Rants, Recipes, and Running

I will pause for a brief intermission of all things baby to celebrate an exciting moment.  I am done with grad school!  This is the first evening that the reality is really settling in. For the past 2.5 years of my life, assignments were due by 9 or 10 pm Tuesday night (for me, since I'm in AZ and everything was on East Coast time)... I never waited until Tuesday to submit my assignments - but there were a few Monday nights that I was scrambling.  I got to add "MSN, RN" behind my name on my email signature today at work -  and it felt kind of cool! New letters behind the name are always fun, right?  I always wanted to get my master's, but honestly didn't think I'd actually do it.  Then while I was doing it - I had many moments where I thought about quitting.  Then I got pregnant and realized I'd be doing my practicum in the midst of the pandemic, and really thought about putting things on hold. However, I knew that if I put things on hold - that would turn