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My Name is Hollie and I Post Dirty Lies

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I have a confession to make blogging besties.

Yesterday, I posted a blog titled Red Foot or something like that.  My foot is not actually red…but hot pink.  Don’t ask me how this happened because quite frankly I don’t know.  I told Nikki about it so I thought perhaps you guys would get enjoyment out of it as well.

My pink pen exploded all over my foot. 

It all happened when I was working on homework two nights ago.  I sit Indian Style always and I was playing around with my pen…when all of it sudden the bottom just gave out. 

My foot is actually pink…and nothing that I do (nailpolish remover, peroxide, actual showering with soap and water, oh and pool chlorine) has gotten it off.

So I lied.

My foot is pink.

Who the hell does this happen to.

No seriously….if you can answer me that you automatically win my giveaway…

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But on less pink notes and things about my feet (because I’m embarrassed to even talk about them).  Today I made chocolate peanut flour pancakes in baby form.  I often have a debate with you guys about big pancakes versus lots of little ones.  I personally like one big dense one but I’m in an underwhelming minority.

Well today I made about 10 babies.  They were cute and delicious.  Still taste like chocolate and peanut flour.

Lil' Babycakes

Lunch today I ate with Julie.  Dexter’s café is closing this week (and won’t be open during finals) so I have to get my quiche addiction in before the end of the year.).   If you live in the VA beach area, or within an hour let me know your fav quiche destination and I will be there.  No really.

Smoked Salmon Quiche is Quiche of the week...I wish I could eat this forever. With Quinoa black bean and tomato salad


Dinner tonight was with Jenna my swimming bff.  At least I think so…I’m not entirely sure she feels the same way ha.  ;) .  Ha kidding of course.

with lots of blue cheese of course

I like to call this salad-please don’t get in line behind me when they have artichoke hearts at the salad bar salad.  The warm weather has made me crave cold fruit, refreshing salads and just plain fruity things.  Don’t ask because once again I’m weird and have no explanations.

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Updates on my blisters (because I know you all are terrible curious), I’m running in old shoes that don’t run and it’s going well…I’m still in pain at night (weird) but when I run it goes away…or maybe I just focus on other things.

Well-I’m off for a little swimming sesh with my housemates and Jenna.

I also promise I’m never posting about my feet again.  I mean Chuck blatantly thanked me for not putting any pictures of blistery feet online. 

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Question for you:

  1. 1.       Do you crave certain things with the change of weather?
  2. 2.       No seriously-how can I get this ink off my foot?

Guest Post: Larissa and Podiatry

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Hi guys, to give you a break from pancakes I have started my Friendly Factual Fridays Series. If you want to contribute please email me at lolzthatswim@gmail.com! Without further ado, I welcome the fabulous Larissa to the floor.
Hollie
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My name is Larissa, and I am currently a second year student studying to be a podiatrist (a foot and ankle surgeon).  Since most of you reading are probably pretty active you might have encountered a podiatrist for a foot injury , but for those of you who don’t know, I am going to tell you all a little bit about podiatry- the best field ever !

Me at my white coat ceremony.

 

So what does it take to become a podiatrist? A four year undergraduate degree (Rutgers Rah Rah!) in any field, and some prerequisite course such as chemistry, biology, organic chemistry, physics… I happen to be an economics major !  Also an MCAT score is needed to apply.  Then you apply to one of the nine podiatry school which consists of a 4 year curriculum, 2 years of mostly classroom education and 2 years of clinical education.  I am just starting my clinical education and love it so far.

A lot of people ask why I would want to be a podiatrist and look as peoples feet all day long.   I honestly think podiatry was the best fit for me.  I love that in this career you can work with such a wide variety of patients.  Podiatrists play an important role in caring for seniors, athletes, diabetics, and children just to name a few.  You can even take up an area of interest and focus your work on something such as sports medicine.   What I also love about the field is that it is very procedural based, meaning when someone comes in with foot pain, there is often something we can do for them right then to alleviate some of the pain, such as pads for shoes, orthotics,etc ; in addition to long term correction and disease prevention.

Many people do not really know what podiatry is and don’t really considerate it while in college- this defiantly happened to me, and I found out about podiatry my senior year.  I always thought I wanted to be involved in health care somehow, and considered going to medical school, dental school, but when I came across podiatry I knew it was the right fit for me.  While podiatry school is pretty hard, it will defiantly be worth it.  I have already learned so much and made some really great friends.  I feel so lucky that I came across this career, not only do I love being able to help people, but podiatrist generally get to enjoy a great work/ life balance.

I spend most of my time studying however when I am being a “real girl” I enjoy biking, kayaking, baking, swimming, working out, going to the beach and being outdoors.

If you are interested in becoming a podiatrist (!!) or have any questions in general feel free to contact me at Lhatala@gmail.com .    ** As I am not a doctor yet, I cannot give out medical advice, but would be happy to discuss the career, experience I have had, become friends or anything else not related to podiatry! **

Here are also some resources if you want to learn more:

Thank Hollie for letting me get the word out about podiatry!

And just a little funny joke: The next time someone asks if you became a podiatrist because you have a foot fetish, ask them if their kid’s pediatrician is pedophile.