Like my little title? I'm thinking of the theme song to whatever show that was back then when I was young. Anyway, where should I start? Should I start with work, school or in the middle? Hmm...now that's a tougie. I'll start with school.
Okay, so I'm already just ONE week into the term and have been bombarded with homework! I can't believe it!!!! Ugh. For Multicultural Counseling, I'm writing talking points out of the reading. Now let me say this, I have NO motivation what so ever to read the stupid books. *sighs* But I did those. I have to lead a discussion tomorrow night on my reading assignment and well, I haven't touched it. I'm out of it. No motivation = no homework getting done. So that's my first class.
My second class is umm Economics again. Ugh, that stupid course. I'm taking that at Doane also. I'm taking it lecture and that really helps. Plus my teacher is SO willing to work with me. It's been easier working with her than my last teacher. So that's really good to know. She knows that I shouldn't have a time limit on my tests and that I have a learning disability. So that's the good part. However, mom would be driven nuts by her because she has such a happy and bubbly personality. She's hyper. Mom would cringe in class with her but I love it. It keeps me awake!!!! Suzy is an awesome teacher and it's better with her than doing it individualized.
So that's school in a nutshell. Check with me in 7 more weeks and I'll have a new list of classes going on. Man, it felt GREAT not having to go to campus last term. I had online courses and that was it. That really helped me out. Now this term I'm getting used to again going to Grand Island two nights a week. But hopefully I'll be done this summer. Yup, this summer. A term extra, but that's alright.
Umm, work. Well, most of you know that I quit the RISE job. I couldn't balance full time school and full time work. So I left. But I just had an interview with Visinet in Grand Island today. The nice thing is that she said she would let me know by the end of the week if I got hired. Funny. Her last name is Warren also. We found that quite ironic. Now I'm trying to figure out if she's related to me! At least Grandma doesn't think so, but who knows. That would be odd if we were related. Anyway, after the interview, about an hour later, I got the call saying I was hired. Wow, now that was quick! But I was thrilled and I took the job! So I'm not unemployed anymore! Can't wait to start!
And a final note. I'm OFFICIALLY searching for my birth mother. Holt Korea has the request and hopefully they are getting it done. I really hope that she can be found, but I'm not for sure yet. I just hope that she is found. I want some health history and other stuff from her. But I'm hoping that we can have a relationship of some kind. Who knows though. I just hope that she is found. I'll keep you updated on that. I'm hoping that it won't take more than 6 months to find her.
Well, that's it from here. I have nothing else to say. I'm waiting for a new mattress and that's it. So I better get going. I will talk to you all later. Plus I have eyestrain and a headache. Grr...
Suz
Monday, October 22, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Elissa & Matt's Wedding!
Thank you to all that attended our wedding a few weeks ago! Matt and I had such a wonderful day and hope everyone had a great time as well. We just got our professional pictures last night and I've uploaded them to my picasa website. Just a fair warning...there are a TON of pictures, so feel free to flip through them whenever. Here's the web address http://picasaweb.google.com/elissawiles (Could someone please embed this in the links column...I don't appear to have access to that - thanks!)
After the wedding, Matt and I went to Saint Augustine, FL for our honeymoon. His aunt Jane was kind enough to let us use her beach house for the week! The weather was wonderful and we mostly did a lot of sleeping, eating out and relaxing. We also saw the fort, alligator farm and did quite a bit of walking around downtown and hanging out on the beach. Too bad we're both back to work again! We are excited to start on new projects now that all the wedding planning is finished - go team Bright! Thank you again for all that were there and all the sweet cards and support!
-Elissa & Matt Bright
Friday, October 5, 2007
Hello from Mary Jo
Hi, Everyone!
Now that I have sent my belated wedding gift to the newlyweds and have seen Janice's post, I wanted to write a bit on the family blog. I am sorry we missed the wedding. I had just recently recovered from some kind of "flu" that settled in my back and wasn't really relishing a 6-hr drive. Paul was having a cement floor poured in a new big storage building he put up on the farm and was frantically picking up irrigation pipe (by himself) before the custom-farmer got there to combine the beans. We just decided it probably wouldn't be sensible to add a week-end trip to the mix. I have had several gab-sessions with mom about the affair and so "almost" feel like I was there. She told me how beautiful the mother of the bride looked, and tried to describe the dress, so I was excited to see Janice included the picture of herself and Ed.
This organic farming is proving to be very time-intensive, but Paul is extremely pleased with the yields he is getting (if you remember he was combining wheat the day of the family reunion). His custom-farmer is a young guy with lots of land, big equipment, uses the genetically modified seed, pesticides, herbicides, etc. and he is interested to see that Paul's yields are favorably comparing with his. (Of course, the labor is much more intensive on the organic method...and you couldn't do it on all of the acres he covers.) Paul claims he is loving it all, so I guess if this is how he wants to "retire", I'm glad. His health is good (still gets regular cancer checks) and he's in good shape for a 65-year old, so we are grateful.
I've enjoyed Joan's vet reports...although I wouldn't care to be participating in the various procedures she had described! Now I have a story for her. We have six 4-year old laying hens, that are "free-range". We lock them in a movable pen each night. We've had one that was determined to be a setter for a large part of the summer. Their nests are in another building (their "winter quarters".) Paul had been faithfully carrying her from the nest to the secure roost each night. One evening we had been out, it was well past dark, and Suzanne had locked the pen on the others, who were on the roost. Paul decided she'd be OK. The next morning, he found a big pile of feathers in the nest and on the ground in front of the nest. He figured something had eaten her. Imagine his surprise when he found her in some tall grass, looking tough, but alive. She was bald in many spots, and limping, so he left her alone. Later, she turned up in the pen. We kept her in there for several days with food and water, and each day she was better. When she let us examine her, it was obvious a big hunk of skin was torn off her thigh/breast and that was why she was limping. It is now 4 weeks later. Her feathers are growing back (except where she was skinned), she is active, runs and scratches, and competes with her sisters for grasshoppers and scraps. We call her "Toughy". We were absolutely amazed she could survive and didn't at least succumb to an infection in the wound. And we wonder how on earth she escaped from what ever had her trapped in the nest and then drug her out.
I hope some of you who took pictures at the wedding will share...always love to hear from you all.
Now that I have sent my belated wedding gift to the newlyweds and have seen Janice's post, I wanted to write a bit on the family blog. I am sorry we missed the wedding. I had just recently recovered from some kind of "flu" that settled in my back and wasn't really relishing a 6-hr drive. Paul was having a cement floor poured in a new big storage building he put up on the farm and was frantically picking up irrigation pipe (by himself) before the custom-farmer got there to combine the beans. We just decided it probably wouldn't be sensible to add a week-end trip to the mix. I have had several gab-sessions with mom about the affair and so "almost" feel like I was there. She told me how beautiful the mother of the bride looked, and tried to describe the dress, so I was excited to see Janice included the picture of herself and Ed.
This organic farming is proving to be very time-intensive, but Paul is extremely pleased with the yields he is getting (if you remember he was combining wheat the day of the family reunion). His custom-farmer is a young guy with lots of land, big equipment, uses the genetically modified seed, pesticides, herbicides, etc. and he is interested to see that Paul's yields are favorably comparing with his. (Of course, the labor is much more intensive on the organic method...and you couldn't do it on all of the acres he covers.) Paul claims he is loving it all, so I guess if this is how he wants to "retire", I'm glad. His health is good (still gets regular cancer checks) and he's in good shape for a 65-year old, so we are grateful.
I've enjoyed Joan's vet reports...although I wouldn't care to be participating in the various procedures she had described! Now I have a story for her. We have six 4-year old laying hens, that are "free-range". We lock them in a movable pen each night. We've had one that was determined to be a setter for a large part of the summer. Their nests are in another building (their "winter quarters".) Paul had been faithfully carrying her from the nest to the secure roost each night. One evening we had been out, it was well past dark, and Suzanne had locked the pen on the others, who were on the roost. Paul decided she'd be OK. The next morning, he found a big pile of feathers in the nest and on the ground in front of the nest. He figured something had eaten her. Imagine his surprise when he found her in some tall grass, looking tough, but alive. She was bald in many spots, and limping, so he left her alone. Later, she turned up in the pen. We kept her in there for several days with food and water, and each day she was better. When she let us examine her, it was obvious a big hunk of skin was torn off her thigh/breast and that was why she was limping. It is now 4 weeks later. Her feathers are growing back (except where she was skinned), she is active, runs and scratches, and competes with her sisters for grasshoppers and scraps. We call her "Toughy". We were absolutely amazed she could survive and didn't at least succumb to an infection in the wound. And we wonder how on earth she escaped from what ever had her trapped in the nest and then drug her out.
I hope some of you who took pictures at the wedding will share...always love to hear from you all.
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