So much to cover
I haven't really updeated in a while, so I'll try to catch everyone up on what I've been doing.
Boot camp was done in August. I ended with a 3.7. They gave us a two week break before the fall semester. Everyone went home, but I was stuck here for TA training. It was ok. Dev came out for three weeks to keep me company. We had a good time. We fixed our problems. The distance was really getting to me. He decided to put law school on hold so he can find a school close to me and my first job. Our parents think it's a good idea. Our spring breaks line up this year, so we're trying to find a cruise to take. Other than that, not much more about Dev to update on.
The fall semester started three weeks ago. I have 11 credits and am TAing for a Comm Law class. My students are wonderful. They're seniors, so they are all very motivated and hardworking. They know this is their last go before they get a job. I've had a lot of papers to grade, so I'm keeping busy. Next week, I have to start coming up with exam questions.
And it's a good thing I'm keeping busy with school and teaching because I'm kind of miserable up here. I don't exactly feel like I fit in. I hate the East Coast. Everyone's the same. I miss the midwest so bad. I really miss IU. I think about how much happier I was every single day. I wish I had applied to Mizzou and stayed in the midwest, but then I would have been away from my family for another 13 months and it would have been so much harder to move. As it is, Dad barely managed to get the Budget rent-a-truck up here, and it was only 4 hours. I couldn't see us driving all of my furniture out there. I probably would have had to rent furniture or buy it out there, and it would have been a huge pain. At least I have Brie. I've become so close to her in just the few months we've been here, but I'm glad to know we're going through some of the same things.
I miss the dogs a bunch. I'm going home on October 13-16th to visit the family and the puppies...more so the puppies since mom, Bean, Aunt Frannie, and Dad have all been up here at least once within the past month. It's Yom Kippur, and with the huge Jewish population we have here, we have a 4 day weekend.
Dev's heading over for Halloween. We're going as GI Joe and Barbie. I'm about 10 pounds away from my goal weight, but I promised him, if I made it close, I'd wear a hot pink mini-skirt and high heels for my costume. For all of you who haven't seen me in months, I started working out/dieting hard core in April and have lost over 30 pounds. I quit when I moved here because my gym membership didn't fit in with my school schedule, but I've started counting points and working out in my apartment again recently.
That's all for now. To all of my IU friends reading this, I miss you guys terribly.
Boot camp was done in August. I ended with a 3.7. They gave us a two week break before the fall semester. Everyone went home, but I was stuck here for TA training. It was ok. Dev came out for three weeks to keep me company. We had a good time. We fixed our problems. The distance was really getting to me. He decided to put law school on hold so he can find a school close to me and my first job. Our parents think it's a good idea. Our spring breaks line up this year, so we're trying to find a cruise to take. Other than that, not much more about Dev to update on.
The fall semester started three weeks ago. I have 11 credits and am TAing for a Comm Law class. My students are wonderful. They're seniors, so they are all very motivated and hardworking. They know this is their last go before they get a job. I've had a lot of papers to grade, so I'm keeping busy. Next week, I have to start coming up with exam questions.
And it's a good thing I'm keeping busy with school and teaching because I'm kind of miserable up here. I don't exactly feel like I fit in. I hate the East Coast. Everyone's the same. I miss the midwest so bad. I really miss IU. I think about how much happier I was every single day. I wish I had applied to Mizzou and stayed in the midwest, but then I would have been away from my family for another 13 months and it would have been so much harder to move. As it is, Dad barely managed to get the Budget rent-a-truck up here, and it was only 4 hours. I couldn't see us driving all of my furniture out there. I probably would have had to rent furniture or buy it out there, and it would have been a huge pain. At least I have Brie. I've become so close to her in just the few months we've been here, but I'm glad to know we're going through some of the same things.
I miss the dogs a bunch. I'm going home on October 13-16th to visit the family and the puppies...more so the puppies since mom, Bean, Aunt Frannie, and Dad have all been up here at least once within the past month. It's Yom Kippur, and with the huge Jewish population we have here, we have a 4 day weekend.
Dev's heading over for Halloween. We're going as GI Joe and Barbie. I'm about 10 pounds away from my goal weight, but I promised him, if I made it close, I'd wear a hot pink mini-skirt and high heels for my costume. For all of you who haven't seen me in months, I started working out/dieting hard core in April and have lost over 30 pounds. I quit when I moved here because my gym membership didn't fit in with my school schedule, but I've started counting points and working out in my apartment again recently.
That's all for now. To all of my IU friends reading this, I miss you guys terribly.