Well, this past week was the first week of grad school....woot! and boy was I anticipating it!
The past week was crazy good and that first week of school was intense; maybe it's because I haven't been in school for just over 2 1/2 years; that will do it to you. It was actually a great week. Monday, of course was the first day of classes and it was hard to get back into the studying habit and Tuesday was the aftershock of it all.
Let's get into the realization of it all. On Wednesday last week, I was at the library for 10 hours, 10 long hours; I never thought that I would be in that position, unless it was a job, but grad school is going to have to be like that for the next two years and yes, I knew what I was getting into. But, since I know what I want to do, it isn't that bad, but like I said, I have been out of school for so long, I forgot what it was like.
Many of you might not know this about me, but I have a learning disability (ADD, go figure,) which causes some severe attention problems. Well, I have taken the opportunity to use the Disability Services office here at UCCS; I've used them before, so it was not a surprise to have to use them again. Anyways, one of the services that they offer is a note-taker; someone that is willing to take notes during class, email them to this office, and then they email them to me. I had a letter to give to my professor, and after giving it to him, I noticed a guy in my class look down at my binder, which I forgot to close and I forgot that I had other copies to give to other professors. Fast forward to the end of class. This guy in my class has been coming with me to the library, (which by the way, I feel like I am cheating on the USU Merrill-Cazier Library each time I enter the Kramer Library; sorry guys.) We get in there, do some studying and we each pull out PB&J sandwiches...holla for thinking alike. He proceeds to ask if I need any help with notes and then says that he saw the letter. I told him that I noticed and we chuckled about it. Come to find out, he used to work in that office the semester before and has seen hundreds of that same letter. I felt kinda sheepish and explained to him that I was getting used to the fact that I need their accommodations, but I had some reservations, just because I am a grad student....blah, blah, blah. I hardly know the guy and he comes out and says that it doesn't reflect on my character and he was way cool about it; thanks Shayne for being awesome; a blessing in disguise.
As mentioned earlier, I have been spending a lot of time at the library, and it was hard to stay there and not really know what I was reading. I began to feel inadequate about the Master's program and the readings. I mean, I know that I read a lot during my undergrad, but Holy Hannah, there is an impressive amount of reading. I sought after my professor for the class and asked him for some direction and he gave me some. So I went back to the library (I know, I'm still cheating,) and took his directions and I found my groove when it comes to reading 40+ pages...it is a nightmare, but I am learning a lot.
Food Glorious food! While I was on campus, Leslie ventured to the grocery store and had to do some serious shopping. We did some serious waiting for my student refund, (cough cough..loans,) and just went hecka crazy with the groceries, I mean, after 2 1/2 weeks of not having shopped, we were in a serious famine; okay, not that bad, but we were down to a half a gallon of milk, half a dozen of eggs, measly portions of cereal and that was it. We love food, and even though she went ballistic with shopping, we needed some delicious stuff. Thanks honey for showing the grocery store what's up!
Last weekend, it was Summerfest and we were so bummed that we missed it, but luckily, some of our friends that are still in Logan graciously went in our behalf and enjoyed it for us; you know who you are...bless your hearts for doing that for us. Also, this passed week, there have been some crazy storms that were brewing over us, and I mean some crazy storms; not the wimpy Utah kind. Colorado has some serious hail storms, and we love every minute of them. I mean that it does rain for like 5 minutes, but then the hail comes upon us and it is intense (in tents, like camping.) Before this one hail storm, I was on campus waiting to go back to my car and I was waiting for the UCCS shuttle. Well, just to give you a back story of how different it is here from USU. At USU, if you are waiting for the bus, it is kinda like first come-first serve with the idea of being courteous to people by letting the go before you. Well, I was walking to the shuttle stop and I saw a line of people, I bypassed them just to wait on the other side of the little sitting area and some guy loudly said that the end of the line was where I came from. He wasn't rude about it, but just the way he presented himself was rather annoying. Yeah, he was being helpful, but I didn't know, I'm from out of town, ( I am going to claim that the whole time we are here.) I walked passed that same group of people, and I felt super awkward, (Kylie, I know how you feel :S)
Wow, that was a lot, but I still have some more.
My classes for the summer go Monday through Thursday and then off Friday and I took that day to be super lazy...I know, not a habit to get into, but I just had to...I spent the whole day, while Leslie was at a second job interview binge watching Netflix...huge disease. I watched two episodes of Prison Break, great show and three episodes of Doctor Who....where have you been my whole life? I know, it took me forever and a day to start that series, BIG SHOCK!!! even for me. That was also the day of the full moon...the Honeymoon, because when it came up, it had the most beautiful honey color...what an amazing creation for us to enjoy on this planet.
Saturday was such a great day, too. We got up that morning and went to Centennial, CO. to join our new ward family for a Temple day. We were so spoiled while living in Logan, because the Temple was a 5 minute drive from where we live and now the Denver, CO. Temple is almost an hour; not super far, but it was a sacrifice that we have to make, at least each month to go, but it is such a blessing to go. That same day, a guy that lives in the same apartment complex is a maintenance guy; great guy. He came by a couple of weeks ago to check out a wet spot that was showing on our wall. Well, he cut a hole, because we thought that there was mold and luckily, there wasn't, but there was a hole. So, he patched it up, did some work and come to find out, they do not carry the same color white that is currently on our wall, but they have a different color of white...weird. But, we got to pick out a color and he painted our wall...it was way cool of him to do that for us, off the clock, too.
We have some news! Like I mentioned earlier, Leslie had a second job interview at a place called Peaks Physical Therapy on Friday; her initial interview was about two weeks ago. She was told that they would let her know in a couple of weeks...they called her on the 16th and gave her a job...WOOT AND HOLLA!!! She is thrilled and I am very ecstatic for her, she starts tomorrow, 6/18/2014.
Well, that is all folks. I do apologize for not posting sooner, but I hope that you enjoy it.
Here are some pictures that we have to share:
Just to give you somewhat of an idea of the size of hail; this is a picture of some hail that had melted a little.
Here is Percy in a few of his favorite spots in the new place; little sunbather.
I forgot to add some pictures of us using our hammock. We bought it like two years ago and never had the chance of enjoying it; Percy enjoyed the hammock as well.
The past week was crazy good and that first week of school was intense; maybe it's because I haven't been in school for just over 2 1/2 years; that will do it to you. It was actually a great week. Monday, of course was the first day of classes and it was hard to get back into the studying habit and Tuesday was the aftershock of it all.
Let's get into the realization of it all. On Wednesday last week, I was at the library for 10 hours, 10 long hours; I never thought that I would be in that position, unless it was a job, but grad school is going to have to be like that for the next two years and yes, I knew what I was getting into. But, since I know what I want to do, it isn't that bad, but like I said, I have been out of school for so long, I forgot what it was like.
Many of you might not know this about me, but I have a learning disability (ADD, go figure,) which causes some severe attention problems. Well, I have taken the opportunity to use the Disability Services office here at UCCS; I've used them before, so it was not a surprise to have to use them again. Anyways, one of the services that they offer is a note-taker; someone that is willing to take notes during class, email them to this office, and then they email them to me. I had a letter to give to my professor, and after giving it to him, I noticed a guy in my class look down at my binder, which I forgot to close and I forgot that I had other copies to give to other professors. Fast forward to the end of class. This guy in my class has been coming with me to the library, (which by the way, I feel like I am cheating on the USU Merrill-Cazier Library each time I enter the Kramer Library; sorry guys.) We get in there, do some studying and we each pull out PB&J sandwiches...holla for thinking alike. He proceeds to ask if I need any help with notes and then says that he saw the letter. I told him that I noticed and we chuckled about it. Come to find out, he used to work in that office the semester before and has seen hundreds of that same letter. I felt kinda sheepish and explained to him that I was getting used to the fact that I need their accommodations, but I had some reservations, just because I am a grad student....blah, blah, blah. I hardly know the guy and he comes out and says that it doesn't reflect on my character and he was way cool about it; thanks Shayne for being awesome; a blessing in disguise.
As mentioned earlier, I have been spending a lot of time at the library, and it was hard to stay there and not really know what I was reading. I began to feel inadequate about the Master's program and the readings. I mean, I know that I read a lot during my undergrad, but Holy Hannah, there is an impressive amount of reading. I sought after my professor for the class and asked him for some direction and he gave me some. So I went back to the library (I know, I'm still cheating,) and took his directions and I found my groove when it comes to reading 40+ pages...it is a nightmare, but I am learning a lot.
Food Glorious food! While I was on campus, Leslie ventured to the grocery store and had to do some serious shopping. We did some serious waiting for my student refund, (cough cough..loans,) and just went hecka crazy with the groceries, I mean, after 2 1/2 weeks of not having shopped, we were in a serious famine; okay, not that bad, but we were down to a half a gallon of milk, half a dozen of eggs, measly portions of cereal and that was it. We love food, and even though she went ballistic with shopping, we needed some delicious stuff. Thanks honey for showing the grocery store what's up!
Last weekend, it was Summerfest and we were so bummed that we missed it, but luckily, some of our friends that are still in Logan graciously went in our behalf and enjoyed it for us; you know who you are...bless your hearts for doing that for us. Also, this passed week, there have been some crazy storms that were brewing over us, and I mean some crazy storms; not the wimpy Utah kind. Colorado has some serious hail storms, and we love every minute of them. I mean that it does rain for like 5 minutes, but then the hail comes upon us and it is intense (in tents, like camping.) Before this one hail storm, I was on campus waiting to go back to my car and I was waiting for the UCCS shuttle. Well, just to give you a back story of how different it is here from USU. At USU, if you are waiting for the bus, it is kinda like first come-first serve with the idea of being courteous to people by letting the go before you. Well, I was walking to the shuttle stop and I saw a line of people, I bypassed them just to wait on the other side of the little sitting area and some guy loudly said that the end of the line was where I came from. He wasn't rude about it, but just the way he presented himself was rather annoying. Yeah, he was being helpful, but I didn't know, I'm from out of town, ( I am going to claim that the whole time we are here.) I walked passed that same group of people, and I felt super awkward, (Kylie, I know how you feel :S)
Wow, that was a lot, but I still have some more.
My classes for the summer go Monday through Thursday and then off Friday and I took that day to be super lazy...I know, not a habit to get into, but I just had to...I spent the whole day, while Leslie was at a second job interview binge watching Netflix...huge disease. I watched two episodes of Prison Break, great show and three episodes of Doctor Who....where have you been my whole life? I know, it took me forever and a day to start that series, BIG SHOCK!!! even for me. That was also the day of the full moon...the Honeymoon, because when it came up, it had the most beautiful honey color...what an amazing creation for us to enjoy on this planet.
Saturday was such a great day, too. We got up that morning and went to Centennial, CO. to join our new ward family for a Temple day. We were so spoiled while living in Logan, because the Temple was a 5 minute drive from where we live and now the Denver, CO. Temple is almost an hour; not super far, but it was a sacrifice that we have to make, at least each month to go, but it is such a blessing to go. That same day, a guy that lives in the same apartment complex is a maintenance guy; great guy. He came by a couple of weeks ago to check out a wet spot that was showing on our wall. Well, he cut a hole, because we thought that there was mold and luckily, there wasn't, but there was a hole. So, he patched it up, did some work and come to find out, they do not carry the same color white that is currently on our wall, but they have a different color of white...weird. But, we got to pick out a color and he painted our wall...it was way cool of him to do that for us, off the clock, too.
We have some news! Like I mentioned earlier, Leslie had a second job interview at a place called Peaks Physical Therapy on Friday; her initial interview was about two weeks ago. She was told that they would let her know in a couple of weeks...they called her on the 16th and gave her a job...WOOT AND HOLLA!!! She is thrilled and I am very ecstatic for her, she starts tomorrow, 6/18/2014.
Well, that is all folks. I do apologize for not posting sooner, but I hope that you enjoy it.
Here are some pictures that we have to share:
Just to give you somewhat of an idea of the size of hail; this is a picture of some hail that had melted a little.
Here is Percy in a few of his favorite spots in the new place; little sunbather.
Not super great quality of the 'Honeymoon'.
Temple day on 6/14/14. This was a great day!
New wall color. Not our choice of color, but it was by far the best out of five choices. Sorry for all of you that still live in Aggie Village and have to deal with the white walls, but this makes this place more homey.
I forgot to add some pictures of us using our hammock. We bought it like two years ago and never had the chance of enjoying it; Percy enjoyed the hammock as well.
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