So it's been awhile...
Did you think I was kidding when I said I was so busy I wouldn't post for a while? It's been a year since my last post - almost exactly! And life has been crazy-hectic. And don't think that just because I'm posting that it's going to slow down - oh no! I guess I'm just tired of seeing none of my friends posting, so I thought I'd liven things up a bit.
I'm petitioning Ga State to graduate this school year. I will have my Master's degree in history in May 2007 :) I can't believe my graduate schooling is almost over! And yet, in a way, I've started getting that familiar feeling of "senioritis" again and am all too glad to see the end of late night papers and parking downtown.
And I've been doing a bit of wedding planning recently. Plans were a bit "on hold" whilst we made it through the spring wedding season and saw a few friends off into marital bliss - but now we're starting to plan our own happily ever after. At the moment that includes pretty cream and burgundy colors and a gargantuen chocolate cookie-cake groomscake. But it feels strange talking about wedding plans to a computer screen, so I won't ever do it again.
I spoke to Kat on the phone today (Shout out to Kat half-way around the world!) and she sounded great. Other than making the weirdest Texas-hash EVER for her Azeri family, it seems like she's really doing well over in Azerbaijan. I can't deny that I envy her the freedom she has right now. I love every bit of my life, from my BEAUTIFUL new house (which resides in a lovely neighborhood) to my WONDERFUL Matt (who gives me just about anything I want, but will grumble about it just because he can) to my ADORABLE kitten Jack-Jack (who is currently biting my toes). But every now and then, I think about how nice it would be to travel someplace EXOTIC - just leave all responsibility behind and go see the world for a while and be someone completely different.
And then I remind myself that I've done that (Florence, 2002!!) and it all brought me right to where I am today. And I'm convinced that I'd rather be myself here with people who really know and love me than searching for myself alone out there again. But exotic for a LITTLE while wouldn't be so bad...
Teaching starts up in 32 hours. At least, preplanning does. I hear that this year Ga Teachers are supposed to get a $100 gift card to Walmart for teaching supplies. I have yet to see this gift card, but I'll keep you updated. I'm actually really excited about what this year holds. We'll see if this enthusiasm is still here next Monday night after I've met my new 90 hormonal highschoolers.
So farewell to the summer! Hopefully you'll be hearing from me again in 2006. Although, I can't say it looks very promising!
I'm petitioning Ga State to graduate this school year. I will have my Master's degree in history in May 2007 :) I can't believe my graduate schooling is almost over! And yet, in a way, I've started getting that familiar feeling of "senioritis" again and am all too glad to see the end of late night papers and parking downtown.
And I've been doing a bit of wedding planning recently. Plans were a bit "on hold" whilst we made it through the spring wedding season and saw a few friends off into marital bliss - but now we're starting to plan our own happily ever after. At the moment that includes pretty cream and burgundy colors and a gargantuen chocolate cookie-cake groomscake. But it feels strange talking about wedding plans to a computer screen, so I won't ever do it again.
I spoke to Kat on the phone today (Shout out to Kat half-way around the world!) and she sounded great. Other than making the weirdest Texas-hash EVER for her Azeri family, it seems like she's really doing well over in Azerbaijan. I can't deny that I envy her the freedom she has right now. I love every bit of my life, from my BEAUTIFUL new house (which resides in a lovely neighborhood) to my WONDERFUL Matt (who gives me just about anything I want, but will grumble about it just because he can) to my ADORABLE kitten Jack-Jack (who is currently biting my toes). But every now and then, I think about how nice it would be to travel someplace EXOTIC - just leave all responsibility behind and go see the world for a while and be someone completely different.
And then I remind myself that I've done that (Florence, 2002!!) and it all brought me right to where I am today. And I'm convinced that I'd rather be myself here with people who really know and love me than searching for myself alone out there again. But exotic for a LITTLE while wouldn't be so bad...
Teaching starts up in 32 hours. At least, preplanning does. I hear that this year Ga Teachers are supposed to get a $100 gift card to Walmart for teaching supplies. I have yet to see this gift card, but I'll keep you updated. I'm actually really excited about what this year holds. We'll see if this enthusiasm is still here next Monday night after I've met my new 90 hormonal highschoolers.
So farewell to the summer! Hopefully you'll be hearing from me again in 2006. Although, I can't say it looks very promising!