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I have such good intentions with this blog. I feel like I get going on a good pace of updating and then life takes over, and I get sidetracked. The desire is still there. I still read other’s blogs and stay caught up reading, but I just can’t quite get the motivation to write on my blog.

So let’s do this.

School—the main reason behind this blog—is going well this semester. I feel like I’m back in the groove of attending class and doing homework. I’m on the fence with how I feel about Critical Thinking. It is a great class and I think Dr. Werner is awesome. I had high expectations going in to this class of the things I could get out of it, but it just hasn’t clicked for me. The dynamic of the class is more of a seminar. We don’t have any tests or quizzes. We had a group project that we presented last week that was a lot of fun. My group got really creative with our presentation and I hope it reflects in the grade. We are finally getting into the application of the theories and ideas we’ve been learning about this semester and it’s starting to make a little more sense. Accounting is going well. Dr. Moten is hilarious and makes that 8-10PM timeslot when I’m starting to fade a little more energizing. Surprisingly I have caught on really well and I made a 94 on my second test! I have a lot of studying to do for the test next week. Sometimes I feel like he does not explain the problems enough, like once and expects that we catch on perfectly, and that gets frustrating, but I’m confident I’ll get it. We have two weeks left for Critical Thinking and Accounting! I can’t believe it’s almost over. We start Org. Behavior and Change the second week in November. It is a 4-hour class, meaning we only have one class on Thursday for the entire 6-10PM class time. I’m excited to see how this will go. 

I wrote an entry on my tumblr the other day and in the means of full-disclosure I’d thought I’d share it here as well. From time to time, this all just gets a bit overwhelming. It was simple in under-grad. Your only real responsibility was school. In those three years a lot has changed and it is a bit more difficult to balance everything.

Most days I wake up and I’m excited about getting my MBA and excited about going to class and even doing my readings and case studies and writing .I’m really proud of myself for taking the initiative to go back to school and get my Master’s.

But then every once in a while, I have days (like today) where I question what I’m doing and what I’ve gotten myself into and the time commitment. I see everyone going out with friends for dinners and doing craft projects and working out and watching favorite shows and spending leisurely weekends doing fun things. I miss doing all these things. 

I keep reminding myself it’s only two years. It will be worth every hour in the end. You can do this. But right now, I just really want to be lazy.

PS this is all stemming from the eight-page paper I have due tonight. Still haven’t started it.

Tuesday was my birthday. I had a great birthday celebration! Last weekend Gran and I went shopping. We tore it up. I can’t wait for it to get cold so I can wear my new fashunz! We had lunch at Cheesecake Factory. I love that place! Then we visited with my aunt and cousin who were “vacationing” at a hotel in Round Rock for the weekend and had a nice, laugh-filled dinner with them. Monday night we went to the Wildfire Benefit Concert. It was a good time. There were so many rock stars—Asleep at the Wheel, Randy Rogers, Lyle Lovett, Dixie Chicks, George Strait—that performed and I was exhausted the next day.

This week I leave for Dallas on Friday. It’s the quarterly Texas State Council (SHRM) meeting. I’m excited to go. Work doesn’t usually allow me to attend because they typically start Thursday evening and go all day Friday and finish up Saturday, but this one starts Friday evening and wraps up Sunday morning. I am already involved so involved in the local HR community, but I’m excited to get to mingle and learn from other HR professionals and chapter leaders from across the state.

Three weeks later we leave for DC! I’m so excited for the opportunity to go back again this year for SHRM’s Leadership Conference. This year I have planned way ahead and am leaving on Wednesday to get there and play tourist and check out Georgetown. Thursday we get to go to Capitol Hill and talk to our local Congressman about HR issues and then start the conference with all the SHRM chapter leaders from across the country. Last year was awesome so I can’t wait to see how if this year tops it!

And finally, I leave Christmas Day for Holland!!! I am so excited and nervous for this trip. I am excited to see my IBFF and excited to explore a new country and to ride on a train and going to Paris, but at the same time I’m anxious about going to a new country and a whole different way of life. But the excitement outweighs the anxiety for sure.

I really to get on to writing my CT paper…