September 11, 2008

• i know, i know.

  thank you all for the gentle nudging to update.

  i am afraid there really isn't much going on worth mentioning - so let me see if i can just start typing and come up with something semi-interesting?

  living in my new home is good.  i am living with a woman named tina who is super sweet - she is a nurse anesthesiologist and has two daughters that are grown.  because of her job and the crazy hours she works at the hospital, combined with the fact that i work full time and go to school full time - we hardly ever see one another - we pass each other coming and going, but not a lot more than that.  i think tonight is MAYBE the third night that we have actually both been home on the same night together since i moved in a month and a half ago.

  with all of that said, she has been sooooooo easy to live with.  we are both pretty laid back and easy to live with, so that makes for really good living conditions.  i cannot tell you how grateful i am for that.

  i just finished my third week of school, and so far it is going really well - i was talking to a friend of mine from school the other day who will be graduating with me, and she mentioned that we only have 29 more weeks of actual class time before we graduate.  that is terrifying and exciting all at the same time.  who knew the time was going to go by so quickly?  i sure didn't. 

  i don't remember if i mentioned everything that i am taking this semester - for those of you who are curious...i actually have a really good lineup - all of my classes are blocked out on mondays and wednesdays, which is fantastic for time management - making it a TON easier to get a good schedule at work.  it makes for a LONG day on those two days, but they are all super interesting classes so it is fine.

  anyway - my school day begins with 'research statistics', followed by my 'industry and society' class, then heading to 'health behavior theory and application'.  on mondays i head straight from my health behavior class to my favorite class of the semester - filipino martial arts, or FMA for short...hopefully i will have pictures of that class soon - it is SO.FUN.  what's not to like about getting to hit other people with sticks?    i have some bruises of my own, but am none worse for the wear - it is so worth it. 

  hmmmmmmm - what else?  work is good - my new position as support manager has been going really well and i have a lot of favor there - i have started to put feelers out at the home office in NWA, and i feel like [and perhaps i shouldn't count my chickens before they hatch] it is perhaps not going to take as much effort as i thought to find a good position there after i graduate.  i have a lot of support from the management team at the store i am working at now, and a lot of support from my friends who already work there in NWA...so i am feeling pretty positive about the whole thing.

  in case you are feeling out of the loop - basically, my plan at this point is to graduate in may of 2009, and move/get into a position at the home office as soon as possible after graduation.  as soon as i get settled in there, i will start in a MBA program at john brown university in NWA, graduate in a year with my MBA, and then decide from there what the next thing is.  if things are good and i have opportunities at the home office, and i am not too homesick, then i will stay there in NWA.  if not - i can always find a job somewhere else.  i like that i will have plenty of options at that point.  that feels really, really good.

  anyone bored yet with the mundane of everyday life?

  i am.

  what can i tell you that is more fun?  how about some great shopping deals i have found in the last week?  the other day at work they marked a BUNCH of bra in the lingerie department down to three and four dollars - i totally scored three for under ten dollars.  they are pretty AND cheap.  it doesn't get much better than that - except for maybe the sweet rain boots that i found last week for $14 - PERFECT for the rainy days to come when i have to schlep from the farthest parking lots at school to class.  the best part?  they are ZEBRA striped.  i love them - i will try to get pictures later.

  yep - i am all out of things to talk about for now....

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