Day In The Life: First Semester Of Graduate School

I feel like things go by so fast. Like living in New York went by so fast (well, it was fast) and when I think back on it sometimes I'm like, "What?? We lived in New York City for a summer?" Like it just seems like something that was a dream or something. 

So, I wanted to post a little daily schedule for what I'm doing right now, because I feel like this will also feel like a dream. I tell J all the time, but living in Connecticut is such an lol thing. It's like, so random, I feel like. When we go back to the west coast, I feel like we will be like, "WTF remember that time we lived in Connecticut??"

So! Without further ado!! 

I drive with J to his work. There is a closer train I could take, but I like taking the one by his work because it goes pretty much direct to New York, without all the annoying stops. I also like having time in the car to do my make-up, eat breakfast, and chat.

Depending on traffic, I catch a train around 6:50-7:00. It's usually full of businessmen who commute into the city. There are three seats on each side, right? So like there will be a guy by the window, and then a guy sitting in the aisle seat, so my only option is the middle seat. THIS IS SO ANNOYING TO ME!! Like the train is usually always full by the time we get into Grand Central, so these guys KNOW they are going to have to move, but just like to make life more difficult?? Then I'll ask them if I can squeeze in there, and often they act like so put out that I am making them move. I'm like, "IF YOU WOULD JUST SIT IN THE MIDDLE SEAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO MOVE."

I never do this, but just for memories sake, here is what Grand Central looks like when I get in. I come in from the bottom right, and walk to the upper left to the green line.

The subway ride is only 15 minutes on one line to Astor Place, so it's not too bad. Like to be completely honest, I don't mind commuting into the city AT ALL. It's all either someone driving me or public transportation, so I just read or watch The Bachelor. I will especially miss the Metro North and it's calming white noise! Usually no one talks because it's like a social no no. Business guys are always falling asleep lol.

Then, I walk ten minutes to my first class!

I love love love walking through Washington Square park in the morning! There is a dog park there, so there are always tons of dogs which I am obsessed with. Especially in the cold weather it's so serene.

I have class from 8:55am-6:35pm. It's just one day a week, so it's really doable. Idk. Like I don't mind it at all and would do this exactly the same way if I could go back in time. The only thing I don't like is the fact that if my class ends at 6:30 instead of 6:35 I could catch a train that gets in 20 minutes earlier! Agh!

Some days I get off at J's work, if he had a later night or had errands to run. If he wants to go home, he picks me up in Milford. 

He always does this lol.

We get home and pretty much go directly to bed! It's a long day, but it's not too bad getting chauffeured around by this bb :).

School is good! I was accepted on academic probation because of my low undergrad GPA, so this semester I am just making sure I get super good grades! So far so good! 

XOXO

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Photo An Hour: Week 4

6:00 - I have never liked any sort of working out, ever. But, recently I have discovered that I am decent on a treadmill. I run a mile every day and then walk afterwards. In the mornings I just walk until the episode of Friends I'm watching is over. In the evenings, I walk until Jake is done with his workout. I only have one workout outfit haha, so hopefully Santa will get me some goodies for Christmas!

7:00 - Getting ready for the day. I truly believe that getting ready like sets your tone. Since I work from home, sometimes I don't get ready at all and without fail those are the days I am the moodiest lol. I got these little plastic organizers on Amazon for my vanity and it was the best decision. 

8:00 - Havin' a lil cup a jo in my favorite mug.

9:00 - Celebrating success with my basil plant! I tried to grow like 4 basil plants in the past and they all died. I finally figured out this one only needs water like once a week!

10:00 - Workin' and wearing my favorite silk pajamas. My mom thinks these are lingerie and HATES when I Snapchat wearing them hahahahah.

11:00 - This was Trumpkin's last day inside.

12:00 - I attempted to make buffalo vegan wings! It was basically cauliflower in a batter and baked.

1:00 - I overcooked the wings :( I followed all the directions so WTF. I think I might try to make these again because some of the less burnt wings were pretty good. I would definitely use less spice next time.

2:00 - When I was little, I used to lay on the floor while the fan was going and try to follow one of the wings until I got dizzy.

3:00 - MY SLIPPERS ARE STARTING TO GET A HOLE IN THE TOE UGH.

4:00 - Hungry from the wing fail, I made some waffles with strawberry preserves mmmmm.

5:00 - It is so annoying to have long nails sometimes, but I really do love the way they look. And I love that they aren't fake nails. Nail polish color is here!

6:00 - I am reading The Widow right now and it's sooo creepy ahhhh. Stephen King recommended it so obviously it was on my list lol.

7:00 - This is our bedroom lol. Literally just a mattress on the floor. I finally put up some twinkle lights to make it a little bit less ghetto. Also, there isn't a light in our bedroom? Like why? But there is a light switch ugh I am so confused.

8:00 - What is my hair doing ever. I have been getting so sick of long hair lately haha. But I think short hair doesn't look super good on me. I'll probably always have long or medium hair. I just am craving a change, ya know?

9:00 - My bedtime routine! I HAVE to do these every night no matter what. First I floss, then I brush with my Quip! (Yes, that is the order you are supposed to go in.) I love our Quip toothbrushes. Mine is rose gold and beauuuutiful. Also they send us brush replacements every few months. Not sponsored, just a fan.

Then I put my retainers in. I used to be really bad at wearing my retainers and my teeth totally moved ahhh. So I went back to my orthodontist for like a year and we kept adding springs and stuff and slowly moved my teeth back. Then I had a new retainer made and ever since then I am such a stickler on wearing it. If I miss a night I will wear it all day the next day. Gotta keep them teeth straight!

Ok so next I wash my face with the Say Yes To Tomatoes face wipes. I SWEAR by these for my skin. A few times I have had to use something else and I totally broke out. Ugh. 

Some nights I use the ELF lip exfoliator if I feel like they need it. But every night I put chapstick on (and then Jake kisses it off when giving me a goodnight kiss lol). There are (I was going to say "few" but there's actually "a lot") a lot of things in this world that I can not handle without freaking out 110%. One of them is chapped lips UGH. I like the mint balm, but when it runs out I am going to try EOS summer fruit. Gotta switch things up a lil to keep life interesting lol.

The last thing I do is apply Babe Lash! I also swear by this! It's a little pricier but sooo worth it.

10:00 - I am literally in bed sleeping before 11:00 pm every night. Just from learning about sleep cycles and all that in college, I prioritize sleep like SO MUCH. I think it's so important to get a good sleep routine down and whenever I break my routine, I feel so tired the next day. So I make sure to be sleeping before 11:00, and then awake before 7:00am. Usually I wake up at 6:00 every day, just like automatically because I have been doing it for so long lol. 

XOXO

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Photo An Hour: Week 3

6:00 - Having hot chocolate on the balcony is one of my favorite things! It's getting colder and colder and pretty soon I'll be able to be out there with a sweater drinking cocoa and I'M SO EXCITED.

7:00 - Taking Jake to work! Sometimes I drive him so I can have the car and not go crazy being stuck at home.

8:00 - Look how cute Jake's work building is!

9:00 - I started Breaking Bad last week! As I'm writing this, I am on season 4 lol. #whippinthrough

10:00 - I love and miss my colorful keys! They were getting a little ratty so I took them off.

11:00 - Jake bought me some mambas as a treat when he went grocery shopping the other day. I mad this butterfly because I have no friends except origami probably.

12:00 - I have been trying so hard to grow my nails out and they are looking A+. I found this organic gel polish call Bio Seed? But it's made of seaweed or something. I want to try it so my nails will stay really strong and not chip!

1:00 - OK SO: The Pumpkin O's from Trader Joes are SO GOOD.

3:00 - Realizing I skipped 2:00.

4:00 - How cute is my lil photo wall? I actually changed it again yesterday, but I did like the little simplicity of this one.

5:00 - I finally got ready for the day! 

6:00 - We hopped on a train to New York City. I loveeeee the train. It's so calming and comfortable and just all around wonderful.

7:00 - Grand Central station! If you get off here in the morning on a weekday, it's like walking in a sea of suits lol.

8:00 - We ate dinner at Cask Bar & Grill! It was SO LOUD. Maybe it's just us, but like all the restaurants we ever went to in New York were so loud. It drove me nuts. If you know of a way to find regular noise level restaurants in New York please let me know. #dying

So I got the mushroom pasta and it was really good! My favorite thing from the whole night was the cauliflower appetizer though. It had like a sweet and spicy sauce? I don't know, but it was my first time having cauliflower and I loved it. If you guys have any cauliflower recipes plz send them my way!

I didn't take any pictures the rest of the night, but over all I think I did pretty good this day! It's so hard to do photo an hour when I am just home working 8 hours a day haha. That's the true creative challenge!

XOXO

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Photo An Hour: Week 2

So I totally SUCK at photo an hour! But, I want to expand my creativity so I'm going to give this another try. Today I took one picture and forgot the rest of the day, but at least last week I made it through *kinda* half the day. Without further ado, the most interesting life of a girl who works from home and is without a car lol.

7:00 - Ok so I made some hot chocolate for Jake and myself, but I didn't make enough. So I had to make more an add it to my mug and LO AND BEHOLD MY FIRST ACCIDENTAL LATTE ART! Can't even believe it. Also, this is my galaxy mug. It's pure black, but the constellations light up when you add hot liquid lol. I am obsessed with it. You can buy it here. 

8:00 - Showered and ready for the day! I'm working on being in front of the camera and can definitely handle it better without eye contact lulz.

9:00 - Settled into work and watching Supernatural. It's been my binge watch show lately. Why do they dress Sam so horribly? I mean really!

10:00 - Took a small break to eat frosted mini wheats in the morning light. Frosted  mini wheats = bae. Probably in heaven every single mini wheat will be completely frosted, right? Also if I am ever a millionaire I will hire someone to sort through boxes of frosted mini wheats to make sure only the really frosted survive. #priorities

11:00 - FELLOW X-FILES FANS!! LOOK WHO I FOUND IN AN EPISODE OF SUPERNATURAL!!

12:00 - So this is where things started to go downhill. Did you know that on Macs you can save files with "*" in the name, but if you send those files to a PC it won't show them? WELL. I didn't and neither did my coworkers. So this hour was v frustrating for us all and I couldn't really get creative with it.

1:00 - Then I was starving and we had no food (weirdly happens every day, no matter how often we grocery shop) so I ate a can of olives lol. 

3:00 - Took a break to do my hurrrrr. Also I wear this hoodie almost daily so don't judge. Christmas season is almost here!

4:00 - The view from our living room window. Can you tell I was at the end of caring about this?

Basically I sucked real bad at getting back into this, but I will try again! As much as I love travel posts and fashion posts and like, perfectly curated things on social media, it's cool to see the every day lives of people sometimes. When I read back on my blog the posts like this are the ones I like reading the most! 

Anyway! Wish me luck on next weeks!

XOXO

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