This past weekend I was able to tag along with Jon on a business trip to Dallas. It was a quick trip and I was just there last weekend, but this time I got to hang out with my sister as well. There is something so great about going home. Since it was such a quick trip, I wasn’t able to hang out with friends, but hopefully next time we make it up, we will have time to see everyone. :)

This morning I went to my practicum site for the first time. The teacher is really nice and I think I am going to be able to help out a lot in the classroom.

I have a pretty busy week, but Jon and I are looking forward to ACL this weekend! This will be the first year that the festival will be in October instead of September. We are hoping for nicer weather!

-Lauren-

Sep 24, 2009

Instead of Writing a Lit Review…

I am snacking on these

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And blogging.

So as promised here are some belly shots

13 weeks

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And 14 weeks

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As far as how I am feeling…Tuesday was a little bit of a rough day, but I think it was mostly because I was exhausted from the weekend. Wednesday and today have been pretty good, I haven’t had to take any medicine which is great! I have been getting headaches every afternoon/evening, but nothing super bad.

Okay, now I am really going to think about getting to my lit review and comps study guide…fun, fun.

-Lauren-

Sep 23, 2009

Scratch that…it felt like winter today!

I can not believe how cool it was here today! Tonight it is only about 55 degrees! I am loving it!! Too bad they are calling for 90s this weekend. :(

Tonight Jon’s sister had us over for dinner. It was great to see her family! We always have so much fun when we get together. :)

Since one of my clients has the flu, I have my afternoon free tomorrow. I was supposed to go do a school observation in the morning, but since lots of kids in the class I was going to see have been sent home with the flu, I decided it would probably be better for me to wait. That means I have the entire day off tomorrow, yay! It’s Jon’s normal weekend day so we will have the whole day together. I am hoping its still rainy and cool outside. That would be the perfect soup and grilled cheese, pj’s and a movie day.

Since I have the whole day off and I am sure I will be looking for ways to procrastinate on my paper writing, I will try to post some belly pictures. I think we may have missed week 12, but I need to check. I’ll either post weeks 12-14 or 13-14 tomorrow.

-Lauren-

Sep 22, 2009

It Feels Like Fall

We had tons of rain last night and with that came a cold front!

I know a lot of you all who live just a few hours north of us in Dallas got it as well, but you have to understand here in Austin, the cold front rarely makes it to us. Usually it stops somewhere around Waco. It is normal for it to be a good 10 degrees warmer here than Dallas, so imagine how wonderful it is that we got rain (lots of rain) and nice cool crisp air!

I didn’t have to work today and my class tonight got cancelled because my professor and her whole family have the H1N1 flu. Speaking of which, I found out today that 2 of my classmates have it and 1 of my clients has it right now as well. Wonderful. I am just hoping it will skip me!!

Tonight Jon and I were good little home owners and went to our neighborhood watch meeting. It was outside, which was great. We had to wear jackets! In our neighborhood we have a couple of pass-through streets that no houses face so they can be easily blocked off making a great place for everyone to come together. At tonight's meeting we talked about National Night Out, which for us is coming up on October 6th. I am so excited, we are having a cook out and it will be such a great time to meet some more of our neighbors. We also talked about Halloween. We are going to have another neighborhood party that weekend, which should be lots of fun.

Okay, I’m off to eat dinner. Jon and I actually made a menu for this week and so far its been great not having to worry about what’s for dinner (not that I really had to worry before since I rarely never cook). :)

-Lauren-

Sep 17, 2009

Busy Week and Full Weekend

It’s the end of a pretty busy week and I have a jammed packed weekend ahead of me. The only think that is not so good, is that I haven’t felt very well all week. I tried to stop taking my Zofran, but it was a good idea. :( Thankfully my Dr. gave me a refill for my prescription so I have plenty to last me through the weekend and next week.

Tomorrow I am heading down to San Antonio for a conference with some of the girls I work with. The conference we are going to is called Motivating Children with Autism to Speak; Incorporating ABA to Build Functional Communication. It should be pretty interesting and helpful. The only downside is check in begins at 7:30, 90 minutes away from where we are. We are all meeting up and leaving by 6 am…yuck! We probably won’t be home until late tomorrow night…I am going to be so exhausted.

Saturday I am flying to Dallas. I am going to spend the day with my mom shopping and then going out to eat with my parents. Sunday I get to go to this little guy’s baptism and then I am heading home.

It’s going to be a whorl wind 3 days, but I am hoping I feel better and have fun!

-Lauren-

Sep 12, 2009

Finally a Productive Day

  • House clean…check
  • Laundry done…check
  • Exam study guide made…check
  • Research homework done…check
  • Dishes done…check
  • Dog walked…check

I am so glad I was able to get so much done today. It was the perfect day to hang around the house and be productive. It rained pretty much all day so it was nice to stay in.

Tomorrow I have to go to a school meeting and then I think I may do a little shopping. This weather has made me want to start decorating for fall! :)

-Lauren-