So I totally got yelled at by my getting-tastier-by-the-day friend Tim about not posting in a while...so here I am.  I don't know about you, but it's easy to get caught up in Facebook and forget that there is substantive places to put your thoughts, more so than a one line update.

So what's been going on?? 

Grad School has been insane.  I finished up my summer courses, with As in both.   I'm particularly proud of my research proposal; which I scored a 100 on, despite how tough this professor was.  I'm currently working on Human Behavior 1 and Macro 1.  In social work, Micro is about the person, Macro is about systems/communities/agencies.  This professor has created a class that is exactly what I always thought grad school is about; interesting readings, meaningful writings and good discussion.  My human behavior class is another story all together. :-\

This professor in not very engaged in the online format, the tool is pre-historic and there is so much work that I've had moments where I didn't know if I would keep up.  At the present time, without touching the extra credit discussions, I've still got a max potential of a 99 in the class.  My over-acheiverness has never been so strong.

In my personal life, E! and I have decided to part ways.  With me in grad school and him spending more time in TX with his new nephews...we started to resemble best friends more than boyfriends.  Rather than hold on until someone got hurt and someone else was angry, we decided to remain friends and move forward.  It's working VERY well.  We still went to see P!NK in concert and had our vacation to Vegas. 

I will say, it's tough being single again after almost 3 years.  With grad school and a 45min. each way commute I don't have the same time I once did to date.  Don't worry faithful reader...or readers that I have to get back to being faithful...there are already some very FUN dating disasters already to discuss...one involves Halloween, a cop and a ditch.  That will be a follow-up post.   

OK - gotta get back to work...and I'll post again soon...unless I want Tim to beat me (ok I sorta do...but that's another story). 

Laterz...

no really...they do...

I was at work yesterday and someone I went out on a few dates with, popped up.  He was thinking about me, blah blah, wanted to say hi, blah blah and at the end...apologize.  We were talking about a former mutual friend, whom I no longer speak to...because HE'S AN ASS...and I said I no longer spoke with him because he was a "tool."  My former date, whom I referred to here as "Beige" said, "I was a tool the last time we hung out and I've felt bad about it, so I'm sorry."  He was a tool...matter of fact, he was an ASS, but I'm over it, and you know what...talk about growth.  Imagine if we all apologized for the things that still nag us that we feel bad about?

Sometimes, it's us that surprises...

I remember the older students in my under-graduate years.  They were a little annoying and a bit of a show-off...but I admired them, because they were much more focused than my 18-22 year old self.  I hope that when I went back to grad school, I would have that.  I figured out after this past week of intensive, one-week class, waking up at 4am to do homework...I do.  That makes me very happy and satisfied.

Sometimes, it's just what we're thinking about that surprises us...

• My lawn needs to be mowed...desperately
• I feel fat
• My new roman shades look STUN-NING
• I have so much homework
• Why don't Amazon.com marketplace people respond to emails?

Laterz...

Sometimes, you can't really see until you take a couple steps back...

Sometimes, we're so in the middle of something, that we fail to see the distance we've come.  We've made so many strides forward, but because the scenery stays the same, we lose sight of all the progress we've made. 

I've been biking a lot more lately.  I've not biked a lot in the last few years, and I'm really enjoying getting back into it and being outside.  What I notice, is how much better shape I am in than 2...3...5... years ago.  I don't notice it day to day, but when I hit a trail that I had not been on since I lost all the weight, and wasn't the least bit winded...I realized what gains I've made. 

I think it's important to sometimes go back to things we've done...try them again, and see where we are at...

Thoughts during a movie...

I was watching a pretty poor movie tonight, "Kiss the Bride."  I realized as I watched this movie, when you take a step back and look at relationships...they are nothing and never will be anything like the movies.  (duh PJ)

1. They can't be solved in 100 min.
2. They aren't one big dramatic scene after another
3. There isn't a person in the right and one in the wrong
4. Problems take a while to manifest and to get resolved
5. No one puts a cool soundtrack behind you while you are walking through the town, after a really dramatic moment...well, unless you are listening to your iPod.

Finally...

When you take a step back, you can realize someone you didn't think made a big impression on you...did.

Laterz...