I can’t believe it’s 2013.  Time is seriously going by at warp speed right now, and I honestly wish that it would slow down a bit.  In each isolated moment of the day I am happy and excited about what’s happening around me, but as I look back it all seems kind of like a blur.  I guess that’s part of growing up though.

Well with a week of the new semester under my belt, I can definitely say a couple of things with a strong certainty:

1: I am going to LOVE the MA in Teaching English as a Second Language graduate program.  It’s going to be a lot of work and the classes are going to take a bit of getting used to, but the excitement of it all should hopefully motivate and push me through the tough parts.

2. The GA position with Graduate Studies is awesome.  I won’t lie, I was a little nervous at first accepting the position because I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into, but I couldn’t have landed myself in a better department to work in.  Everyone in the office is so helpful and patient and fun to work with and be around that it makes work something I’m starting to look forward to each day.  :)

3. I’m going to learn a lot about pit-bulls. I found this beautiful girl at the grocery store last week and intended to take her into the shelter the next day, but after hanging out with her for just a couple of hours, Drew and I both fell in love with her and decided to keep her.  Her name is Benelli, or Nelli for short and she is SUCH a character.  She has the most readable facial expressions I’ve ever seen in any dog and it has made each day SO much better from all of the laughter she provides.

4.  It’s going to be a great semester.  Really, it’s going to be a great year.  There are so many new things to learn, and to look work towards.

A few things:

• Shrimpfest next weekend!
• The Gladiator Mud Run on March 9th!

• My birthday on St. Patrick’s Day!  23 isn’t anything exciting, but it’s still a birthday and it’s on St. Patrick’s day, so that ALWAYS makes it awesome! :)
• The Mustache/ 80′s Party in April.  Such a great time last year, and I know it will be even more awesome this year! :)
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• The Hospital Hill Half Marathon in Kansas City on June 1st!  I am SO excited to begin training for this next week and even more excited to have my friend Hunt to run it with me! 
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Well, there a quick screen shot into the beginning of what is sure to be an amazing year!  It’s a pretty lazy Saturday night around here.  I decided to take a little down time and cuddle up with Nelli and some Netflix and it’s turning out to be quite a relaxing night. :) Tomorrow is the employee Christmas party, so it’s probably definitely a good idea to rest up and save energy for that because it’s sure to be a LONG night. :)

Here’s a thought:

It’s good to be back. :)

Talkatchalater,

Happy Hippie

It’s labor day weekend! :)

 

And here in Warrensburg, labor day weekend 2012 means…

• Kickin’ off the weekend with a GREAT day at work on Friday. :)  When I was leaving for work, I noticed that it looked like an insane downpour was on the way, so I decided to run through McDonald’s and pick up Ashley and I each a frappe because caffeine is a necessity, especially on a rainy day.  Well, it turns out that she had the same idea and had picked up sodas for both of us on her way to work, so it was double caffeine day!  And to top it off, we both had on Razorback hoodies in honor and celebration of the first game of the season being tonight!!  It was such a fun day and the kids were extra good, which means that they had more smileys than frowns on the scoreboard at the end of the day.  I was SO excited because more smileys= The Continental Drift. Now you may be wondering what that is exactly, but instead of telling you I will show you.  Just picture this dance… and a class of 24 fourth graders doing it.  It was seriously the highlight of my week.

• A nice long nap after school on Friday with the sound of the rainstorm the WHOLE time.  Perfect.
• No alarm clock for three days.  YAho0o0o0o0o!
• A rainstorm that has not stopped since yesterday morning at 8am.  I love the rain, but my hair does not.
• Razorbacks first game of the season!

 

Alright, well for the sake of enjoying this time to do absolutely nothing, I’m going to log off of this computer and do just that.  Hope you’re all having a GREAT weekend!

 

 

Here’s a Thought:

 

Talkatchalater,

Happy Hippie