{Back to work}

After 12 days off, at the cost of only 16 vacation hours, it was extremely hard to get up at 3:30 this morning to head back to work.  Honestly, I really feel like I'm getting extremely tired of working the hours we do. It would be nice to get back to a 9-5, M-F type of job. I miss it. 

Anyway, I thought I did decently on my first day back to work outfit.

I cannot wait to be able to wear this top with a pair of skinny's and brown riding boots.

I initially thought I would wear my Target sandals but when I woke-up this morning I was completely against the idea of wearing heals today.

So, speaking of stripes I bought a new shirt today from Fat Face.  It's a UK store but they do ship to the U.S. at a flat rate of $13.26 (or whatever 10 Euro's will amount to in the future). I originally wanted the one with the hoody but this one was on sale so it was $35 instead of $50+ for the hooded one.

It's the exact same as style as the hoody version, just without the hoody (obviously, Nicole).

I've been buying a lot of new clothes but it's close to Fall season and that's usually when I do buy them so I'm okay with that.

Monday night at 10:30 or so, my friend called me to go out and celebrate the rumor of a terrible person possible getting fired. Is that wrong of us? This person is terrible. She argues about everything and she's never right in her arguments. She's terrible at her job. She's now been de-certified twice. She's been written up multiple times. It's just an ongoing trend and I positively hated working with her because I knew an argument from her would always pop-up. I did try going into those days with positive thoughts but nope, it didn't matter.  Anyway, I normally am not a fan of people getting fired and I hate the idea of celebrating it but damn it's about time.

Another friend and I met up with the other people we know and stayed out until 2:30 Tuesday morning, when the bar closed.  It was good times. What I can say about that though is Tuesday positively sucked. I felt so incredibly hung-over it was ridiculous. I only had 3 Stella's too. However, I had already taken my Fenofibrate for my triglycerides and it causes dizziness according to the info on the package.  Except for me. For me, it makes me sleepy.  Beer + Triglyceride meds combined will forever be a no-no for me based on Tuesday. Other than that, I enjoyed it.  Our bartender was hilarious.

Yay, for having our "mini" 24 hour break from work tomorrow night. Lots of school work will get done.

{Heart Disease}

Wow, I almost missed out on a run this morning. I was sitting down after just seeing my mom and Aunt off to write this post when I thought, "It's a beautiful morning for a little jog. I'll have to go after I finish this." Then I thought about it for one second and decided no way, I'm going to go now and not later. I'm pretty glad I did too.

It wasn't the best time but I'm okay with that. Why? Because I RAN. 

So, speaking of running, it's something I need to do more of. I've had a small wake-up call with my doctor. Unfortunately, I think it's something I'll always have to deal with because it apparently runs rampant in the family. I'm speaking of heart disease. I'm sure everyone has someone in their family with heart disease. Do you have a 33 year old first cousin with a pace maker? A very fit first cousin with extremely high cholesterol? Or an aunt who had her first massive heart attack in her early forty's with several minor ones before that? Ugh. It is a scary thought. 

Anyway, so this time last year my cholesterol was normal. This time last year I worked out less and ate 1/2 and 1/2 as far as healthy and unhealthy foods go. This year my cholesterol is 230 (197 last year), with less than 200 being healthy. My Triglycerides are 298 (116 last year) with less than 150 being healthy. What?! That's double what the healthy range should be! The crazy thing is I've been working out and eating way better since January and taking fish oil as well.  So, it seems as though I've inherited all the heart disease running rampant in my family. My doctor prescribed Niacin (to help lower my cholesterol as a whole), to continue taking the fish oil, Fenofibrate for the triglycerides, and an aspirin a day. We'll check it again in six months to see if it lowers at all and then just go from there. Honestly, I'm thinking of seeing a specialist anyway. We'll see.