i've returned
hello to my most favorite ladies!!!!
first of all, i honestly don't think that i've been on the blog since before my wedding! what is wrong with me? boy have i been missing out! so, i just spent the past 45 minutes reading all the posts and catching up. gina, i absolutely love that you're back on and now i love that i'm back on. oh, and even though i already heard the crappying your pants story, i still laughed just as hard reading it. chels, good luck with the substitute teaching. been there, done that...doing it again...just lay the smack down baby! sarah, i seriously can't tell you how proud i am of you. i check out the website and now i think it would be awesome to do a walk. i looked at pictures of the one in chicago in june, 2007. what an amazing experience. t-dog, i love love love boston and so does michael so i definitely smell a trip coming on. how's the homesickness treating you? trust me...i can relate.
ok, well i guess i should fill you all in on life. i know that g and chels know most of this, so i'll condense, but i'm not sure how much i've shared. first of all, michael and i went to mexico for our honeymoon. it was amazing! all we did was lay by the pools, get massages, drink pina coladas, do crossword puzzles (how old are we?) and have sex. ahhh...it was wonderful. so then i move all the way up to the arctic and even in august i was freezing balls! just kidding, but i really am now. so, for the first couple weeks my life looked similar to chelsie's before she started working. i tried to do as much unpacking and setting up as i could, but that wouldn't last long each day. the tv and cooking quickly called my name. so basically i got huge the first month b/c all i did was cook these gourmet dinners b/c i was so board. i back huge chocolate cakes, and brownies and pies and cookies all the time. this one day we didn't have anything and i thought i was going to die. michael told me that we needed to cut back. i wonder what he was insinuating. so instead, i went out and got a job at this place called espresso donut company. they give you free donuts on the job and i figured that was good b/c then michael couldn't know what i was consumming. it seems to be working out.
so, i've been working there for about 2 months. it's actually more of a coffee shop, but trust me... i eat way more free donuts than i drink free coffee. i'm only supposed to work monday and tuesday mornings, but there have been very few weeks that i only work my normal 8 hours. this week i'm working every day. my manager is a little much...just overbearing and takes her coffee way too seriously, but i've learned how to cope. it's just funny b/c when my alarm goes off at 5 or 6 i think, "wow, since when has $32 dollars for 4 hours (before taxes) ever been worth this." michael and i figured out that if i work my normal 8 hours a week for a year then i'll make a grand total of $3,000! what the heck am i thinking! so, we'll see how long this lasts.
so, besides my awesome coffee shop job, i am going to grad. school full time at the university of minnesota. i'm getting my master's in english education. i actually love it. it's a lot more difficult than i expected, b/c my professors are so freaking smart, but i feel really lucky and blessed to have this opportunity. my department is ranked 8th in the nation right behind yale, harvard, standford, northwestern, etc. so, i didn't even think that i'd get accepted, but here i am. so, my professors are basically the guys that invented all the theories that we're learning about and that we learned about in undergrad. they're flown all over the world to speak at different conferences and what not. so, i do feel like this is so amazing and my classes are actually interesting, but i seriously read like 500 pages of research each week. i feel like all i do is read (and eat donuts).
i'm still trying to get my indiana teaching license changed to a minnesota teaching license. it's very difficult up here even though all my scores for tests were higher than they require it still just sucks. so, i will actually be subbing too for awhile and then i'll probably start looking for a full time teaching job for next year in january. gina, there are teaching jobs here....you just have to know how to find them:)
so i know that this blog is so long. in my next entry i'm going to have michael show me how to attatch some pics. you can see our house or something (very exciting). i'll just give you some bullet points of highlights since being in minnesota.
*the minnesota state fair (end of august)
*being with michael all the time
*going to apple orchards all the time
*having my fam. come visit me in sept.
*going to door county a couple random weekends
nothing too exciting, but some highlights. i miss you all so so so much. i'm thinking of locations for a reunion! i know it will have to wait a while, but we can all dream, right? anyway, i think about you guys all the time. i think exactly a year ago we were in gryon. i seriously might cry. anyway, hope to hear from you all soon. mwah! chels, i have called you back like 2 times and left messages. you haven't called me back you freak. gina, i can't remember who called who last. but, i've talked with you more than two times for 5 min. thank you.
love you all!
whit
first of all, i honestly don't think that i've been on the blog since before my wedding! what is wrong with me? boy have i been missing out! so, i just spent the past 45 minutes reading all the posts and catching up. gina, i absolutely love that you're back on and now i love that i'm back on. oh, and even though i already heard the crappying your pants story, i still laughed just as hard reading it. chels, good luck with the substitute teaching. been there, done that...doing it again...just lay the smack down baby! sarah, i seriously can't tell you how proud i am of you. i check out the website and now i think it would be awesome to do a walk. i looked at pictures of the one in chicago in june, 2007. what an amazing experience. t-dog, i love love love boston and so does michael so i definitely smell a trip coming on. how's the homesickness treating you? trust me...i can relate.
ok, well i guess i should fill you all in on life. i know that g and chels know most of this, so i'll condense, but i'm not sure how much i've shared. first of all, michael and i went to mexico for our honeymoon. it was amazing! all we did was lay by the pools, get massages, drink pina coladas, do crossword puzzles (how old are we?) and have sex. ahhh...it was wonderful. so then i move all the way up to the arctic and even in august i was freezing balls! just kidding, but i really am now. so, for the first couple weeks my life looked similar to chelsie's before she started working. i tried to do as much unpacking and setting up as i could, but that wouldn't last long each day. the tv and cooking quickly called my name. so basically i got huge the first month b/c all i did was cook these gourmet dinners b/c i was so board. i back huge chocolate cakes, and brownies and pies and cookies all the time. this one day we didn't have anything and i thought i was going to die. michael told me that we needed to cut back. i wonder what he was insinuating. so instead, i went out and got a job at this place called espresso donut company. they give you free donuts on the job and i figured that was good b/c then michael couldn't know what i was consumming. it seems to be working out.
so, i've been working there for about 2 months. it's actually more of a coffee shop, but trust me... i eat way more free donuts than i drink free coffee. i'm only supposed to work monday and tuesday mornings, but there have been very few weeks that i only work my normal 8 hours. this week i'm working every day. my manager is a little much...just overbearing and takes her coffee way too seriously, but i've learned how to cope. it's just funny b/c when my alarm goes off at 5 or 6 i think, "wow, since when has $32 dollars for 4 hours (before taxes) ever been worth this." michael and i figured out that if i work my normal 8 hours a week for a year then i'll make a grand total of $3,000! what the heck am i thinking! so, we'll see how long this lasts.
so, besides my awesome coffee shop job, i am going to grad. school full time at the university of minnesota. i'm getting my master's in english education. i actually love it. it's a lot more difficult than i expected, b/c my professors are so freaking smart, but i feel really lucky and blessed to have this opportunity. my department is ranked 8th in the nation right behind yale, harvard, standford, northwestern, etc. so, i didn't even think that i'd get accepted, but here i am. so, my professors are basically the guys that invented all the theories that we're learning about and that we learned about in undergrad. they're flown all over the world to speak at different conferences and what not. so, i do feel like this is so amazing and my classes are actually interesting, but i seriously read like 500 pages of research each week. i feel like all i do is read (and eat donuts).
i'm still trying to get my indiana teaching license changed to a minnesota teaching license. it's very difficult up here even though all my scores for tests were higher than they require it still just sucks. so, i will actually be subbing too for awhile and then i'll probably start looking for a full time teaching job for next year in january. gina, there are teaching jobs here....you just have to know how to find them:)
so i know that this blog is so long. in my next entry i'm going to have michael show me how to attatch some pics. you can see our house or something (very exciting). i'll just give you some bullet points of highlights since being in minnesota.
*the minnesota state fair (end of august)
*being with michael all the time
*going to apple orchards all the time
*having my fam. come visit me in sept.
*going to door county a couple random weekends
nothing too exciting, but some highlights. i miss you all so so so much. i'm thinking of locations for a reunion! i know it will have to wait a while, but we can all dream, right? anyway, i think about you guys all the time. i think exactly a year ago we were in gryon. i seriously might cry. anyway, hope to hear from you all soon. mwah! chels, i have called you back like 2 times and left messages. you haven't called me back you freak. gina, i can't remember who called who last. but, i've talked with you more than two times for 5 min. thank you.
love you all!
whit
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