A bit of a change

You may have noticed I changed a couple of things on here. Please let me know what you think! If you don't like the new layout, I can easily change it back. I wasn't sure if this style would be better or not.

What prompted my changes? Today I realized something very important. As the 2nd years head off to the NSGC conference in LA, it is more than them getting to go have fun with a bunch of other genetic counselor's for a week. I am a year away from starting my job search!! Can you believe that? Today I just took my first genetic counseling test, and in 1 year I will interview (hopefully) for jobs at the national meeting! CRAZY.

Another reason for the change... As strange as this may sound, I don't always feel like sharing many of my feelings on a blog. I know, you're astounded by this. Unfortunately this has 1 major consequence for you-- I am very boring. Unlike my sisters I am not very good at story telling. Perhaps cute kids help the situation, but that's not an addition I expect to have for quite some time. Sorry, I got off topic. Where was I? Oh yes, so I am hoping my knew title may spur some creative thoughts for me to use as an outlet as I make sure to have some free time. (Everyone says that you're supposed to make time for you... but how do you make sure you take just enough?). So that's that. I'm sure you stopped reading this a while ago... but now some quick updates...

Things are moving along quite quickly. Is it already the end of October? NO WAY. We just got our schedules for next Semester. It looks better in some respects than this semester. First of all, our classes are MUCH more bunched together. That makes it seem like a lot less class time! Unfortunately this is just a false image (like those pictures that show 2 shapes that you swear are not the exact same, until you line them up). I will actually have 6 classes next semester (although 2 are only 1 day a week). And even though I only have 1 hour of class on Tuesday, I have class until 9:00 AT NIGHT on Wednesday. that's a little rediculous. Class should not go from 6-9. It's cruel. Especially when I have 3 other classes that day. The other negative with that schedule, I have lab on Friday starting at 8:30. yuck. Although I will be wishing for starting so late this summer when I have to be at the clinic, right now all I can think is being at the bus stop in the snow at 8:00am. Blech.

In other news, I will be heading to Geneva this weekend. Unfortunately, Dave's grandpa passed away this morning. So while Dave was going to visit me this weekend, plan obviously changed. It's strange when you don't know how you are going to react to a situation, and I had no idea that I would feel this emotional. I have been extremely blessed to have such a wonderful family. Some people would kill to have a family as loving as mine. Yet I get to experience Dave's loving family as well. I have only known Dave for a little over 4.5 years now, but grandpa Henry quickly won me over. I will always remember how when I would hug him hello he would always say "oh, look at this... I'm getting a hug from this girl" or something of that nature. There was something in the happiness of his eyes that always reminded me of my own grandpa. Perhaps that is the joy of having created such a wonderful family. Regardless, if he was able to leave quite a memory in my mind after knowing him for 4 years... just think about those who knew him during his 93 years.