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Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens...
Today is my last day at work until next month! Woo hoo!! The holidays are upon us ya'll. Happy Thanksgiving and Chanukah! The family and I will be heading up to Nashville for a bit, then back over to Arkansas to visit with more relatives. Good times will be had, babies will be snuggled, and much food will be consumed. Sadly, I have to wait a while ( Read more... ) -
I find it looks the same, but everything has changed
My how quickly things can change. So I mentioned there was a position open within my current department that I was interested in...well, there happened to be ANOTHER position in a different HR area (Workforce Management) that I've been wanting to get in to for quite some time. So, I took the leap of faith and applied. We shall see how this pans out ( Read more... ) -
Faith, trust & pixie dust
Over three months is much too long to go without blogging. Stupid Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Bitstrips and all those other social media apps that have sucked me in to their ethereal void! I need to get back to basics, with a quickness. Home with a sick kiddo will snap you right back into shape, ya know? That, and having to watch Tinkerbell ( Read more... ) -
You're going to hear me roar!
Sunday, August 11 at 3p.m. I walked on the floor of FedEx Forum to Pomp and Circumstance along with 700 of my peers. We proudly waved and smiled to our family and friends, shook hands with the appropriate school dignataries as our names were called, and took tons of pictures, some of which can be seen here (I'm the second picture). My major advisor ( Read more... ) -
Turn off your mind, relax & float downstream
I just found out one of my commitee members from my Master's program passed away the week after I presented my final project to him. My heart is breaking for his family, students, and colleagues. Dr. Wingfield was an accomplished academian and a wonderful person. I am grateful for the opportunity to have known him. When I walk across the stage on ( Read more... ) -
If this is it...please let me know.
Only July 17, I successfully defended my final project via oral comprehensive exams. On August 11, I will take part in commencement exercises to officially be recognized as a holder of a Master's degree. It's a pretty awesome feeling, I must say ( Read more... ) -
Comin' down the world turned over
Seriously, my eyeballs are about to fall out of their sockets from reading all of this literature and staring at a computer screen for hours on end. I need a strong drink and conduct a good ass shakin' on the dance floor (not necessarily at the same time) to lift my spirits. One more month to go...four weeks...I can do this! -
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust.
In totally random life happenings, my parents took me and D to the nearly sold-out Paul McCartney concert. While that in-and-of-itself isn't random, the fact that one of my cousins, whom we haven't seen in over four years, sat RIGHT FREAKIN NEXT TO US is in fact totally ridiculous. Seriously, over 17,000 people and their seats are next to ours?! I ( Read more... ) -
What the, huh?
Hello livejournal! It's been too long...The classes are almost over and I'm beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. With that said, I still have two tests, two papers, and a project proposal to finish by the first week in May. That's next week you say? Interesting ( Read more... ) -
Control yourself, take only what you need from it
Four years ago today, my grandfather "Pop" passed away. I miss he and my grandmother so very much...they were constant figures in my life and were such an integral part of my upbringing. I used to go to their house for lunch every now and then just to spend some time alone with them and talk about all the various things going on in my life and in ( Read more... )