i did minimal studying yesterday and no studying today. this does not bode well for my GPA...

in other news, i saw my nephew yesterday. the kid cracks me up. for some reason, he insisted on going to jewel yesterday with me. that was an adventure. i needed to pick up some lean cuisine meals since they're on sale, i'm too lazy to pack my lunch anymore and i'm also poor.

we're in the frozen food aisle, getting my frozen pizzas and he goes,"ooh! chicken nuggets! ahh ee, you should get the chicken nuggets." i explain to him that the frozen meal is not chicken nuggest but in fact fish and i don't want fish. his reply? "why don't you eat fish? you should eat fish. i like fish. i'm going to get this and eat it." i asked my nephew if he really was going to eat it and he was adamant that he was. at this point, he has already grabbed the frozen fish meal OFF the freezer shelf and thrown it into my shopping basket.

the girl in the aisle also buying lean cuisines was laughing at us. i would be laughing at me too. ridiculous. finally, i took the fish out of my basket and put it back in the freezer, grabbed another pizza and then we went to look at other stuff in the store.

mr. d. wang ended up getting me to buy him a pen that lights up. sadly, he figured out how to get it to flash and stop flashing before i did. (my nephew will definitely be smarter than me.) the pen was pink with little hearts that said "love" all over. he chose it because it was "pink and they didn't have red."

gotta love the kid. he's something....

today is april 29th. in less than 3 weeks, summer vacation will begin for me.

words cannot express how much i am looking forward to this summer. i have so many plans. so many things to finish, to start and to purchase!

i just realized that in a few weeks, it will be one year since i've moved back to chicago. it's been an interesting year. i must say that for once, i feel comfortable with the decisions i've made. i have no regrets. throughout college, in the back of my mind, i was always thinking "what if i had gone to wellesley?" or "what if i had gone to NYU?" but ever since last sept, i've never once stopped and asked myself if i made the right decision in moving back to chicago.

i will admit, there have been times i've wondered about med school and if i chose the right path but today i had the most wonderful conversation with a patient/customer that kind of validated things. she was waiting for the pharmacy to open and asked me if i was studying to be a pharmacist. i replied "yes" and she proceeded to ask me how much longer until i was finished. We started chatting and i explained to her how it took me some time to figure out what i wanted to do with my life but that i'm extremely pleased with the path i've chosen. on her way out, she said she enjoyed talking to me and agreed that i made the right choice in becoming a pharmacist.

i'm still recovering from work and the lack of sleep this past week. tomorrow will be another uneventful day as i have tons of studying to do. unfortunately, i took a 2 hour nap afer dinner tonight because i was exhausted and now i'm up blogging.

in any case, since i have nothing better to do, i will share the best things about moving back to chicago.

1) i don't worry about hitting deer when driving to/from work anymore.
2) i actually respect and like my boss.
3) Chinatown.
4) getting to see some of my favorite people on my free weekends.
5) salt on the roads in the winter.
6) more than 2 radio stations i actually will listen to.
7) diversity.
8) good shopping.
9) i work within walking distance of harold's.
10) i'm home.

maybe the next time i can't sleep, i'll post the 10 things i liked about madison. ha ha ha ha ha!!!