Brittany's Blurb

Last week was Spring Break and, man, it was needed! Its funny, leading up to the break I was semi-indifferent; I wasn’t extremely excited or dreading it (I’ve never known someone to dread Spring Break). However, once the break started I realized (1) how much I needed a break and (2) how much I’m looking forward to graduating! I have been looking forward to graduating, but not having school all week was nice and really made me realize that I’m looking forward to that part of graduating. At first while thinking about graduation I didn’t think it was that big of a deal (probably because I’m getting married a week later so its not the highlight of the month of May), but as it draws closer I’ve been thinking about how much time I’ve spent working toward my degree. The hours spent studying, the time spent on the computer working on papers and projects, the tears that have been shed at wee hours in the morning when the project isn’t going well (the night before its due – lesson here: don’t procrastinate), the many tests I’ve taken, the days I’ve spent in the athletic training room; its a lot. It is something to be proud of. So as the day comes closer, I’m becoming more and more excited.

Back to break, it was great! (I’m a poet!! Hahaha….maybe not) Rus and I spent some time up at my parents where we worked on wedding invitations and had engagement pictures taken. I’m SO excited about the invitations! They are SO pretty! They are also A LOT of work! But its worth it. When I came up with the idea of what I wanted to do for the invitations, I didn’t realize how many steps would be involved in making them! My mom said, on Friday, that she had started adding up the hours that we spent working on the invitations and then stopped because she decided she didn’t want to know. Yeah, they’re labor intensive. They are also SO pretty!!  I’m excited. We also booked a DJ so all the booking type stuff is done. Phew! It feels good to have all that done and out of the way! Now for the big day!! (Poet again! Hahahah….yeah, still not really happening)

I hope you all have great breaks, whenever they happen. Rest is a good thing! As is graduation! If either is going on in your life, let me know! I’d love to hear how its going!

Have a great day!

Posted in: on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at at 5:08 PM 1 comments  

Saturday was the last home wrestling event of the year. It was the NCAA Division 1 Western Regionals competition. We have 3 guys going to nationals (125, 149, and 157). It was a lot of fun to be at the tournament and be part of a big production like that, but half way through the day I realized that it was the last time I would see them wrestle. After spending the whole season with the guys, it’s sad that it’s done. I’m really excited for the guys that made it to the finals, but at the same time I’m going to miss working with them on a regular basis!

Spring break is coming next week! I’m really excited! Spring semester rocks because you have a break pretty much half-way through the semester. This past fall, Thanksgiving break didn’t happened until 2 weeks before finals week. That was rough. Having a break the week after midterms is wonderful! Everyone needs a break! Next week should be a lot of fun; Rus and I are going on an all day hike as well as getting our engagement pictures taken and making the wedding invitations. ALSO we’re going to go finish registering (I say finish because it’s a lot bigger of a process than I thought…it also takes more time that I thought!)! It is also alot more tiring than one would think! I also need to study for my certification exam and work on a case study.

After Spring break there will be 7 weeks to graduation and 8 weeks to the wedding! AHHHHH!!! I’m so excited AND there seems to be so much to do! But time is flying and I’m so excited about all of it! I hope you all are having a great end of winter and have superb Spring Breaks!

Have a great day!

Posted in: on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at at 7:14 PM 0 comments  

Ever since the beginning of March (so for the past 3 days) Rus has been commenting on how wonderful spring is! I keep trying to tell him that its not Spring yet, it won’t be until March 20th, however, with the temperature being in the high 70’s the past 2 days, its been difficult. I’m not sure what happened to all the snow! March is supposed to be the snowiest month of the year (or so my at-work weatherman tells me). So, what I would like to know is where it all has gone too! Somewhere in this country, someone stole our snow. Some people are appreciative, like my friend Ashley, however, others, like myself, are not! Too bad its not really something you can picket or go on strike about…the weather doesn’t normally respond well to that…

In the meantime, its been so beautiful! Spring or winter, its been nice! Yesterday Rus and I sat on his porch while he quizzed me on athletic training stuff. I’m working on studying for my certification exam. Its pretty expensive, so I really would like to pass the first time. After two and a half years its crazy to think that it all comes down to one test. How do you quantify everything you learn into a score on a test? How do you test someone over EVERYTHING they learned? How do you remember everything you have been learning? Some days I think I just won’t study because if I don’t know it by now, I’m not going to know it in a month; but other days I’m really motivated and nervous that I won’t have enough time to study. For the most part it’s the later, but occasionally I feel like I’ll do fine and don’t need to study; I don’t trust that feeling. 

I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the weather, whatever it may be! And, if you know what happened to our snow, please let me know!

Have a great day!

Posted in: on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at at 7:17 PM 0 comments