My next step...

As always once April hits I start to think about summer!! And this is a summer without classes whahooooo. This summer is already shaping up to be busy. Q wants to to do baseball and BMX and piano and invention camp, and throw in some art classes. A is much more laid back, maybe bmx, art classes, and strings camp. I don't know if I am ready for all this running around. I read what Karen does on a daily basis and just grimace. I ferociously guard my family summer time and want it to be full of unstructured fun time, margaritas, the lake, fishing, and kick ass homemade sangria on the back patio. But I will get over it.
On my personal agenda is of course the reunion and hopefully a fun time with old friends. But the thing I am looking foward to the most is this volunteer project below, I happened to see it in the paper and am really pumped. Volunteering hasn't been on the top of the priority list but this one is. Anyone want to come help? I have bunk beds, and sangria of course:)

http://www.vppark.com/volunteer.php

Silly facebook...

Ok, so now that homework is winding down, what do I do? Get on facebook, and while I am on there I find all these silly (stupid really) quizzes you can take. The statistical probability of them being accurate about me in anyway is nil-most are a measley 5 questions- but so far I kind of like the outcome. Lets see....

What superhero am I: Iron man (I prefer Iron woman)-hence the next quiz result..
What type of woman are you: Feminist
What type of mom are you: June Cleaver-I think I got that by default-Joan Crawford (you know "NO wire hangers") wasn't available.
I even took the stupid IQ test....
By they way my stripper name was pretty interesting to

May I introduce myself as Lulu Spankrazor-Hey I think that fits

By the way some of these I DID NOT publish-really don't want a future boss seeing it!

Really, really almost done

This is the first weekend in a LONG time I have started to feel relaxed and not in a frenzied pace to juggle everything and get two million things done. 6 days and counting until the 8:00 kick off time for orals. The end is so close that it feels like weight is being lifted off me every day. I ran through my presentation with my advisor yesterday and just a little tweaking. Now if I can stay as relaxed for the whole thing we will be doing good. I have the day all planned out, orals at 8:00, hour long massage at 12:00, still debating to go for the gold and do a pedicure to. 3:30 meet people downtown for a celebration, coworkers, friends, and of course hubby. I still have some course work and intern stuff to catch up on, but it will feel like a cake walk after Friday is done. Of course I have to go and pick up a cap and gown-ick being 38 and back in a graduation cap-even if it is for a hooding ceremony, feels weird-like being back in high school. The best thing about it is having the boys there. I really want them to see that at any age you can be a learner and do something new. I hope they recognize all those long nights without me, at class or glued to my computer, and all those nights with lame spaghetti or *gasp* happy meals are worth it. Worth it not because of the money or promotion, but taking a risk and challenging yourself for something you love and believe in is so worth it, and knowing you can make a difference.

Pics

The drift is in front of Hubby's garage door-it is way over my head, the small peak on the left side was waist deep. It is the same drift he said nonchalantly as he took off in MY car-"If you just shovel it out enough so I can get out that should be okay." Umm yeah, this was after I had lifted weights and had spaghetti arms. I lasted a whole half an hour and didn't even make a dent. Just so you know it looks deceptively short-it wasn't

Official blizzard report for Karen

I don't have any pics yet, I am a wimp-waiting for the wind to go down. We are home from school AGAIN. Hope to start shoveling soon, not so much snow as really, really high wind. Yesterday got a little home work done-emphasize little, made homemade slime, watched a movie complete with snacks, played clue a couple of times. I think the areas around us are much worse. Pics coming soon

A PS to Bobbi's SD weather

Here it is, sunny and hot out (hot is relative after below zero the last few months) and we are having a "skin" game outside. In 24 hours lets see what pics I post if the weather man is really right this time.

By the way I was the pitcher, so none of these pics are mine that I took. I usually do really close ups but am loving the blue sky against the prarie, maybe because it has been gray for so long.

Before the big event...

Last night was busy and an example of extremes-two events at polar opposites. 6:00 was the all city strings concert for older child who had to get dressed up in shirt and tie (with only mild grumbling-secretly I think he liked it), to perform at the civic center. Then a mad dash to the car to get changed and head over to the last hockey game of the year. Younger son was decorated with face paint and ready to scream his head off and dance around like a maniac. Of course didn't get a pic of younger son due to the arguing by older son about pictures, and time ran out:) so just imagine him in the pic above but with face paint for 3 hours