About

My name is Ellie and I just graduated with my Bachelors in Social Work and am will start my Post Bacc in Nutrition and Dietetics. With that comes a summer at home and in the corn field working hard for my Dad and saving every last penny! SO what you ask is this blog? I’m a past cowgirl (for real I showed cows in the 4H fair)!

Yep that is ME After a childhood on a hobby farm (my Dad has a non farmer job but we had animals and a huge garden just for the fun of it) I took a new path and moved to a city in the mid west! I spent the next four years of college loving city life and trying all kinds of new things/learning to cross busy streets

Street dances are my favorite! SO I went to festivals and I studied HARD-but at one point I had a revelation. I did not want to be a social worker-or I did not JUST want to be a social worker. I also want to be a dietitian! I believe that the a person can not thrive (social work word) without proper nutrition. SO I’m going to do my post bacc in dietetics! I’ll head to a state school this fall and begin a new life (yikes!)

At the same time- My life has changed in other ways. I’m a long distance runner (4 marathons- St. Louis, Grand Rapids, Boston, and Chicago)!

My PR is 3:26:17. I started running 10 years ago and I love it. However, my body has taken a hit this year. While training for my 5th marathon I had IT band issues and bursitis SO I’m in PT and eventually will be back to running. For know I’m swimming and biking and elipticalling (not a word).