Whew!

Okay, school has started for me as well as the kids, so I'm going to take a few minutes to say hi!

I have three classes: Research methods (which right now is more about research methodology and evaluating research papers, so that's good!) Information Resources Development, and Project management. I like all the classes, but they are pretty intense. I think I might like to get a copy of Microsoft Project for managing projects, I viewed the demo online, and I can see so many uses for it.

So I work all day, spend about 4-6 hours after work on homework, and almost all day on my 2 days off. I have very little free time, but have December 14 circled on my calendar.

We did get invited to the "Best in the West Rib Cook-Off" on Sunday. You can buy seats at a table, and you can stay from noon to 9 p.m., all you can eat and drink, and you can come and go to the craft area. This way you don't have to go to each individual booth, stand in line, and pay for a rib sampler. Which, in all honesty is 2$ per bone, so a sampler of 3 bones is 6 bucks. If you want to try the 50 or so competitors, it can get pricey. Plus sides and beverages. So buying a seat at a table is alos pricey, but you get a place to sit with your friends, some wait service for beverages, etc., and we're right next to the entertainment. This time the band is Loverboy! The 80's rock!

Well, I'll see when I can take a couple of minutes to post later in the week.

Transitions

Well, Allison and Leslie are all moved into the dorm. Well......except for the things they continually call home for! Paper, another fan, more pillowcases, the list goes on. Good thing we're close! It feels weird not to have her around, but I figure I'm in for once a week or so, since she will have to do laundry. We broke down and bought her a notebook computer today, there was a decent deal on a basic computer at Best Buy, and we went to the University bookstore to purchase Office 2007, and it was 79 bucks! Bonus for students!

Chad moved on Wednesday as well, while we went to dinner with Mike and Julie, Leslie's parents. I guess I expected some sort of closure, like even a "goodbye", but nothing. Then we came home and watched Wild Hogs outside on our new big screen! Butch got it all hooked up, and I can do it myself with the winch. It's very cool! You can even find big screens online with speakers and the whole bit, and they're inflatable! Oh, I digress!

So Alexander is home (sort of), he's busy with school and work, although it turns out he might be allergic to the tint that's used in mixing paint. He was up last night with horrible itching and a rash.

Mike and Julie and Butch and I have been friends since the girls started in Daisy Girl Scouts in Kindergarten, so we're going through the empty nest thing at the same time. So there will be game nights, movie nights, and dinners for us together.

School starts for me on Monday as well, and I have 3 classes this semester. I'm a little nervous, because I have taken 3 at a time, and it's a lot of work, but I think I'll be fine. Okay, I'll probably post once more before school starts, but then I'll be really busy, so I'll try to take time and post now and then!

Vacation Getaway

I had a full week of work, and an all day staff retreat in Incline Village, so instead of coming home with everyone else, Butch and I stayed up at the lake. He is being a great sport, since I had some time between semesters, I got to do whatever I wanted. Which pretty much consisted of sleeping in, having coffee, laying by the pool, taking a nap, and watching a movie! He's the best, made fillet's for dinner, with fresh peaches and oranges with it. Simple, but I didn't have to do it, and it was tasty!

I have the whole next week off, but because we couldn't get a whole week at the resort, we'll go home Sunday, and come back for Monday and Tuesday. More doing nothing on my agenda! Then, on Wednesday, we'll be moving Allison into the dorm. She is going to love it, it will be really good for her! Alexander will stay at home through college, which is fine, he's trying to save his money to buy a house when he graduates.

Anyway, it's been a great couple of days, and I look forward to hearing from you all! (Ok, I know of only 2 people that read my blog!)

Back at work

Update from last night!
We started hanging out about 6, Amber came over about 6:30, and we had some snacks and drinks. Like I said, Amber makes a great chocolate cookie drink. Sadly, they are SO easy to keep drinking because they taste like candy.

Then, we went to Natasha's house to see if she was coming over, and she did, then we walked to Shelley's house, then Phyllis' house. We sang christmas carols! It was fun. Then, we watched Footloose. After that movie, Liz had to go home, it was late. Then Amber, Julie and I watched the little mermaid. Okay, I dozed off and on.

Anyway, we had a good time, and I had to get up and come to work this morning, but it wasn't bad, actually.

Well, this week is just work, then Thursday, Friday and Saturday we're going to stay at the lake for a couple of days. Nice! Relax, catch up on some fun reading before classes start!

Using Free Time

Okay, this free time gig is pretty good! I didn't get up too early this morning, that was great. Then, we worked on the movie screen for outside, then went to see Bourne Ultimatum. After the movie, we went to look at some of the classic cars from the car show, then came home and did more nothing.

There are TONS of things I should do, but it felt really good to do nothing! Watched the Illusionist at home, it was too hot to be outside, then Allison came home and wanted us to go bowling, so we did. First game I bowled a 52, and the second game I bowled a 101. Not great scores, but great improvement!

Anyway, I'm thinking about Blast from the Past, Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, or Princess Bride for our movie night. We'll see what happens!

Free time

I turned in my final project for the term that ends tomorrow, and it feels weird to not have to rush home and hop on the computer to do school work! So now I'm playing on the blog!

I have a couple of weeks without homework, but still have to work! I'll be super busy starting August 27, when school starts up, but at least it's my last semester. I'm kind of proud of the fact that I still worked full time, and shaved 2 semesters off the program by doubling up on the classes. Some were hard, some weren't too bad.

Kinda late to the degree, since I've been in my dream job for about 7 years. I'm as high as I can go without a degree, but honestly, it's pretty much as high as I want to go, and it's pretty high in any library system. I might change my mind, I love the public service piece, but I think I'm pretty good at managing and supervising.

Anyway, Saturday is girls night out, (or in, in this case!) Outdoor movie, and margaritas! We can't decide what to watch, but it has to be cheesy. Last time we watched Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse, mighty cheesy and 80s big hair! Because we back up to the park, we try to keep the movies at PG13 or less, there are a lot of people in the park after dark. I know, parents shoud supervise their own kids, but you never know!
I'm leaning toward Miss Congeniality, Princess Bride, or the Incredible Mr. Limpet! Okay, it would be fun to watch War Games, too!
If you have ideas for a cheesy movie, leave a comment!

Well, thanks for reading, again, my life isn't that interesting, so....yeah!

Initiation

Okay, so a lot of my friends have blogs, and I thought I'd give it a try, although seriously, I wonder why people would read it!

So this is my inaugural blog, I'm experimenting with the process, and we'll see where it takes me.

I have one more semester of grad school, and I'll have my Masters in Library and Information Sciences, and a Graduate Academic Certificate in Advanced Management in Libraries and Information Agencies. Basically, that means I specialized in management classes.

I have a cheesy "I'm too old for this" MySpace account; I created it when my kids had theirs, and I wanted to make sure they were appropriate. Now, both my children are adults, and I don't check up on their accounts anymore! But they still post to my account now and then, so I keep it!

Well, this has been fun, we'll see if I keep it up!