The ABC's of Allie

A: Attached or Single? Single

B: Best Friend(s)? My brother, J.Hop, Dee, Gabbi and Kelsey
C: Cake or pie? Cake.
D: Day of choice? Saturday. College football!

E: Essential item? My phone, which I actually loathe...

F: Favorite color? Teal

G: Gummy bears or worms? Trolli Sour Gummy Worms. That's the way to my heart.

H: Hometown? Marietta, GA

I: Favorite indulgence? Curling up on my couch and watching Pride and Prejudice

J: January or July? January only because it's unbearably hot in GA in the summer

K: Kids? One day, for sure

L: Life isn’t complete without? Sweatpants and my puppies

M: Marriage date? Not even in a relationship lol

N: Number of brothers/sisters? Two older sisters, one older brother

O: Oranges or Apples? Oranges. Can lil baby clementines count?

P: Phobias/Fears? Not having enough time.

Q: Quotes? "Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being 
unable to communicate the things that seem important to you. — Carl Jung"

R: Reasons to smile? God, my family and friends

S: Season of choice? Early fall. It's beautiful with all of the different colors and the leaves
dropping. The smell of bonfires and happiness

T: Tag 5 People. someone, everyone, you're the one, the next one, and no one.

U: Unknown fact about me? I am totally and absolutely obsessed with giraffes. Gabs actually just sent me a lil stuffed giraffe cause it reminded her of me and was"too cute not to buy." Momma just called me the other night cause she was giving away a bag of clothes I had packed for Goodwill and as soon as I pick up she goes "I saw a giraffe in the bag and needed to call you to make sure it's supposed to be leaving this house..."

V: Vegetable? Mmm. I love carrots.

W: Worst habit? Procrastination... I'll just do it tomorrow or the next day, or the next... 

X: Xray or Ultrasound? I don't really care. Do what you gotta do. 

Y: Your favorite food? Spaghetti and Momma's mac' and cheese, please!

Z: Zodiac sign? Sagittarius baby!

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First Fall Meal

And who said cooking for one had to be boring?

This past week has been soooo frigid in the mornings and so warm during the day, but I have just been freezing no matter what time it is. I literally get out of the shower in the morning and wrap a blanket around my towel'd self just to stay warm.

So to combat all this coolness, I decided it was time to make some chili. 

You heard me. Chili. White chili with rice and cornbread.

Your mouth watering yet? Cause mine is.

My mom has been making this chili for YEARS and I never knew it was a Publix Aprons recipe, but I'm sure glad it was because I could look it up without bugging her (too much...).

Now I'll tell you this much, I didn't make cheddar cornbread like the recipe calls for. I made regular ol' Jiffy deliciousness. Quick and easy. I also made 2 cups of Uncle Ben's original white rice. 

Scoop the rice and chili into a bowl and top the chili with some cheddar cheese. 

Eat to your heart's content. 

(P.S the recipe is linked to the word "recipe" above!)

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It Seems Like Forever Ago...

Y'all. I know. 

I can only say I'm sorry for not posting as often so many times but I realllyyyyy am sorry I have been MIA. Just to give you a glimpse into my life, I have class on Monday, Thursday and Friday. Monday from 8-4. Thursday from 2-5 and Friday from 8-1:30 (well, 11:30, but I have to be in tutoring til 1:30). I have clinical on Wednesday from 8-4/5. I have lab on Thursday either from 8-10:30 or 10:30 to 1. I have tests EVERY Monday and just starting this month, tests on Friday. 

These aren't BS tests either, they're serious stuff. 

DO NOT get me wrong, I am eternally grateful to have gotten into nursing school and I thank God everyday that He placed me into a school with such great people and into a profession that I admire and love learning more about. And also, DO NOT get me wrong, I love my program.

It's just hard.

And no one will ever know how hard nursing school is unless they are in it. Or are a med student. 

I literally study every.single.day. And that's honestly not enough. There aren't enough hours in the day.

Each day, I feel like I am barely above water. 

Additionally, my grandma hadn't been doing well and she recently passed. I'm here, but I'm not here if you understand what I'm saying. 

I hope this explains a bit why I haven't been posting, but I'm thankful for each and every one of you. 

God bless y'all.

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