All my ducks in a row

Hey :)

How was your Monday? My new schedule took effect today, so I woke up with the rest of the world. The sky looked like this as I walked to my car:

I'll take it. 

Dinner last night was a production, but well worth it - I made the Thanksgiving-y recipes I'd been wanting to try. Mashed sweet potatoes, vegetarian gravy and green beans with truffle-flavored olive oil (I wanted real truffle oil but Joe's was out). 

Not a very photogenic meal, I know, but it all came out really well. The cranberry sauce is store-bought from Joe's, and it's so good I've been eating it with a spoon as a snack. The roasted cloves of garlic, still in their papery skins, are there because I'm trying to not get sick at all this season. Among other things, extra roasted garlic is one way I'm attempting that. I have no real evidence that it's working, but I will say that almost everyone around me at work has been sick except me. Knock on wood. 

In other exciting news, I started my nursing school application today (!!). I've been waiting and checking the website every day for weeks, and it finally opened. I have a first choice school, which is a reach, and two other schools I'd like to go to but can't apply to until next spring. While I'm glad I have a couple options, I'd rather not wait an extra semester to start. It's kind of funny - I've never considered myself to be "Type A" or a perfectionist, but I do have a tendency to become attached to a plan and afraid to veer off course. There are certain things I want to happen in my life in the next few years, and I don't feel like I have any time to waste. If nursing school gets pushed back, so will everything else. I'm not 18 anymore, and I don't have all the time in the world to mess around and get things done whenever. I want to have all my ducks in a row.

Are you rolling your eyes Liz Lemon-style upon hearing my angsty self-imposed timeline panic?

(source)

I don't blame you. But let me feel my feelings! 

I'm going to attempt to get a late-night workout in before bed, since I don't have to be up early tomorrow. I was going to hit the gym after work today, but I decided I'd do a Pilates DVD at home instead ("Pilates DVD at home" is a lie I tell myself when I don't feel like going to the gym after work). 

Have a great night!

xo