Great Day

Today was a great day even though I was exhausted. I didn't get much sleep last night as my husband was up sick. When someone gets sick around me I can't handle it. It makes my stomach turn and I start feeling sick myself. I had the hardest time falling asleep and I think I finally did by 4:30. I got up at about 10:45 and got ready. Then I went to meet some of my best friends for lunch. It was really great to see them. I love when I can get together with my friends and even though I haven't seen them in forever when we get together it feels like we never were apart. Those are the best friendships ever! After eating way too much I went to my parents' house and hung out with my dad. We watched tv and I searched online for new apartments. My husband and I started talking about maybe moving out of our apartment. We first tried to buy a house a while back, but things fell through. In the end, that probably worked out better for us, especially since the first house appraised for $390,000 and then took a nose dive the next month to $320,000. (I find it hilarious that the seller that didn't show up to closing because they had to come up with $6,000 is still trying to sell their house now for $325,000 short sale, when we were willing to pay $50,000 more than that in March. They DESERVE it!!!!) Anyway, our apartment complex was bought out by a monopolizing company. Then we got a new management company. When we started renting here about 3 years ago we payed nothing for parking, no utilities, and no monthly pet fees. NOW, we pay $25 a month for each car, we have heard others are paying utilities although we aren't sure why we haven't been given a utilities bill, and there is now a $50 a month per pet fee. As of right now we have not gotten a utilities bill or charged for our pets, but our lease is up in August. The other thing that has been nice about our apartment complex is that after the first year of living here we became month by month renters which allows us to get out of our lease in 30 days without paying any fines. From what I understand we are now going to be required to sign a one year lease. Every year our rent has gone up, which is understandable, but it is apparently going up much higher than it always has. This means that by August we could be potentially paying $300-$400 more a month. That is outrageous! Since we realized this could be a reality and I'm not working full time next year, we are thinking of looking for a new place. We could buy, but I really don't think we are ready to do that especially after what we went through earlier this year. The good thing is that a lot of apartment complexes are trying to get people to move in so they are offering 1 to 2 months of free rent. We found one place that has a bigger apartment, with a washer/dryer for a lot less than what we are paying for our apartment now. I'm sure we'll have to pay a pet fee, utilities, and parking fees, but hey if it starts out $250 less than what we are paying now, it can't be much more than now and I'm sure it's not more than what we would be paying here in August. I was reading reviews for the other place and many people were complaining about the management company, but a lot of things that the people were upset about were things that would not bother Rod and I. The only thing that they did complain about that would bug me is the elevators being out for several months. It wouldn't bother me where we live now because we live on the 1st floor, but this other place doesn't seem to have a 1 bedroom apartment available. I love living on the first floor, but if we could save money next year then I would be ok moving. We'll see what happens in the next couple of weeks. We are going to have to make our minds up pretty quickly. I'll keep everyone updated on our decision process.

Done! (for 3 days)

Wohoo...I finished my 6 weeks of hell. It really went by quickly. I got an A in my Addictions Counseling class and I am expecting to get an A or an A- in my DSM class. I would be really sad if it is an A- but I have to learn to accept these things. I'm glad it's over. At some points I wasn't sure I was going to make it. I even felt like I would be ok with a B in one of the classes. (I really hope I don't get a B. I'm really not ok with that, even though I pretend to be) Now I have a short break for 3 days and then I start my second summer class. At least I am only taking one class. It looks like there is a lot of work, but I am going to try to get a jump on it and get a lot done so I'm not stressing at the last minute. Plus, I'm going to CA the day after class ends so I really want to be rested so I can enjoy my trip.

I am trying to pack in friends and fun for the 3 days I have no responsibilities. Tomorrow I am meeting some friends for lunch. Then I am going to Bunco tomorrow night, even though my mom wont be there. On Saturday I would like to try to go to the zoo, but we'll see if that happens. Sunday I am going to meet some friends for lunch. I'm so excited to be able to hang out with friends again. I really have missed them. Don't get me wrong I love my husband, but I also miss the girl talk. Plus who else is going to listen to little marital problems than the girls..lol! I miss hearing about what is going on in their lives. We used to get together at least once a month and it feels like it's been ages since I've seen them. Stupid grad school! Oh well, it will be over soon enough. Well, I better go get some dinner and then I'm heading to bed. I've been up late and getting up early for the last 3 days so it's time for bed.

ALMOST DONE...with the first summer session

Yesterday I turned in two papers and completed one presentation. Today, although I'm feeling exhausted, is going to be spent finishing my take home exam that is due tonight at 6:30 p.m. I had planned on finishing this one way before it was due, but me planning something and actually finishing it when I planned never works out. I have learned through the years that I am a horrible procrastinator. For example right now, instead of working on my exam that's due tonight I'm writting a blog. I think part of my problem is is that I have never been punished for my procrastination. I normally do well on papers that I wrote the night before. I really hate being a procrastinator, but I don't know how to change. I feel it's in my genes or something. I have learned through out being in grad school that if I work in a group where people are not procrastinators then I do not procrastinate as much, but if I work with procastinators, oh boy, watch out. The worst part about procrastination is the amount of stress I cause my self. My husband would tell anyone to watch out when I have a paper due the next day. Anyway, I should get back to my exam, but tomorrow ends my 6 weeks of hell...Yay!!!

Actually have time to post

I'm going to try to keep this thing updated, but we'll see how it goes through the summer. I can't believe I only have one week of class left. All I have to do is attend one more group and write a paper, finish my journal, and finish my final. Oh and I also have a group paper that is due on Tuesday that I have finished my part, but I still have to write the conclusion. We are also presenting on the paper on Tuesday, but I feel pretty comfortable about the information. At the beginning I just kept telling myself to take it one week at a time now I only have one week left. I'll really be celebrating on Thursday night once I completely through with everything. Then I can celebrate on Friday because I wont have anything to do. My hubby might be off, since his normal Friday off would be 4th of July and he already gets that off as a holiday so he is either going to take Friday off or next Thursday off. This past Friday I spent all day working on my paper so I decided to relax a little over the weekend. Yesterday I went out to my parents' and went to the gym and then spent some time with them and then I met a friend for coffee. We spent an hour and a half sitting outside chatting and it felt like it was 5 minutes. I really miss spending time with my friends and it's great when we have a chance to catch up. Today, my husband and I met his aunt at the movies and we saw Get Smart. It was hilarious and it was nice to get out. We then went to dinner at Red Robin. Tomorrow I am going to spend working on school work and maybe I'll sleep in a bit. I would like to get most of my stuff done so it's not looming over my head. Anyway, I'm exhausted so it's off to bed. Hopefully I'll be updating this a few times a week, if I find something new to say. I know most of what I said today isn't new but ohwell.

Crazy

So things are crazy for me right now. I finished work on Friday which was great. Then on Monday I met my internship supervisor for the Fall. She and I are going to get along great. I am so excited to be working with her. Since then, I have been battling the stomach flu. I don't know if I picked something up from the kids or what. It's not fun to have the stomach flu when you have 3 papers due for class. Luckly my one professor pushed our paper back to be due next Tuesday. I am still going to hopefully finish my part today, but we'll see. I'm still not feeling good so I'm not going to push myself. The good thing is I'm not working now so I have plenty of time to finish things. For my Addictions counseling class I only have 1 more paper to write and finish my journal entries. For my DSM class I need to finish the paper that was originally due today and we will be getting our final today to work on and it is due next Wedenesday. I also have 2 presentations. One is tomorrow, which isn't a big deal. The other one is next week on Tuesday. Hopefully I'll get through these things find. It has been very difficult taking 2 classes at the same time and I have resigned to the fact that I might get a B in one of the classes. I really wanted a 4.0 in my Master's program, but I guess it doesn't matter. What matters is if I learned what I was suppose to learn. Anyway, life is crazy and I can't wait to finish next week because then I'll be done with the first summer session. The second summer session starts the next week, but I'm only going to take one class and I wont be working so the workload should be manageable. I hopefully will be catching up with my friends in the next few weeks too. I have been such a horrible friend for the last 6 months because my life has been insane with work and grad school. Now that I'm done working and after this summer I'm done with graded classes, I'll have the chance to catch up with all of my friends. Hope everyone else is doing well!