Thursday, July 12, 2007
I guess this is my update...
The details of my life are quite inconsequential. Okay, I admit it. When Caroline referred to the two people who had just been accepted to grad school, it was the two of us. Michele has started her Master's in Library Science with the University of West Alabama (yeah, I had never heard of it either). I've started mine in Math Ed. with Troy-Dothan. Other than having to drive an hour back and forth to Dothan three nights a week, it's been a relative breeze. Most of the people in my two math classes are teachers, which the professor realizes, so he's really taking it easy on us. Wait, let me stress that. HE'S REALLY TAKING IT EASY ON US. We only had one test in both classes (the final), which was nice because it was stuff that we've been covering the entire summer. He understands that most of us are doing this to get a raise, that high schools don't cover these classes, and that, should any of us decide to move onto a junior college and need to teach this, we can relearn it very quickly and easily. So, yeah, he rocks.
Let's see, in other news, Michele and I were both granted tenure at the end of this past year. This means that we cannot be released for reasons like the school system not having enough money or other problems like that. In other words, we'd really have to screw up, be extremely incompetent, or derelict in our duties. No problem there.
We traded in Michele's old '95 Nissan Altima (which I've been driving) for an '07 Santa Fe in May. It's SWEET. I've really enjoyed driving it around, but obviously the gas mileage isn't the greatest driving down to Dothan. Needless to say, I'll start driving Michele's Camry down to Dothan starting in the fall.
Ummm, I think that's pretty much it. No pitter-patter of little feet or anything to report, unless Michele's running around, of course. ;) Y'all take care and I'll try to be better about staying in touch!
Let's see, in other news, Michele and I were both granted tenure at the end of this past year. This means that we cannot be released for reasons like the school system not having enough money or other problems like that. In other words, we'd really have to screw up, be extremely incompetent, or derelict in our duties. No problem there.
We traded in Michele's old '95 Nissan Altima (which I've been driving) for an '07 Santa Fe in May. It's SWEET. I've really enjoyed driving it around, but obviously the gas mileage isn't the greatest driving down to Dothan. Needless to say, I'll start driving Michele's Camry down to Dothan starting in the fall.
Ummm, I think that's pretty much it. No pitter-patter of little feet or anything to report, unless Michele's running around, of course. ;) Y'all take care and I'll try to be better about staying in touch!
Sunday, July 08, 2007
What we've been up to.
Ok, so here's what myself and Caroline have been doing lately. In a nutshell...getting married. The finer details tend to get a bit confusing and cluttered and generally leave me just staring blankly out into space, but I'll do my best to remember most of them.
For starters, the wedding will be on August 18th at the Auburn United Methodist Chapel. Invitations have already started to arrive. There are a few showers/parties scheduled between then and now and I believe that invitations have been sent for those as well. However, I'm not certain about those so I'll just leave it at a "invitations might have been sent and if not, will be sent shortly". Caroline has been running all over Creation trying to get things arranged and organized and generally making sure people are doing their jobs. I believe there was an incident with her dress, but because it involves the dress, I'm not privy to the details. All I know is that 2 fittings were scheduled and nothing was accomplished. I think she had another one where progress was made though.
Aside from planning the wedding, we're also working on getting our new apartment. We've found a place we really like and have applied for it and everything. We just have to put down the first month's rent soon and after that, we should be able to start moving stuff in. It's got a good sized guest bedroom, so if you've ever wanted to visit Tallahassee, start planning a weekend for sometime in the football season. We should be all moved in by then.
Currently, we are at the beach with her family (parents, brother and wife, and their little girl). This makes the 2nd time in almost as many weeks that I've been at the beach. Not that I"m getting tired of being at the beach, but I am starting to grow tired of all the sunscreen (I bake easily). While we're down here (Destin) we plan on going to McGuire's and seeing the new Harry Potter movie at some point. Other than that, we have a lot of books to read and a few movies to watch. There's also Guitar Hero, but I'm saving that for emergencies.
That's all that I can think of now for an update, but as I said earlier, there's probably more that I"m just forgetting.
For starters, the wedding will be on August 18th at the Auburn United Methodist Chapel. Invitations have already started to arrive. There are a few showers/parties scheduled between then and now and I believe that invitations have been sent for those as well. However, I'm not certain about those so I'll just leave it at a "invitations might have been sent and if not, will be sent shortly". Caroline has been running all over Creation trying to get things arranged and organized and generally making sure people are doing their jobs. I believe there was an incident with her dress, but because it involves the dress, I'm not privy to the details. All I know is that 2 fittings were scheduled and nothing was accomplished. I think she had another one where progress was made though.
Aside from planning the wedding, we're also working on getting our new apartment. We've found a place we really like and have applied for it and everything. We just have to put down the first month's rent soon and after that, we should be able to start moving stuff in. It's got a good sized guest bedroom, so if you've ever wanted to visit Tallahassee, start planning a weekend for sometime in the football season. We should be all moved in by then.
Currently, we are at the beach with her family (parents, brother and wife, and their little girl). This makes the 2nd time in almost as many weeks that I've been at the beach. Not that I"m getting tired of being at the beach, but I am starting to grow tired of all the sunscreen (I bake easily). While we're down here (Destin) we plan on going to McGuire's and seeing the new Harry Potter movie at some point. Other than that, we have a lot of books to read and a few movies to watch. There's also Guitar Hero, but I'm saving that for emergencies.
That's all that I can think of now for an update, but as I said earlier, there's probably more that I"m just forgetting.
