Published!

Outside The Collegian!

This is a little late but whatever...

For my Public Affairs class this semester I am a staff writer for the Capital News Service, which reports on the General Assembly in Virginia. I wrote an article about the budget problems and how it will affect schools in a small town called Culpepper and it make it into their paper. I don't have a hard copy yet but it's online here.

Hopefully there will be a lot of this going on this semester.

First Day of School

As I was thinking of a title for this post I thought of little Nemo jumping on his father, shouting, "First day of school! First day of school!"

Because this has been my first week of school and it deserves some enthusiasm. While I've been late two classes because of my own mistakes, they have gone well. On Monday I began with Digital News, which should prove extremely helpful in the new age of journalism with this whole internet thing. Later that day I was able to see my little Avery again and she is so big! No more baby face and she's a crawling machine and has decided to lift herself up on anything she can, even though she hasn't really figured out how to get down yet.

Tuesday I began with a late start to Public Affairs but my professor didn't seem to mind too much. That class is going to be extremely beneficial because I am now a staff writer for the Capital News Service, which is run by VCU and reports on the Virginia General Assmebly for all kinds of small newspapers throughout Virginia. I'm going to be published in something other than the school paper. Yeah!

Later on Tuesdays I'm suppose to have history but my professor's baby decided to be born later than expected so he canceled class for this week and we'll start next Tuesday. I'm OK with that.

Wednesday I had Digital News again but was late because I thought class started at 9:45 a.m. when it in fact started at 9:20 a.m. Oops... Then there was more babysitting.

Today I didn't have any classes because Public Affairs only meets on Tuesday and history is canceled so I worked vigorously on trying to get a hold of a senator, which proved to be impossible so the story proceeded without him. Oh darn. I hope that one ends up in a paper somewhere so I can send you a link!

Then there was Chick-Fil-A with CSF, which a LOT of people showed up, then finishing the article and now driving back to Grandmama's. Tomorrow I only have one class and then I can hide indoors because it's suppose to be a low of 6 degrees...

On the road again

Josh and I have made it to Louisville, KY and will be in Richmond by tomorrow afternoon if all goes well. Now it's time to get some sleep and get ready for a very long drive tomorrow.

I'll post about my trip to St. Louis as soon as I can, hopefully sometime in the middle of next week. School starts on Monday so we'll see... =D

Josh sees all things San Diego

Well, kinda...

Josh and I just arrived in St. Louis, MO after he spent a week visited my family and I in Escondido. We had a great time hanging out with family, seeing some sites and celebrating New Years. I shall tell the story with some pictures.

We played some Super Munchkin with Sasha after eating Alberto's. Super Munchkin is a card game where the goal is to gain 10 levels by fighting monsters and making sure everyone else loses their fights. It's good times. Sasha had a tendency to try and sneak a peek at Josh's cards.

I showed Josh the Pacific Ocean at Oceanside Harbor and he chased the seagulls, after a little prompting from me... : )

I took Josh to eat his first In-N-Out burger. He liked it.

We hung out with Christian and Alicia one night and were very bored so we decided to go to Vons and buy some sparkling apple cider. We then decided to go take a picture of us drinking it on a planter in from of Calvary Chapel. It was cold and pretty much awesome.

Happy New Year! We had a party at my house and just ate and talked and played a little Ruckus. Megan, Nate, Kayla and Nick were able to join us and we had a good time.

We even got to walk the dogs so Josh could see the trails behind our house. Sasha took Sammy and I took Bailey. We left Bubba at home...

I love DollarTree... We went to the dollar store and I got 5 gift bags and tissue for $2.18. Good times. Sasha bought a white board and drew a pretty picture of me and for me while on our way to the mall.

While at the mall I tried on dresses for Kimi's wedding and Ring Dance. Sasha meade me try on this one...

And Josh thought it was pretty hilarious. Don't worry, I didn't buy it.

I did get this one for Kimi's wedding though. I love it soooo much and will be trying to make up some excuses to wear it a few more times.

We had a good time goofing off at the mall.

Star Trek Experience! Mommy, Daddy and I took Josh to Balboa and decided to check out the Star Trek Experience at the Air and Space Museum. It was awesome and completely nerdified. Needless to say, Mommy and I were pretty excited.

We walked around Sea Port Village and all its many stores. Before that we were a little hungry so we went to The Pier Cafe which sits right on the shore. The scallops were delicious and apparently we had a visitor who thought so too. A seagull sat outside our window almost the entire time we were eating. I wanted to feed him but it would have been a little difficult.

After church on Sunday, where Josh was able to meet bunches of people, we took another trip to In-N-Out with Meagan and Sasha. This is what happens when Sasha gets hold of my camera.

On Monday Josh and I boarded a plane for St. Louis, Missouri and here we are. Tomorrow we will set out on our 15-ish hour drive back to Richmond. We will be taking two days because we have to be back in the early evening on Sunday so hopefully that helps with the fatigue that comes with sitting for that long.

Picture story of the trip to Missouri to come soon!