College is all about new experiences. We have the big ones like moving into the dorm, joining new clubs, passing those incredibly difficult exams, and graduating (whoa, far into the future, eh?). But we also have all the little ones in between. This weekend I reflected on some of the small, new things I experienced, both good and not so good.
After this past week, I now know what if feels like to…
Have Thanksgiving dinner before Thanksgiving day.
It feels kinda wrong, but oh so right. Thank you, dining halls!
Stuffing ♥ ♥ ♥
pumpkin pie + white chocolate cranberry cookie!
Cook a steak.
I felt so flustered. Have you ever thought about how you might feel if you were thrown into the show Chopped and you got choked up? Yeah, this was that feeling.
The people for whom I work asked me to cook up two steaks that they had in the freezer and I agreed since they had so much faith in me. LOL.
I was looking up “how to cook steak” and “how to defrost frozen steak” on my phone and trying to decide the best/safest ways to do both and ahhhhhhhhhh. I think I did okay with the defrosting and the initial sear on the steaks, but then I overcooked the steaks in the oven. I gave them well done when they requested rare and medium rare. *facepalm*
They said it was really good, but I think they were being nice. Maybe the baked potatoes and tuna salad I also made for them redeemed me.
This was actually delicious!
Be at a hockey game where Boston University Terriers pull out an awesome win!
So much pride.
We won 3-2 against University of Maine at overtime!
Watch a quality romantic comedy.
ALL THE FEELS. I watched About Time with a bunch of friends on Saturday night, and it might be one of my new favorite movies. Watch it if you have not yet!
Have America’s Next Top Model as a roommate.
It’s fantastic for the self-esteem, really. (jokes jokes.)
© Christina Chu
(I also know what it feels like to basically have a pro photographer as a friend!)
She might not actually be America’s Next Top Model, but she totally could be, right?! She modeled for a fashion show this weekend and I heard many rave reviews that she killed it on the runway. Evidently. I live in the same room as this beautiful person!!!
Run five miles.
Besides feeling kinda uncomfortable because I needed to go to the bathroom the whole time, I felt amazing! That’s the longest I’ve run without stopping to date. Yay!
I started the GPS about ½ a mile into my run, so the 5 miles were hit, I promise!
Oh, and for the record, a “running high” is quite similar to a burpee high… But the view and fresh air that comes with running is a wonderful bonus 🙂
Pay over $3.00 for just the dry cycle for my laundry.
That feeling would be rage-y.
One extra long cycle apparently wasn’t enough for my load of laundry (which wasn’t especially large or anything), and I was still left with super damp clothes by the end of it. I contemplated air drying it all, but there’s no space in the dorm for that and all the clothes were too wet anyway. Thus, I bit the bullet and paid for another full dry cycle. That totaled to $4.75 for laundry.
Life.
So there you have it! Some of my latest and greatest new experiences!
Something I’ve been thinking about doing is posting shorter yet more frequent update/musings kinds of blog posts instead of longer, spaced out dump-my-life-on-you posts. I don’t want to sacrifice quality for quantity, but I’m hoping to spark interesting conversations about things that pop up during my day that I find worthwhile putting into a post. Does that make sense?
Basically, I want to try to post more often with less content (unlike this lengthy, random post) while having a more specific focus in each post. If that still doesn’t make sense, then we’ll just see how this all unfolds, won’t we?
Have a marvelous Monday, friends! I’m going home for Thanksgiving tomorrow what whattttttt.
So tell me:
After this weekend, I now know what if feels like to_________.
Do you like tuna salad?
(I can post the recipe for the tuna salad I made if ya want! It’s pretty bomb if I do say so myself.)
What is your favorite romantic comedy?
I’m kind of convinced that I may never know what it’s like to cook a steak. I don’t care for the stuff myself and no one in my family is huge on it so I never experienced it growing up, aaaaaand it’s gotten to the point where any guy I end up marrying is going to have to be able to make it himself because I’m too old to learn new tricks 😛
I’m not a huge steak fan either, but at least I have an obscure idea of how make it..? Ha.
What is this job you speak of that you get to cook for people?! Sign me up😳🙋😉
Loveeee tuna salad! (I would love the recipe )
And I really like the idea of shorter more frequent posts!! 👍👍 more Alison!👏😊
Have a great one!!!
Thanks, Katie! I’ll share the recipe sometime soon then 🙂
Alison I’m so proud of you!!! Keep up the running girl! I told you it’s fun to run!!
Thanks, Sam!! I guess running is iight. 😉
Don’t worry, even though I cook in the kitchen all the time, I’m still practicing my steak cooking skills! Since my father usually grills them outside on our Weber, I rarely get a chance to give it a go myself. Gotta learn some day! I’d say some of my favorite romantic comedies are Bridesmaids, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and No Strings Attached
I guess steak just isn’t everyone’s forte. But it definitely doesn’t hurt to learn! We women love our meat too 😉
I still want to watch Bridesmaids! I always hear rave reviews about that movie.
A burpee high 😯 ? You’re kidding me.
After this weekend I know what it feels like to have a roomful of awesome peeps totally tuned into me and listening because they were genuinely interested..that just made my heart soar 🙂 .
Raw meat – ugh I can’t handle! I actually love steak once its all cooked up though.
That’s a wonderful feeling, Ms. J! So happy for you 🙂
Burpee highs are real, girl! As strange as that sounds haha
um..this is what snapchat is for. To steak! I can’t believe you cooked it in the OVEN too! Oh Al.
Don’t get me started on the number of times I had to do double cycles with minimum clothing in there- it’s corrupt.
Yeah….I just didn’t want to give them bloody steaks. I sure did not!
It’s not like we give college a crapton of money already.
Running high, woohooooo!!! That’s your roommate?! She’s a stunna! That tuna salad does look pretty tasty. A recipe would be nice 🙂 my school served the “non thanksgiving” thanksgiving meal last week!
She is a stunna indeed!
I’ll be sure to share the recipe for the tuna salad then! 🙂
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