Do You Know What Today Is?

It's my Blogaversary!! Ok well actually yesterday was my blogaversary...but better late than never. So basically it has been a WHOLE YEAR since I started this blog. Isn't that crazy?!? Like I have referenced in many other posts, I often start things and don't finish them...so I am really glad that I have kept up with this blog, especially through my first year of optometry school...

Right now it is 3:30 in the morning and I can't seem to go to sleep...ugh! (Maybe it is from all that sweet tea I had at my sister's house)...but I must say today was a good day. Hanging out with family is always great! Early in the day I saw Sex and the City 2 with my sisters...the movie was...umm...aight.. It was a little too real for me. Too much real not enough fantasy. But I enjoyed it none the less...

I have been meaning to make a new "logo" for my blog..Honestly I want to just revamp the whole thing, but it is soo time consuming, to get everything the exact way that I want it...with the right shade font and what not, so I've been putting it off.... I just need somebody to hook me up with photoshop. But honestly, if I was to put photoshop on my netbook, I am pretty sure it would stop working..lol. I have NO IDEA why I am so wired this early in the morning...

Well I guess since it IS my blogaversary I should reminisce on the past year...Hmm...well this time last year I will say I was in a much different place. A lot more apprehensive about a lot of things, and in a weird way I was "dreading" starting school, but mostly I was dreading moving away from my family and friends. But now that is out of the way, it's cool. I have grown and learned soooo much!

When I decided to start a blog I had no idea what I was going to name it...so I just started searching the internet for something that will lead me down a creative path/outlet...and from all of my randomness I came up with "Reason to Believe"... I think it was mostly because I think there are always "so many reasons to believe that everything will turn out fine." Often times I worry about what will happen next in my life or if I make one bad/good decision how it will affect something else...but honestly I feel like I have been blessed with so much in life...yes I have lots of inner battles and struggles, but at the end of it all, I still have a Reason to Believe... you might be thinking "What do you Believe?"(that is the point)...you can believe ANYTHING you want or you put your mind to, but first I think you need to believe in yourself! The world is yours for the taking... I hope that made sense...Gosh I am getting sappy, maybe cause it is so early in the morning.

Anyways...HAPPY Blogaversary to me! This is completely random, but check out "Nessa," I put her in that
cute dress, big floppy hat, with a parasol..Figured she'd look cute for the blogaversary too. *wink


1. Toms Shoes follow up
2. 1 year blogaversary (Recap)
3. First Year of Opt school (Looking Back)
4. Diversity/ Janelle Monae
5. St. Louis/Midwest
Until Next Time...

The Tallest Monument and my Meez

So the day of my class mixer in April. my mom and I visited the Arch; It was my first time ever seeing it. I didn't understand the big deal until I went, it was huge... I think that might be my favorite thing about the city, last weekend when we were driving downtown I was so happy to see it...lol...I know I'm a dork. lol. So while procrastinating I decided to update "my meez" Milani Nessa...and one of the options for a background was the Arch. I was sooo excited! So she is down there kickboxing with her Nike gear on... TOO CUTE! lol. Well thanks to Wikipedia...here is some information on the Arch...

The Gateway Arch, also known as the Gateway to the West, is an integral part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and the iconic image of St. Louis, Missouri. It was designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen and structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947. It stands 630 feet (190 m) tall, and is 630 feet (190 m) wide at its base, making it the tallest monument in the United States.

Until Next Time...

A little bit of everything...(Buffet Style)

Hello There! So much has been going on this week... First, classes have officially started, and tomorrow it will be a week. woohoo! Hmm...what can I say about it. It's school, I just have a lot more classes and they are mostly science and so far we have covered a lot of information. Unlike undergrad, I have been studying EVERY single day for about ~4-5 hours...yeah.. I'm still trying to feel everything out, but it's definitely doable, I just have to keep my "Eyes on the Prize" (pun intended..lol.) So my first semester classes are as follows:

- Anatomy and Physiology of Disease Processes I w/ Lab
- Human Neuroanatomy w/ Lab
- Geometric Optics w/ Lab
- Biochemistry
- Epidemiology
- Intro to Optometry
- Scenario Based Discovery/Problem Based Learning

Honestly, I plan on making mostly A's...that might seem overly ambitious, but oh well...So far everything has been cool, my classmates are extra cool (much cooler than I expected)... :) Oh and STL isn't bad at all...I pretty much know where I want to live next year. Of course I haven't gone out as much as I would like, but I will in due time...

Right now I am having a feast for dinner (all left overs)...shrimp from my "all you can eat shrimp" at Red Lobster yesterday...lol, (I ate so much shrimp it was ridiculous), two bbq chicken wings from earlier in the week, some corn, spinach souffle, and a cheddar biscuit from Red Lobster...yumm...I have been on this pseudo diet for lunch which just comprises of salad and/or a sandwich... I'm trying not to eat too heavy for lunch so I don't get the -itis, when it is time to go back to class or study.

I'm not really missing home much, there are a few things here and there but nothing substantial. It doesn't help that my family calls me whenever they are hanging out...lol. But I'm fine..

I've been doing pretty good in terms of going to the gym on a regular basis, I'm proud of myself...I actually just got back not too long ago :) Even though the gym here really sucks and the machines seem like they are from the 70's...I seriously thought the ellipitical was going to break while I was on it...

Oh yeah this is random, but I was reading in the newspaper today that STL has the highest rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia per square mile (or something like that)...that was a little scary, but also funny. I thought of that today when I exchanged numbers with this random guy at the gym...he asked me why I was laughing and I just told him don't worry about it.

Hmm...speaking of that...It's weird that half of my classmates are married/engaged and the other half is in a serious relationship...so where does that leave me? Anyways...first a small disclaimer, and I guess this is a tad bit monumental for me, because I usually don't share my "personal" life with hardly anyone but I just wanted to share that I feel liberated about a certain situation. I decided to end this cat and mouse game that I have had with someone in particular. It was causing me more stress than it should have been, and I figured it's dragged on long enough and it doesn't help that I am all the way in STL...:sigh: New Beginnings... I was really vague about that whole thing, but oh well...I doubt if he will ever read it, cause ya know what...he never did read my blog even though I asked him to all the time. Just like my tattoo reminds me of everyday, "Take from the past what is good and bring it into the present in order to make a positive progress through the benevolent use of knowledge." It's only fitting that I leave with some lyrics from DC3 ...lol. "Free"

Ain't no feeling like being free
When your mind's made up
And your hearts in the right place, yeah
Ain't no feeling like being free
When you've done all you could
But what's misunderstood
(It's all good, it's all good)
Ain't no feeling like being free
I'm like an eagle set free
And finally I'm looking out for me
Ain't no feeling like being free
Cause my mind's made up
And my heart is in the right place, yeah

Until Next Time...

Milani Nessa and Special Thanks

So I was sitting on my couch and I decided to create a Meez. I just added her to the bottom right of my page...random, I know. There were sooo many options...it was ridiculous, the figure I went with was "Booty Betty" and that was the most "ethnic" hairstyle I could find. I like the fact that she's winking...(even though I can't really wink), but she was doing more before I added her to blog..lol. I'll change her outfit and background every once in a while (change is good). Check her out!

What do you guys think, does Milani look like me? lol.

On another note, THANKS to all who have been reading my blog AND have been leaving comments (they make me happy). :) If you see anything random/ridiculous or have a suggestion for a topic. Let me know. *muah. Until Next Time...