Weekend Getaway

Wow what an AMAZING weekend Dan and I just had. But first things first: last week. It was pretty rough for the both of us. Dan is having a rough time connecting with his students. They just don't listen and don't care about getting into trouble. He gives them a detention. They act like it doesn't matter. There's just nothing to motivate them.

In regards to me. I'm having a tough time in school. I think it's mainly because I LOATHE clinical nutrition. I talk with patients (mainly 60+ years old) who are in the hospital and have at least one if not all of the following: diabetes, hypertension, and coronary artery disease. Nutrition is the LAST thing on their minds. They don't care about eating a low-sodium diet or limiting added sugar. It's quite frustrating. The most irritating thing is that if these individuals put their diet FIRST and paid attention to only that, their other problems would become less serious and eventually disappear. But no, they just keep eating bad food and expect the pills they take to ease the damage they do to their bodies. To those of you who have diabetes, hypertension, or both PLEASE take of yourself. Eat what you like but in moderation. Go out once a month instead of every week. That way it's more special to you and actually becomes a "treat". It also saves you $$.

In addition to disliking clinical nutrition, I am also struggling with my professor. She is strict, hardcore, and easily intimidating. I know it's because she wants us to succeed and be the best in our field but I feel like I'm on her "naughty" list and don't know how to get on her "nice" list. This week after visiting with patients we were doing calculations and I forgot my calculator in the car (I didn't have one last week either). She asked me why I didn't have a calculator. Being intimidated, I managed to mumble out some sort of jibberish that finally came out to"I forgot." Her eyes narrowed and with a dark edge in her voice she replied, "you're scoring low today." AHHHHHHHHHHH....I basically felt like I FAILED AT LIFE. Ever since that day I've been second guessing my decision to be in this program. I traveled across country and made my husband make huge sacrifices to live in a town he's unfamiliar with and work a difficult job all so I be in this program so I can be a dietitian (even though I'll probably work for about a year, have kids, and never use my degree again). Was it worth it? I have yet to find that out... This post is starting out really depressing sorry. Don't worry I'm not giving up. I'm just complaining a bit. Words of encouragement would really help me out right now.

To continue on with our week. My work went by fast. Tuesday I got off early because it was really slow. I fell asleep at 8pm because I was so exhausted from always being on the go and not sleeping adequately. Wednesday I started to get a sore throat so after work I took some of this:

 It worked really well because I was feeling great the next morning. Friday was spent in preparation for the weekend. I cleaned and ran errands. Dan and I left for Cleveland Friday afternoon and stayed until today. We LOVED everything about this bed & breakfast and plan on going back. Here are a lot of pictures from our trip:

On our way to Cleveland (1 hour drive)

 The bed and breakfast itself has three bedrooms. The bed and breakfast also owns another house called "the Loft" one block away that is divided into two separate apartments. The front apartment (where we stayed) has a full kitchen, living room, and two bedrooms. Fortunately no one else was staying in the other bedroom so we had the entire house to ourselves! The back apartment has a kitchen, living room, and one bedroom. A nice couple from Indiana was staying there over the weekend and let us tour their apartment.

The Loft

Our front door

Pathway to the courtyard

Courtyard

Kitchen

Living room view from upstairs balcony

Looking downstairs from our bedroom door

The Retreat (our room)

View from the door

Our comfy huge bed with high quality sheets

Jetted tub for two :-)

Shower with "rainfall" shower head

We arrived Friday afternoon to chocolate-covered strawberries in our fridge, bath soaps and lufas in our bathroom, and these in our room:

There was also champagne flutes and champagne on ice next to our bed. We opted to give the champagne to the innkeeper and purchased some apple cranberry martinelli's cider. 

Friday night we went out to a really nice, upscale Mexican restaurant called Momocho. It was featured on one of the travel channel's TV shows. It was AMAZING. Really pricey but worth it. They had really good guacamole. Dan and I both ordered make-it-yourself taquitos. I got the shrimp and garlic with a side of dumplings. He ordered steak with a side of black beans.

Dan outside Momocho

  Saturday morning we walked over to the bed and breakfast for breakfast at 9am. We had mixed fruit, a delicious pastry, and french toast. Everything was high quality and yummy! After breakfast Dan took a much-needed nap while I relaxed in the courtyard with 2 of my favorites:

A good book and diet coke

After about an hour Dan and I walked to the West Side market. It's basically like a huge in-door Saturday market with tons of different food vendors. Dan and I got some treats from a bakery.

We also stopped at a book store and Family Dollar (Dan worked at a Family Dollar while he was at BYU-I).

I almost bought this cookbook!

Walking home from the market

Cute house I fell in love with

We arrived back home from the market to these goodies in our kitchen:

Saturday evening before dinner we enjoyed some football.

Dan enjoying a HUGE eclair

Reading

For dinner Saturday night we went to Heck's cafe, a place known for their burgers. We had shrimp as an appetizer. We both got delicious burgers for our entrees. Each entree came with a baby ketchup:

"mini me" ketchup

In front of Heck's cafe

Saturday night we celebrated our anniversary with some sparkling cider. Note: the candles in the picture are fake:

Please ignore the frizzy hair (this is OHIO after all)

Overall we had a wonderful stay. This morning's breakfast consisted of mixed fruit, muffins, cheddar and ham quiche and a cranberry mango salad. We highly recommend staying here and plan on going back as soon as we can!

Pics of the bed and breakfast interior:

Us in front of the Palen House Bed and Breakfast

The City

 Progressive Field

Have a great week!