Just wanted to give a quick update...
Wednesday evening I was accepted into the Masters of Public Health program at MU!! My emphasis is officially "Health Promotion and Disease Prevention." It was such a relief to finally get accepted, and now I'm much more excited about Columbia.
We really only need one more piece to fall into place before we can breathe a sigh of relief, and that's housing. Dee and I found out the hard way on Monday that there really aren't any options available to us for January. Thankfully, though, one pretty amazing option did open up and Brad and I are now frantically trying to get the paperwork together and faxed in today so we can get it before anybody else.
We'll keep you all updated, and hopefully we'll have some good news here within a few days!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Another Weekend Down
Another great weekend in Springfield is coming to a close. Only 14 weekends left before we start yet another new chapter in our lives... maybe when that times comes we'll actually be ready!
Brad and Adam (his friend that is in PT school) went for a hike and then out for BBQ Friday night... they got in some good "man" time! Then Saturday morning Brad and Michael went golfing and Brad shot his best round of golf ever - a 75! The best part for Brad happened to be who they were paired up to play with... you'll have to ask him about it because it's a pretty cool story (but too long for the blog!).
While they were out golfing, I was home cleaning and baking monster cookies. They came out really well... actually too well because Brad and I can't keep our hands off them! :) Then yesterday afternoon we went and saw the movie Fireproof with friends from class. Our church had set up a special showing of the movie at a theatre, and they ended up using 3 or so rooms to accommodate everyone who came out to see it! Once you got past some subpar acting (though Kirk Cameron was good) and overused cliches, the movie was actually really good and had a great message.
After the movie I headed to Leslie's for girls night to watch Made of Honor and eat cookies, and Brad went out with the guys to a par 3 course for another 9 holes of golf.
Today has been a great lazy Sunday... naps, football, and well that's about it! Actually Brad is out cleaning out and gasing up the vehicles, and I'm going to write my essay. Dee, I'm really sticking by that Oct 1 deadline... that means I WILL have my essay done when you and Johnie are here Wednesday!
Hope you all had a great weekend too!
Brad and Adam (his friend that is in PT school) went for a hike and then out for BBQ Friday night... they got in some good "man" time! Then Saturday morning Brad and Michael went golfing and Brad shot his best round of golf ever - a 75! The best part for Brad happened to be who they were paired up to play with... you'll have to ask him about it because it's a pretty cool story (but too long for the blog!).
While they were out golfing, I was home cleaning and baking monster cookies. They came out really well... actually too well because Brad and I can't keep our hands off them! :) Then yesterday afternoon we went and saw the movie Fireproof with friends from class. Our church had set up a special showing of the movie at a theatre, and they ended up using 3 or so rooms to accommodate everyone who came out to see it! Once you got past some subpar acting (though Kirk Cameron was good) and overused cliches, the movie was actually really good and had a great message.
After the movie I headed to Leslie's for girls night to watch Made of Honor and eat cookies, and Brad went out with the guys to a par 3 course for another 9 holes of golf.
Today has been a great lazy Sunday... naps, football, and well that's about it! Actually Brad is out cleaning out and gasing up the vehicles, and I'm going to write my essay. Dee, I'm really sticking by that Oct 1 deadline... that means I WILL have my essay done when you and Johnie are here Wednesday!
Hope you all had a great weekend too!
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Weekend Trip to New York City
Before we post any new pictures, I feel the need to update you all first! Here are the pictures from our trip to New York City. We had the chance to meet up with our good friends Cory and Kelly out there, and of course we took it!
We flew out there Friday, August 15, arriving at La Guardia at noon. From there we went to the Empire State Building, then Greenwich Village, Washington Square Park, Chinatown, and Little Italy. We then trekked back uptown to our hotel near Times Square just in time to watch Michael Phelps win his 7th gold medal (in the race that he was very, very, very close to losing).
Saturday morning we checked out of our hotel, walked to and around Times Square and then headed to Rockefeller Center, where we met Cory and Kelly. After walking around there for awhile, we walked up to Central Park and got lunch at one of the hotdog stands, then walked around and through to the other side of the park which was 5th Avenue. We took 5th Avenue back downtown, stopping into ridiculous stores like Tiffany's and FAO Schwartz ($10,000 stuffed animal, anyone?!). Then we hopped on the subway and went down to Lower Manhattan, where we walked to Ground Zero and then down Wall Street to Battery Park. There we saw the Statue of Liberty and had front row seats to some purse vendors get arrested. After all that excitement, we caught another subway back to Times Square, had dinner at the ESPN Zone, then said good-bye to Cory and Kelly. We strolled around Times Square for awhile longer, then walked back to Rockefeller Center to sit and relax, and at about 11 pm we caught another Subway to our bus stop in Harlem, then caught the bus there back to La Guardia to sleep in the airport for the night before our Sunday am flight.
It was a great vacation and we really loved the city. We were definitely tired at the end of it, as were our legs!!, but we had such a blast and made the best of our short window of time there with our friends.
Here's a slideshow of some of the pictures.
We flew out there Friday, August 15, arriving at La Guardia at noon. From there we went to the Empire State Building, then Greenwich Village, Washington Square Park, Chinatown, and Little Italy. We then trekked back uptown to our hotel near Times Square just in time to watch Michael Phelps win his 7th gold medal (in the race that he was very, very, very close to losing).
Saturday morning we checked out of our hotel, walked to and around Times Square and then headed to Rockefeller Center, where we met Cory and Kelly. After walking around there for awhile, we walked up to Central Park and got lunch at one of the hotdog stands, then walked around and through to the other side of the park which was 5th Avenue. We took 5th Avenue back downtown, stopping into ridiculous stores like Tiffany's and FAO Schwartz ($10,000 stuffed animal, anyone?!). Then we hopped on the subway and went down to Lower Manhattan, where we walked to Ground Zero and then down Wall Street to Battery Park. There we saw the Statue of Liberty and had front row seats to some purse vendors get arrested. After all that excitement, we caught another subway back to Times Square, had dinner at the ESPN Zone, then said good-bye to Cory and Kelly. We strolled around Times Square for awhile longer, then walked back to Rockefeller Center to sit and relax, and at about 11 pm we caught another Subway to our bus stop in Harlem, then caught the bus there back to La Guardia to sleep in the airport for the night before our Sunday am flight.
It was a great vacation and we really loved the city. We were definitely tired at the end of it, as were our legs!!, but we had such a blast and made the best of our short window of time there with our friends.
Here's a slideshow of some of the pictures.
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