Busy Bee

There’s not too much to report these days.  I’m just incredibly busy with schoolwork.  Next week and the following week I will have tests or projects due in each class—some classes have multiple projects/test in this period of time.  I’m learning to cope with less sleep and make the best use of my time.

Dad came down to see Emma and I last weekend.  We were going to the game, but we definitely made the right choice staying home and dry!  I know several people who had their cell phones ruined during the monsoon.  I’m so glad we got another “W” on the schedule, but I’m also glad we were warm and dry in the house.

This weekend is Mom’s birthday.  Emma and I are planning on going home to celebrate!

That’s about all that’s going on here.  Sorry for a boring post with no pictures.  Maybe next time…

Job Interviews

UPDATE:  I woke up this morning to disappointment.  We get email notification to sign up for interview times.  I only had one email instead of the four I was hoping for.  I logged into the website and I was pleasantly surprised to see that two of the employers had extended their deadlines to offer invitations and I still had a chance with them.  I did get an interview with one firm and I wasn’t really expecting one from the other since it had already been implied to me that they weren’t hiring for full-time.

Thursday and Friday are my big days this week.  I should find out about four of my remaining interview opportunities on Thursday and I will have interviews on Thursday and Friday.

Keep the prayers coming!

Today marked the start of Accounting Interview Weeks.  Over the next two weeks, I hope to interview with the firm that will become my first full-time employer.  I’m really hoping that next Friday I will have an offer, or at least the offer to come for office visits.

I pre-selected eleven firms hoping for the opportunity to interview with them.  I was turned down from three so far because they are not hiring full-time employees at this time.  One so far has invited me to interview.  I will find out about four more in the morning and the remaining ones by the weekend.  Next week will be really busy since I could potentially have seven interviews.  It will all be worth it if I get an offer so I won’t have to worry about finding a job for the rest of grad school.

I’ll keep you posted…keep me in your prayers!

Yay! Weekend!

I love having Fridays off in Grad School!  I don’t know how I would manage without a day for just schoolwork with no classes.  I really don’t think we could go to classes five days a week and still function!

I have so much to do this weekend—really so much to do before tomorrow, too!

So, here’s a list to help me remember!

1. Chapters 5 & 6 Key Terms, Pull Quotes and Making It Real Sections for my assistantship—need to finish this tonight or first thing tomorrow morning
2. Email professor about photocopying exams for her
3. Proctoring Makeup Exams Friday from 4-6 (need to pick up exams by 3:40)
4. Cleaning house before Mom and Dad arrive tomorrow afternoon
5. Integrated Accounting Systems:
1. read over the AMG case again
2. read material for Monday
3. open Blackboard and look over what we’re doing Monday
6. Advanced Audit:
1. read for Monday
7. Governmental
1. read Chapters 4 & 5
2. Chapter 4 HW
8. Corporate & Partnership Tax
1. read chapters 5 & 6
2. assigned hw problems

Somewhere in here there is a football game and sleep!

Tomorrow I should find out if I will have the opportunity to interview with one of the eleven firms that posted jobs I was interested in for after graduation.  If I get this interview, it will be on Monday and the first of many, I hope!  I will be interviewing over the next two weeks—I think the second week is the heavier one, but it all depends on who offers me interviews.  I really want to get this behind me and I am praying so hard that I will get a job offer so I don’t have to worry so much.  It’s so hard when most of my classmates have already accepted positions with the firms they interned with.

Off to tackle #1 on my list!

Busy, but short week

I’m so glad tomorrow is Thursday.  It’s my Friday and I end up with two Saturday-like days (Friday and Saturday).  This extra time is so necessary in Grad School.  I’m learning this more and more each week!

This short week has been nice, but I have a feeling next week will hit hard when we have a full week.  I need to get a lot accomplished both school-wise and house cleaning-wise on Friday to get ready for Mom and Dad coming and football on Saturday.

I’ve been working a lot on a textbook for my assistantship and I have a deadline of Friday to get some work done.  I’m hoping I can get a good bit of it finished tonight and tomorrow morning so I can turn what is done in before class.  I hate having other people waiting on me, so I want to be as conscientious with my work as possible.

I had a group meeting tonight for a project that is due on Wednesday.  Unfortunately, things turned out a little more complicated than we had anticipated, so we will meet again on Monday and Tuesday before the assignment is due on Wednesday.

Once again, I’m grateful for late classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays so I can work late tonight and sleep a bit later tomorrow morning.  It will be nice to not hear the alarm at 6 tomorrow morning!

Sorry for no pictures!  I’ll try to take some pictures of Emma tomorrow or maybe of Thomas I, II, or III, my hummingbirds (I’ll explain their names later)!

Home

I came home after class last night.  It was late when I finally arrived, but well worth it to have an extra night to sleep in my bed!

Emma had to get her annual shots today.  Although she got two very big shots and another needle stick, she did so well!  The vet even gave her a treat!  She got the 3 year rabies shot, so she won’t need another one until 2012.  I want to keep her from being stuck any more than absolutely necessary.  She also had to get the Kennel Cough vaccine, a liquid that goes in the nose, since she goes to the groomer.  They said it was recommended for dogs that are boarded or get professionally groomed.

After Emma and I finished in Muscle Shoals (her vet moved there recently and bought out an existing practice), we went to see Grams and Grandaddy.  Grandaddy and I went to his barber and I must say he looked so handsome after the barber was through!  We went back home, some company came over, and then we just chatted for a little while.

Emma and I went home around dinner time and caught up on some TV we missed this past week.  Now, we’re going to eat some ice cream and unwind.

Have a great Labor Day Weekend!

New Layout

Last night, I played around with a new layout.  I couldn’t find something that was exactly what I wanted.  To be honest, I’m not sure exactly what I wanted.

Where do other people get layouts?  I got the last one from The Cutest Blog on the Block, but nothing was exactly screaming at me on that website.

I don’t know why it was so important to me.  I read all of my friend’s blogs in Google Reader, so I don’t even see what their layouts look like.  Everyone looks the same in GR.

So, for now, I’m going to stick with the black background and picture of Emma and I.  Maybe we’ll get a more recent one this weekend at home.  Or maybe not—I like this one of us—it has my favorite girl and my favorite flower in it!

I’ve also started using Windows Live Writer to write blog posts.  It came loaded on my new computer and so far I really like it!  It’s much easier to insert pictures and links and I like being able to see exactly what the post will look like when it’s on Blogger.  I guess this is why I was thinking about changing the layout—I could see it with this new program!

What’s been going on…

So much has happened since my last post.  I’ve turned 22, graduated from College, started my Master’s Degree, celebrated Emma’s adoption day plus many more things I’m leaving out.

My birthday was a pretty low-key day, but nice nonetheless.  I was served breakfast in bed…well I just happened to be on Mom and Dad’s bed when Mom brought breakfast to me.  Pretty nice room service, huh?  I don’t particularly remember what we did during the day, but we were able to go out to eat with Grams and Grandaddy for dinner.  I ate way too much and somehow our waitress overheard it was my birthday, so we enjoyed a wonderful chocolate dessert after our huge meals!  After returning home, I opened gifts from Mom and Dad and one of my gifts was a blender.  I’ve been wanting one for quite a while and they got me this Kitchenaid one.

 

 

So far, it has made some pretty good treats! :)

After my birthday was Graduation.  Quite possibly the hottest day of the year in a quasi-polyester black graduation gown.  And, of course, I had to get my picture made in front of the Auburn University sign and Samford Hall—along with the entire graduating class.  We waited for what seemed like forever, but really about an hour to get to the front of the picture line.  Thanks to Uncle Mark, we were able to start and finish in the time that it took other families to take just one or two pictures.  Having a professional photographer in the family is a REALLY good thing!

I seem to have serious problems with keeping my eyes open.  I guess that comes from my crazy sunglasses habit where I wear my sunglasses practically until it is dark every day—sometimes even rainy or cloudy days!

I’m so grateful Grams and Grandaddy were able to make the trip to Auburn.  It meant the world to have them there to see their first grandchild graduate from college.  Considering the year Grandaddy has had, I am so lucky to still have a grandfather, let alone have him make a 5 hour trip to see me walk across the stage and receive my diploma.

My good friend and fellow MAc program person, Morgan, and I sat together during the ceremony.  I was truly lucky to end up interning with her.  She’s become a good friend and I hope we remain friends after we leave Auburn next summer.

Smiling for the camera looking down at me from the top of the coliseum.  Uncle Mark seemed surprised I found him so easily, but I knew he would be around and with his “uniform” I was sure not to miss him.  The huge camera lens didn’t help disguise him either! :)

After Graduation, we went home for the rest of the week and then saw on of the best musicians of all time…Sir Paul McCartney!  The concert was in Atlanta at Piedmont Park.  We drove in the day of the concert, enjoyed the concert, spent the night in Atlanta, and then went our separate ways as I returned to school and Mom and Dad went back to Florence.

Before the concert, I experienced another first—my first trip to The Varsity!

 

Before I knew it, school was starting and is now in full swing.  I actually had my first test today.  Emma went back to Florence since I didn’t really have floor (more on that later).  I’m a Graduate Research Assistant this year and I’m actually working with the Director of the School of Accountancy.  He’s writing a new edition for a textbook and I’m helping with various aspects of that as well as some other things—basically I am available to fill whatever need he has.

Emma came back on Thursday of the first week of school along with Mom, Dad and a good friend of theirs.  Dad and John installed hardwood floor in the living room and bedrooms of my condo.  We never really liked the carpet that came with the condo and this floor looks wonderful!  I’ve had it for about two weeks and absolutely love it!

Got to sneak in a picture of Emma along with the new floor!

Mom spent part of last week with me re-organizing my things and cleaning up from the floor installation.  After she left, it was just me and Emma.  You know what that means…

 

PICTURE TIME!!

Uncle Mark gave me a new lens for my camera for Graduation and my birthday.  I’ve been taking tons of pictures of Emma since I got it and it’s so much easier with the longer lens!

I guess that’s all for now!  I’ll try to update more often in the future so updates are not this long again!