Blissful Hope

Strawberries & Cream Oatmeal with Fresh Strawberries

Maria — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:03:32 +0000

This morning for breakfast I am having a bowl of Oat Revolution strawberries & cream instant oatmeal topped with fresh strawberries. I think I am going to get back into the oatmeal thing, I am definitely a fan. I want to try some new flavors so I figure I would use this box up since I’m not sure it’s something I would buy again. Well today I have clinical seminar about fatigue and I am really hoping I am not the PA. I am planning to write down a bunch of diseases with fatigue as the chief complaint shortly so I could have a little clue but other than that I’ll just wing it. I have decided I will probably never be fully prepared when I am chosen as the PA but most likely no one else is either. At least it is Friday and then I only have to listen to genetics presentations afterwards which is great since I don’t present until next week. Weekend + starting today = awesome!!

Ham Sandwich, Apple, Green Bell Pepper Slices

Maria — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:40:59 +0000

Today for lunch I packed a cooked ham sandwich on toasted whole wheat bread with an apple and green bell peppers slices. This should be discreet enough to eat during class so I should be ok. I can’t wait for today to be over, or at least for it to be around dinner time. I just am not a fan of big exams blahhh. Anyway, tonight are new episodes of Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice which is great. I feel like a week would always goes by so slow when I was waiting for the next week’s episodes but nowadays I feel like time is flying and I just typed yesterday about being excited for their last episodes. I guess that’s a good thing school wise when I think of how much I accomplished. I am going to be the happiest girl ever in August when my didactic year is complete and I start rotations! Can’t waitttttt :D

Waffles with Cocoa Roast Almonds, Grapefruit Half

Maria — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:33:00 +0000

This morning for breakfast I am having two waffles topped with chopped cocoa roast almonds with half of a grapefruit. I almost forgot about this little guy in the back of my fridge. I really enjoy grapefruits so I am glad it caught my eye today. I can’t believe it’s finally Thursday and I ave my GI exam in an hour. Once this is over tomorrow won’t be too too bad, unless I am the PA for clin seminar that is. I have a few lectures after my exam today until 3pm I believe but hopefully they will go by fast. We have an awkward early lunch again so I’ll be eating during class, modestly of course. I will pack easy things to eat! I am also in the process of doing a puzzle which I wasn’t sure I would enjoy but I actually do! It is really relaxing and I almost want to do it instead of study. I guess I would rather do anything than study 99% of the time so that’s not saying too much. Maybe tonight I will work on it some more!

Crab Stuffed Mushrooms, Steamed Broccoli

Maria — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:47:04 +0000

Tonight for dinner is the same as last night — crab stuffed mushrooms with steamed broccoli. Soooo good! My busy Wednesday is over finally thank God. My pharm quiz wasn’t too bad, and neither was my patient encounter. I have it down to two different conditions to diagnose her with which is good. I wasn’t able to get my tetanus shot because there was an issue with my PCP faxing the order and it took over an hour so I left and will reschedule. I’m in no rush though, I’ll call later this week and see if they got the fax. Otherwise, tonight I am just studying for my GI exam tomorrow. It’s on 10 lectures so I’m pretty nervous but hopefully I can grasp the main ideas at the very least. After this test tomorrow, then it’s just my clinical seminar on Friday until the freedom of the weekend!!!

TJ’s High Fiber Cereal with Fat Free Milk, Fresh Strawberries

Maria — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:02:43 +0000

This morning for breakfast I am having a bowl of TJ’s high fiber cereal with fat free milk and fresh strawberries. I am not even really hungry today because am I kind of nervous for my pharm quiz. I don’t always get like this but for some reason today I am. Hopefully this will go away when it’s over. After my quiz I have Medical Ethics, then my SP (which I’m also apprehensive about), then out to lunch with my professor/his colleague/a PA school student applicant, and lastly I have an appointment to get my tetanus booster. It sounds like a lot and it totally is but luckily I should be home by 2pm which is the best part. Then I need to study all night for my Clin Med GI test tomorrow womp womp. I am hating on all these busy days when it was kind of easy going last week. Oh well, time for school!

Crab Stuffed Mushrooms, Steamed Broccoli

Maria — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:12:19 +0000

Tonight for dinner I made crab stuffed mushrooms with steamed broccoli. I always make stuffed mushrooms with a sausage mixture but the boy likes crab filling better so I thought I would take a stab at it. I just used Trader Joe’s 6 ounce canned crab meat mixed with sauteed onions, cut up mushroom stems, minced garlic, LC light swiss, salt, pepper, and topped with panko bread crumbs. Then I baked them at 350 for ~20 minutes. They came out great! I would totally make these again. Most recipes called for mayo or cream cheese but I thought I would lighting it up with Laughing Cow and I really like how it came out. Luckily, I’ll have leftovers for tomorrow. Ok, time to do more pharm studying for my lovely quiz tomorrow and preparing for my patient in the afternoon. Ahhh can this week please be over?

Ham Sandwich, Apple, Baby Carrots, Hummus

Maria — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:10:34 +0000

Today for lunch I packed a ham sandwich on toasted whole wheat bread with an apple, baby carrots, and hummus. We have an awkward break from 10-11am tonight so I will be discretely eating my lunch during my noon class since that’s just a little too early for me. I guess biting carrots won’t be the most appealing sound to keep in hindsight but probably not the worst either. We finish up at 3pm today but I am hoping we get out a little earlier since last night I was in a major food coma after dinner. My friends warned me this would happen and to do all my work before going ha, but that wasn’t quite possible. I did remember to register for the AAPA conference in Toronto this May though. I kept forgetting for weeks so one of my classmates will be very proud of me this morning yayy!

Greek Blood Orange Yogurt, TJ’s High Fiber Cereal

Maria — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:01:21 +0000

This morning for breakfast I am having a Chobani blood orange Greek yogurt with TJ’s high fiber cereal. Once again, this yogurt is like dessert and sooo delicious. To be honest, I am not even that hungry this morning after my insanely satisfying over the top filling meal last night. We went to the Brazilian steakhouse Chima and it was amazinggggg! It was tons of appetizers when you sit down, then unlimited salad bar, and then waiters continually bring you freshly cut (cut off the whole piece in front of you at the table) meat of ever kind imaginable. I think the boyfriend put it best, “American gluttony at its finest” haha. While delicious, it was way too filling and definitely not a place I would frequent for that reason. I really enjoyed the experience though and I would recommend it at least once in your life, you know when you haven’t eaten all day or something ;P

TJ’s High Fiber Cereal with Half Of a Grape Fruit

Maria — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:51:32 +0000

This morning for breakfast I am having a bowl of TJ’s high fiber cereal with half of a grapefruit. I ate so horrible yesterday I really need to make a serious attempt to be better this week. Today is not going to be a great day to start as the boyfriend and I are going out to dinner for restaurant week. The place we are going has a rodizio for the special. If you have never heard it, google it. You won’t be sorry ;) Anywayyyy, so I am trying to have a some normal/light breakfast and lunch so I really hope I can stick to it. I am supposed to get done around 2pm today and then I am meeting with my genetics group so I may just bring a granola bar to hold me over. I really hope they don’t want to stay for our optional test review either so we can just dive right into our presentation but I doubt that will be the case. Another case of the Monday blues for me haha. At least we have been finishing while it’s still day light though. I hated those 6pm days last semester. Ok and I’m off!

Oatmeal Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies

Maria — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:12:37 +0000

This evening I made a batch of oatmeal coconut chocolate chip cookies. My sweet tooth is in rare form and I literally have no candy or anything sweet at all in the apartment. Needless to say I threw together this recipe from cooks.com that I found here. It just called for oats and I wasn’t sure if it meant quick or rolled oats but I only had rolled so that’s what I went with. I figured it would be fine since rolled oats usually makes things more chewy and I love them aspect of them. These made my apartment smell amazing on this chilly night too. The roomies aren’t home so I am hanging alone and I am kind of loving it. School work, TV, and warm cookies in bed = not a bad Sunday night. I hope my busy week goes by with just as much balance. Yayyy for my new favorite cookie!! Please try them, you won’t regret it ;)