Weekend Workouts

Well, it may not be my typical workout at Fletcher, but I do have a busy mind-workout ahead for this weekend. Today alone I have already gone to class, taken a post-exam for geology, and tried to eat a quick 15 minute lunch! Later on I will be setting up my classroom and the physiology models for tomorrow's Science Olympiad. Afterwards I will be meeting with my NRHH advisor to discuss end of the year banquet and the pre-awards on Sunday. We will also be collecting OTY's all day until midnight tonight. Yay. Tomorrow, as I have said is Science Olympiad, and after that I need to write three papers... woot. I'd also like to buy some sandals and some other summery types of things this weekend--if I get a chance to! :)

Anyway, an exciting piece of news is that Jim ordered our centerpieces last night! I can't wait 'till they come! The only problem is, is that they didn't have the amount we needed. So, since Jim and I liked them so much, we decided it would be fun to mix and match another centerpiece that looks similar to the ones we ordered. We're going on the flowers and candles theme... so it shouldn't be too hard to find something just as pretty as the holder we already have. :)

Well, that's all for now folks... oh and koodos to Jim for doing a great job cooking for the international program last night! It smelled good even before you cooked it! :)

Toodles...

Ohhh, I Forgot...

I forgot to mention! This past Saturday Residence Life held a wedding shower for Jim and I at Jacque Bollinger's condo! Her condo is AMAZING by the way and she is an awesome hostess... and her cats are really cute! Anyway, our friends and families were there so, it was nice that our families could meet some of our ResLife friends! Everyone was so generous! We received some really great gifts to help us out in the kitchen. I remember someone saying that they had never seen a guy get so excited over cookware! That's Jim! He's a great cook and loves doing it, too! I was really excited for everything too, and super excited when my parents gave us a gift that had some dessert cups in it... I can make Jello I announced! Overall, it was a great experience and the pirate theme had everyone excited. Jacque even bought a pirate hat, sword, and a monocular to use as we opened gifts. It was a great time and we really have some great friends and great families!

4.23.07

It was a pretty typical Monday today... except that it started out slightly cooler and cloudier than expected and then it really warmed up and the sun came out. I surprised myself today in getting a 91% on my cell and molec exam! I've always hated when the very first thing in the day is getting an exam grade back because it tends to decide the mood of the rest of the day. I also received an invitation in the mail to my own bridal shower that my Mom, Aunt Susie, and my maid of honor--Alycia--are putting on for me! It is a very pretty invitation and I can't wait to go! In jazz we had our special guest Tom Washatka (sp?) make a visit and play with us for the first time. It was really fun and he is a great saxophonist. After class, I had to go and run our campus spring fire drills. A funny moment: I'm up on a floor with my big radio telling residents to leave the building and one girl actually asks "What's that?"--referring to the alarm. Wow. And then she continues to ask, "Do we really need to leave?"... again, Wow!

Well, wedding plans are going very well and we've got our flowers all picked out for the big day--they look so pretty! I'm so excited for everyone to see them! Tomorrow I get to look forward to a three-hour geology field trip! Yaaaayyyyy! :)

Well, that's it for now!

Days until the wedding: 54!!!

Early

It's just about 7 a.m. and I've been up now since 5 a.m. The only time I ever get up this early, sad to say, is for an exam... who knows if that extra study time helps! But I'm realizing that it's actually kind of nice to be up this early. It's quiet, things can get done before class/work, and it just feels good. Maybe I'll do it more often!

As for today's events:

• I have a Cell and Molec exam that I don't really think anyone is ready for. Quick note: when a teacher says that you don't need to read the book, read it anyway... all of our exam questions are from the book and the lecture wouldn't have helped answer them.
• My maid of honor, Alycia, is coming up today to visit. We will be shopping for the girl's gifts and I'll be showing her around the Oshkosh/Appleton area. I'm really looking forward to it since we haven't really been able to hang out very much this year at all.
• Alycia and I will be going to a meeting with the florist this afternoon to pick out flowers for the wedding. I'm both excited and dreading this visit because I don't know much about flowers... picking them out for something like this but I'm excited to be going through the process. Unfortunately, my mom is unable to join us so I think I'll schedule another meeting just so she can see what was picked out and recommend changes if necessary.
• Tonight, Jim and I were invited to Mike Huck's birthday party at the Texas Road House. It should be a fun time! I'm also looking forward to just hanging out with Jim away from campus. It's been a busy week and it will be nice to have some fun! :)

Other wedding news:
It's comming... it's comming!!!! June 16 isn't far away and we're getting more and more excited with each passing day!!! Tomorrow Residence Life is throwing us a wedding shower! I'm really excited (I think Jim is even more excited) because the theme is pirates! I know, odd, but Jim and I are into pirates--him more than I--but our ResLife friends and our families will be there... it will be a blast! And Jacque's got cats! Two of them! And they're still pretty kittenish so they'll be extra cute!!! It will be a good day!

Until next time...

Hind-Sight...

This week is indeed going to be a busy one! I finished one of my two major exams this week with my cell-and-molecular biology exam being on Friday (pray for me!). I'm beginning to realize, too late--naturally, that I probably should have majored in geology, instead of biology. This week was our last 'official' in-class lab (we're going on a field trip next lab, yay!) and while everyone else couldn't wait to get out, I really wanted it to keep going. There are several things that I have been noticing that should have tipped me off:

• I love to dig and sort through rocks. It's not a great thing, but when I was little I would spend hours digging through the rock beds around our house looking for 'special' rocks. I now have quite an eye for fossils.
  
• Not only am I probably the only student in my geo class that has a pretty good rock collection, but I also have a fossil collection, which includes a trilobite from the Devonian Period. :)
• I seriously wanted to be a paleontologist... and I even inquired about it and was going to follow through with it here in Oshkosh by studying under our 'step-in' paleontologist Dr. Dilkes.
• Aside from the fact that I'm beginning to lose my understanding of biology in general (and my interest in the field), geology just comes naturally to me. My test scores have been in the mid- to high-90's and I'm actually thinking logically about the questions instead of memorizing facts like I did in biology. This information just seems to make more sense and I can more easily apply it to 'real-world' situations. I'm still trying to figure out how biology will help me...
  
• Looking back at my first biology class, I thought I liked it because I thought I was good at it because I got high scores on exams that I memorized facts for. Now I look back and wonder, did I really even ever learn anything from it?

Well, although it is too late to switch majors (and nor would I want to at this point!) I do have room and time to pick up a few more classes and possibly earn a minor in it. :)

In other news, Jim and I are scoping out a digital camera and were thinking about the Canon PowerShot A710 IS. I really like it but both Jim and I would like to look at it more and test it out before we invest in something like that. It will be our first joint purchase!!! :)

Well, that's all for now folks!

Starting Anew

I guess I began slacking off a bit on writing blog entries... I haven't written one since Jan. 31!!! Then, after being questioned about it by a few fans (that I did not know I had) I decided that I needed to jump back into it. So, today is the first of what looks to be many new blog entries! So, what's going on around here!?!

• On Saturday, Jim ran in the Oshkosh Half Marathon, a 13.1 mi course that began right in the middle of Main Street and ended at the Leach Amphitheatre. I'm not sure who was more excited-- I ended up waking up several times before eventually heading over to Breese to join Jim and his dad for the trip into town... I guess Jim just couldn't go to sleep that night! I don't blame him but he did really good... he ran it in 1:41:?? !! Not bad at all! :)
• The wedding is only a couple of months away and I really wish it was closer! Jim and I received our first gift the other day! We were so excited, but weren't sure if there were rules about opening gifts before the wedding... but we couldn't help it... we opened it anyway! Otherwise, plans are really almost done! The only thing we're having difficulties about are the center pieces! So, if anyone's reading this and you've got some ideas, please let us know!!! :) Right now, Jim and I have entered a really fun time in the planning... where we buy gifts for all of our family and wedding party members!
• It's hard to believe that there is only a month (approximately 4 weeks) of school left!!! I feel like first semester was a year in itself, but this semester has been going pretty well. I'm really looking forward to this summer, however. After the wedding and the honeymoon, I plan on continuing my writing, doing a little art, visiting with friends and family, biking/hiking, playing my sax, and--of course-- having some fun with Jim! He and I joined a couple of softball leagues in town and will be cheering each other on for most of the summer! :) It's going to be a fun and relaxing summer!
  

Well, that's it for now, stay tuned for another tomorrow! :)