I am now a CNA in 2 states. That's my "boast" of the day. SO excited. I can now *hopefully* get on soon with the Little Sisters. Oh. man. It took a lot of sanity to make it through the past 24 hours to get to this point, but the test is done, it's mostly official...huzzah!
Classes are off and running. Still waiting for a piano sign-up so I can pick a good time slot, and labs haven't started yet, but I have had French; John: Gospel and Epistles; Religion, Ethnicity and Race; and Anatomy and Physiology II. It's been good for the most part...trying to figure out the French alphabet compared to how they pronounce words is a trip, but I'm already seeing similarities in how they structure phrases and sentences compared to German, so hopefully my leftover German knowledge will continue to be an aid. John was just a fun class. My academic advisor is the professor for it, and he'd get off on a tangent...come back...go on another tangent...but all very interesting information. For example: Matthew uses 606 out of 661 verses from Mark...woah! Religion, Ethnicity and Race (I've been calling it RER for short...it's amazing at how quick you start to shorten class titles after a while) was interesting. I hadn't met the professor before, but he's definitely one of the more charismatic and young professors I met, and those types are so skilled at adding pizazz to any subject, so I think I'll enjoy it. A&P is with my FAVORITE professor on campus, so you know already that I'm going to love it. Overall it should be a good semester.
So, here's a random question to you, readers: of any of you who are accustomed by now to buying groceries, how do you keep track of your perishable food items? Any systems or suggestions out there? Not that I'm buying a lot that will go old quickly, only really bread and milk and eggs and maybe fruit are what I'm really concerned with. I'm toying with the idea of keeping a list of my items and their expiration/sell-by dates, but if you have any thoughts, please share! I was so excited to buy my own chicken breast meat the other day. Seriously, I felt so grown up. Is that weird??
Well, back to the homework...still planning on working ahead and getting some readings out of the way. Till next time!
My biggest tip on perishables is just keep enough on hand for a few days and go to the store every few days. That's how we handle it, but I know some people do not like going to the store that often. That, and it probably takes you more than 3 days to go thru a gallon of milk like us!! haha. I remember the first time I shopped for meat. I felt grown up as well. And confused.
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(ps post some pictures of your new place!)
When we change oil filters on the farm we write the date on them with a sharpie. lol. It's a little different than perishables but maybe it'd work for that too.
ReplyDeleteStickers! They work wonders because you can write on them if you get large enough ones and you can see them easily... Just a little bit from the pizza industry.
ReplyDeleteI don't have any recommendations, but I want to second the motion about feeling more grown-up, 'cause I made my first Walmart run today as a college student! =) I'm so happy to hear your CNA news, and about your classes!!!!!!
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