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Re: Snowy Friday randoms.
Colbert is magnificient. It'll be interesting to see where this goes. Thanks Kasa.
I hate criminal law. How can a topic that is seemingly so interesting be so awful to study?
I only need to think about this stuff until 12:30 on Monday. Then I can forget it all. Until I take the bar exam in three years...
I hear you. I'm up to my eyeballs in mediating variables and coorelational experiment design. Final is tomorrow. Licensing exam is no sooner than 15 months from now. Sigh. Good luck!
Good luck, students!
I can't decide if your stories are making more or less interested in pursuing a grad degree.
In the pretend memoir I'm writing in my head about 1L, it starts just like Tale of Two Cities:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...
Honestly, it really is awful and amazing all at the same time. I'm pretty sure that no matter what, I won't for one second ever regret doing this. It is the biggest challenge in my life and it is so exhilarating to be pushed to the utter limits of my ability.
If you're thinking about a grad degree, do it! While it won't always be puppies and rainbows, I'm sure you won't regret it.
**Fist bump**
Good luck to you, too!
And to do it with kiddos...major props to you GRSP!
I haven't yet decided if it will be beneficial to my personal career. I also haven't yet decided if I'm willing to make the time in my life for something that may or may not be beneficial.
Bascially, I kind of still need to decide what I want to do when I grow up, before I decide how to get there.
I'm also not sure it will be beneficial to my professional career
I also think I haven't fully decided what I want to be when I grow up, but reverted back to the nagging aspiration that was always there. I guess J.D. is very different from M.B.A. (not sure if that's what you had in mind).
But L did an M.B.A. sort of for the heck of it because he company paid for it. I don't know that it's really helped his career, but he enjoyed the program and is glad he did it.
To me, there is something fulfilling about earning degrees, and there is some inherent value to me in having more letters after my name. I know not everyone feels that way.
Diana and the rest of the students here-
You can do it. I hated crim law too. Ok let's be honest, I hate everything by the end of the semester. But the good(?) news is that everybody feels that way. You will rock it!
I admire anyone who can go to school while raising kids. I tip my hat to you!
After all of our finals are over, we should meet on here for a celebratory drink! Wine, coffee, water, creamcicle (for me), whatever's your pleasure. What do you say? Not just for students- everyone is welcome to our Nestie happy hour!
Good luck students.. we got this!
Good luck to you, too! It is crazy how comforting the shared agony is. At this point with crim, I'm preparing not in hopes of rocking it so much as I know the actual taking of the exam will hurt less if I'm more prepared. Sad, but true.
I am definitely up for some celebratory drinks after Dec. 19th! I'm going to need lots of them
I have my eye on Aquinas' new program for a Masters in Sustainable Business. I'm not interested in an MBA, but I think this program may combine some of the best characteristics of an MBA program, with something that I'm actually interested in.
I'm not sure, though, whether this program would be more or less valued by potential employers than an MBA.
Interesting. I'm sure that would depend on the nature of the potential employer. Could you do an MBA but take some of the sustainable business coursework as electives?
LOL, I had no idea what elf on the shelf was until one day my LO came home from preschool, and was telling me about it. I honestly think it is creepy, and won't participate. Though we could use some help with her being more respectful to other people.
Perhaps. I'm really not interested in a traditional MBA program, though. I think it would be too corporate for my taste.
A celebration outing would be fun!
Because of the way my program is set up, doing school with the kids isn't awful. It's one class every 8 weeks, with in-person classes on 3 Friday and Saturdays in those 8 weeks. Jim has been great (as well as friends) at giving me the time I need to study or write.
Kasa, given your interests, I think AQ's program would be a good fit for you.
If we didn't have the tuition perk from Jim's job, I'm not sure I would have been nudged to go for my master's. That perk and my inclination in the helping professions made this a good program for me.
Hi!
I have the best mom. She came over to watch T this afternoon so I could get out of the house, and go earn some money. Yay for 4 hours away from lots and lots of baby bodily fluids.
I'm so glad for you. Having that kind of support close is nice. I hope you come home to a boy who is feeling better.
A late hello - if anyone is still around. :-)
So much to comment on.
Hi BnG and welcome to the boards! I haven't been around much so I don't know when you joined our lovely gang, but hello to you!
Good luck to everyone in school taking their finals. May you all pass with flying colors.
I didn't watch the video of Rick Perry, but I hope he stays in the race just so we can continue making fun of how much bad at speak he are.
I hope I didn't just give Chymes an anurysm w/my purposeful grammatical errors. ;-)
Glad everyone seemed to get where they were going safely - hopefully the curb didn't do any damage GVSU. My commute was uneventful.
I found everyone's missing nesticles! D&M for the blue ball win.
I love this.
Welcome to the board, BnG! I will gladly join a Nestie happy hour
Good luck to all the students!!!
We picked out our tree today! And then we ate donuts. I smell a new Christmas tradition. Mike leaves for his trip tomorrow, so I am glad we were able to squeeze in some Christmas fun.
Haha. Mystery solved.
I have to admit that I'm a bit sad after reading the Gift Giving post below. Everyone is talking about how excited they are about giving their kids awesome gifts. Growing up, I honestly can't remember any gift that I was particularly excited about getting. My parents never spent a lot of money on us kids, so we never had any of those awesome Christmas mornings my friends would all rave about. My dad would rather spend the $ to have the biggst TV or newest electronic for himself. I know I shouldn't care now, and I know Christmas isn't totally about presents, but for some reason it stings a little. I hope Renee never feels that way. Not that I'm going to buy her every single thing she wants, but I'd like to get her at least one nice gift she really wants when she gets older (within reason).
That is my confession of the day.
Aw, Wop, I'm sorry that you feel that way. I'm sure that Renee will never feel that way.
My husband has some unhappy memories about Christmas mornings growing up, too, but for different gifting reasons than you..
I think that gift giving in general is a bit of a science and a delicate balance between giver and receiver. If anything is slightly "off," it's just awkward.
Awww, Wop. I am sure that whatever you give Renee in future years she will love and appreciate.
FWIW, my most memorable gifts were a Cabbage Patch Pony (which Henry now plays with) and the board game Mall Madness. Not extravagant gifts by any means, but I had so much fun with them.
My confession of the day is that I am annoyed that my Mom's side of the family is now doing a kids gift exchange. That party used to be my favorite because no gifts were exchanged. We all brought food and just talked, ate, drank and had fun. It always felt like a true holiday party, just enjoying each other's company. And we only see this side of family once a year, so the gift giving isn't even meaningful because I barely know the child that Henry is supposed to be giving a gift to.
I am being a Scrooge about it. I just liked that this would have been a party that would help teach Henry that Christmas isn't all about presents.
WOP, I'm sorry that was your experience.
I can only speak for myself here. We're not spending a whole heap on presents, but it's still possible to make the morning special. Lots of money doesn't equal awesome presents. Willa's getting a package of 24 tiny nail polishes. It was $6. She's going to freak out! She also wants a new bike: nope. Not in the budget and not great for the season. She'll love the books and toys and games that we find for her. Henry will love anything. I think 4 is the age that kids get kind of invested in *what* the present is.
I know that as Renee gets older, you'll figure out what will get her excited and do your best to give her those gifts.
I know that you're stressed about getting your shopping done. I wonder if that's part of why you're feeling the way you shared?
Would you Nest-marry me?
I was in a similar situation 2 years ago. And felt the same way. Last year, my cousins, siblings, and I put a stop to that. And some of them got the kids gifts anyhow. Awkward.