Heading home

In excellent, excellent news, as I have plugged in my computer from my classroom I have found that the "nanny" program has been lifted and now I have access to my regular email from my school computer! YAY!

Besides that, I am excited to go home and get organized for the weekend. With the start of school and my grad program, I have, as usual, been overwhelmed with things to do. Sometimes it is so nice just to have the free time to do laundry and wash dishes. (I know, that sounds crazy.)

My furry family is wonderful. Michael and I went to sleep and accidently left the bedroom door open and I awoke this morning with all four (4), yes, FOUR, cats on my bed. That's a lotta cat, ya know? I will post photos of the new little ones very soon. (I have a new flash drive. It ROCKS!)

Only one more year of crap grad school until I can really decide what I want to do. I'm still very much thinking about Library Science, but also about interning over the summer (since I'll be getting paid anyway) and going back to try and find a postition in publishing. I haven't totally given up on the idea of teaching, but I really want to find what my passion is and indulge that. You only live once, and I want to make sure I'm dedicating myself to something I really love.

I guess that's all for now. I am so glad it's Friday!!

New Additions

Hello, hello, hello!!

I am still around...I just haven't had access to a computer in a while and have been really busy.

Grad school started the first week of Sep. School started the second week of Sep. So, now we're in full swing and I am bombarded with things to do.

About a week and a half ago, I got three new additions to my family:

First, is my new niece, Emma Bridget.

Second and third are, if you can believe it, kittens. They were born in a garage near Michael's father's house. Then, the momma came back and moved all but 2 of them to a new, unknown location. The neighbors took them in since they seemed abandoned but put out the word that they didn't know much about taking care of animals and wanted them to go to a good home. We stopped in "to see them" and a few hours later were unpacking them from the laundry basket we used to take them home in.

Raja (yes, like the tiger in Aladdin) is an orange tabby and Beckham is a little gray tabby. They are both boys and, according to the vet, appear to be about 8 weeks old. They are getting along okay with the big girls, and I have caught them all being totally cute a more than a couple of times already. (Pictures to follow as soon as I find the cord to my digital camera).

On this note, I have decided that now is not the best time for me to travel, (both due to the $350 vet bill and the fact that the boys are so little) and so my HS reunion is no longer on my calendar. I am still hoping to make a trip to Texas to get my stuff out of Conner's garage and clean up the other house. (It was recently broken into and Bonnie said there is very little stuff left that is worthwhile. However, I still feel compelled to see if I can sort through the junk and find any of the last things that I was looking for.)

I guess that's it for now. I am ready to go home and get some rest. Michael and I are doing fine and starting to negotiate what we are going to do about the holidays, because I know they will be here before you know it!