Friday night...

study time is NO fun!!! I am studying on a friday night and it just feels wrong. anyway, wanted to take a quick break, so I thought I would write a quick blog.

I did get to learn about how to make a webpage today. I am going to put together the social services webpage at work. I am actually pretty excited about it. I hope that it will be a great way to get more information out to the public.

anyway, I think I should stop wasting precious study time. back to the books, my friends.

Two posts in one week...

that is sheer craziness. But, i have seen crazier things happen, so here it goes. I have a couple of quick things I want to blog about.

First, I want to talk a bit about the class I am teaching this semester. I really was in the mood to blog about this on Monday night after the class, but i was too tired. So, the class was GREAT!! I had a really great time teaching it and I felt that the students really enjoyed it. I had them write down the most confusing part of the lecture on a piece of paper at the end of class and hand it in. my goal is to go over those points at the beginning of the following class. many students wrote some really nice comments about how they feel they are going to enjoy the class and that they already learned something on the first day. yeah for me!! I guess I just really enjoy teaching. I always have and I always will. I think teaching social work information is going to be even more perfect. I found myself being able to explain things very easily, it was a great feeling. Anyway, all this to say, I am really excited about teaching this course despite the challenges I am sure it will present.

Second, due to "inclement weather", my classes were canceled on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. this is good in that I got a slight break this week and had more time to study. this is bad because i am sure we will have to make up those classes some time in the future. oh well, it will all work itself out.

Third, Michael and I have picked up on this show called Man vs. Food. We have only watched it a few times this past week and have actually vowed not to watch it anymore for the following reasons. So the premise is that this guy, Adam, travels all over the country and finds the best hole in the wall restaurants with the most unhealthiest delicious food ever and he tries to eat as much of everything as he can. He also has a competition, hence man vs. food, each week. Last week, he was in austin and his goal was to beat their reigning champion at Juan in a Million and eat 8 Don Juan tacos. He got through 5 and called it quits. On one of the episodes, he went to Amarillo and ate that huge steak they have at the big texan. he won that challenge. anyway, since watching this show, michael and I have been craving some unhealthy food. We usually eat pretty healthy at home, so since i had the night off from class, we decided to eat out. I asked some people at work for some burger food joints and they recommended buck n loons. it is a local arlington restaurant with lots of fried food and burgers. well, we went there for dinner and got our fix of fries, potato chips and burgers. It was very delicious, but it also reminds me how I feel after eating such fatty foods. ugh. All in all, it was worth it, but I will keep that type of eating out to a minimum. I will say the price was nice also. pretty cheap and a co-worker gave me a 25% off coupon. good times.

well, that is all, I am off to continue prepping for class.

I was lost...

and sort of still am, but here I am ready to post. So, I am not even sure what was going on last time I posted. The holidays were great. We had some great times with Michael's family in Amarillo and then were also able to spend some time with my family back in Dallas.

We had a very relaxing, yet short break during the holidays. I took time off from school work from Christmas till January 1. It was a nice break. I had to hit the ground running again at the beginning of January since I have a research project and a CEU presentation I had to be working on. My CEU presentation is this weekend, so I am glad that will be over. I am looking forward to it, so hopefully it goes well. Also, my research project is in the final stages, so hopefully I can get that sent off soon in the hopes of getting it published.

Classes are back in full swing. I thought last semester was challenging, but it seems that I am even crazier this semester. I guess somewhere in my subconscious, I feel that if I am able to handle it, why not just keep piling more on myself. :) so, this semester, I am finishing up my research project and teaching a class all on my own. I am teaching a bachelor's level social work practice course. It is tons of work to prep for, but I am getting paid and getting some good experience. I am also taking 2 courses of my own and one is the second PhD statistics course. good times. So, I am at work Mon-Fri 8:30 - 5 and then on Mon, Tues, and Wed, I head to school to teach or sit in class from 6-9, then I spend any other time I have available studying or preparing for class. I see good times ahead.

I do want to send a shout out to Michael. Even though he is also crazy busy with school, he is really helping me so much since I just don't have any extra time. Thanks.

Well, all this to say, I am still really enjoying getting my PhD. I haven't really looked at the program of courses in a while as not to overwhelm myself, but I am thinking that i only have a few more semesters of actual coursework. We will see.

Other than work and school, there is not much going on in our lives. this weekend will actually prove to be quite enjoyable. i have my CEU presentation from 9-12 on Saturday, then we have a party for a good friend of mine's birthday that evening. then, Sunday will be full of studying until the superbowl, when we will have my parents and a few friends over.

Good news, I had my annual review at work and got a raise. YEAH!! anyway, sorry for the long delay in posting, but I can't promise it is going to change soon. I will post as often as I can. Thanks to everyone for their constant support. It really helps.