Little Nugget

I miss my nugget while I sit in this wretched place and study... ALL day... :-(  How could you not miss a face like this??

I despise thee, bar studying!

So this is my life, day after day after day.  Wake up around 6-6:30am, play at the gym for a short period of time, come home, shower, get ready, pack a lunch, make some coffee, head to school, fight traffic (well curse traffic), get excited when I "beat" two cars in the line of traffic, get to school, review the lecture notes, sit through lecture for 3-4 hours, take a 30 minute break for lunch, enjoy some "learning time" then some "practice time" which brings me to 8 or 9pm, drive home, don't fight or curse traffic because there usually isn't much, eat dinner or think about eating dinner and decide I'm too tired to do so, sit on the couch while my brain feels like mush, then finally head to bed around 11-12 at night.  What a deal right?  I'm sure you are jealous that you are not in my shoes ALL summer - that's right, this is my life ALL summer long.  I just keep reminding myself that it is only for 8 weeks... 8 more weeks...

Anyways, here's a glipse at my, yes MY study cube.  Please don't take it from me if you are studying in the library too.  It's my home away from home.  I'm a little territorial about it... and if you catch me on the wrong day, it may not be a good thing.

Commencement

I finally decided it was time to look at the photos the professionals took of commencement.

The President of the school is on the left and looks oh so happy to be in this photo, meanwhile, the Dean on the right is so excited her eyes are closed.  I guess that's what happens when you are at the end of the alphabet.  First and last time (hopefully) I will graduate and be at the end of the line.

Anyways, great photo...!  HAHA!

Next we have our class photo.  To take this, we were sent into Founder's Hall and all told to stand in order, which was then changed around by random people assisting the photographers who moved all of us into a "better spot".  Yet, I'm not sure you can make out a single one of our faces.  Oh well!  From what I recall, I am somewhere near the front of the pack on the right hand side of the photo.  Lets play a game called, "Where's Willink"?

I'll get around to posting more photos from that day later.  But for now, enjoy these! :)

Casey Anthony At It Again

While I am not condoning what happened with the Casey Anthony case, nor am I taking a stance on whether she did it or not, I thought it was interesting that she will now be forced out of hiding to appear in court, and forced to take the witness stand in this civil suit by the named "babysitter" that turned out to be a real person.

You can read more about the story here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/21/casey-anthony-found-in-hiding-defamation-zenaida-fernandez-gonzalez-florida_n_1534725.html#s293996

A break for a table

After buying the house and moving in, we soon realized that while we thought we had a lot of "stuff" we didn't have enough to fill a house this size.  So we began by purchasing a new bed (well two) and filled up 3/4 of the bedrooms.  (The other one has been claimed as the "man cave.")  Then we decided it was time to fill the empty dining room.  We began searching all over for the perfect set until I decided I had found the perfect one.   The hubs wasn't so sold on it but I was able to sell him on it and explain what an amazing deal we were getting!  We got the entire set, plus a large mirror, large framed print and a set of Christmas dishes (random, I know) for an amazing price!  It all fits beautifully in the dining room and is a rather old, unique set.  (At least we think so!)  Hopefully soon we can host our first dinner party and use our newly filled space and beautiful set!  I must say, while I should have been studying, it was a great use of my "me" time to go pick this up!

RIP Bill Stewart

I am sad to say, Bill Stewart, former head football coach at my alma mater, West Virginia University, has passed away at the age of 59 from a heart attack.  While he was only our coach for a short time, he was a very sincere and nice man.  My heart goes out to his family, especially his children.  May you rest in peace Bill!  Let's Go Mountaineers!

You can read more about the story here.

Watching the birds

While I sit and study, little nugget sits and watches the birds play outside and usually barks her meanest bark to scare them away. How adorable is she?