lazy.

today was nice, a lazy (but just my style) start to the weekend. my mom came down last night, so today she, my grandma, and i went to visit my great grandmother (she's 98, no big deal). when i was little i didn't get to spend a ton of time with my extended family, and being an only child takes its toll, let me tell you. so every time i get to spend a bit of time with my family i really enjoy it. we brought my great-grandma some ice cream and a chocolate croissant and she loved it. like i said, a nice day.

brian and i went out for dinner. we couldn't decide what we wanted so we drove around until we got tired of looking and landed on this little chinese place in the middle of a strip mall. from the outside, looked kinda blah. but, the food was fabulous. none of the deep fried sweet-sour-chicken sort of deal you're used to when you think 'chinese food'. i got a a garlic chili fried rice and brian had a shredded beef dish of sorts. i love that sort of thing-when you take a chance and find somewhere cool. especially when it comes to food. i like to try new things :)

i applied for a job as a US census taker yesterday, so we'll see how that goes. i didn't particularly want to work if i didn't have to through grad school, but it's a necessary evil. actually, to be honest with you, i like to work. it gives me a sense of accomplishment. i think maybe that's why i like things like cooking, or cleaning. i can immediately see the results of what i do, and feel proud of them. and maybe, that's why consistently working out is more difficult for me---it takes time to see results (obviously) so i get frustrated and quit.

other than that, my life's not too exciting. but, it is good. i love spending time with brian, and i'm really glad we've decided to live together, it's made us better in a million different ways. i miss undergrad in that i miss constantly being surrounded by friends, but then again, i suppose we all do--none of us are together anymore. but, columbus grows on me more everyday, and our apartment truly feels like a place to come home to, and that makes me happy.

that's all for today---xoxo.

consistency.

One skill I severely lack is consistency. I will work out manically for a few days, weeks, maybe months. and then stop. or, i will post a blog, or two, then stop. maybe that should be my New Year's resolution- be consistent. so far, i've been to the gym once. but hey, this is my second post here! baby steps.

I got this great idea to make this in part, a food blog, and i've made some fantastic stuff this week that i would've loved to share. like Boursin and Cheddar mac and cheese. i was so excited, i ran upstairs to get my camera when it came out of the oven....annnd it was dead. and i left the charger at my house in cleveland. so, scratch that idea for the time being. but, i will get to it, i promise.

right now, i've got a banana bread in the oven. it smells fantastic. like i said, i love to cook. the weird thing is though, i rarely like to cook for myself. in fact, if i'm by myself, i probably won't cook. to me, it's about making something for someone else. a gesture of affection perhaps? the part i wait for is for whoever is eating what i made to tell me what they think of it.

i have to take an internship this summer for graduate school as part of my coursework, and today i applied to one in NYC. i'd like to get it, but even if i did, i don't know if i'd take it. i've done that a lot in life.

for example, in both undergrad and graduate school, i got into much better schools than the ones i actually chose. i'm not unhappy with the decisions i've made, in fact i'm quite content. i rarely, if ever, legitimately wonder what would have happened if i would've gone to NYU or Emory or University of Michigan or whatever. but i do wonder why i do that. just to get the confidence boost of knowing i could've done something if i wanted to?

reading this over, i think i probably come off big headed. i'm not. i try not to be anyways, because i know for the few things i could boast about i have hundreds of things about me that really aren't so great. really i just think a lot about why i do the things i do, and what people think of them.

ok. banana bread is out of the oven. time to go.

hello.

so here is my blog.

i'm not sure why i have decided to start this up, to be honest. i like to write down what's in my head, it helps me figure out what's actually up there in the first place. and, i rather enjoy reading other peoples' blogs, even people i don't know all too well (or at all, for that matter). stalker? maybe. i'll chalk it up to human curiosity. anyways, i don't think i'm particularly funny, or even all that interesting, but i guess all that's kinda relative to who's reading... so, here i go. thanks for coming :)

i feel silly writing an 'about me' sort of thing, but i suppose i should. i would assume if you are here, you know something about me, but i guess that's not necessarily true, seeing as i routinely come across blogs of people i've never even met. i am 22, living in columbus, ohio, and attending graduate school at THE Ohio State University. i am attempting to get my Masters in Public Health (MPH) in epidemiology. if you don't know what that is (trust me, i don't blame you, actually i'd be surprised if you did), it is, simply put, the study of disease. essentially, i collect information about disease, analyze it (statistics and i are good friends), and interpret it. i'm sure it doesn't sound thrilling to you, but you'd be surprised about how prevalent the work epidemiologists do is in the world.

i live with my boyfriend, Brian, who is down here going to law school. i definitely admire him, he has way more discipline and a way bigger brain than i ever will. we've been dating for almost a year.

i was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and have lived there all my life, except for now, and a brief stint in Denver when i was four. i even went to undergrad there, at John Carroll University. although most people don't have very nice things to say about Cleveland, me being one of those people, i do have quite a bit of fondness for it (and, a vast majority of my friends live there).

my favorite color is yellow. i love dogs. i love movies, and have a soft spot for foreign films in particular---and, for the most part, chick flicks just don't do it for me. my musical tastes are varied, but my all time favorite band is The Beatles. alternative, indie, punk, and rap make up most of the rest. i don't watch much TV, but The Office, True Blood, Law and Order: SVU, and most recently Lost are all loves of mine.

i really, really love to cook, although i rarely will cook for just myself. i might mix some of the cooking i do into this blog as well, pictures and recipes and the like.

i think that is all for now. thanks for reading, see you again soon :)

xoxo

kate