Coffee and Old Friends

So, last night I was able to go out with two of my oldest and dearest friends. I have known Spence literally my entire life. He just got back from a semester in Europe and it is wonderful to finally have him home again. Mere has pretty much been my best friend since the third grade. Now that we're both married we don't get to hang out as much as we used to, but we are working on that. The three of us grew up together in the same church. Last night was the first time we had seen Spence since sometime last August, so we were VERY excited about that. We ended up going to a little coffee house downtown and just sat there talking for a few hours. I had a great time and I loved catching up with those two. It seems like just yesterday that we were still in high school and looking forward to graduation. Now, we're almost finished with college and looking foward to another graduation. So much has changed in our lives during the four years in between, but when we take the time to get together it's almost as if nothing has changed at all.

Last First Day of School

Today was my last first day of classes for my undergraduate career. It went pretty well, I think. It looks like I have one really, really hard class and the rest should be not so bad. I think the worst part of today was having to pay ridiculous amounts of money for the textbooks I will need this semester. Thankfully I was able to get a voucher from a scholarship to pay for the books, but still. Almost $250 for 3 books is insane!!

It looks like this semester is going to be just as busy as the last one if not more so. Here is what I have on my plate until May:

12 hours of classes per week, including a Master's class that I will begin in March
20 hours of work per week at my on-campus job
20 - 25 hours of work per week at my retail job
Volunteering at ENCM on Tuesday afternoons
Sewing Class on Wednesday nights
Church on Sunday
An internship at the Hope Clinic which will be 5 - 10 hours a week

Whew! It makes me tired just thinking about it! I guess I'm going to have to be extremely organized this semester and push myself to get everything done. Still, it's nice to know that once May hits most of these obligations will be done with and I will have a Bachelor's degree under my belt. Hurry up May!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Okay, so this post is a little late, but I've been out of town for the last week. So, here it is:

Our first Christmas as a married couple was wonderful! We did the annual Christmas eve party at Doc and Jo's house and then went to my parent's house where my immediate family all gathered to do our gift exchanging. It was great to have the whole family together at one time. That doesn't happen often. Christmas morning Jason and I exchanged gifts with each other before going to his parent's house for more gift opening and then to my parent's house again for Christmas breakfast. We had Christmas dinner with Jason's parents and then the four of us went to see Four Christmases. (Great movie, by the way!)

For New Year's Eve we went to a party that some friend's of ours had. It was pretty low key, but fun. Then the next day we left for the annual Ski Trip to Snowshoe, West Virginia. We had a lot of fun skiing and hanging out with everybody. It was definitely a much needed vacation.

Now that the holidays and vacations are over, it's time to get back into the swing of things. I'm back to my on-campus job today and then classes begin tomorrow. I'm so excited to get my last semester of college underway. It's hard to believe that it's already here.

Oh yes, before I forget ... here are my New Year's Resolutions for this 2009:

1. Blog more. I'm going to try to update this page more often and maybe even start another blog for crafting/creative stuff. Which brings me to...

2. Find more time for crafting/being creative. I am taking a sewing class starting next week and I have several projects that I've been meaning to find time for.

3. Pay off debt and get finances in order so that Jason and I can possibly buy a house at the end of the year of the beginning of next year.

Those are the three big ones. Of course, there are a bunch of other things that I want to improve this year, but I thinks it's best to focus on a few things at a time. :)