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August 24, 2010

Back to School!

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Hello friends!

I’m back after a busy first day of classes. It’s so fun being back on a college campus again! I can’t wait til the weather gets cooler — I always associate cool fall weather with going back to school 🙂

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I’m so excited to finally be officially starting my masters program! There’s 27 of us in my MPH class year and I can’t wait to get to know everyone better 🙂

This semester, I’m taking 4 classes here at UNC Chapel Hill:

  • Bio Statistics
  • Nutrition of Children and Mothers
  • Nutritional Assessment & Counseling Skills
  • Food Science Production and Meal Preparation

I’m especially excited about the last two! The counseling class seems like we’ll be doing a lot of cool hands on stuff, including shadowing RD’s working with clients, simulating client interviews in class, etc. And the food science one will be fun because the lab = COOKING! 🙂 The nutrition of children and mothers class will be cool too, especially since one of our assignments will be teaching a few classes on nutrition to 3rd graders at a nearby elementary school 🙂 How fun! I miss teaching ever since I taught English at a primary school in Prague in 2008-2009.

Anyway! Today also marked the return of the packed lunch. Hooray! I heart packed lunches 🙂

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On the menu? Tuna salad, my fave. I hadn’t had it in too many weeks 🙂

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I followed my usual “tuna salad with a healthy twist” recipe, except I added artichoke hearts instead of celery. Yum!

Topped with cucumber:

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And tomatoes!

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And, finally, mixed greens 🙂

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On the side, I packed a juicy peach:

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And for afternoon snacks, a Chobani pomegranate Greek yogurt (love) with some raw oats to mix in (they get super doughy and delish, try it!):

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And a package of trail mix I tossed into my bag in case things got dire (def snacked on this some during class):

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Time to throw together some dinner! Matt and I are going to see the “Scott Pilgram” movie tonight. Have any of you seen it?

- anne
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29 comments
  • Jessica
    August 24, 2010 · 6:48PM:
    I've never ever heard of that movie! Gosh, I am so out of the loop.
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  • katie didit August 24, 2010 · 6:51PM:
    Ahhh, I miss Chapel Hill! Be prepared though, it won't be cooling down for awhile! :)
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  • Heather (Heather's Dish)
    August 24, 2010 · 6:54PM:
    i'll have to hit up the raw-oats-in-yogurt thing soon...it sounds weird but good!
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  • Jessica August 24, 2010 · 6:56PM:
    So exciting! Makes me really want to go back to school...I wish Mason had an MPH Nutrition track!
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  • Dorry
    August 24, 2010 · 7:09PM:
    Glad you had a great 1st day! I agree about cooler weather and school starting. I kind of want to put on a hoodie sweatshirt right now. :)
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  • BethT
    August 24, 2010 · 7:09PM:
    I miss Chapel Hill too! Can't wait to see you eating in and visiting my favorite places.
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  • Sana
    August 24, 2010 · 7:39PM:
    I can't wait to get into an MPH program! Your classes sound so awesomeee!
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  • Lauren
    August 24, 2010 · 7:49PM:
    Aww, how exciting! Your schedule sounds so great and I know you will do awesome! :)
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  • Matt
    August 24, 2010 · 8:15PM:
    Not sure how you can eat tuna! It makes my stomach churn!
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  • Sarah R August 24, 2010 · 8:55PM:
    Your class schedule looks a bit like mine, although I took my nutritional assessment course this summer. It was really interesting. I'm really exited for my Food Science course as well!
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  • Amber from Girl with the Red Hair
    August 24, 2010 · 9:26PM:
    Yayyy so exciting!! This is my first fall NOT going back to school and this post made me just a little bit sad about it :)
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  • Anne @ a daily slice
    August 24, 2010 · 10:02PM:
    Your classes sound great!! I loved my masters program--it seems so bizarre to be finished with school. Have a blast :)
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  • Leah August 24, 2010 · 11:08PM:
    I love raw oats in yogurt too!!
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  • emily
    August 24, 2010 · 11:37PM:
    Yay for a good first day back! Mine is next week and I'm getting nervous. We saw SPVTW the other day and I actually wasn't a fan; I just never got drawn into the characters or storyline. Let us know what you think.
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    • Anne P
      August 25, 2010 · 9:31AM:
      Good luck on your first day! We thought the movie was fun :) Totally weird, but entertaining!
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  • DHP August 25, 2010 · 12:24AM:
    Glad day one was a good one. Look fwd to future reports. Sounds like a great semester ahead. Good luck!
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  • Dawn
    August 25, 2010 · 12:43AM:
    Scott Pilgrim was HYSTERICAL! I hope you guys enjoy it as much as we did. I start my grad program on Monday, and I can't wait! There's absolutely nothing like being on campus in the fall.
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  • Kristy
    August 25, 2010 · 8:35AM:
    Yay! Let the good times roll.... :-)
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  • Adriane August 25, 2010 · 9:23AM:
    Welcome to Carolina! This is my first fall in 3 years that I am not there, and I am so glad to be able to pretend I am back by reading your blog--although I do not miss biostatistics. GOOD LUCK!
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  • Jenna @ Healthy. Happy. Well.
    August 25, 2010 · 9:58AM:
    Have a great fall semester! I miss college. This is the first time not going back, sadness.
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  • Lauren @ 40Apples
    August 25, 2010 · 12:06PM:
    So exciting to be back at school! I am jealous; I love academia :) Your classes sound very, very interesting! I can't wait to hear more about them... especially the "fieldwork" aspects. Yum that tuna sando looks mighty good. I've not had canned tuna in ages but that's bringing back good memories :)
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  • Hillary [Nutrition Nut on the Run]
    August 25, 2010 · 1:36PM:
    I started school this week too. I was stressing about my classes, but this post made me more excited about them. If only we could be study buddies ; ) I'm taking Human Physio, Foodservice Admin, Human Nutrition, Science of Food, and Consumer Health. Good luck, dearie!
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    • Anne P
      August 25, 2010 · 1:48PM:
      Aw good luck! Your schedule sounds very similar - I wish we could be study buddies too! :)
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  • Kris S August 25, 2010 · 2:16PM:
    what, you're not excited for biostats? ;)
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    • Anne P
      August 25, 2010 · 3:28PM:
      lol, soooo excited ;) Actually the teacher is a grad student (not an 80 year old nerdy white dude like I was expecting) and it made me think of you :)
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  • Danielle August 25, 2010 · 8:33PM:
    Yea! I'm so happy to hear that you and Matt are settling in so nicely. :) It was so nice to meet you and chat at HLS while we were at Argo Tea. I can't wait for fall either! Even though we don't have much of the changing seasons here in North Florida I still love the cool temps that the fall brings. I swear there is also a "fall smell" that the air gets too!
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    • Anne P
      August 25, 2010 · 9:41PM:
      There totally is a fall smell! I love it :) And it was great meeting you, too :)
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  • Teresa August 26, 2010 · 9:44AM:
    I got my undergrad degree in Health Admin which is in the School of Public Healthy at UNC-CH. I remember seeing the Nutrition majors eating their packed lunches and spotting hummus for the first time. I had NO idea what it was. But, that was over 10 years ago! I'm on board now.
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  • amanda @ Hungry Vegan Traveler
    August 27, 2010 · 10:14AM:
    The class about children and women's nutrition sounds most interesting to me. Cooking labs sound fun! I hope you'll blog about your "lab experiments."
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