Happy Holidays from Kelly

November was a busy month for us here in Lincoln. We had Zac come visit for a whirlwind weekend where he was recognized at the UNL rec center for his officiating. Zac was an all-American official 2 years in a row for intramural flag football and volleyball. Now his name can be seen at the rec center on the other side of the coliseum where the girls play volleyball near the racquet ball courts! They had a nice ceremony for all of the University's all-American intramural athletes/officials on Friday night to dedicate the wall.
Paul and I spent Thanksgiving with his family and friends in Wichita, KS. His sister recently moved there for a job as a Spanish teacher. Since this is not very far from Oklahoma, we made a side trip on Saturday down to Ponca City, OK to meet up with my parents and dad's family for lunch and a tour through the Marland Mansion. The mansion was modeled after a Tuscan villa and Mr. Marland (an oil baron) spent millions to build it in 1928. He unfortunately was only able to afford to live there for about 18 months before he lost his fortune to New York banker J.P. Morgan. The city now owns the mansion and grounds and gave us a lovely tour. It was all decorated for the holidays and really got us in the Christmas spirit following our delicious turkey dinners.
Thanks to Joan for stopping in Target while I was working and saying hi (she was doing some Christmas shopping)--sounds like she had to work on Thanksgiving Day but Connie was nice enough to make mashed potatoes for her to bring and share. I also get to see Debbie at Target quite a bit and she said everyone had fun in Yutan for Thanksgiving. We will be in Yutan for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (mom, dad, me, elissa and matt) see some of you then!

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Alright, so what's up with that topic? It's twice in a row I've posted now!!!! Anyway, I'm posting quickly to tell you about work, school and...*takes a deep breath*...MY NEW CAR!!!!! So where shall I start? Umm, how about work?

I work at Visinet Inc. in Grand Island now. I do Supervised Visitation, Family Support, and Escort/Transportation. I will work with kids who have been taken away by DHHS and placed in foster homes most likely. Sometimes they leave the children in the house and try to preserve the families I guess, but that's not my job. I need a Bachelors Degree for that.

Anyway, I get my first case Monday and possibly even more cases. I actually asked in my meeting for more cases. Well, I'm going to school, but I need to have $$$ so I can pay off my car!!!! LOL. Okay, now to school.

I'm pulling a B in Economics right now. I repeated the course at Doane College, but the good news is that it's easier the second time around and the textbook is much easier to understand! My teacher is an excellent one to work with and she's VERY accommodating to my disability. It's really nice to have a teacher that does that. Multicultural Counseling is going so-so. I can't wait until I'm done with that class. Randy wanted me to do it and I was like "Uh okay." But since I'm not a Human Relations major anymore, I didn't need it. But it counts as an elective, so that's the good news. I'm a Liberal Arts major now with an emphasis in Human Relations and Psychology.

Now to my new car!!!! I bought it a week ago and just got it the other day! It's a 2002 sliver Dodge Neon. It had 60,300 miles on it when I got it! I'm so stoked because I figure I should be able to maintain it well and get it up to 150,000 miles or so if not more! I took a loan out from the credit union and had no cosigner. But I have to pay close to $100/month. So hopefully Visinet will pay off! Anyway, I'm attaching a couple of pictures of it.

Well, that is all now. I guess i better get going on my homework. i hope everything is going well for you and that you all have a Happy Thanksgiving! Ta ta!

Suz
Here is my 2002 Dodge Neon!!!!!