Well, this semester I am for sure in graduate school. I felt like that last semester, too, but was too tired and lethargic (depressed maybe?) to really be productive about it.
Today, surrounded by a sense of urgency and some low level fear, I got up at 5:30 to work on homework for tonight's class (which is from 5-8). I had not intended to leave 1/2 my work until the DAY OF class - those of you who know me well know how much I hate doing that! :)
Last week (as I mentioned in the last post) I had a ton of ADPi stuff, and then recovery. It was so bad that I didn't get started doing my homework until Saturday and then I was so tired it was pretty hard to read the Law reading (you can imagine!). So I finished Law on Sunday after church, and tried to start on Capstone - but I wasn't moving very fast on that either. Blah, blah, blah, add in a bunch of misused time (from a homework perspective - though in reality it was good stuff - the Amazing Race finale with Kathryn, Sarah and the Schwartzs; outlet shopping with Sarah - a suit, two sweaters and new tennies!; movie with some gal pals)..... and here I am at 7:30, mostly done with my homework (one chapter and one article to go) and with very few breaks today to get it finalized.
But, I feel like I'm in grad school! I'm drinkin coffee, taking notes, checking email and facebook on my new laptop. Perhaps I should get that PhD after all! (apps are in, and I won't have any info until early Feb (UCLA) and early March (WSU))
Today I am looking forward to:
* Session with Ashley
* Coffee with Marquette
* MLK, Jr Luncheon (last year was awesome, I can only expect this year to be great, too!)
* Mtg with Lynn to discuss planning her sorority's mission trip
* Mtg with Courtney to get to know each other and talk about ADPi stuff
* Class (well, mostly I am looking forward to it!)
Tonight I vow to not do any homework (maybe).... but I have THREE chapters of stats homework to do (due Monday), three chapters of Law and one tab (due Tues) and some other reading, interviews, and resume etc due next Wed. How in the world you ask!~? So do I. Wish me luck!
Blessings on you and yours!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Ringing in the new year a few days late!
Well, 2008 is already almost 3 weeks old, and so I apologize for my relative absence thus far on the blog! It was not intentional! And as you all know, if my actions met up with my intentions, I'd have posted 12 times by now!
I spent New Year's Day with my family, enjoying coffee, books and Settlers. My parents and I went up to Barnes and Noble and were able to use up my mom's gift cards! It was really fun to know that I had $25 to use toward books - I think I ended up being able to get 5 of them - HP 5, Break In (by Dick Francis - an old favorite), Little Women and two other classics that I can't remember right now. I had to leave those two behind (along with some John Piper books I got at Derek's church for $5 each!!) to save space and weight in my luggage, but I'm looking forward to reading them when I get back. It was fun to play games with the family on New Year's Eve - My mom was crowned the final "lord of catan" for 2008, and the day - with its Barnes and Noble trip, movies and snacks was really fun.
I left on the 2nd to head back to Tx. Dad and I had a nice morning together chatting in the airport and then I got picked up by Karen and the kids in San Antonio. I was only able to stay for a few days, but it was really fun to do so. I love those kids, and I am always glad to get to spend time with them, John and Karen, and Dorothy and Nick. We had a good time!
I returned on the 4th to Waco and Sarah and I were able to spend a day together before she moved down to Austin and I began sorority recruitment. I have lots of pictures to share with you in the next post. It was a really fun week of recruitment! I got to hang out with my friend Danielle, who is the recruitment advisor, I spent a lot of time with the Alpha Delta Pi women and we ended up recruiting a really incredible bunch of women! I was so proud of all the work the ladies went to to get it completed and done in a great way. I am sad that I won't be here next year to be with them again - who knows, maybe I'll find a way.
During the week, we had our first mixer of the year - it was a "basketball mixer" - and it was really fun. It was also (embarassingly) my first baylor basketball game ever! We won, and that was great, but it was also a really good event for the chapter. On Friday night, we hosted our Sisterhood Retreat: "Legends of a Hidden Sisterhood" - it was great. I was so proud of Naomi (our membership education vice president) and the way she organized it, delegated work and the work that the women came up with - it was all really creative and it was fun to be at a gymnasium with trampolines, etc! A few of us slept overnight, but most of the women left around 3am. I was pretty beat when I got home - as you can imagine - and slept away the morning at home (I got home at 8:40). Later, Sarah and I went grocery shopping and then I started reading for school. bleh. Myles came over for dinner with Sarah and I and we watched "Rushmore" - I couldn't stay awake. I'm too old to stay up till 3am, it turns out! Today was a great sunday school class and church and then relaxing until the Amazing Race finale - which was excellent! Joel, Jessica, Kathryn, Sarah and I enjoyed a potluck and then the finale together. Tomorrow, Sarah is off work and I don't have school, so we are goin up to the outlet mall in the AM to do a little shopping. I'm hoping to see a movie later in the day - but also doing a LOT of reading, too!
So, on that note... finally, on to school talk. Well, this semester should be informative, kind of fun... and maybe a lot intense. We have a ton of reading and homework for our classes this semetser. I am taking: Statistics, Higher Education and the Law, and our Capstone course. Instead of taking comps, we have to present a case study analysis for some of the faculty of our program (at the end of the semester). We present for 30 minutes and then answer questions for 15-ish. We were assigned our case studies on the first day, in expectation of our working on them all semester, while we also do our other work! A fun requirement of our Capstone course is a trip to Boston in March for the NASPA conference. NASPA is the professional organization for student personnel administrators, and I think we are all looking forward to a weeklong stay (except for the bill of how much food will cost - yikes!).
that's probably it for now. There are 116 days until I get hooded/graduate. There are 45 days until Boston. And I am working on applying for jobs while I wait to hear graduate school application results.
I will write soon! I'm going to make a quick slide show and post it in the next post!
I spent New Year's Day with my family, enjoying coffee, books and Settlers. My parents and I went up to Barnes and Noble and were able to use up my mom's gift cards! It was really fun to know that I had $25 to use toward books - I think I ended up being able to get 5 of them - HP 5, Break In (by Dick Francis - an old favorite), Little Women and two other classics that I can't remember right now. I had to leave those two behind (along with some John Piper books I got at Derek's church for $5 each!!) to save space and weight in my luggage, but I'm looking forward to reading them when I get back. It was fun to play games with the family on New Year's Eve - My mom was crowned the final "lord of catan" for 2008, and the day - with its Barnes and Noble trip, movies and snacks was really fun.
I left on the 2nd to head back to Tx. Dad and I had a nice morning together chatting in the airport and then I got picked up by Karen and the kids in San Antonio. I was only able to stay for a few days, but it was really fun to do so. I love those kids, and I am always glad to get to spend time with them, John and Karen, and Dorothy and Nick. We had a good time!
I returned on the 4th to Waco and Sarah and I were able to spend a day together before she moved down to Austin and I began sorority recruitment. I have lots of pictures to share with you in the next post. It was a really fun week of recruitment! I got to hang out with my friend Danielle, who is the recruitment advisor, I spent a lot of time with the Alpha Delta Pi women and we ended up recruiting a really incredible bunch of women! I was so proud of all the work the ladies went to to get it completed and done in a great way. I am sad that I won't be here next year to be with them again - who knows, maybe I'll find a way.
During the week, we had our first mixer of the year - it was a "basketball mixer" - and it was really fun. It was also (embarassingly) my first baylor basketball game ever! We won, and that was great, but it was also a really good event for the chapter. On Friday night, we hosted our Sisterhood Retreat: "Legends of a Hidden Sisterhood" - it was great. I was so proud of Naomi (our membership education vice president) and the way she organized it, delegated work and the work that the women came up with - it was all really creative and it was fun to be at a gymnasium with trampolines, etc! A few of us slept overnight, but most of the women left around 3am. I was pretty beat when I got home - as you can imagine - and slept away the morning at home (I got home at 8:40). Later, Sarah and I went grocery shopping and then I started reading for school. bleh. Myles came over for dinner with Sarah and I and we watched "Rushmore" - I couldn't stay awake. I'm too old to stay up till 3am, it turns out! Today was a great sunday school class and church and then relaxing until the Amazing Race finale - which was excellent! Joel, Jessica, Kathryn, Sarah and I enjoyed a potluck and then the finale together. Tomorrow, Sarah is off work and I don't have school, so we are goin up to the outlet mall in the AM to do a little shopping. I'm hoping to see a movie later in the day - but also doing a LOT of reading, too!
So, on that note... finally, on to school talk. Well, this semester should be informative, kind of fun... and maybe a lot intense. We have a ton of reading and homework for our classes this semetser. I am taking: Statistics, Higher Education and the Law, and our Capstone course. Instead of taking comps, we have to present a case study analysis for some of the faculty of our program (at the end of the semester). We present for 30 minutes and then answer questions for 15-ish. We were assigned our case studies on the first day, in expectation of our working on them all semester, while we also do our other work! A fun requirement of our Capstone course is a trip to Boston in March for the NASPA conference. NASPA is the professional organization for student personnel administrators, and I think we are all looking forward to a weeklong stay (except for the bill of how much food will cost - yikes!).
that's probably it for now. There are 116 days until I get hooded/graduate. There are 45 days until Boston. And I am working on applying for jobs while I wait to hear graduate school application results.
I will write soon! I'm going to make a quick slide show and post it in the next post!
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