Long Time No Write

In the last 6 months I've been busy preparing for and taking the GRE, applying and interviewing for OT school (IN!!:), classes, work, and trying to figure out how to be a good wifey, etc. I decided it probably didn't get read much anyway (hint: comment or become a follower and you may inspire me to keep writing).

My job ended once school ended, we visited St. G (who knows when we'll get down there again once we get new jobs and all), and now I am trying to discipline myself to use my time well this summer. It's weird not to have pressing responsibilities like homework. I finally went to ride with the horse trainer I grew up learning from, it was my first time visiting the barn he's been training out of for who knows how long. I feel like a little kid again- before summer schedules became jam-packed. The only class I'm taking is institute, thanks to a recommendation from my friend Emily to take from a particular teacher. After this summer's class, I'll only have one more class to take, and I'll graduate institute! When I started, I didn't plan to graduate, I just take classes for goodness' sake. Then one day I was found out I had earned a 2-year degreeish from them and after a few more classes accidentally getting closer to graduation, I figured it was enjoyable and worth finishing. Maybe one day it will inspire my kidders to attend institute. A bonus is that it keeps me updated on opportunities for other institute gatherings like free fun and food!

I think my problem when it comes to blogging is that I'm used to journaling, so I just write whatever randomly comes to mind with no regard of whether it is blog-worthy. I will try to edit my randomness for all of our sakes.

I don't recall ever being this excited for school. I know it will be hard and busy, but I feel really good about occupational therapy. For one thing, the same 30 people will be in nearly all of my classes, and I'm excited to make friends with them and others we'll be learning and working with.

We've been going to school here for a year, and we're both transferring to the U. McKay is supportive and it's so great. A bonus is that the he gets to attend a better math program at this new school. I'm also excited to live closer to family and friends.

McKay got into a paid research program here this summer- the one he most wanted to get into. He also got a full-tuition scholarship for this next year at the new school, making up for the one he had at the school we've been attending. I was starting to wonder how in the world I deserved all these blessings, and then I got some not fun and expensive news- from the dentist, as well as my scholarship (it stops funding me in a year).

My friend Tresa told me she is glad to have a math teacher for a dad, and I am already glad to have a math nerd for a husband. He deals well with things I don't like- such as computers and finances.

I am reading the 8th and last book in the Anne of Green Gables series.

I like to try to cook healthy. I don't always know what I am doing, but I figure anyone can make something taste good by dumping in a bunch of sugar and butter and the like, but it is a bit more of a challenge to please taste buds without a heaping serving of unhealthiness, including guilt.

Huzzah! McKay just registered to take the GRE (I think it stands for Graduate Records Examination) in St. George over fall break. That means a trip down! "They" say most people don't like change, but I think I do for the most part. Still, its nice to visit a town where I know which roads to take for less traffic or stop signs/lights, and where I know where to hike for free, and where I can be a lizard (bask in heat), and of course where I have friends and family.

I predict McKay will rock the GRE. His mind is well-rounded- another reason he is nice to have around.

I applied for a few jobs but I’ve decided rather than trying to get a job for such a short time in a rough economy in a low-wage area I will just catch up on life and prepare for the next few years. I have a “memory box” into which I’ve dropped school work, pictures, and the like for as long as I can remember. About time to deal with that. I have even started to try to get ahead in life by brainstorming ideas for Christmas gift-giving so I can focus more on preparing for finals at the end of fall semester.