One down, one to go

A little over a week ago I finished my first year of grad school - yay, go me! It's really not all that impressive, but it means I've continued with my life plan. By the way, my life plan ends in May of 2008. I don't mean my life will end in May 2008, just what's planned out thus far. May 2008 will be a smack in the face of reality for the most part. We'll see how that goes. Anyways, back to me (hehehe, it is my blog after all) and my first year of grad school.

Well, I survived living in the middle of nowhere. When I finally got adjusted, it was time to leave again. I'm working in New Orleans for the summer. I've already received tons of flack for going back, so please don't comment on it. Just know it's definitely a good thing. I need to get away for a bit, and for the summer, New Orleans is away. Yeah, I'll be underappreciated and underpaid, but at least I'll be somewhere instead of an hour from somewhere being underappreciated and underpaid. Don't worry, I'll be back in the middle of nowhere soon enough and up to the same antics. I just really need a Target (mall, Whole Foods, etc) within 10 minutes for a couple months. Ooh, and bars that don't close at midnight and gas stations that sell cold beer and liquor. (I promise I'm not an alcoholic.)

Back to grad school again. (I don't have to worry about papers right now, so I'm writing without focus.) I ended the year with a solid 3.5. The first semester was a little rocky after being out of the game for two years. During the second semester, I had the worst professor in my entire academic career. Seriously. I learned a lot. I talked a lot. I listened a lot. I grew a lot. I'd like to say I changed a lot, but I don't think I did. I have become more self-aware though which I think is the beginning of change. I definitely need to change a few things about myself. I'm working on them, but it's not easy and I am not a patient person - Maybe that's something I should work on ;-)

I don't think I've really written anything here today. Whatever. My dad graduated from General Theological Seminary on Wednesday and will be ordained a deacon in Columbia next Saturday. More on that later - there's all kinds of discussions there.

And then . . .

And then to add to the excitement of the week . . .

Storm season began early.

Andrea