apparently I get excited about food

Hi bloggy (and real) friends, I miss you.

Life has been all: rain and frozen meals and studying (oh the studying!). In short, super boring. And did I mention super rainy (Juneuary? Thanks, Seattle)? I did, right?

But here are some of the highlights as of lately (warning: “highlights” during bar prep may not be that exciting for the rest of you, but I miss you, so meh):

My caffeine addiction/tolerance is steadily increasing. No surprise there, amiright? The other morning after physical therapy, but before bar prep class, I treated myself to a latte and a biscuit from stumptown and my gosh it was amazing. Such a treat to switch it up from my usual black coffee in amazing unicorn mug (thanks Marissa, I love it and I use it every day).

Hint: most of my most exciting things lately are food related. Well, non-frozen meal related, anyway. Like the picture above; last Thursday night Dustin brought me Mexican food from my favorite taqueria. Because he knows what a girl needs after a long day of studying: some smooches and a bunch of cheese and guacamole. The perfect combo, I’m telling you! I was bummed when he left and my food was gone and I had to go back to essay writing. I really, really cherish my breaks these days.

AND on Saturday night I got to socialize with someone other than Natalie and Brittan (at bar prep slash the library study room AKA our “home”, if you can call that socializing) and Dustin. I went to dinner with Art and Amy (and of course Dustin too). We at pizza. Then we played darts. It was perfect. I felt guilty for leaving an essay un-written, but that break improved my mood so much it was worth it. I’ll catch it up sometime this week.

So yes, that’s it as of lately. Please tell me abut all the fun things in your lives. I want to live vicariously though you. And I apologize in advance if it takes me like a week to write you an e-mail back. Or do anything normal people can do in a reasonable amount of time (I don’t even want to talk about my hair these days… sheesh).

some instagrammed things as of lately

As most of you know, I’ve been spending almost every moment of my time studying for the bar which means I’ve basically been living at the library. So exciting.

This last weekend, however, I had little lighter load than usual (only 3 essays on Sunday and Saturday I finished around 5pm – seriously exciting stuff) so Dustin and I did some non-study-related-activities!

On Saturday night we went out to dinner at Skillet where I had the BEST grilled cheese of my life (cheddar, brie and bacon jam on brioche bread). Go there, eat it, thank me later.

Dustin had never been to Skillet before so it was fun to take him somewhere new. We were both really happy with our meals. I wish I would have taken a picture!

After dinner we headed back to Dustin’s neighborhood and spent the evening having a drank and playing some darts and shuffleboard before ending our night at the Baranoff where there was karaoke, a man juggling and people basically having sex. In the bar. I saw a bare butt. #crazy

Oh, and did I mention: Dustin got new glasses and they look SOOO good. I’m even more in love. I didn’t think that was possible, you guys!

After our night out on Saturday, I woke up Sunday morning and did some more studying. Later that afternoon, though, I took a break and we went to Nordstrom Rack to get me some new jeans. My $10 pair from F21 were getting so sad that even Dustin noticed. He’s the sweetest. Thank you, Dustin:

Sunday night Dustin grilled us oysters (SO nom), and kabobs. I love being cooked for during bar prep. It’s one of my new favorite things!! So like, if you want to invite me over for dinner and you won’t be offended by my stress level and messy bun, that’d be cool ha!

Also this weekend, and for the past couple of weeks (basically since I started bar prep) Dustin and I have been working on a puzzle which has consumed his dining room table. Wholesome fun, you guys!!

Good times.

Oh and in case you were wondering, I’ve been eating the same thing for dinner, like, every day, except for when Dustin cooks for me. But it’s good. I’ll share, in case you’re curious (and if it makes you feel sad, like I said, you can always cook me some dinner):

Mix some of the bruchetta mix from Trader Joe’s (the kind in the refrigerated section) with some bread crumbs and some parmasean cheese. Scrape the yucky parts of the inside of a portobello mushroom out, fill with the mix, sprinkle with a little extra parmasean if you’re feeling crazy, and then bake for 12 min at 400 degrees. So good.

Ok that’s all for now, back to studying (today is Administrative law).

Call me maybe?

I’ve been obsessed with that “Call Me Maybe” song for a while now. I mean, who isn’t? It’s just so catchy! And, added bonus: it’s great to dance to at Jack’s. But that’s beside the point…

Today, in the midst of my crazy bar prep studying, I found this cover of that super catchy jam, performed by Rebecca Minkoff, Hilary Rhoda and The Man Repeller (who I totally girl crush, no shame).

It’s good. Enjoy:

tandem bike love

I don’t know if I’ve ever confessed this on the blog, but one of my lifelong dreams is to ride on the back of a tandem bike and not really do anything. I want to sit on the back, fake pedal, let the other person do all of the work and enjoy the ride. (biking is really hard, OK?)

Well the other day I basically got to check that lifelong dream off of my bucket list…

The day after graduation Dustin and I met Mike and Natalie and some of their friends at Golden Gardens for a beach day. When I got there I was delighted to find out that two of Mike’s friends had ridden their tandem bike all the way to the beach from south Seattle (madness)! They were kind enough to let Natalie and I sit on it. I was so excited, I can’t even describe the joy…

I’ll let you see for yourself (photo cred: Mike and his cell phone):

 
It was a good day.

After the beach that day, Dustin and I drank beers and hung out outside because it was so nice. That day was awesome!

Memorial Day Weekend

1. Dustin got home from a work trip in Washington DC really late Thursday night. As a result we slept in until 1:30pm on Friday. WHAT THE WHAT? Madness. I felt like a teenager.

After our excessive slumber, we spent the day cleaning his apartment and then going for a leisurely walk (that resulted in a beer break at the Park Pub and then another one at the French Restaurant across the street from his apartment). Walks are my favorite! So good! Especially when the weather is nice(ish) and there are beer breaks.

2. This last weekend, Art, Amy, Dustin and I took an impromptu trip to Canada. More specifically, we went to Vancouver B.C. and spent all of Saturday on Granville Island.

We also spent some time stopping along the way to go outlet shopping, Cabellas browsing and Boomer’s Drine In eating!

When we got to Granville Island, though, we walked around in the sun, visited all the little shops, ate food, drank beers and the boys smoked Cuban cigars at the end of the evening.

3. Also this weekend I got obsessed with the idea of making ice cream. So on Sunday Dustin and I drove to Renton (to Wal Mart, naturally, why else go to Renton?) to buy me an ice cream maker. I then spent the rest of that day and a lot of Monday making ice cream.

And on Sunday night while I was waiting for my ice cream to harden, Dustin and I finally watched the season finale of SNL we missed. Mic Jagger? Kristen Wig’s last episode? SO GOOD YOU GUYS! Am I right?

Anyway… back to the ice cream! I made both rhubarb ice cream and mint oreo! They were GOOD! (I’ll be eating ice cream for days weeks).

4. Monday was spent deep cleaning the Corolla (it looks so gooood now – thanks Dustin), shopping at Fred Meyer and GRILLING, because it was Memorial Day after all (and yes I know the real meaning, but it would have seemed un-American not to grill SOMETHING).

Look at this guy with his cigar and his brats! Love love (him and the brats, not so much the cigar but I deal)!

And that was our super long, 4 day weekend. It was really relaxing and just what I needed before a crazy 9 weeks of bar prep!

I don’t want it to be tomorrow

I start bar prep tomorrow and I’m not going to lie, I am completely terrified. I do not want to do it. It is finally hitting me – I am going to have to spent the next 9 weeks studying. Not doing anything else; waking up, going to my $3,000 bar prep class, then studying until I go to sleep. That is going to be my life. And I do not want to do it. I want to have time for my boyfriend and my friends and my family and the sun. I want to have Rebeka time. The thought of not having those things is terrifying.

I’m afraid I won’t have the stamina to study as much as they say I need to study.

I’m afraid I am going to work really hard, and it still won’t be hard enough.

I’m afraid I’m going to fail.

I’m also afraid that I’m going to become depressed.

And to be honest, none of that sounds like fun. And I can’t stop thinking about how non-fun it sounds. And I woke up with a stomach ache, and I’ve had it all day. Because I’m afraid and nervous. The bar is already sucking and I haven’t even started yet.

But hopefully it’ll all be worth it. Right?

In the mean time, if you’re thinking about going to law school, don’t. Ha. I kid (mostly).

disposable cameras and dress up

For my law school graduation, Dustin thought it would be fun to buy a bunch of fun dress up stuff and have it sitting on a table for everyone to wear around all day (I was obviously princess Rebeka J.D. in my tiara all day!). I loved it! Such a great idea!

In my mind, you cannot have a dress up table without some cameras to capture all the awesomeness, so on our night before graduation trip to Target to buy my dad a polo shirt, I grabbed some disposable cameras. Middle school style!

Let me tell you, the pictures turned out awesome! I loved all the disposable camera fun (and seeing all the pictures other people had taken):

Dustin, Me, Art, Amy

Marissa:

Marissa bubble blowing:

Me bubble twirling:

Front porch sitting (Art, Jim, Dustin, Ethan, Scott, Beth, Me):

The night before graduation! Beth, Me, Dustin:

Immediately after graduation, Me, Marissa, Beth:

My mom, me, brother Jim, Chip: 
My dad and I:

Dustin and I:

Me, Amy, Dustin:

Maegan and Matt:

Dance Party (Beth, Me, Meagan, Marissa) to Drop it Low:

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: such a good day!