i'm struggling to get through schoolwork today because freedom is on the other side. one more presentation, one more midterm and one more paper until i'm THERE. going home, going to chicago, celebrating 25, not thinking one darn minute about school. when i return only two classes- monday and tuesday night- left until graduation i MAY ( Read more... )

i neglect livejournal and barely think about it. and then i see it on my firefox bookmark bar and remember what a life was here in the past...and try to post...something ( Read more... )

we surprised my dad and he almost cried in front of his co-workers. it was such a great moment. both of our parents could not figure out how kristine had made it from florida to ohio for dad's birthday. it's simple, she bought a ticket and flew in an airplane. coincidentally, we were all home to be with kory after his minor surgery, which he is ( Read more... )

went on that proper date last night. the food was delicious, but also in very small portions, so we felt like that one "priceless" commercial: paying for parking $4, paying for over-priced un-filling food $65, running home to get snacks priceless ( Read more... )

5 years for Pat & Katy! Pretty amazing...we have some work and a party this weekend, so hopefully next we'll find time to celebrate properly on a date ( Read more... )

I got home from Europe on Wednesday 19 August at 5p U.S. time, 11p France time. I was over-exhausted from the 16 hours of traveling, but stayed up another 5 hours in order to wake up the next morning and feel adjusted. it worked! and i spent the next four days, in between getting back and starting school, organizing my life and making good food ( Read more... )

It’s springtime, all the trees are flowering and blooming, and six different colorful grasses populate the outdoor cat garden where lunch is being served. I’m wearing a skirt and my legs make direct contact with the maple hard wood chair I sit in at the outdoor table. The sunlight is too bright; it gives me a headache and I can barely open my ( Read more... )

not so much in a crisis any more, now it's more like a panic/rush to get everything completed. a presentation and written final due tomorrow and then a database due weds at midnight- my group will most likely be working until the deadline. after that i have to pack, find a dublin apt., and prepare for my 3.5 month european adventure. pat and i ( Read more... )

you may have noticed that i'm going through a mid-grad program crisis. not only am i mentally and emotionally strained, but also physically affected: face break-out, gray hair sprouts, back aches. after tomorrow's presentation i might be able to calm down a bit. but then it never ends...i have to build database things and analyze financial ( Read more... )

41.5 days until my European summer break.