I have been accepted to the Ph.D. program in Spanish at the University of Wisconsin-Madison!!
Now I have a decision to make. Part of me wanted to just say "I'm doing it" and start packing, especially given how my current job has been over the past weeks. But then I started thinking on a more practical and prudent level and have realized it may be best to ask for a deferred acceptance and see if they will let me start next fall, after my life has calmed down a bit and I am more able to move to another state.
But it's good to know I am in, after waiting for a decision from Madison since January.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Spring has sprung
We missed the spring "game" last weekend. In the morning on Saturday, we both supervised the ACT test at Kennedy. We got paid 95 bucks for 4 hours of work, most of the time just sitting in the room while the kids took the test. Not bad. Then we left straight from school to go to our nephew's first birthday party. 3 hours roundtrip to watch a kid try to eat some cake and open some presents. Not exactly worthwhile, but good in the eyes of the family. It's good karma for when our little one has birthdays.
I bought Volver on DVD. I saw the movie last summer in the theater in Madrid. Amazing film. Too bad I haven't been able to watch the DVD, since I have loaned it out to people. No worries, though, I 'll get to watch it eventually.
Prom is coming. I am one of the two teachers in charge of organizing and planning with the senior class officers. This currently means that I have to arrive to work early to sit in the front foyer and sell tickets. So far things are going smoothly, but there are still about two weeks to go until the big day.
I have purchased my plane ticket for this summer. I leave for Madrid on June 12 and get back on August 7, hopefully with my masters degree in hand. My wife is thrilled, as you can imagine. This also means that we are trying to rearrange the apartment and get everything ready for the little one before I leave--in less than two months.
I bought Volver on DVD. I saw the movie last summer in the theater in Madrid. Amazing film. Too bad I haven't been able to watch the DVD, since I have loaned it out to people. No worries, though, I 'll get to watch it eventually.
Prom is coming. I am one of the two teachers in charge of organizing and planning with the senior class officers. This currently means that I have to arrive to work early to sit in the front foyer and sell tickets. So far things are going smoothly, but there are still about two weeks to go until the big day.
I have purchased my plane ticket for this summer. I leave for Madrid on June 12 and get back on August 7, hopefully with my masters degree in hand. My wife is thrilled, as you can imagine. This also means that we are trying to rearrange the apartment and get everything ready for the little one before I leave--in less than two months.
Friday, April 06, 2007
I do...
So the recent respite from blogging is due to the fact that I have been planning our wedding. I have to say that I am pretty proud of my fiancee and I for planning such a major life event in a little more than 8 weeks.
But the day could not have been better. I didn't even expect everything to go as smoothly as it did.
The day started off with major thunderstorms, which I have to admit, made me a little nervous. But about two hours before the ceremony, the skies cleared and the sun poked through the clouds, making for a gorgeous afternoon. The ceremony was at Danforth Chapel in Hubbard Park, which was a perfect size for our group of 68 guests. I always pictured myself having a larger wedding (mostly due to the size of my family), but this was just perfect. Yes, there are many people who I wish could have been there, but we will also have a wedding in the Church sometime in the future, so that will be the big guest list event.
But I digress (as usual). We had the principal harpist from the Cedar Rapids Symphony play at the ceremony, which went perfectly with the size of the chapel and the mood of the ceremony. The reception was in the IMU in the Richey Ballroom (formerly known as the Triangle Ballroom). Again, everything went very well and I think everyone had a good time.
Highlights of the whole weekend for me:
1. hanging out in the hotel before the ceremony with the groomsmen, watching the NCAA tournament. Just chillin' with Austin, Roberto, Donor and Marc was calming and it made me realize why these were the guys I chose to be closest to me during the events.
2. All the wonderful things people shared with us throughout the weekend. Donor had the amazing and surprising ability to say exactly the right thing to me all weekend long, most of which made me tear up.
3. Speaking of tearing up, my father-in-law gave the most wonderful speech at the rehearsal dinner that still gets me choked up whenever I think about it.
4. My best man, despite all of the jokes at his expense all weekend about his lack of organization or reliability, was amazingly thoughtful and dependable throughout everything. His toast was very typical of him and although a bit disjointed, I wouldn't want it any other way. He even got a canopy for the front of the chapel when it looked like the rain just wasn't going to stop.
5. And of course, I would be remiss if I did not mention the feeling I had when Colleen walked into the chapel. Undescribeable.
We spent a few days in Chicago after the wedding, since we were on Spring Break. It was a good time spent doing the downtown stuff. Shedd Aquarium was a madhouse because as it turned out, the Chicago schools were also on Spring Break, so it was packed with strollers and crazy kids going apeshit.
We did the Art Insitute, Second City, and Wicked. Food was outstanding--the Melting Pot (mmm...fondue), Café Ibérico (mmm...tapas) and our friends Courtney and Gus gave us a dinner at the Palm for a wedding present, so we had dinner there before going to Wicked. It was amazing: great wine, excellent lobster.
All in all, an amazing week. So now I am married.
But the day could not have been better. I didn't even expect everything to go as smoothly as it did.
The day started off with major thunderstorms, which I have to admit, made me a little nervous. But about two hours before the ceremony, the skies cleared and the sun poked through the clouds, making for a gorgeous afternoon. The ceremony was at Danforth Chapel in Hubbard Park, which was a perfect size for our group of 68 guests. I always pictured myself having a larger wedding (mostly due to the size of my family), but this was just perfect. Yes, there are many people who I wish could have been there, but we will also have a wedding in the Church sometime in the future, so that will be the big guest list event.
But I digress (as usual). We had the principal harpist from the Cedar Rapids Symphony play at the ceremony, which went perfectly with the size of the chapel and the mood of the ceremony. The reception was in the IMU in the Richey Ballroom (formerly known as the Triangle Ballroom). Again, everything went very well and I think everyone had a good time.
Highlights of the whole weekend for me:
1. hanging out in the hotel before the ceremony with the groomsmen, watching the NCAA tournament. Just chillin' with Austin, Roberto, Donor and Marc was calming and it made me realize why these were the guys I chose to be closest to me during the events.
2. All the wonderful things people shared with us throughout the weekend. Donor had the amazing and surprising ability to say exactly the right thing to me all weekend long, most of which made me tear up.
3. Speaking of tearing up, my father-in-law gave the most wonderful speech at the rehearsal dinner that still gets me choked up whenever I think about it.
4. My best man, despite all of the jokes at his expense all weekend about his lack of organization or reliability, was amazingly thoughtful and dependable throughout everything. His toast was very typical of him and although a bit disjointed, I wouldn't want it any other way. He even got a canopy for the front of the chapel when it looked like the rain just wasn't going to stop.
5. And of course, I would be remiss if I did not mention the feeling I had when Colleen walked into the chapel. Undescribeable.
We spent a few days in Chicago after the wedding, since we were on Spring Break. It was a good time spent doing the downtown stuff. Shedd Aquarium was a madhouse because as it turned out, the Chicago schools were also on Spring Break, so it was packed with strollers and crazy kids going apeshit.
We did the Art Insitute, Second City, and Wicked. Food was outstanding--the Melting Pot (mmm...fondue), Café Ibérico (mmm...tapas) and our friends Courtney and Gus gave us a dinner at the Palm for a wedding present, so we had dinner there before going to Wicked. It was amazing: great wine, excellent lobster.
All in all, an amazing week. So now I am married.
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