I know, I know, I haven't posted for a while. And I'm probably upsetting all my stalkers greatly because hey let's face it my life is SO interesting! :)

I recently started Grad school at UMSL. (Time to brag, bear with me). I am one of 25 accepted into the Masters of Education in Counseling. You may think, eh I can do that. And maybe you can but 140 people did not. So I am very thrilled to have this opportunity. I have class Tues, Wed, and Thurs nights and most likely will for the next 2-3 years. It's a 60 credit hr program (yuck!) that I intend to do year round, full time. I really do enjoy it though. It is amazing to go to school expecting a lecture, powerpoint notes, or maybe a few discussion questions and find that this is nothing like that.

"How do you define what culture you are part of."

This is the question that will make anyone speechless, talk for hours (when expected to give a 4 minute answer), or bring about loads of tears. Apparently, when you are asked about culture you are entitled to bring up anything in your past that has upset you . . . ? So after passing around a box of tissues and holding in my laughter, I was chosen to give empathic words of wisdom to a girl who was upset because she was wait-listed into the program. I told her I struggled throughout school for my whole life yada yada yada. I won't bore you with that though. But overall, I really enjoy this class and the people in it!

Delana is coming to see me next week! I will have her from Friday to Sunday! So we are both thrilled about that. We plan to look at some dresses, eat down downtown St. Charles, etc.

Let's see, John went to LA for a "business trip" last week. He was gone from Sunday morning to Saturday night. Must have been fun-laying by the beach, eating on work's expense, etc. However, now that I think about it, I eat at my works expense, sleep, and am paid to do homework. I guess not quite as much as John but it works :) So then last night (Friday) my mom decided to come stay at Kate's Bed and Breakfast! We went on an enjoyable walk, ate at applebees, had a margarita (mom) and beer (me, of course), watched a movie, and went shopping. It was fun!! And tomorrow we are looking forward to going to the river with my uncle. I can't wait to try out his new jet ski, water skis, and tube!

Life's good.

Well our life must be boring. Nothing really new to update. Debor-ah and I went to the Bridal Fair at the Convention Center on Saturday. It was a lot of fun! I expect to get about 15000 emails within the next week :) We did get a lot of fun stuff though. I went into the money machine and won $ 170. That was hilarious. I just watched Debbie's facial reactions the whole time. I know she was thinking "WOW I never knew my daughter in law had such talent." Haha. I also got my hair done by a girl in training. I'm going to have to say, she did a real scary job! LOL. We also set up another time to go look at dresses and so I received $50 off my dress! We tested cake, got free picture frames, and even took pictures in a photobooth! Who knew you could bring those things to wedding receptions!

Sadly, John could not join. He had playoffs in hockey. I believe they went out with high spirits even though the score was 8-1 (bad guys). Oh well. I have the week off work so I am staying with John. It's weird spending every minute with him. I don't know how long we'll last! Just kidding. It's going great. I pulled weeds, watered plants, got mail, and did all the things John's to lazy to do :) It's just nice to sleep in a bit and not have to be anywhere. Very relaxing which is good because I start school next week. I plan on falling off Earth for the next 2 years. I'm looking forward to it. But I know it'll all pay off.