and we are FULLY Back to School now

Yes, I am back to school too!  I can't believe this smile since this is the day I ADDED another STATS class!  While at BYU I used to tell my mother that if I don't make it home at night that I am probably dead in the STATS lab...suicide!  That is how much I hated Statistics.  And here I go adding it to my already full schedule this semester.

I AM crazy!

Actually I was thinking that since I received a fellowship this year and can't really work I ought to bonzai through some tough classes (instead of floundering while I am teaching too).  In theory it is wonderful....even allows me to relax a bit from here on out.  Well, relax in a not so relaxing way, that is!  At least this will be the HARDEST semester....just another Statistics class next semester and then only one semester after that and I am ready to take Prelims!!!!  I can't believe the end is REALLY in site. 

If I play my cards right I will be able to write the first 3 chapters of my dissertation while taking classes so that AFTER prelims I am just finishing it all up!  It is hard to believe that I can get a job....and be "all grown up," per se!  When I told Kelsey that she said that I already WAS grown up!  hehehehe

Anyway....we are now ALL back to school.  The hectic busy routines have begun!  The driving has begun and I am already dreading it (and so is my back).  Friday I got a massage and she said that my back was really Really REALLY bad.  I guess I'll have to get a massage monthly!!!  DARNIT! ;) (wink wink)