Busy busy busy!

My day went from great to freaking awesome at about 7 pm. Let me tell you why:

I started working tonight and quickly discovered that I would have very little to do all night. I proceeded to call my boss and have the following conversation.

Lauren: Hey, there is nothing for me to do tonight. Got any odd jobs you'd like me to get done? Or you know, you could just let me go home early.

Dan: Yeah, why don't you move some heat lamps around, continue checking your sows, write up the deads and then when you're done, just get out of there.

Lauren: Wait, seriously? Even if it's only 9 o'clock?

Dan: Yep, that's fine.

You better believe I did just that! My life has been crazy busy lately so I'll happily take an evening to get a few extra things done. Sadly, being so busy has kept me from blogging. I've had a few things I really would've like to blog about, but I guess I'll just make this a long post and recap the past few weeks a little.



It's hard to believe it's already been over a week since a group of 10 of us went camping! We spent Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday morning at Shades State Park in Waveland, IN. Friday night we feasted on Blackberry Glazed Porkchops, yours truly as the chef of course, and hung out around the fire. Saturday we split between hiking in the park and swimming down the road at Turkey Run before another night of s'mores devouring.

Jackie & I while hiking.

Mark & I at the pool.

Blackberry Glazed Porkchops

This past week was pretty busy between my car giving up on life and me picking up a second job. Yep, you read that right, I now have two jobs. As if one wasn't enough I'm now a server at a local restaurant called Maza. The food is Mediterranean and Italian and is to die for! So far I've only worked two shifts there. Tomorrow is my first day working a shift at both jobs. I wasn't exactly looking forward to it but now that I'll actually get some good sleep, it shouldn't be too bad.



This past Saturday a group of us went to the Taste of Tippecanoe. Let me tell you, that was a blast. For $10 I got to try a whole variety of foods from restaurants I've never been to! I easily could have spent more money but I was pretty pleased with everything I tried and actually came away from the night full. Later that night there was a fireworks show. Instead of staying, we watched from the top of a parking garage on campus.

Whoopie Pie

Ribs & Brisket

Crawfish Etouffe

Perhaps the most exciting thing to happen though was that the 15th was the one year anniversary of my decision to get my butt in better shape. A year ago I weighed 158 pounds and could hardly run out to my car without getting out of breath. I'm now down to 129 pounds and love my body. I can't wait to see what the next year has in store for me!

If you stuck it out, you're now caught up on my life! As always, thanks for reading!

Lauren