Moola

I have completed enough of my Masters course that I have moved columns on our payscale. Whoo hoo! :) Now if I could just keep progressing...

Vacation Getaway!

Recently, there has been an increase in potential social life around here and I am greatly enjoying it. First, my friend "K" and I bought season tickets to a theater in Solana Beach and we have been to two plays already, both of which made me cry. The first ("Leading Ladies") because I was laughing so hard, and the second ("Tuesdays With Morrie") because it was so touching. Both were well performed, but even if they had been horrible, the chance to hang out with a pal is great. We even have plans to drag our hubbies with us the next time.

I also have lots of upcoming travel plans. I will be heading home to visit with Mom and the MN gang next week. At the end of the year, I will be taking a school related trip to Virginia and Washington, DC. At some unknown date in the future, "K" and I have promised to go on a "girl's vacation" cruise to the Carribean. On the flip side, I will be hosting my Daddy over Christmas. Those plans have been made for the last year and I am very much looking forward to it.

It all sounds fun to me!

Thoughtless

I have no thoughts to share. Or rather, I have thoughts at times when it is inconvenient or impossible to share. I apologize.

Mikey is currently working on this year's NaNoWriMo experiment. The dogs are getting used to the colder nights (it regularly gets into the 20's lately). The cats are, well, cats. And I continue to spend more time than I should working and watching TV.

Thanks to the recent time change, I am now getting up at 5:30. This is good for getting school things done in the morning, but somehow I STILL can't get away from work at a reasonable hour. On the days when I waste time chatting with friends, that makes sense, but on the days that I am working my tail off I just can't understand how I can spend 10 hours there and have to leave with so much undone.

On the plus side, I am having my best year yet. We just finished our trimester assessments and the average score on the three major tests was in the high 70's. In prior years I have been lucky to get into the 70's at all. The studious nature of my class and their willingness to actually WORK at things is making for some extremely pleasant teaching.

I thought I could start writing and inspire myself to come up with worthwhile things to say, but it isn't working. Perhaps another time...until then, I hope all are well and if you want to know what's going on with me, you'll have to give me a call. :)