I am in fact still around!!!

Hello! Sorry it has been so very long since I have written. Life has been *CRAZY* hectic lately. I am definitely in the full swing of things for this semester. I had my first MBA marketing exam and did very well :) *Made me wonder, should I have gotten my MBA instead of my MA*

I went to W.Falls and saw Mere a few weeks ago! We had a wonderful time, it had been ENTIRELY to long since we had seen eachother. Here is a picture from the drive TO W.Falls. It was a BEAUTIFUL day!

Mere and I after our Lobsta' dinner :)

Tiffany came to Lubbock last weekend ~ We went to the Randy Rogers/Cory Morrow concert!!

Me and all the Chevron folks at the concert...

Don't worry aside from all of the visits I have been reading like CRAZY- and working like CRAZY- and occasionally I get to spend some time with Jon. ;) I just don't get any pics of my reading, working, etc. We debuted our next segment of the Tech Values Campaign this week, Raiders Who Rock. RWR is geared towards identifying and telling the story of the members of our community whom display the values of The Foundation for a Better Life. I am really excited to see how well this segment of the campaign will jive with the Tech community.

Finally for your viewing pleasure, Mandy has posted some of her Vegas pictures and she has a GREAT pic of Jon and I, so I am sharing it here!

I hope everyone is doing well. I will have more exciting posts after Jill's baby shower, Julia's baby shower, and all the fun of Dallas and Wichita Falls!

Mr. Big

Mr. Big is just so cute I thought I would share his latest adventure... a doggy cone from Sheridan's ... really, they give adorable pups a 'dog cone'

yum... he also created a bit of a scene with the Friday night customers!

almost gone...

Plans

So I began reading a book today that my brother gave me:

http://www.ambitchous.com/index.html

It is very interesting, for the few chapters I have gotten through. It definitely spurred deep thought about life and the future, specifically my future. In my experience about 8 months before any graduation: Bachelors, Master's, Ph.D, J.D.,etc.. people all have the same question: What are your plans? What do you want to do?

Who knew these questions could be so intimidating. I do... and it is about that time for the 2nd time around. 8 months until I complete my master's degree and all of a sudden the grace period of "yay, you are in grad school" is gone and in its place is "what are your plans?" Once again I do not know.

This book is about realizing that ambition is okay, more than okay, it is totally appropriate and as a female I shouldn't let my ambition be curtailed by what society expects of me (and women in general).

I guess I had never thought of myself as a woman who would be impacted by what society expected of me as a woman. IE: marriage, babies, housekeeping, etc... I guess I always have 'planned'/ hoped to have a career and success and hopefully the blessing of a family of my own. Therefore, after reading this I found myself questioning the "rest of my life"... as if I was going to plan forever on September 6, 2007 at age 24. So this afternoon was rather deep. I turned to my best friend, my mom, we talked it out. I also looked to my family and friends and tried to figure out how many friends/family I have that planned their lives.. my list is not very long. I realized that life is not a matter of planning our every move, it is making the best of what we are given and keeping our eyes on the goal(s)... whatever they may be.
I do consider myself someone with a lot of ambition and enough gumption to make things happen... but as for knowing what 'things' I want to make happen, who knows.

So for today @ 24 years old I am not going to worry about "what I want to do with the rest of my life" but, I am going to continue on this path and in 8 months I will go from there. A lot can happen in 8 months.

I do know that right now I have a lot to be thankful for, I have a wonderful family, the most fantastic groups of friends, a wonderful man that I love very much, and the best little dog a girl could ask for. I have a pretty fantastic little world. Thank you all for being a part of it.

XoXo

Summer 2007 :)

Date night!

Camp Lubbock, Ivey & Big and their toy! Big being pretty cute, he has taken to snuggling under anything...

Ivey likes to lay on top of the same pillow...

Best Friends...

Big and his other best friend... they both just *LOVE* when I take pictures!

Brandi and I, 1/2 way through 4th on Broadway... it was a LONG day which began at 5am...

My best friends are awesome, they knew I was coming to town but going straight to the lake so they came out! :) We had so much fun!

Dad made his famous queso...

Trying to get a pic of all 3 of us... didn't work out so well :( BBQ

We are sweet sometimes...

BBQ again.. I think I look ridiculously young in this pic

My birthday present from Jon :)

ggg

Weekend in Lubbock...

So this weekend at home was fabulous! I love to travel but, I also love to have a relaxing weekend at home. I accomplished very little and it was GREAT! It was a sad weekend though, Eric left the LBK and moved to Dallas :( We had a little get together, a going away party I guess.

Jon had 2 days off with me this weekend so it was nice to get to hang out and relax. We have been "house sitting" and dog-sitting for his parents while they were in Alaska.... that was interesting. I think the *best* part was the cable.. hehee they have dish and a TON of channels.

This past week we also celebrated Jon's birthday~ we had a little cook out w/ steaks and cake! It was fabulous.

Now, it is time to get back into the grind... I am already loaded down with reading and papers. YaY... sense the sarcasm.... ;)

*Mandy, thanks for the comments!*