Accepted

A pretty piece of mail arrived at our house this week, and it wasn't for me. It was for the Robster. And it was from this incredibly not so little school called Penn State.

Apparently Rob isn't content with the handful of degrees he has already and he needs to have another Masters degree. Penn State thinks it's a good idea too, as they have accepted him. Yay.

No, this doesn't mean we'll be moving {although I wouldn't have been 100% opposed to a move}, it's mainly an online program that will only require him to travel to the campus a few times a year.

So just to sum it up: Rob is awesome, super smart and I am proud of him.

What to do?

School is out. For EVER the quarter.

I've got a week and half to waste...relax...do something with until I am back in school four nights a week for ten weeks. Again.

All this free time and I've got nothing exciting planned out...but I am working on it.

I am determined to:

• not let this time off waste away
• not have sitting around catching up on all the episodes of LOST, Grey's Anatomy and 30 Rock that I've missed be the most exciting thing that I do
• dig my bike out of the garage and spend some time with it on one of the many trails by our house
• not freak out about turning 29 next week
• get in some quality time with The Robster
• hit a bucket or two of balls at the driving range
• finally drop off all those boxes marked GOODWILL that have been taking up space in our garage for the past year and a half

If I even get two of these crossed off my list, I will be happy! I know, I know...I am such an under overachiever.

13 days and counting

Yes, there is a countdown in progress!

To a birthday? No.

To a vacation? No.

To the end of an incredibly long quarter of school? Yes!!!!

I honestly don't think I've wanted a quarter to end as badly as I want this one to. Not because it's been particularly miserable or anything, I just really want a break from school!

Being gone until 10:30 every night for weeks upon weeks upon months can really take their toll on you! I am looking forward to being able to come home after work and just be.

Apparently I've been 'neglecting our family' as of late due to school. Yes, that is an actual quote from Rob. And the family he is referring to...him, and the pets. Yes, pets are family too, if you ask him. ☺

So yes, 13 more days of late night classes and weekend studying and I'll be off for a month to renew the bonds with my 'family'.

Can't wait.

A night of Science(fiction??)

Earlier this week Rob and I went to check out Bodies...The Exhibition. I was super excited to go, and Rob was a little icked out by the idea of it, but agreed to go anyways.

Since it's right up my field of study, I found the exhibit to be extremely interesting. Rob on the other hand, couldn't wait to get out of there! Since it was still fairly early in the evening, we thought we'd see a movie and grab a quick bite.

I figured since Rob had been such a good sport to tag along with me to see Bodies, I would give in and go see whatever movie he chose...which of course meant that it would be something I probably wouldn't choose on my own. ☺

He didn't let me down. He wanted to see The Fourth Kind. Going into it, I had no idea what it was supposed to be about, so I was completely on edge. It ended up not being as scary as I thought it would be, but it definitely isn't something I'll be seeing again! I am not completely sold on the idea that the story is true, but who am I to say?

Backwards

Here I sit, on a lovely Saturday afternoon, at work.

Craziness is ensuing at our house (maintenance workers fixing up after The Leak), and I have loads of homework to do. In order to get a little peace and quiet, I have left home and headed to my office.

Who knew this place could be so quiet and relaxing when it's empty? I just may do this more often.

Plus my boss stopped by for a second and was surprised to see me in...just a workin' away. Sure, I could have corrected him, but what good would that have done?

I smell a raise. :)

Mr. MBA

Yesterday was Rob's MBA graduation.

He is such a hard worker and I am so proud of him!

After graduation I told him that I would take him ANYWHERE for his celebratory dinner, and can you guess where he chose? Yep IHOP. What is wrong with this guy!?!

Gotta love him though!

What are we up to?

We I have been so bad at keeping up with blogging lately. Here's a little rundown of what has been going on with us lately...

Rob just finished up with his MBA program - yay! He will now have a lot of extra time on his hands. He is contemplating getting into another Masters program next quarter...just not sure which program he will choose.

My Biology program was just changed to pre-med, which kicks everything up a notch. The Anatomy and Physiology class is killing me! We have to do gross stuff like dissect cow bones and sheep brains. It's interesting, but oh-so-gross at the same time. Plus, I am a wuss. I have pictures, but thought it a little tasteless to post them. They really are gross!

With our schedules we don't get to see too much of each other during the week, so we are really looking forward to taking our long vacation together. We haven't really planned out what were are going to do...I just know I want to see a show - Rob, not so much. I am still working on getting him to go with it. I am also planning on taking lots of pictures. We are SO bad a doing that and are trying to work on it...we'll see.

We are...

Yep, that's right...boring! We haven't been up to anything blog worthy at all. It's all work and school for the both of us. In our downtime we eat take out and catch up on the Millionaire Matchmaker if we are lucky.

How is that for quality time together? I know you're all dying to switch places with us, right? I have a week break before Spring quarter starts and Rob has six weeks left in his Masters program. We are trying to fit a vacation in somewhere..we'll see how that goes.

Mysterious disappearance

In response to all of the emails I have been receiving lately: No, I have not fallen off the face of the earth. I am still around, but I have lost my mojo...blog mojo that is. Work, school, sick, lazy- you name it, I got it and it's all keeping me from blogging. I am trying to get back on the horse, but it may be gradual. Stay tuned... :)

Back to school, kind of

Yesterday was my first day back at school. I decided to take Summer quarter off because I had a lot of stuff going on and couldn't fit school in on top of it. Plus, they didn't offer the classes I really need during the summer. So yesterday I arrived up early to pick up my books, which after waiting in line forever I am told that they don't have and to try back tomorrow...great! I still had a little bit before class started so I went back to my car to listen to the book on CD Confessions of a Shopoholic (it's an OK read/listen). A few minutes before class starts I take off to find my lab room. I only have one class on Monday evenings...Chemistry. When I locate the correct room, there is a guy hanging a sign on the door that says there is no lab tonight, regular schedule resumes tomorrow. What?!? It's great that there is no class, but I'm irked that I had been waiting around for it forever...blah! So I headed home to watch the end of the Will and Grace DVDs that I got from Netflix. I will try the school thing again tonight...