Hmmm

So, tomorrow I'm giving a presentation to the student affairs division.  I'm kinda really nervous cause I want it to be fun and exciting, but you can only make assessment so fun and exciting. :)  My Powerpoint does cool things though.

My grandpa is also having open heart surgery tomorrow (mom's dad, the farmer).  He went in for a check-up yesterday and they found out that the two major veins or arteries or whatever in his heart are 80 and 95 percent clogged.  They can't do a stint because of the blockage, so they're taking veins out of his leg and putting them in his heart.  This would be a fairly common procedure, but he's diabetic and his kidneys are only operating at 38 percent on a good day.  So, I'm kinda scared.  The doctors say they don't know what to expect...his kidneys could fail during surgery or he could wake up on dialysis.  My mom flew up there today...just in case.  Anyhow, I should find out about his surgery right before my presentation tomorrow.  He better be ok, or else I might have to sign myself up for grief therapy or something.

On the bright side, I've made friends!!!  There are three young (under 30) single girls who all hang out together, so we're having a "girls night" soon.  Then, there's Jan (the vp) and Diana (director of the counseling center) who are also super cool, and we've done dinner a couple times.  So yay!:)  They're totally not as cool as you two though!  Ok, I'm old, so I think I'm going to bed! (yes, at 8:30pm). 

Miss you guys!! 

TAI

We're going to Warped Tour! Woo!

Megan has a job!!!

So, I just read everyone's blog and thought that I would post a blog full of excitement for Megan having a job!!! WOOOO! Yay Texas State! (cept it's in Texas, I know that's no good Kim) :) If you ever need any help, my mommy will take lotsa care of you cause you're kinda close to her.  

I'm super excited cause when I meet with my vp tomorrow, I might convince her of our need for institution-wide learning outcomes! (I know, I'm a dork).    

I should do laundry, cept it may involve getting off the living room floor, and I'm quite comfortable here.  Oh, and I get a new phone tomorrow, woo!!

Life is good, and I have 1 friend here!  Yay friend! :)  Miss you and love you guys!

Things I Need to Do

One
Load PhotoShop onto my computer in order to create a new header for our blog

Two
Finish my shopping for New York

Three
Start planning trips to visit the two of you!

Also, I started a tumblr...it's another type of blog. Feel free to check it out. It's on the right with megan's and my blogspot blogs!

Check Us Out

Ten points for Kim for making our blog pretty! Ten points for Jessica for actually saying something. And ten points for me because I have no life and sit at my parents' sloooow computer for as long as I can put up with it.

So... today is the supposed O-Day. I say O-Day because it's "Offer Day." Because both Texas State and UPS said I would hear from them today. And I'm scared. And nervous. And trying to not realllly think about it. But, as you know, that's too effing hard to even attempt.

I put in about six other job applications in over the last several days. UCSC, CSUN, UCR, UGA (yes, Georgia), and Georgetown. -shrug- I figure it can't hurt, right? I'm also debating (depending on today's events) on submitting my application to Pasadena City College (see, Kim, then you could see me allll the time!) and the City of Claremont. I know, they're all around home. And I'm not sure why that is (well, except for UGA, UCSC, and Georgetown), but they're jobs that kind of excite me. Darrell's good friend from grad school is the Assistant Director at UGA and I talked with him a bit yesterday, since I met him at NASPA and he helped me coordinate our day trip up there when we were there in April for ACPA. They left me a message this morning... I'm assuming about scheduling an interview... but I haven't checked it yet. I'm all nerves today, I'm telling you.

Enough about this job shiz. I'm going to the beach tomorrow; waiting for Doug to wake up from Grad Night (woo Disneyland) and we're going to visit our high school teachers; and apparently not going to my oral surgeon consultation (PS. Having no health insurance or dental insurance kind of puts a block in the plans of having two teeth removed. Eep.)

That's all. :)

It rains in Utah...

So, I'm blogging (for the first time ever woo!)  So far, Utah has been an interesting adventure to say the least.  Instead of mapquest's 11 hours and 40 min, it was a long, not so exciting 17 hours in the car.  Some of the mountains were pretty though! :)  I'll suggest that when you guys come to visit that you fly!:)

My apartment is lovely; however, there are still elephants who live above me.  I think they go to bed around 10:30 though.  No one is beside me though! Woo.  There are also pretty, fake hardwood floors, and I love to play with the electric fireplace.  There's a switch to turn it on and off.  

Work is interesting.  Everyone is really excited to have me there, and I'm really excited too.  I've just realized that everyone is on such different levels.  It's going to be a really long process (especially with all these committees they're put me on).  There's also this one lady who isn't particularly fond of me cause she wanted my job, but it's my goal to make her like me.  Hopefully, tomorrow I'll get my email address and computer login information and key to my office.  

Tomorrow, I have to take poor Youshi to the kennel.  I think he may end up hating me.  He's doing really well though.  He's even playing fetch with me! He misses you guys though.  

This is kind of a depressing blog and has really short sentences just in case you haven't noticed that yet! :)  I just miss San Diego lots!!

 I do really like it here and look forward to all I'm going to be able to do and learn.  :)  I also got to meet everyone at a retreat today!  It's really cool because I met with the Assistant Provost today, and he's really excited about collaboration stuff!

Ok...I'm going to bed now cause I'm still old, and I have to wake up at 6 a.m.  In case anyone has a lack of meetings in the next few weeks, I have plenty you can go to!!! I miss you guys whole bunches!! Love love

Dr. Crentist

I went to the dentist yesterday and the entire right side of my mouth drilled and filled! Seven fillings in all. And I have two on the left side they are filling next week. YAY! Ugh...I don't hate the dentist, I really don't. It's the whole...I'm a grown up and I have to pay for it that I don't like! :)

Just stopping by again to say hello, let you know I changed the blog again- I am going to load photoshop back on my comp this weekend and make us a nice pic for the top. I'm also going to chat with Anna about using html so we can get the blog looking nice.

That is all for now. I should get ready for work, I told them I'd be in around 10...boo.

Hope all is well.

Stokely Out.

Working hard or hardly working?

I've been brushing up the blog! Aren't you proud? Now we just need to actually use it.

Well, this weekend was very boring for me. I did literally...nothing. Which is probably good because I have a big dental bill coming up tomorrow...yuck.

But, I did go to the grocery store. It was thrilling. But eeew...the man behind me in line stood WAY too close to me and had really bad B.O. It was disturbing to say the least.

But this weekend, I have also started watching army wives on lifetime. I watched the entire first season yesterday and I am currently watching the season premiere. It's actually quite a good show. I never thought I would enjoy it either since you all know my stance on the military. But, you all should check it out.

That's all for now. Miss you Meg and Jess!