Mid-Mid-Semester Update :)

It's Sunday and I'm doing my usual thing of being the library all day. I'm trying to get back ahead of all my classes and putting in some extra reading, you know, just being a nerd. Tonight is the Oscars so I don't want to have anything left to do once I go home. 

So what have I been up to? Last Friday (the day before Valentine's Day) I took the train to Montreal to visit Nick for the weekend since I didn't have class on the Monday and I don't have classes on Tuesday. Perfect for a long weekend trip. So the train ride was 11 hours which to me felt like 3 days. If I was the type that could get work done while travelling it would've been perfect to do all my homework but there is something about travelling and moving that makes me sooo sleepy. I did a bit of reading, a chapter and a bit but nothing close to what I could have done if I didn't have to sleep. The view on the train was beautiful though. 

With everything frozen it just looked so peaceful. Almost like if it is supposed to be all covered in snow all the time. This trip also reminded me just how large of a state New York is. Most of the train ride is done in the state of New York. Once I finally got to Montreal I was all rested and ready to watch movies all night but Nick fell asleep so I was forced to go to sleep. 

It seems that all I do when I go to Montreal is eat. We went out for brunch but ended up getting lunch from Eggspectations on Valentine's Day. 

I don't know why but I got the pasta that was packed on with cheese which I traded for Nick's burger. There was just sooo much cheese and nothing else. Nick's fries were really good and the dipping sauce was really good. The burger was meh. It didn't really have much taste and honestly the burger I get from Smart Burger is a whole lot better. 

That night we went to the movies to watch Kingsman: The Secret Service.

This is such a GREAT movie! I thoroughly enjoyed all of this movie. It was funny, had the action, and all the gadgets of James Bond. It also had in some of my favourite actors which was great. I know a lot of couples went to watch 50 Shades for Valentine's but I'm really happy we decided to watch this instead. I don't even think I'm going to watch 50 Shades. Seeing as I couldn't even finish the book I don't think I should watch the movie. But anyways, Kingsman was an awesome movie. Nick and I sat there and we felt like we could watch it again, right away. It was that good. 

Continuing with my eating, we went to brunch at Crepanita on Sunday morning. Completely not planned but totally worth it.

I forgot to take a picture of the first crepe but basically they have a brunch special where you can get a breakfast crepe, a dessert crepe and a hot and cold drink for like $20 CAD. Great deal. Right so the first crepe was closed so you couldn't see what was in it. I had eggs, ham and cheese. So yummy. My cold drink was their fresh grapefruit juice which I loved. I don't even like grapefruits but I loved this. My second crepe was with bananas and blueberries. The chocolate sauce is what they call Chocowan which is their home made sauce, something like Nutella. It is so so rich and yummy. I couldn't finish it so I gave it to Nick. My hot drink was their caramel hot chocolate. So yummy! and the whipped cream was good. Once we left there we were all so full. Oh we went with Janet and Andrew. I also tried their cold apple cider which was good, not for me but still good. For dinner, cause I seem to eat more in Montreal than anywhere else, we had Smart Burger. The walk there completely froze me. We had to take the Metro back which I felt really bad for but it was like -30 (Celsius) outside which an even colder windchill. I like the cold but not the frigid. We watched (finally) Big Hero 6 when we got home which Nick somehow managed to predict fully from the beginning of the movie. 

I predicted the ending but not as well as he predicted who the villain was. I already requested Nick to build me a Baymax since he's being a genius nerd and everything. He says I just like that Baymax is chubby and walks funny which is true but I also want one. :)

Monday was as expected an allergy full day. With all the cheese and chocolate I was having it was bound to happen. Luckily I left some histal with Nick so I was ok once I slept a little. He went to work for a bit and then we did work when he got back. I was reading my paper to write a report before I fell asleep again. For dinner we had sushi!! I swear the only time I eat sushi is around Nick. I couldn't even tell you what I like cause he chooses everything. 

The train ride back could have been horrible if I had somewhere to be but I didn't so I was fine. We got back to Penn Station a whole FOUR HOURS LATE! 1 in the morning!! I really didn't care since I didn't have class on Wednesday morning but I did have a hair appointment at 1 so I still had to get some sleep. So I slept a bit, did some work, and watched some tv shows on my computer. Was going to do a blog post but I fell asleep. 

Anyways, that's all the exciting stuff that's been going on in my life. It's pretty much just school right now. Midterms are coming up and I want to get a move on my term projects so that's what I'm doing. It's the final push so I just have to get through the semester with good grades. Oh and find a job. No biggie. 

Laterz! :)

Catch up time!

What a crazy couple of weeks it's been. Today is the beginning of my 3rd week back at Pace and I have class later on tonight. It's actually my first day for this class since I missed last week's and then the week before was the "great blizzard of 2015" so I'm reading up on what they did last week and reading ahead for tonight's class. The last week and a half has been extremely busy and it already feels like it's crunch time to get a whole set of work done. Like if finals never happened and it's still normal to spend all day and night in the library. 

I guess it makes sense to start with my first week (more like day) of classes. I say day cause I only had classes on the Thursday. I have two classes on Thursdays and both are with the same teacher which makes things a whole lot easier. I was nervous at first because it would be a long semester if I didn't like his teaching style but everything is good so far. That weekend was the Superbowl and I had spent the weekend in the library reading ahead and making notes. You know, feeling good about being ahead of the class and stuff. To add to that I was working out a lot, doing my pilates in my room and eating a salad every day to be healthy. I felt good that I could keep it up and it would be a good semester. Then on Sunday night/Monday morning everything went downhill. I got food poisoning. From my Wendy's salad! For someone who hadn't thrown up in about 12 years, this was horrible. I spent the entire morning from about 1am to 9am throwing up. I had it really bad. So of course I stayed in bed on Monday and thankfully I don't have class on Tuesdays. I don't even remember what I did in bed for that long. I think I just drifted in and out of sleep while the tv was on. I ventured out to class on Wednesday and Thursday still not feeling 100% but I couldn't miss any more classes. 

Friday was an important day. I got myself dressed early, loaded up my new padfolio from target with my resumes and went to the National Association for Securities Professionals (NASP) mentor and career symposium at the UBS building. I wasn't going to go at first since I wasn't feeling well but I am so glad I went. There was a panel of professionals who shared their stories of how they got into the industry and what paths they took to end up where they are. Then there were recruiters there from a couple companies and some really great people to give you advice and to network with. I left there feeling optimistic that I just might be able to find a job here after I graduate. 

The weekend was its usual library and groceries, and the Grammy's!! I am so happy for Sam Smith on all his wins but I kinda feel sorry for Ed Sheeran cause he had a really great album and good songs too but Sam just won everything. I can't believe I missed seeing the Kanye moment live because I was rubbing my eye.....damn you allergies. I don't even know what I have allergies from now cause I've completely cut out cheese and any type of dairy. The highlights of the night for me were of course Rihanna's performance with Kanye and Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox performing with Hozier was amazing, and Common and John Legend at the end. That song is just so powerful and I think everyone should listen to it and watch Selma. I need to watch it myself but everyone should go watch it. 

Anyways, this week I am trying to get back ahead of all my classes and not just keeping up with them. I think it can work. I also want to start back my pilates. I was feeling really good and energized when I was working out so I want to get back to that. 

It's time for lunch and a study break! :)

Ttyl! :D