My spring semester classes have started up and I think I'm going to really enjoy them. My physiology class only meets through mid-March, then I also have a drug delivery class and a transport phenomena class. And I'm getting 3 hours of credit by writing a review paper that needs to be submitted by June 1, so I'm hoping to finish that before the semester is over, even though we can take longer than that, according to Monty. But then I'll be a real published author, not just published in university journals! Hmm, I wonder if I should submit it under my maiden name? I won't change my name until July after the honeymoon (since I've already booked everything in my name now) but this journal probably won't be published until the end of the year. I'll talk to the people I submit to I guess, since all of my future work will be under my new name.
The only thing that concerns me with this semester is the looming Matlab projects I have in my courses- I'm not a Matlab genius. In fact, I really don't like Matlab. But then again, I don't really have the patience for it and I never had a good instructor for it. Hopefully I'll be able to pick it up again after my 4 year hiatus from using it... and then I"ll be able to teach myself the more complex things I'll most likely need for this coursework.
On the wedding front, our invitations have been ordered and it'll be nice to just have them in my possession even though I won't be mailing them out for awhile. I think they're supposed to arrive the end of the week. I'll have a lot of time to address them all before I send them, that's for sure! I'm proud that I'm coming in slightly under budget for what I predicted for the wedding costs; that's nice because once I see how much of my money I will have remaining after June, I'll be able to start making more financial decisions. Like opening a Roth IRA. And I'll have a better idea about how much I'm saving each month when I'm not shelling out random amounts for wedding dresses and photographers and giant cakes. But it's still very exciting! I like to think I'm not a Bridezilla, at least no one has told me that I am, but I'm glad to be enjoying the experience rather than stressing about it. I'm not one of those girls that's been dreaming about a wedding for my entire life- I'm more focused on the wonderful life I get to have after the "I do". Yes, weddings are beautiful and I'm looking forward to being dressed up, since it happens so rarely, but I hope I'm able to look my best for Keegan :-D
The BME folks came over to our townhouse this past weekend and we played some games and watched a movie. I'm a little concerned that it was lame and no one had fun, but oh well, it's hard to please everyone... Hopefully it wasn't too pathetic. But we'll be together for the next 4+ years, so I'm sure there will be plenty of get-together opportunities.
Well I guess I should finish this homework, sigh. But at least I'm half-finished and it's not too difficult (I'm sure in April I'll be looking back at this and wishing I could still say the same thing...)
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I HAD A GREAT TIME! Of course, Kyle and I were the ones who brought the games... I used to worry if people thought my get-togethers were lame, but now I just focus on giving people correct expecations on what it will be like (and trying to be accommodating) and if they don't have a good time, I guess they won't come back. All I can offer is what I enjoy doing.
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