Wish I could stay and chat longer, but GOSSIP GIRL is waiting!! This really is the best series show I’ve ever watched! (Well, Full House and Hey Dude and Salute Your Shorts are up there with Sex and the City too!)
I had a wonderful first day. I LOVE (not just like) my professors (2 are repeats!) and the classes are all my favorite topics.
Metabolism is the class I’ve been waiting for since I started the program
Nutrition Education/Theory/Practice is really a communications class on all the ways R.D.s can spread the word – including blogging, YouTube, Twitter and freelance writing (and more). How appropriate for me is that!?!? It’s the first semester the course is offered, as they just changed the curriculum, so I think it’ll be a fun ride too.
Medical Nutrition Therapy is all things clinical and fascinating. Lab values, tube feeding, etc. I think it’s going to be really interesting.
Tomorrow is Community Nutrition – excited about that too.
Look who brought a picnic to class! Leftovers from her party 🙂
I snagged some veggies, a chip and hummus at 5:00 before MNT started. I had also packed a mango and an ota.bar!
Ashley, this bar was by FAR my favorite!!!!!! LOVED the honey essence! It was also the perfect sized snack to tide me till after class.
Lucky for us, we got out at 6:30 and I regretted the big snack because Matt was cooking chili at home! I waited until about 8PM to eat and enjoyed a nice bowl – in front of the TV with my show!
This was grass-fed beef with a can of kidney beans, a bunch of farmer’s market okra, a can of diced tomatoes, chili seasonings, an ear of corn and I think some extra broth for liquid.
We topped it with plain Chobani from my sample pack and the last of the Harris Teeter flax corn chips. Mmm!
I didn’t really need anything else, but Matt’s coworker, Kruti, brought in some Indian treats to work and he brought me a bite of each. A lentily cornbread that was deliciously spicy and some kind of sweet ball called Ladu (I think!?) Loved ’em both!
SO cool that my class tomorrow isn’t until 5PM and I have all day to get stuff done.
Gotta run – S+B are calling….
Angie says
Sounds like a great line-up of classes! Have a fun semester!
Priyanka says
Glad that you are having a nice time with classes!! I love Laddoos!
Erica says
Glad classes are going so well 🙂 There are a few things I love about fall and lots of bean filled chili is one of them! Matt’s looks great.
Quick question for you- when you grilled your peaches, did you coat them with anything?? (oil, pam, etc?) Let me know 😉
Jenn (www. j3nn.net ) says
Matt read my mind, I was thinking about chili today! Yours looks great.
Jenn
FitFoodie says
Sounds like you have lots of fun planned at school! It sounds so exciting 🙂
Mara @ What's for Dinner? says
So glad classes are going great!!
Cait (Cait's Plate) says
Soooo jealous of you getting to be back to school! I feel so left out and I’ve been graduated for two years now!! Haha.
I’m glad you survived your first day!
And holy yum on those Indian treats! Those look so good!!
Bec says
Thats great that you LOVE all your profs! I am glad to see that you and Kelsey are still having lunch parties at school!
Ashley says
So glad you found your favorite!! Well, out of the 3 anyway!! There were definitely people that came to the market that would give me a big sad face when I didn’t have the cran mango cash with me that week, haha. Love Kelsey’s picnic. Chili taco bowl..mmmmmm
Cynthia (It all changes) says
That class sounds right up your alley. And I love idea of Community nutrition…I can’t wait to hear more.
BTW homemade chili is one of my favorite things and I have it for my crockpot tomorrow. 🙂
Lizzy says
i’m offically going and renting GG on DVD and catching up. when it first came out, i had a night class on monday’s so i never got to watch, so then i just never got into it. but i must now!!!!!
when you said Hey dude and salute your shorts, i literally screamed because those were my favorite shows too! haha! i miss Old school Nickelodeon! its not the same anymore 🙁
have a good night! 🙂
Madelin @ What is for Breakfast? says
Your classes sound great, makes me want to do a nutrition degree 🙂
kay (eating machine) says
lucky girl, all classes you’re excited for 🙂
lynn (The Actors Diet) says
spotted: katheatsrealfood eating a lovely dinner with beerboy.
Leianna says
Those classes sounds amazing! I miss college and living vicariously through all you college goers right now!
thepinkpeppercorn says
It is nice to have teachers you like – but….perhaps teachers think the same thing about their students sometimes too! (yay – the ones I like!!). Not that I do that or anything…. but I think it’s natural to like certain personality traits too.
Heather @ Health, Happiness, and Hope says
I’m SO glad to hear that you’re enjoying your classes. It makes the year so much easier when you have classes you actually LIKE attending. 🙂
Daria (Summer of the CSAs) says
Hehe, love the in-class picnic. 🙂
Shannon, The Healthy Beach Bum says
mmm now i’m craving chili! Love that classroom picnic lunch. Have a great day tomorrow!
xoxo, Gossip Girl 😉
Kay says
The fashion on GG are such eye candy and so entertaining! But the ‘uniforms’ barely qualify…haha. Enjoy the show!
Nicole- Chasing Blue says
I loved Salute your Shorts! I was also a big Clarissa Explains it All kind of girl as well.
I think you class line up sounds so awesome! What made you want to become a RD. I work with some at WIC and I think it’s such a cool career choice.
Jenna says
glad you like your classes!
tell serena and blair i said hi 😉
Tay says
Ahhhh ‘Hey Dude’ and ‘Salute your Shorts’ totally brings back memories!! I was trying to get my sister to remember Hey Dude the other day, and I youtubed the opening credits because I could totally remember the long drawled “Hey Duuuuuude” during it. So funny.
Holly says
Gossip Girl is my favorite show ever. It’s such TV crack.
I didn’t get a class like Nutrition Education/Theory/Practice! How cool is that?
Lainie says
Glad you are enjoying your classes thus far! You’re in some good ones, for sure. All of the series you listed were my fave too. Lovd them all!
Whole Body Love says
What interesting classes! I wish Xavier had and RD program 🙁 My most interesting class is A &P (I’m a nursing major)
sarah (ghost world) says
if you ever need help with anything on the medical side, let me know!
in the NICU nutrition is 50% of what we do, because getting the preemies to grow is the ultimate goal. the RD is an extremely important member of our team!
Jenna says
your class sounds FUN!! Otabars look so good! 🙂
Sandy says
I loved the beginning of a school year with all new classes and textbooks! It seems like it would be fun to audit a class now just get the benefits without all of the homework and grades.
megan says
I can’t wait to hear more about your Metabolism class!
I am terribly addicted to GG too!
Shannon says
I love Gossip Girl. I rented all the DVDs. Sadly, I am all caught up now and waiting for the new season to start!
Marisa (Trim The Fat) says
So glad you love your classes; they sound interesting!
Chili looks good, not to mention the indian treats – cool!
Emily, homecookedem says
I love trying out treats from other countries!! I had a student last year whose mom was born and raised in Iran. She brought me in all kinds of fun treats!! One was similar… it was cookies made of lentils!! Surprisingly really tasty!!
AnnQ says
OMG, those Ota Bars look great! How can us “regular” people get some? 😉
haya says
looks like it is going to be a fantastic semester. yay!
love the ota bar label design, ashley!
Allison says
Watch/rent True Blood if you get the chance. It is amazing!
Christie @ Quit Your Diet says
Glad you are enjoying your classes!
Sarah (Running to Slow Things Down) says
I took metabolism last semester and it was the BEST class ever…no lie! Seriously, you’re going to love it. 😀
I’m taking medical nutrition therapy this year…it looks intense but exciting at the same time. 😀
Oh, and can I just say that I love how you ate chili while watching a favorite show? I think that’s comfort food to the max…in a healthy way. 😀
Kristin says
Sounds like a fun semester, I LOVE metabolism too! Too bad we don’t have a full class on it =(
But I am looking forward to my nutrition classes now!
xo
K
chandra says
O.M.G. Hey Dude and Salute Your Shorts used to be two of my favorite shows!! I didn’t think anyone remembered those!
Shawnee says
OMGoodness I so remember Hey Dude and Salute You Shorts on Nick. Not many people my age ber those shows.
Katie says
I’m a new reader (and new blogger) and LOVE your blog!
Also, I think it’s awesome that you’re constantly mentioning the farmer’s market and supporting grass-fed beef. Word of mouth is where it’s at!
rhodeygirl says
you’re making me excited for the new season of GG!
xoxo,
gossip girl
Amanda@lessonsinmoderation says
Your classes sound so interesting! Gossip Girl is really one of the most addicting shows and it keeps getting better and better. Enjoy watching them marathon style with no commercials!
Sarah says
Those all sound like such interesting classes, I’m kinda jealous, haha. Glad you are enjoying them and hope tomorrow is a good day too!
K says
Salute Your Shorts made my childhood – they don’t make shows like that any more, too bad 🙁
I can’t wait to hear more about your classes! They sound so interesting!
brandi says
glad you like your classes and teachers so far! that’s always nice to actually look forward to your classes.
Kath says
Erica ,
I sprayed them with some cooking spray for non-stick purposes.
lynn (The Actors Diet),
HAHAH!!!
Nicole- Chasing Blue,
Losing 30 pounds and wanting to help others do the same.
AnnQ ,
If you click on the ota.bar link, you’ll go to Ashley’s blog. She’s about to move to Colorado, but she might do shipments!
Katie ,
Welcome!
Kath
Caroline says
I had forgotten about Hey Dude and Salute Your Shorts! Loved them both! And totally Netflixing Gossip Girl now thanks to your influence 🙂
Kate says
Ohhh chili is my favorite. I have never tried okra though!
Those oat.bars look delicious. I might have to order some… I love the blogger-turned-bakery-owner thing (like Angela from “Oh She Glows”!).
Angela (Run Study Eat) says
hahah Gossip Girl
Chelsea says
What about The Office?!?!
Brittany says
Kath- Your classes sound so interesting this semester. I think metabolism and Nutrition Education/Theory/Practice would be my favorites.
Just curious- Do a lot of people in your classes know about the the blog? Do they read it?
Love Kelsey’s picnic!
Kath says
Brittany ,
They all know about it 🙂 It’s been mentioned many times.
K
Erica says
Thanks for responding Kath 🙂 I plan on grilling up peaches and pineapples on labor day and didn’t want to get them stuck to the grill 🙂