Watching my mailbox

Spring break brought a welcome respite from school. With all this time on my hands I've had lots of time to think about my law school choices and those applications sitting in an inbox somewhere waiting for someone to look at them. I am really anxious this week. I am waiting and wondering if I'll get any positive response.

I've got three applications out so far. I may do one more,but I'm not sure. I want to live and practice in the southeast, so all the schools I've applied to are in that region.

The three so far are-
Georgia State University College of Law- In downtown Atlanta, attached to a great university and much closer to S. They have a great reputation for welcoming older students.

Stetson University College of Law- In Gulfport Florida near Tampa. A beautiful campus and a top 100 law school. A great reputation for legal writing and trial advocacy.

Fl*rida C*astal School of Law - Jacksonville Florida. This is a relatively new school, and they contacted me first and asked me to apply with the offer of a scholarship. This one is the closest to where S lives currently.

Georgia State is the biggest stretch for me based on my test score- but I'm still in the ballpark so to speak so I'm hoping they'll give my application a look. I would love to have some options to choose from! Good thing schools starts on Monday, then I won't have time to worry about it anymore. I'll just be surprised when the letters land in my mailbox.

Killer Ribs

I have been in the mood to have ribs lately- Not sure where I heard about it, but I found a great recipe for crock pot ribs. I know, if you're a BBQ purist that's probably not a good thing but let me tell you- they taste great! This was my first try at making ribs and they were delicious. I made them according to the recipe and used Daddy Sam's "Just Slop it on" West Texas Original Recipe Barbecue Sawce. I had never heard of Stubb's, and I just looked on the sauce aisle for something interesting.

For Mom (and for Me)

Call Crse Crse Sect Grade
Num Pfx Num Num Course Title Cr Hrs Grade Points

97450 COMS 110 MM1 COMM BETWEEN CULTURES 4.0 A 16.0000

58903 COMS 235 OO1 INTRO TO COMM THEORY 4.0 A 16.0000

86048 COMS 245 Q01 INTRO:ORG COMMUNICATION 4.0 A 16.0000

58928 COMS 352 OO1 POLIT RHETORIC 4.0 A- 14.6800

97451 COMS 410 MM1 CROSS-CULTURAL COMM 4.0 A 16.0000

58924 COMS 450 OO1 CAPSTONE SEMINAR IN COMS 4.0 A 16.0000

Hours Hours Grade
Attempted Earned Points GPA
Term Undergraduate..........: 24.0 24.0 94.6800 3.945
Accumulative Undergraduate..: 56.0 200.0 217.3600 3.881

Congratulations! You have made the Dean's list for this quarter.

Finally. over.

It's 3:39 am and the quarter from hell is now officially over. Well, it was actually over on Saturday, but thanks to the tolerance and understanding of one of the best professors ever (Thank you Dr. K!) I have just submitted my last assignments in time for her to have them graded by her deadline for grade submission.

A big thanks to everyone who helped with my senior project on non-verbal communication. I'm hoping to post about the results later this week ( I know you're all on pins and needles waiting for that-yeah right!)

I have been sitting at my computer so long I may end up like that poor woman that spent two years in the bathroom and had to have the seat surgically removed.

It's spring break week for the kids this week so I have them all week. we are planning so fun and I hope we can all relax a little bit. I have a whole week to get ready for next quarter and to fret about law school admissions :)

Spring quarter starts 3/31. Only 16 hours, that should be a breeze after winter.

A great weekend

I have spent today trying to focus on schoolwork. After having a sweet visit with S, it's hard to get back in the routine.

She lights up my life for a few days, and then she has to go back south. It's been getting harder and harder to be apart.

She brought a new futon cover and bought some artwork to hang in my dining area. She is just sweet that way- always trying to make our home more comfortable and inviting.

It's hard to be here today without her after having her all to myself yesterday. I keep expecting to see her come out of the other room to sit down next to me.
We both need the visits to keep us going and I wouldn't trade one minute of our time this weekend. The hours and days after we say goodbye are some of the hardest in my life right now.

More pictures

The was the most snow we have ever had in one day 15.5" and the most for one storm 20.5" !


P now has an Orange Belt! I'm so proud of him!!!



This is P getting ready to break a board as part of his orange belt test. That table in the background is the panel of judges. He had to show them his forms and defenses, "free fight" with another yellow belt, and then go up and talk to the judge and answer his questions. Once he had all that done, he had to break a board. He is enjoying it so much and I think it is so great for his confidence.
I'm so proud of P.

Blizzard '08

When I went to bed last night, there was no snow on the cars.

This is outside my front door- It is basically a wind tunnel, so there is little snow in front of my door, but the other three neighbors all have 8-10" drifts in front of their doors.




Have I mentioned that I hate winter?

A School Project (Postdated to stay on top UPDATED)

Since some of you remarked about my school project in my last post- I decided to enlist your help...
I'm taking a Senior Capstone course in Nonverbal Communication. My group project with two other classmates is to study how people compensate for nonverbal cues in computer-mediated communication. In other words- how you convey emotion,sarcasm etc. that in face to face communication would be done by facial expression, gestures, or changes in inflection or tone of voice.
So let me know - how do you enhance your written messages in your blog, email, im, text messaging? Is it different in a business or academic setting vs. a social setting? Do you use emoticons, different font styles, strike throughs,bold type etc?
I've set up a separate page here. There are links there to two very short (10 question) surveys. Please, tell all your friends! We need data!

**** update*** Thanks to all who have taken the two surveys. There is one more survey that we'd like everyone to take- Please if you have time, go check it out!