I Graduated!

Yep, that's right...I officially have a Master's Degree in Public Health. Crazy right! I graduated on May 17th and am glad to have made it through in two years. Now I must find a job, gotta love that process. Wish me luck!

Time flies by

I can't believe that it has been two and a half months since I was last on here. Time really does fly by.

Well, I am two weeks away from being done with my internship. What that really means is two weeks away from beginning to write my master's report. That is sort of like a thesis, but more specifically focused on the practical experience of an internship. After that, I present at a conference and then graduate (hopefully). Although interning, research, and writing take a substantial portion of my day...something that takes an equal portion...our new puppy.

That's right, Gary and I adopted a beautiful little border collie/shepherd mix who we named Belle. Sometimes we think we should have named her foxy since she looks and acts like a little sneaky fox. But she is our sweet little Belle too, so the name stays. Plus, she already knows her name as Belle and I don't want the hassle of changing it.

Here she was the night we brought her home from the shelter...

And just a few weeks later...

Almost done...

So it seems that the busier I get the more appealing things like blogging become. So here I am. I am a little over a week from being done with this semester. My last final is next Tuesday, December 11th (side note: also my third anniversary with my sweetie- Gary B.!) Then I will have a tiny vacation before I start my internship.

That's right, I finally got an internship. I will be helping Drug Free AZ and the Arizona Meth Project build a partner coalition to help reduce youth meth/drug use. I am really excited to start and hope it will be a success.

I am sitting in my disaster of a living room wishing I could push the magic "pack and clean my house" button. But alas, I cannot. So I have resorted to putting everything into piles: the trash pile, the donation pile, the needs the be shredded pile, and the still needs packing pile. AHHHH!

Last night (while I was still in Phoenix) we had some family over to make ornaments out of foam paper and pipe cleaners. Everyone got into it!

To Keara, Alan, and Calvin (I think the only ones who read this)- I miss you all and wish you could have been there last night. I can't wait to see you guys at Christmas. Miss and love you!

To everyone else...get ready for the holidays! Whoo hoo Christmas!

School, Work, Life

So I am in my last semester of coursework for my Master of Public Health degree at the University of Arizona and it is getting busier and busier. I have tons of reading, tons of writing, and only a little over 9 weeks left. That's right, the countdown has begun! I am in the process of searching for an internship and really hope to work on drug abuse prevention in the Phoenix area. I am still waiting to hear from a couple of agencies so cross your fingers and say your prayers everyone.

What do I want to do when I graduate? Ha! Like I have ever been able to answer that question straight faced. I love so many things and really like learning about them all, I know, cheesy- but it's true. It would be great if my internship fueled me, and I really think it might. Time will tell.

Ok, enough about that. Hope everyone out there is happy!

Me and My Love.

I am blessed to have been with the love of my life, Gary, for almost 3 years now. We have spent much of that time living in different cities, but that will end when I move to Phoenix in December!! I am so happy, and yet a little sad to leave Tucson after almost 9 years. Wow! It is time to move on and I am so excited to live with Gary again. I miss him and it is about time I fix that!

First Anniversary- 12/11/05









Second Anniversary- 12/11/06