Ok, so I can’t think about anything other than school right now. I’ve honestly tried to blog about other stuff, but work is work, and well I have nothing else going on.  I don’t even have any man gossip, rain rants, or random and stupid thoughts going through my head on which I need an outside opinion.  Right now, the only question *I* have is.. Well there is a series of questions and they go like this:

Dog… Minnesota??  Would I want to live there?? What the heck do I know about Minnesota other than it’s cold and STILL 11-12 hours away from my home town???  Like I could deal with the 11-12 hours from home, really, but the fact that there is no snow makes it that much easier to deal with. What the hell??

One of the schools I applied to (and heard from) is in Minnesota. I keep jokingly saying that I’d go to Ireland (no offense to the Irish because I 1- know nothing about Ireland but that it’s far and I’m not particularly interested in knowing more, actually, and 2- I really shouldn’t have started counting because there is no #2) if someone gave me some money to go school there, but would I go to school in MINNESOTA?!?  Oh Lord… *faints*

*awakens*

The program I applied for is supposed to be great, but… yikes. *faints*

It’s officially time for a celebration!! And here I was all ready to write a “Rain Rant” post and everything, but it will have to wait. So before we celebrate, I shall go on a brief tangent. This weekend, I went to visit my top school choice for an interview and it was pretty interesting. It is in another southern state, and I’m not terribly into the idea that, but both the school and program are awesome and I figure if thrown some money to go that school, I’d pack my bags immediately.

Ok, tangent done. I have been worrying a lot about going to school, what I would do if I didn’t get into one, if I would try to continue my fellowship which I’m grateful to have but am just about ready to move on from, and a list of other things. WELL, I have received my first letter and it was an acceptance!! I will, for sure, be going to SOME school next fall, officially signing away the next 4 or so years of my life to become Dr. Rain. How sweet is that??? I thought you should be the first to know.

It’s a celebration….!!!

I haven’t had anything to write about lately.  Since the last posting, I went to Michigan for about 6 days. I drove this time because my mom convinced me to do so. Only 6 days after the trip, I am finally getting over the intense sleepiness I had during that time. I wasn’t able to sleep much at all.  While I was there, I attended a funeral of a cousin, and one of my uncles was diagnosed with cancer. He has an incredible battle ahead but he is showing such a strong face. Please pray for him.

Everyone talks about resolutions for the new year, and I rarely do them. I am thinking that perhaps I should, since my current routine doesn’t always work! So the following list is in no particular order, but includes several things I wish to accomplish or address in early 2007. I can’t think of the whole year as that’s too much time to consider for my brain.

1. Exercise more.  I had started exercising pretty diligently near the end of 2006, and I’d like to continue this as a way of life.  I’d like to work out at least 4 days each week. That shouldn’t be too difficult and most of the time I work out more than that.   When I do, I feel great and think I don’t look to bad in addition, and I’d like to maintain despite my desire to consume tons of chocolate at every opportunity.

2. I have a few projects that I’ve started at work that I’d like to complete in early 2007.  By April, I would like to complete 3 of these projects.  It will take a bit of extra planning and time outside of work but it will be very worthwhile.

3.  I will cook more and try some new recipes.  I’d like to try one new recipe each week.  I started today by cooking some chicken with a garlic and shallot sauce, brown rice, and salad. It was quite tasty. I plan on following that with a cup of hot chocolate. (recall the previous statement about chocolate…)

4.  I plan to do more for leisure. I started hanging out more near the end of 2006 and have had the time of my life.

5. I will read more. I would like to squeeze in at least a book a month. That should not be too difficult. When things get busy, I tend to read more for work at home, so I will still need to make a conscious effort at some times.

6. I’ve got some old wounds to heal, and I feel like I’m well on the way to doing that, but I admit that it takes effort for me not to really dislike all people because of a small few.

7. I’d like to keep in better contact with some particular friends and family.

Well, I’m sure I will add to that. For now, that’s it. Take care, all, and I hope you had a splendid end of the year for 2006.