I have a few bits of news from today.
1. Grant came to visit me today! It is our 2 year and 8 month anniversary today. We went out to eat a Texas Roadhouse. mmm! I am so glad he is here with me. I miss him so much each time we are apart. However, the times apart make the times together so special!
2. I interviewed at the PGA TOUR today. It was apprentice style interviewing. I left Gainesville at 6:15 AM and arrived at the PGA TOUR offices at 8:50 for my 9 AM interview. I was met by the Director of Marketing. I met with him in his office and learned that he was a fellow Cubs fan. It was nice to find some common ground! After spending about 15 minutes or so with him I was escorted to the VP of Marketing and left there to interview with her. We chatted for about 15-20 minutes. I learned more about many aspects of PGA TOUR marketing and my specific job. Then, I was escorted to the Marketing Assitant. I met with her for about 15 minutes and spoke about the specifics of my potential job and about SEC sports. She is an Auburn Alum. I had to tell her that we swept them in baseball last weekend. She then walked me to the director of HR's office. We spoke about start dates and end dates and where to go from there. He told me that he would either call or email me as soon as he knew if I would have the job.
So I drove back to Gainesville where I was met by Grant :). I was nervously checking my email all afternoon. At 5:30 I pretty much thought that I would not hear today and I would have to wait until tomorrow. Grant and I left to go to dinner. In the car my phone rang...and it was the PGA TOUR. I was excited to see that it was them! I rationalized earlier that if I got a phone call it was a 'you're hired' and if it was an email it would be 'you're fired.' The director of HR was on the other end. We chatted for a few minutes. Then, he told me that the decision was unanimous and that I was hired. I am so excited!!! Along with the position comes compensation and free golf all summer at TPC Sawgrass!! My brothers are very jealous I am sure. So, I figure I need to begin working on my golf game. I think I will start by making contact off the tee.
I cannot wait to start working. This is going to be a great summer!
Becky :)
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
1 year down
Sorry it has been a few weeks since my last post and way longer than that since Grant's last post. I have been busy finishing up my second semester of graduate school. It has been a good semester. I took sport law, research methods and management and leadership in sport. I enjoyed it for the most part. Although, in sport law I wrote the longest paper of my life...23 pages!! It was on sponsorship agreement and the legal issues that surround them. I got a 95!?! I am still in shock. I always have felt that I lack skills in the writing department, but apparently Dr. Connaughton does not agree.
This afternoon I had my last final of the semester. It was in Management and Leadership. I needed a 2.5/20 to secure my A. Consequently, I did not study much at all. Last night I took notes on his in class review. I read over them once and went to bed. This morning I brought those 2 pages of notes to the gym and read them while I ran 5 miles. That was the extent of my exam prepartaion. I definitely think I got my 2.5.
This summer I was planning on working at Front Row Marketing Services (FRMS) in St. Petersburg, Florida. It's an unpaid position in a small office working on naming rights and pouring rights contracts. Pretty interesting, but no money. That was until I got a call from the PGA TOUR yesterday. At first I turned them down, telling them that I had already secured a summer position. Then, I rethought everything and called back. I thought about the name recognition of the PGA TOUR and the lack of recognition of FRMS. I thought about the ability to live at home (my parents live 10 minutes from the PGA TOUR headquarters). I pondered the financial aspects...FRMS internship pay $0, PGA TOUR internship compensation $10/hour. I, then, thought about the most important aspect of a summer internship: the possibility of a job offer post graduation. The PGA TOUR is a place that I would love to work. I could stay near my family and live in paradise. Ponte Vedra Beach is beautiful! After visiting FRMS, I did not fall in love with the company. I do not think I could see myself working there after graduation even if offered a job.
So...I am interviewing at the PGA TOUR offices tomorrow morning at 9AM. I will update after the interview and let you know how it goes. Until then answer me this question: what is your biggest weakness?
Becky :)
This afternoon I had my last final of the semester. It was in Management and Leadership. I needed a 2.5/20 to secure my A. Consequently, I did not study much at all. Last night I took notes on his in class review. I read over them once and went to bed. This morning I brought those 2 pages of notes to the gym and read them while I ran 5 miles. That was the extent of my exam prepartaion. I definitely think I got my 2.5.
This summer I was planning on working at Front Row Marketing Services (FRMS) in St. Petersburg, Florida. It's an unpaid position in a small office working on naming rights and pouring rights contracts. Pretty interesting, but no money. That was until I got a call from the PGA TOUR yesterday. At first I turned them down, telling them that I had already secured a summer position. Then, I rethought everything and called back. I thought about the name recognition of the PGA TOUR and the lack of recognition of FRMS. I thought about the ability to live at home (my parents live 10 minutes from the PGA TOUR headquarters). I pondered the financial aspects...FRMS internship pay $0, PGA TOUR internship compensation $10/hour. I, then, thought about the most important aspect of a summer internship: the possibility of a job offer post graduation. The PGA TOUR is a place that I would love to work. I could stay near my family and live in paradise. Ponte Vedra Beach is beautiful! After visiting FRMS, I did not fall in love with the company. I do not think I could see myself working there after graduation even if offered a job.
So...I am interviewing at the PGA TOUR offices tomorrow morning at 9AM. I will update after the interview and let you know how it goes. Until then answer me this question: what is your biggest weakness?
Becky :)
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Grant is 23...I am 22
Hey...long time no update. Sorry! I could open this entry with a list of excuses why I have not written, but I'll just skip to the point: Grant is now 23..that is closer to 25 than 20. He is getting old.
I went to visit Grant this past weekend. He must be important because I missed the Orange and Blue game. For those of you non-Gators, the Orange and Blue game is the annual spring football scrimage. I work with several football players and as posted previously, I have met Coach Meyer. I really wanted to see them play. Grant must be a special guy.
I left on Friday and arrived at Grant's parents house. I was very excited to see him! He is the best! We went out to dinner with his best friend Richard. I made the wait staff sing happy birthday to Grant. It was great! Just before they sang to Grant they sang to this 5 year old girl. Got to love birthdays.
That night I gave him his birthday gift. I will preface this by telling you that I am the best girlfriend ever. I got him a balloon with shamu on it, a card, and Warcraft 3. Whenever Grant and I go to Target he runs over to the video game section...picks up Warcraft 3...and looks at it for about 5 minutes...then, puts it back on the shelf. I figured he would probably like the game. So I got it. He was very excited and now will not do any school work the rest of the semester.
Also while I was at Grant's parent's house, I got to see my picture on "the wall" (see previous post). It was an exciting moment. I have to admit that Grant and I look really good together in our picture. I think we really have a future together :-p.
All in all, we had a really good weekend. I left on Sunday and had to face 3 tests and 3 papers in the next 2 weeks. I love graduate school!
--Becky :)
I went to visit Grant this past weekend. He must be important because I missed the Orange and Blue game. For those of you non-Gators, the Orange and Blue game is the annual spring football scrimage. I work with several football players and as posted previously, I have met Coach Meyer. I really wanted to see them play. Grant must be a special guy.
I left on Friday and arrived at Grant's parents house. I was very excited to see him! He is the best! We went out to dinner with his best friend Richard. I made the wait staff sing happy birthday to Grant. It was great! Just before they sang to Grant they sang to this 5 year old girl. Got to love birthdays.
That night I gave him his birthday gift. I will preface this by telling you that I am the best girlfriend ever. I got him a balloon with shamu on it, a card, and Warcraft 3. Whenever Grant and I go to Target he runs over to the video game section...picks up Warcraft 3...and looks at it for about 5 minutes...then, puts it back on the shelf. I figured he would probably like the game. So I got it. He was very excited and now will not do any school work the rest of the semester.
Also while I was at Grant's parent's house, I got to see my picture on "the wall" (see previous post). It was an exciting moment. I have to admit that Grant and I look really good together in our picture. I think we really have a future together :-p.
All in all, we had a really good weekend. I left on Sunday and had to face 3 tests and 3 papers in the next 2 weeks. I love graduate school!
--Becky :)
Monday, March 28, 2005
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Best Time to Update
I have finally found time to update the blog! Hurray! One of the good things about being a Computer Science major is that the majority of your classes are held in computer labs. Usually, I just surf the web, check my email, or work on projects, but today is a good day for you guys because I have decided to update the blog! The bad news is, I have no exciting news, really =/.
The semester is almost over which means every professor is giving out group projects to do. You would think group projects would be fun and easy since you get to work with friends and there's more then just you doing the work. In actuality, it's a pain. Everyone has conflicting schedules, so finding time to meet is hard and when you do meet not much seems to get done. The work load professors give out is a lot more than the woudl if you were doing it yourself, which isn't bad since there are more people working on it. However, since all of our work is on the computer only one person can work on the file at a time! So, you can only get one thing done at a time which just draws out the project and for procrastinators could be big trouble. This is why I haven't been posting these past few days...weeks..maybe a month =). The semester is almost over; one more month and I'll be back on my regular posting schedule.
Other news, my birthday is coming up! Becky will be traveling to see me and spend it with me which will be nice. How awesome is she!?!?! I really do love her and miss her a ton :).
If you have taken away nothing from this post please take away this: if you have trouble finding time to update your blog the best times are during classes if computers are available, or business meetings or even at an ordinary job where you get to sit behind a computer. :-p ---Grant
The semester is almost over which means every professor is giving out group projects to do. You would think group projects would be fun and easy since you get to work with friends and there's more then just you doing the work. In actuality, it's a pain. Everyone has conflicting schedules, so finding time to meet is hard and when you do meet not much seems to get done. The work load professors give out is a lot more than the woudl if you were doing it yourself, which isn't bad since there are more people working on it. However, since all of our work is on the computer only one person can work on the file at a time! So, you can only get one thing done at a time which just draws out the project and for procrastinators could be big trouble. This is why I haven't been posting these past few days...weeks..maybe a month =). The semester is almost over; one more month and I'll be back on my regular posting schedule.
Other news, my birthday is coming up! Becky will be traveling to see me and spend it with me which will be nice. How awesome is she!?!?! I really do love her and miss her a ton :).
If you have taken away nothing from this post please take away this: if you have trouble finding time to update your blog the best times are during classes if computers are available, or business meetings or even at an ordinary job where you get to sit behind a computer. :-p ---Grant
Friday, March 18, 2005
I've made the wall
I know it has been a while since I've updated this blog...and even longer since Grant has, but I have some very ground breaking news to share!! I have made the wall.
In many households there is a wall of family pictures. My Great Aunt has almost a whole room with these pictures. You can go in there and see me grow up before your eyes! Grant's Mom has one in her home. When you walk in the front door you are greeted with the smiling faces of the entire family. As of last week, I have officially been immortalized on 'the wall.' Grant and I had pictures taken in January and one of them is now on the wall. One may think that the wall is jut for family...does this mean I am soon going to be a part of the family? I will definitely share that with you when I find out!
I'm waiting...
Until then, I hope our Gators kick some butt this weekend and throughout the tournament! Go Gators!
--Becky :)
In many households there is a wall of family pictures. My Great Aunt has almost a whole room with these pictures. You can go in there and see me grow up before your eyes! Grant's Mom has one in her home. When you walk in the front door you are greeted with the smiling faces of the entire family. As of last week, I have officially been immortalized on 'the wall.' Grant and I had pictures taken in January and one of them is now on the wall. One may think that the wall is jut for family...does this mean I am soon going to be a part of the family? I will definitely share that with you when I find out!
I'm waiting...
Until then, I hope our Gators kick some butt this weekend and throughout the tournament! Go Gators!
--Becky :)
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Back from the Country
Grant and I returned from our mini-vacation on Sunday. So it is time to reflect.
Liberty, South Carolina
Population: 3,009 (year 2000)
Grant and I traveled off I-85 through the country passing horses, cows, and many churches until we reached Liberty, SC. We drove through downtown, past Hot Diggety Dog one of the 5 hot dog restaurants we saw on our South Carolina trip. We arrived at the home of Grant's brother, his wife and their two children. We were greeted with a lovely chalk drawing on the driveway welcoming us.
Meredith(3) and Randy(turning 6) were very excited to see me...and Grant too. :-p We got the tour of the home and saw Randy's pirate themed room and Meredith's pink princess palace. We went to eat at Texas Roadhouse where Meredith and Randy fought over the opportunity to sit next to me, which became commonplace on the trip.
The next day we ventured to the big city of Greenville, SC, home of Falls Park. Dispite being surrounded by Tennessee Volunteers because of the SEC women's basketball tournament, we had a great time. We ate a Quizno's, one of Grant and my favorite sandwich shops. We walked down Main Street and found 7 of the 9 bronze mice hidden along the street. We also made our way down to Falls Park. It was amazing; a very cute park for a picnic.
That evening Cari cooked for us, making a wonderful dinner. For dessert we played scrabble. I had one of my worst games in a long time. It must have been the pressure to follow up my remarkable win the previous night in Boggle, one of my new favorite games. I did have fun playing, but I was pretty tired after our long day.
We left early on Sunday. It was a fun trip and I miss them already. Hopefully, they will come and visit again soon!
Liberty, South Carolina
Population: 3,009 (year 2000)
Grant and I traveled off I-85 through the country passing horses, cows, and many churches until we reached Liberty, SC. We drove through downtown, past Hot Diggety Dog one of the 5 hot dog restaurants we saw on our South Carolina trip. We arrived at the home of Grant's brother, his wife and their two children. We were greeted with a lovely chalk drawing on the driveway welcoming us.
Meredith(3) and Randy(turning 6) were very excited to see me...and Grant too. :-p We got the tour of the home and saw Randy's pirate themed room and Meredith's pink princess palace. We went to eat at Texas Roadhouse where Meredith and Randy fought over the opportunity to sit next to me, which became commonplace on the trip.
The next day we ventured to the big city of Greenville, SC, home of Falls Park. Dispite being surrounded by Tennessee Volunteers because of the SEC women's basketball tournament, we had a great time. We ate a Quizno's, one of Grant and my favorite sandwich shops. We walked down Main Street and found 7 of the 9 bronze mice hidden along the street. We also made our way down to Falls Park. It was amazing; a very cute park for a picnic.
That evening Cari cooked for us, making a wonderful dinner. For dessert we played scrabble. I had one of my worst games in a long time. It must have been the pressure to follow up my remarkable win the previous night in Boggle, one of my new favorite games. I did have fun playing, but I was pretty tired after our long day.
We left early on Sunday. It was a fun trip and I miss them already. Hopefully, they will come and visit again soon!
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Spring Break -- Graduate Student Style
Spring break is upon me...and all the other lucky Gators with a Spring Break that started in FEBRUARY! What does a graduate student do over spring break? Write a term paper, read a dissertation, and read a book on sport leadership. Woohoo! I just don't see where the 'break' fits in.
This will be my last official spring break, as I will be graduating (finally) in December 2005. It is a bittersweet realization. I think I am spending it pretty productively, though. I went home on Friday and met my friend's new boyfriend. Then, I took my mom, Aunt Diane and little sister to Savannah for the weekend. I had never been there, so it was a nice get away. I managed to do NO school work while I was there. A real 2 day vacation was all I could afford this break.
Now, I am in Fort Myers. I arrived here yesterday night. Grant is in classes all day, giving me plenty of time to work on my Sport Law term paper. I have already written 6 pages with the goal of finishing my rough draft by Thursday. Tonight I am taking Grant out for our 2 and a half years anniversary. It should be nice to have a date with such a hottie!
My spring break adventure continues on Thursday when Grant and I depart for Gainesville. We will spend one night in Gainesville and then head to Liberty, SC, home of Ed, Grant's brother, and his family. I am excited to go see Grant's brother's new home and his new home town. It should be fun. However, on the way there I have to read the dissertation mentioned earlier and the book on leadership in sports. I hope I can read while Grant drives. I haven't tried this yet. I will let you know how it goes.
Grant and I will return to Gainesville on Sunday, thus concluding my spring break. Isn't it great to be a graduate student?!
This will be my last official spring break, as I will be graduating (finally) in December 2005. It is a bittersweet realization. I think I am spending it pretty productively, though. I went home on Friday and met my friend's new boyfriend. Then, I took my mom, Aunt Diane and little sister to Savannah for the weekend. I had never been there, so it was a nice get away. I managed to do NO school work while I was there. A real 2 day vacation was all I could afford this break.
Now, I am in Fort Myers. I arrived here yesterday night. Grant is in classes all day, giving me plenty of time to work on my Sport Law term paper. I have already written 6 pages with the goal of finishing my rough draft by Thursday. Tonight I am taking Grant out for our 2 and a half years anniversary. It should be nice to have a date with such a hottie!
My spring break adventure continues on Thursday when Grant and I depart for Gainesville. We will spend one night in Gainesville and then head to Liberty, SC, home of Ed, Grant's brother, and his family. I am excited to go see Grant's brother's new home and his new home town. It should be fun. However, on the way there I have to read the dissertation mentioned earlier and the book on leadership in sports. I hope I can read while Grant drives. I haven't tried this yet. I will let you know how it goes.
Grant and I will return to Gainesville on Sunday, thus concluding my spring break. Isn't it great to be a graduate student?!
Monday, February 21, 2005
red tables, green tables, every table
So, Becky claims to be able to handle tables. Ha! She thinks she could handle being a server, yet when you ask her a question about the food, her mouth is frozen. Luckily, she has no future plans on being a server. I usually don't do this, but this one time I will give SOME of our servers at my work credit for being able to keep up and do a good job. Only once have I ever served. The guest had me running around like crazy!
When I started working at the restaurant I was a busser/salad bar person. Then, I moved to a cook, then to a broil cook (grilling), then to manager, totally skipping serving. So, I never really had any serving experience. It was harder then I had expected and the old grumpy people that demand things to be done and brought to them didn't help the situation. This is no offense to anyone's grandparents or parents. But, one thing I can't believe is how cheap some of these old people are! They bring in several coupons or promotional cards and demand to use them all at one time. So, their meal is practically free. One party comes in every Sunday and brings stacks of coupons and tries to use them every time. Sure you can use one coupon per guess or one promotion per table, but stacking coupons and promotions is a no-can-do. What can and can't be used together is not our decision; it's a corporate policy. Got to love the corporate people (sarcasm). But anyway, you think these old people would understand eventually that they can't use all of their coupons at the same time after we tell them Sunday after Sunday we are unable to allow that.
On another note, Becky is coming to visit for a week come this Monday! So, that is exciting and then we will be heading up to South Carolina to visit my brother.
That is that and this is what it was before it became it is this and that was that.
Look for mind boggling puzzle to come soon! I love games!
When I started working at the restaurant I was a busser/salad bar person. Then, I moved to a cook, then to a broil cook (grilling), then to manager, totally skipping serving. So, I never really had any serving experience. It was harder then I had expected and the old grumpy people that demand things to be done and brought to them didn't help the situation. This is no offense to anyone's grandparents or parents. But, one thing I can't believe is how cheap some of these old people are! They bring in several coupons or promotional cards and demand to use them all at one time. So, their meal is practically free. One party comes in every Sunday and brings stacks of coupons and tries to use them every time. Sure you can use one coupon per guess or one promotion per table, but stacking coupons and promotions is a no-can-do. What can and can't be used together is not our decision; it's a corporate policy. Got to love the corporate people (sarcasm). But anyway, you think these old people would understand eventually that they can't use all of their coupons at the same time after we tell them Sunday after Sunday we are unable to allow that.
On another note, Becky is coming to visit for a week come this Monday! So, that is exciting and then we will be heading up to South Carolina to visit my brother.
That is that and this is what it was before it became it is this and that was that.
Look for mind boggling puzzle to come soon! I love games!
I'm baaack
I'm back in action on the blog posting! With this post, I would like to show you Becky does not always win. She did come close by trying to use her nonwords and trying to get lucky for them to be scrabble words. I even took this picture of the end results for everyone. Not only does this validate my victory, but provides the actual end score unlike what I believe is a tampered score that Becky had provided you with from a previous game.
Sunday, February 20, 2005
How tables can you handle?
So, I was talking to Grant in the Scrabble chat room while kicking his butt 308 to 232. He asked me how many tables I could handle if I were a server.
Preface: Grant works at a restaurant. He has been working at this restaurant for 7 years...that's a really long time!
So, I told him I think I could probably handle 5 tables. He laughs...a lot. How am I supposed to know how many tables I could handle?? I have never worked in a restaurant. Ever. Nor do I ever plan on working as a server. I have actually applied to be one, but I was never hired. :( I guess I am not good enough. But, I still think I could definitely handle 5 tables...I never said they all had to be seated at the same time ;-).
Onto a more important topic. How 'bout them Gators!?!? We kicked some UM (Miami) butt this weekend!! Miami...who was supposed to be #2 in the nation...say hello to the Gators. I love baseball. I love the Spring. I love baseball, in February, in Florida, in shorts and a tank top! The more I think about moving back to Chicago, the more I realize how beautiful Florida really is. But if Gatorade gives me a job I'm on the next flight!
This blog was supposed to be a project involving Grant and Becky...Grant=slacker...where are you babe?
**I beat Grant in the scrabble game for those of you who care. :) I am a scrabble queen!
Preface: Grant works at a restaurant. He has been working at this restaurant for 7 years...that's a really long time!
So, I told him I think I could probably handle 5 tables. He laughs...a lot. How am I supposed to know how many tables I could handle?? I have never worked in a restaurant. Ever. Nor do I ever plan on working as a server. I have actually applied to be one, but I was never hired. :( I guess I am not good enough. But, I still think I could definitely handle 5 tables...I never said they all had to be seated at the same time ;-).
Onto a more important topic. How 'bout them Gators!?!? We kicked some UM (Miami) butt this weekend!! Miami...who was supposed to be #2 in the nation...say hello to the Gators. I love baseball. I love the Spring. I love baseball, in February, in Florida, in shorts and a tank top! The more I think about moving back to Chicago, the more I realize how beautiful Florida really is. But if Gatorade gives me a job I'm on the next flight!
This blog was supposed to be a project involving Grant and Becky...Grant=slacker...where are you babe?
**I beat Grant in the scrabble game for those of you who care. :) I am a scrabble queen!
Monday, February 14, 2005
Happy Valentine's Day!
So today is Valentine's Day and I am sitting here writing a post to my blog. I plan on reading a chapter in my sport law book and in my Research Methods book then I plan on watching the Bachelorette. You may think that I have no Valentine due to the events aforementioned. However, I have the world's best Valentine!
Grant came to visit me on Thursday night. I was so excited to see him!! We exchanged Valentine's Day gifts on Thursday night. He got me Dolce & Gabanna Light Blue perfume that I wanted and I got him Very Sexy Cologne from Victoria's Secret. We watched the Apprentice and went to bed. I woke up Friday morning and carried on with my routine. I went to the gym and came back as Grant was getting up. We ate lunch together and then I had class for an hour. Grant said he was going to visit his brother while I was in class. But, when I got back from class he met me at my apartment with a dozen roses! How sweet is he!?!? I really love him and this weekend proved our connection even more!
We went to the gymnastics meet and to a baseball game and just spent quality time together. I thought I was getting better at long distance. The past few times we left each other after a weekend together I was real strong, no tears. Not this time. I was really sad to see him go. I hate watching him drive away, but each time he leaves I find myself watching his car pull out and holding back the tears, usually unsuccessfully.
I can look forward to seeing him in a couple of weeks when I go and visit him. I cannot wait to kick his butt in miniature golf and go see sunsets. Until then, I have one exam, one 5 page paper, a lot of reading and a ton of research to do for my law term paper. Woohoo! It's Valentine's Day, what a great day to start all this work!
Grant came to visit me on Thursday night. I was so excited to see him!! We exchanged Valentine's Day gifts on Thursday night. He got me Dolce & Gabanna Light Blue perfume that I wanted and I got him Very Sexy Cologne from Victoria's Secret. We watched the Apprentice and went to bed. I woke up Friday morning and carried on with my routine. I went to the gym and came back as Grant was getting up. We ate lunch together and then I had class for an hour. Grant said he was going to visit his brother while I was in class. But, when I got back from class he met me at my apartment with a dozen roses! How sweet is he!?!? I really love him and this weekend proved our connection even more!
We went to the gymnastics meet and to a baseball game and just spent quality time together. I thought I was getting better at long distance. The past few times we left each other after a weekend together I was real strong, no tears. Not this time. I was really sad to see him go. I hate watching him drive away, but each time he leaves I find myself watching his car pull out and holding back the tears, usually unsuccessfully.
I can look forward to seeing him in a couple of weeks when I go and visit him. I cannot wait to kick his butt in miniature golf and go see sunsets. Until then, I have one exam, one 5 page paper, a lot of reading and a ton of research to do for my law term paper. Woohoo! It's Valentine's Day, what a great day to start all this work!
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
The Plan
So, Becky and my plan was to write here on the weekends. Doesn't look like we are off to a good start huh? This post itself is a few days late. In the future, I will try harder to organize my time to make more of a commitment to our lovely blog. This weekend I will be visiting Beautiful Becky! So maybe we will give you a joint blog entry. The weekends are actually the worst time for me to try to get anything done, because my work has me working close to 36 hrs in 3 days! I guess when I said part time and they asked could you work 3 days, I didn't know it was full days. But it's nice to get all my hours in a short time.
School takes up my whole week. Spending Mon- Th all day at school, it's so much fun! I promise! Learning how a micro processor works and having to write a code to simulate it is no easy task. I have a whole class of programming in which the teacher thinks it's fun to have us write code for things we are supposed to think of and figure out how to write it on our own. It's like learning a different language on your own. The assignments usually take me a few hours. Discrete math is cheesy with a bunch of proofs and proving stuff. It's for math dorks but some how CS majors got stuck in it too. The last class I'm taking is a database class. We work in groups and are developing a complete database, interesting stuff. And group work is always fun.
Quick note: Becky and I played a game of scrabble today. I totally WON!.....yes she has won the last few and everyone expects her to but they are usually pretty close in the end. But we also agree not to use scrabble words (words that are not in the dictionary but scrabble considers them words some how) and when she's down in points it seems she starts getting desperate and they usually bring to the lead. This is how she wins. (a note from Becky while she is proofreading...that is so not true. I am a scrabble Goddess and you know it!) Then again I would feel really bad if I beat her all the time. (another note from Becky: It is not possible for you to beat me all the time :-p ) So I let her have her fun and give her a few games. =)
Well as you know I'm going to see Becky this weekend and I can't wait! It has been a few weeks since we last saw each other, so this time will very nice to have.
As you see nothing interesting really happens to me or around here. Later in time I'm going to visit my brother and his family in South Carolina with Becky so I should have some funny stories and pictures then. In the meantime, I will try to create the goods.
grant!
School takes up my whole week. Spending Mon- Th all day at school, it's so much fun! I promise! Learning how a micro processor works and having to write a code to simulate it is no easy task. I have a whole class of programming in which the teacher thinks it's fun to have us write code for things we are supposed to think of and figure out how to write it on our own. It's like learning a different language on your own. The assignments usually take me a few hours. Discrete math is cheesy with a bunch of proofs and proving stuff. It's for math dorks but some how CS majors got stuck in it too. The last class I'm taking is a database class. We work in groups and are developing a complete database, interesting stuff. And group work is always fun.
Quick note: Becky and I played a game of scrabble today. I totally WON!.....yes she has won the last few and everyone expects her to but they are usually pretty close in the end. But we also agree not to use scrabble words (words that are not in the dictionary but scrabble considers them words some how) and when she's down in points it seems she starts getting desperate and they usually bring to the lead. This is how she wins. (a note from Becky while she is proofreading...that is so not true. I am a scrabble Goddess and you know it!) Then again I would feel really bad if I beat her all the time. (another note from Becky: It is not possible for you to beat me all the time :-p ) So I let her have her fun and give her a few games. =)
Well as you know I'm going to see Becky this weekend and I can't wait! It has been a few weeks since we last saw each other, so this time will very nice to have.
As you see nothing interesting really happens to me or around here. Later in time I'm going to visit my brother and his family in South Carolina with Becky so I should have some funny stories and pictures then. In the meantime, I will try to create the goods.
grant!
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