Crunch Time

Next Thursday is the last day of classes. I'm nonplussed: in 13 days I will have finished my first semester of grad school. It's a miracle really.

I thought I could accurately picture how much harder grad school would be, but I didn't factor in Dr. Clark, so I sorely underestimated. Too late now! This semester I have been relearning how to balance my workload with the rest of my life and judging by my lack of blog entries (or a social life in general), balance hasn't happened yet. I keep telling myself that balance is possible but it's a process...I hope? So I figured before things get too crazy in the next two weeks, I'd do a little catching up.

New York! The trip couldn't have been better. Wait-sunshine would have been a plus, but other than that it was great! All of my classes on Thursday and Friday were canceled so I didn't even miss any school!! Ashley and I flew into JFK and then we had three full days to play with Heather and Leslie (who came up from D.C., it was perfect). We did so much. We saw the Statue of Liberty, went to museums, ate delicious pizza, toured Rockefeller plaza, played in Central Park, went to Time Square, and most importantly we were with Heather and Leslie! Here is a photographic summary of the trip:



Happy Birthday Ashley! Ashley turned 24 on the 20th. This is the 6th birthday I have been able to celebrate with her! We are getting so old. I attempted to make her a birthday cake. It was a Breast Cancer Awareness ribbon of course. Being the perfectionist that I am, I would have liked to make it much better, but you can only do so much with grocery store supplies and Betty Crocker frosting. But I think Ashley liked it, so that's all that matters! Love you Ashley!



Thanksgiving! Katelyn and I got to go home for Thanksgiving. It was a much needed break and of course I always love to see my family and stuff myself with delicious food. The next-door-neighbor Moses' were all there (minus Russ and Courtney) and of course Grandma and Grandpa. I wish it had been a true break because I had to bring about 15 library books with me so I could work on a large paper for Dr. Clark's class. Oh well, I get a true break in two weeks! Here's me and the sibs (it was apparently painful for Reuben to smile genuinely):