Assistant Director, Office of Academic Services

So I was finally promoted to my new job as Assistant Director of the office. I am very excited as it offers more opportunities as well as more pay! I am still going to be advising students, but I will do more with students currently in our graduate programs, as well as more fairs & presentations. It's pretty exciting!

Well, back to my lunch & studying!

I need to go on vacation/finish school

OK, seriously, it has been 6 months since my last trip and I am going crazy here! I need some palm trees, some sand, some sun! I am not sure where we will go this year, but I don't want to spend too much money. I found this really awesome hotel in Myrtle Beach, but it is like $160 a night, and I don't know if that is really worth it.So I'll keep looking...

Work has been busy lately, but it's made the time fly which is awesome! I am so excited that it is Friday (like usual!) I want to sleep in and spend some time scrapbooking. I only need to write a couple words on one more page and I am going to be 100% finished with my wedding scrapbook! I am so excited.

This weekend we are probably going have date-night tonight - maybe dinner and a movie or something. Tomorrow I am going to go shopping with Kim, and then tomorrow night we might be having some friends over. Sunday we are having lunch with my family for mothers day. And that about wraps up the weekend.

Still this quarter, I have to read about 500 more pages in my books, write 3 papers (about 3-5 pages each) but all involve research, do 2 presentations and STUDY a lot. I have 4 weeks left of classes (including my 2 finals) but it is still a lot to do in that amount of time bc some of it is due in less than 2 weeks.... It will be soooo good when school is finished!

I have been thinking lately about what I want in my career, and that will help me keep focused when I am not in the mood to do school stuff. I really need this masters degree to move up. Although I have received an email office for this Assistant Director postion, and I have already been doing some of that workload, but I haven't gotten anything official yet (such as the real offer letter and raise...) so I am still working on that. What a long process it has been. Seriously, just about 6 months. WOW.

A nice weekend

So this weekend Gahanna opened up their Creekside district - shops and resturants along the creek area. We went to walk around for a while and Ryan took some pictures. We also had this brother and wife over for his birthday on Saturday night. Sunday I finally got to pick up some pictutes to scrapbook with! I feel like it has been way way way too long! So I am finishing the last page of my wedding scrapbook hopefully tonight and I am also working on my 2006-2007 one as well. It's hard during school to find the time to do it, but hopefuly since I have spent the last 24 hours really focusing on school stuff, I will be ahead a little and able to take some time to scrapbook. I want to get those page organizer pockets that are in 12x12 so I can just slide all my pics into there and embellishments and paper, then when I am ready to do it, I can jsut reach into a divider and pull out that project. Right now I just make piles, and they are messy and dont stay how I want them. I am excited to scrapbook more than wedding stuff like I have been doing for almost 2 years!

Miterm is over!

I only had one midterm this quarter and it took place last night. I think I did pretty well on it, actually. I probably studied more than I had to, but I guess that is ok.

And an update, I decided to go get my tetanus shot the other day, and I did get the metal out of my hand!

Also, it looks like there will be an update on the job thing, keep checking back!

Other than that, our new patio set is really nice and I am planning to sit in it most of the evening tonihgt since I have no plans or obligations or class. Starting probably tomorrow I am going to focus a lot more on school and getting these projects finished. I guess I am sort of glad I took the classes I did the last 2 quarters bc it makes these others seem so much easier. Tonight would be a good night for some frisbee if I weren't so sore...

more weekend

We also tried to put together this cheap porch glider we bought last weekend. Well, in all it's 'made in china' glory, I got a sliver with the metal. It was pretty painful, and now I am fairly sure I will have tetanus and also lead poisoning. And it is ironic that last week we were talking for a couple days about how I haven't had my tetanus shot for well over the 10 year period you are supposed to have it. SO...now I am going to go in to the doctor this afternoon to do it. UGH!

Other than that, it was a good weekend! A lot of fun, and I can't wait for the next one!

Weekend Review

So Friday afternoon we took a little vacay time to go to a rehearsal and dinner for some friends that got married on Saturday. It was fun, and great to be home so early to spend the evening hanging out. Saturday I hung out with my neighbor for a bit and went to Meijer. I bought a really great new patio set super cheap. Saturday afternoon/evening we went to the wedding for which Ryan was the photographer. He did a really, really great job. I mean, REALLY good job. Enough to make me want to put my dress back on and buy a bouquet to make him take my pics. Sunday we had a lot of errands to run. I had to borrow my parents van to go pick up this patio set. Of course when we get there, it takes 5 people over 30 minutes to locate it in the back even though it was a HUGE box with my name on it. Seriously, they hire a bunch of idiots.but we brought it home and put it together. Now only if it was nice enough to actually cook out ON AN EVENING I AM HOME to do it!

Week 4! 6 more!

So I now track time based on which week of the quarter it is. I am finished with my classes for week 4. Next week I have a midterm in one class and have 3 projects I am working on between the two. I sure wish I could finish this program in only 2 years.

I forgot to file my city taxes. hahahaha...oops. Yeah, I remembered yesterday, but wasnt home from class until almost 10, so I was in that long line at the post office of people that wait until the last minute.

The weather is nicer out FINALLY. I am hoping to play some frisbee or at least go on a walk or run tonight after work. It will be really nice to have a couple evenings off. Friday night we are going to a rehearsal and dinner. Saturday we are going to a wedding (Ryan is the photographer). Sunday I will have to study...but maybe I can do that outside?

That's basically it for me right now.

PS- anyone watch the Biggest Loser? I was hooked this year and I am so happy that it turned out how it did. She totally deserved to win.