june... a month of whirlwind changes

Hope everyone is having a great month of June! I can't believe it's almost coming to an end though! The first half of this year definitely passed by extremely quickly. Summer is definitely one of my favorite seasons and I'm so glad I get to enjoy it in its entirety in southern California this year! The weather has been quite strange this year... most of June was spent in gloomy weather but I think the heat is finally kicking in! Anywhos, let's do a little recap of what happened in the last month since I rarely have time to update these days.

May 31st - My first interview with CVS. Mighty nerve racking since I hadn't gone on interviews since the Interview Day put on by the school.

June 3rd - My second interview with CVS and the day I got hired! Ran around like a chicken with my head cut off that day trying to finish my drug testing and paperwork but it was all worth it! Spent the weekend in San Diego and got a flat tire :(. Got both of my rear tires changed courtesy of Boyfriend :). Also met Boyfriend's family for the first time :).

June 8th - CVS Grad Intern Conference. Learned all about the culture of the company. It was quite interesting. I totally scarfed down my dessert.

June 11th - Spent the day at training for CVS and then headed to San Diego for the weekend to celebrate Boyfriend's brother's graduation. Party was at Tom Ham's Lighthouse (see picture below). Such a beautiful location and the food was super delicious! Also, finally got to watch Bridesmaids which was HI-larious even going in with pretty high expectations!

Tom Ham's Lighthouse

June 12th & 13th - Spent the next 2 days completing more training and celebrating at Disneyland with Judy & Pearl! Here are some photos from the Soundsational Parade!

June 17th - Spent the day in training and then headed to dinner at Houston's with my supervisors and fellow grad interns in my district! Yumes!

June 20th - First day of real work! Felt like a real slow dozo but finally picking things up. Loving RxConnect compared to Rx2000 for sure!

June 23rd & 24th - Grad Intern Training Conference. Got to see some familiar faces! Also picked up my first paycheck :D

June 25th - Nam & Matthew's Housewarming Party! So hilarious & der-ree-scious food! Apparently we're YouTube stars and had no idea ;) lol.

May ya'lls have a great 4th of July if I don't update before then!

vehicle alignment

So my steering wheel has been veering to the left for awhile and I didn't think it was a big deal until this weekend when I got a flat tire and saw that one side of my tire was completely balding and the other side was fine. They told me I should go get my car aligned so I went today and here were my results.

So yesterday we went out to celebrate my new job with CVS/pharmacy at Father's Office this beer/wine/burgers place in Culver City. It was quite delicious! And after the tasty meal, we dropped by Nam & Matthew's apartment where all us girls picked up a bunch of goodies from this box of junk Nam was planning on giving away. The JBL speakers that I picked up are the bomb diggity if I say so myself! (thanks Nam!).

top left: woodchuck apple cider & peche lambic; top right: sweet potato frites
bottom left: office burger; bottom right: sulvin (?)

loans info

In case you pharmers were wondering about your Direct Loans, I gave them a call this morning regarding which payment plan to choose and they said that no matter what plan you choose, you can pay more and not be penalized. I opted for the Extended Plan - Fixed Option (25 years) for now and I'll try to pay more. Apparently, my grad school loans don't go into repayment until 12/14/2011 and a portion of my loans are subsidized SO that means it would actually be beneficial for me to NOT pay off the subsidized portion of my loans! Great news! lol. I still have loans to pay off for undergrad (approx. $17,000 unsubsidized) so my goal is to completely wipe that out first. The Direct Loans people were super nice so I would recommend giving them a call if you have any questions. Their number is 1-800-848-0979 and their hours are 8am to 8:30pm, Eastern Time, Monday to Friday.

Hope this helps! Have a great week everyone!

last graduation card

I don't think I could've gotten a more appropriate graduation card lol.

in love

http://www.toms.com/red-canvas-women-s-wedges

I saw these on here and absolutely fell in love with them! They are so perfect for summer and casual enough for everyday! Must add to wishlist!

may: in pictures

First day of June! Haven't had much time to update so I will do a quick recap in the form of pictures! Enjoy!

disneyland

ke$ha concert

lambda kappa sigma - 3rd year dinner

rx friends

university of the pacific - pharm.d. class of 2011

hellooo nurse judy

food adventures
top left: peeps & effen vodka, top right: guppy teahouse
bottom: cafe orleans at disneyland, ca

top left: disneyland - club 33 desserts, top right: socal burger at los feliz umami burger
bottom left: wine & cheese night, bottom right: disneyland - club 33 filet mignon