It's the beginning of the second week of fall quarter. My second year in the master's program in nutrition at Bastyr University. I've learned so much in one year and even started my clinic shifts this summer. This quarter I have intro to Dietetics, Food Science, biostatistics, food service management, and contemporary nutrition. We are beginning to ( Read more... )

Took my last final of Fall quarter today! School is going well- it is taking most of my time and energy, and there is no way I could do it without Mark's full support. Cadence has been going to a Montessori school very full time, and she seems to be thriving although she is learning some hard lessons about finishing what she starts. The classes I ( Read more... )

Here I am, living the dream.....   We've rented a house in Kenmore, less than 2 miles from the SCHOOL I GOT INTO, Bastyr University. It starts on July 11th with biochemistry for the summer. 3 hours every morning, 5 days a week. Organic chemistry was hard but I managed to get an A-, so I think I can do this. I think I can do this. I think I can do ( Read more... )

Yesterday while Cadence and I were watching the exciting end of  The Sound of Music, my cell phone rang. Then our home phone.  I listened to the message,and it was B, crying and telling me that our mutual friend, Melissa, had died on Friday of a brain aneurysm. She found out because she had gone to Melissa's facebook page to leave her a message and ( Read more... )

Deanie has encouraged me to post- it's been since September ( Read more... )

I've decided to go to Pacific Lutheran University to get my Graduate's degree in Nursing..... They have a program you can apply for that takes people with degrees in different fields. I have to take 2 quarters of anatomy, then microbiology. Meanwhile, psychology and then I have to take the GRE. ooooh!! A goal!!!!  I'm so happy!!! I will be a Nurse ( Read more... )

We've been here in Olympia for over a month now. I'm very happy in so many ways- the weather, the people, the plants, the beer, the coffee ( Read more... )

Our rental house is much smaller than the house we just sold, and it seems a LOT less stressful to me. there are only so many places to put things, and then you have to get rid of stuff!  Right now, there are stacks of boxes everywhere and it is hard to find any structure in our lives. The kitchen is slowly coming together, and I cleared an 8x6' ( Read more... )

Cadence and i are at my inlaw's house in Tacoma. We flew on Monday evening and it went fairly well, if you compare it to the previous 5 trips with Cadence. She's over three now, and i can sometimes reason with her. We only had about a half-hour of hellishness, whereas in the past it would have been up to two hours. Now we are the only ones awake in ( Read more... )

Cade and I just went to the UU for our last time here. I stayed in the toddler room with her and then we went up for social hour to say good bye to a few people. So many folks came up and gave me a good-bye hug. It reminded me how loved I am. Now I'm sitting in our nearly-empty house feeling empty myself, almost ready to start again.  So many ( Read more... )