We didn’t leave Durham at 8 am, as we wanted! After going bed at 2 am, it was impossible to wake up at 6. So, we were able to leave only at 11… so many things to put in the car, to clean at home, to finish etc… It took us 2 hours to be ready! But finally we left!
The trip was good. Of course we got tired, but it was nice to see new views and landscapes! I didn’t sleep any time, what can be considered a miracle, and the only time I decided to help my husband driving for a while, a bad storm started. Huge. Lots of car parked in the side road to wait… and of course I did the same! My sweet husband decided to continue driving. more…
What a busy day! I still don’t know how much more time I need to be wake, but what I do know is that I need to wake up at 6am to put EVERYTHING in our car. I can’t believe we are almost done. Actually, we started to have some resolutions:
- Glasses – only plastic
- plates – buy a small and simple set there
- printer – ??? We still don’t know what to do … maybe printing at friends home more…
First of all, sorry for not posting yesterday. I completely forgot! For the first time, since I started my diet, I turned off my computer and went bed… and after 15 min I remembered. The important thing that I want to mention is that I CAME BACK to my office, turned it on again, but the internet didn’t work. So, I gave up! It was a normal day… the only nice thing was going out to a friend’s b-day in a new restaurant/bar – Carolina Brewery. It was ok, but we laugh a lot. It was a big table, full of Americans… only my husband and a Chinese as students. more…
2h30 in the morning. I can’t sleep. So anxious about everything that I need to do and the things that are coming in my summer. I can’t fully relax. After a long day, my team almost finished our case wrap-up for a class. It is the final document we need to turn in; no final exams! The case is pretty good, nice to read and with a lot of cool information.
We decided to talk about Shoeboxed.com, a start-up company based here in Durham, with founders ranging from 24 to 26 years old. It was one additional contact that helped me understand how much I would love to ride this way… entrepreneurship! The idea is cool (organize receipts -> to become one day a paperless service). The office is clean, young, in an old building at downtown Durham. The business clothes are jeans, t shirts and flip-flops. What a dream! (not the flip flop part. I don’t think it is beautiful with jeans! Sorry my American friends
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Good night everybody. That is it! My day is not over yet… I need to practice a presentation from tomorrow 8h class. I spent my afternoon in the PC Lab, doing different kind of projects.. and 6 hours and a half in a team room preparing my presentation.
Not a lot to talk…just that today was the first day of one the hardest weeks I will face this year!
Talk to you tomorrow!
PS: 1,500 calories + no gym = 1,500 calories
PS2: My husband is awesome! I arrived home midnight and he prepared something for me to eat, and will be the audience while I practice my presentation! Love you Honey!
After a nice and lazy Saturday, my Sunday was super busy! Since the time I woke up until now (and after writing my post) I am doing things to school. Cases and more cases, researches to write a case… Decision models case… oh my God! I don’t want to do case anymore… but at least I am glad that it is the final week of this nightmare that I created as my Term 4! Friends enjoying dinner together, drinks together, wine with family… and I am here with my laptop! more…
As the title of my post tells you, my day was terrible. A lot of good aspects, but so full of meetings and different subjects that my mind explode… literally. It is showing a white flag, asking for SOS, making my eyes close and increasing my wish to cry … ah, how I would like to come back on time and changed my decisions for this term. Today I miss the good days of Term 3, the ones I could watch 2 hours of bachelor without miss up all my schedule and to-do list; the ones I could take a nap in the afternoon; the ones I could watch a movie with my husband in our big couch (bought bigger for that reason). more…
I think I have never written here about my gum’s passion. Actually is kind of addiction. I believe I eat in average 10 gums per day. Of course, they are diet. Normally it is Trident, my favorite brand! I don’t know how I became so addicted to gums, but it is so strong that if I don’t have some with me I start to look around to ask someone.
I know that gum has calories, but unfortunately that is the only thing I had never counted in my day. So maybe I should say that since I started my diet I consumed the calories reported here + 10 gums! Do you think I would have lost more weight if I haven’t had all those gum? more…
Ok, I know the title of my post doesn’t make any sense, but I wanted to talk about food and the base of my Sunday: a really boring and timing consuming case to Decision Models class. Just to have an idea, Sarah spent 4 hours in my home, Jacqueline 2 hours, and at night we “met” again via skype to finish our project! I love those ladies, but it was definetely not the way I would like to spend my Sunday! more…
Sorry! If you came here to read a nice or funny post you are not find it here… In this moment I am not in the mood to be fun… I am sad. Today at lunch time, some friends asked me why I was so happy. My answer was:
“Well, I try to see the life in a positive way. I am overwhelmed by school projects and activities. I have a big problem in Brazil. I don’t have time to myself (even gym I am not able to go). I ate lunch in 10 min. But even with everything I try to see that I am having an amazing opportunity to live this experience, that my family problem is to help me grow and be a better person, that I have an awesome husband that supports me and that I will survive without gym for one week. In summary, I try to be Pollyanna! The girl that plays the content game!” more…