Busy Week Ahead!

Wow ok so I have just found out today that I have 3 TESTS this next week! Ugh and a BIG project due! Looks like I'm going to be very very busy for awhile! On a more not so depressing note I also realized that I'm pretty close to taking my personal trainer test! Hopefully by the end of this semester I'll be certified as a personal trainer! WooHoo!

As most of you know Matthew and I went and visited Kelly and Casey this weekend! We had lots of fun just hanging around, making a mess in their kitchen from baking Halloween Cookies and playing Halo/WOW! We love those rare and precious weekends that we get to hang out with them!

This coming weekend as everyone knows...TEXAS TECH vs. TEXAS! I'm very thrilled about getting to actually go to the game! I was a little afraid that I would have to work during the game but I won't since I promised two future nights of closing in exchange!

The following weekend will be spent in Abilene with Skyler and Cody! Matthew and I will be watching the boys that weekend.

So just in case you guys didn't get the picture...Matthew and I will be very very busy the next couple of weeks! We are desperately trying to keep from going insane!!

I'm sorry my blogs have been short lately and seem a little rushed, hopefully after the next couple of weeks we'll have a little more time to relax!

Love,
Kasey

Long Week Ahead!

Whew! Doesn't it always seem like you get done with a particularly hard week and right about the time you start to relax you get hit with a week that is even more difficult to get through. Matthew and I it seems are always switching off on test weeks. One week Matthew will have a test that takes up all his time and the next week I'll have a test that takes up all my time. Either way it has been strenuous for both of us and are looking forward to some time away from Lubbock. This time away comes in the form of visiting Kelly and Casey this coming weekend in Bryan! We are both very excited and glad to be going! The girls could definitely use a change in surroundings as well! I'm about to turn in for the night but I promise the next break I get I'll blog about the more interesting and fun things that have happened in the last week..and let me tell you...there have been plenty of funny things!

Love,
Kasey

A Day to Blot Out All Days...

Ugh, today was not a day I would like to remember but it is also a day I will not be soon forgetting. My day started out wonderful, I woke up in the warmth of my nice bed warmer, dressed for an early work day. Work was good, it went fast and I was able to actually say that I enjoyed it for once. After my first shift of work I went to Rosa's for lunch then headed directly to my class....this is where my day takes a drastic turn. (for those of you with feint hearts...STOP reading now)

"Wow this is a wonderful day!" Kasey thinks to herself as she drives her
faithful little red truck to class. "I couldn't have asked for a better
Thursday! Not only did I get paid today but work is going smoothly and we for
once didn't over order inventory," smiling smugly Kasey accelerates to pass a
very slow grandma in the lane in which she needs to turn. But instead of the
typical satifactory punch of power that normally comes from her pressing on the
accelerator her little "faithful" truck gives a very depressing "VVVVVV" along with a spike in RPMs
and no satisfactory addition of speed. "Hmm, I wonder if I just maybe pushed the
gas a little too fast," frowns Kasey to herself. Kasey makes the turn at a
creeping 5 miles an hour behind the little grandma, then decides to switch lanes
and give it another go. "VVVVVV" goes her little (now not so faithful) truck. So
Kasey stays behind the little grandma until she finds a free parking spot on the
side of the road for 2 hour student parking. Upon putting her little truck in
park she calls her ever so awesome dad, "Hey Dad! My truck is doing something
weird. When I punch on the gas it reminds me of a standard that is in a too low
of gear. No matter how much you punch the gas it doesn't respond very well." Her
dad after hearing her explanantion tells her that she needs to take it to the shop
because it sounds like the transmission (DA DA DUM!) is messing up. So after
class Kasey makes her way to the Firestone across the street from her house,
hoping that they will have a good prognosis for her little fickle truck. 2
hours, lots of worry and 1 oil change later the diagnosis was grim...her
transmission has dirty fluid and is losing pressure. The man at the shop told
Kasey, "You need to take it to a transmission shop to have them take a look at
it, but they will probably have to replace it. Also you have a nail in the front
right tire that is causing you to lose pressure." As Kasey tried to refrain from
pulling her hair out in front of the man she paid for the oil change and made
her way back to her little traitor of a truck. Driving the short distance home
seemed to prove that nothing was impossible to happen on this day of days. Upon
arriving at the house Kasey looked down at her key ring searching for her house
key. "CRAP!" exclaims Kasey now close to tears and hurries back to her truck to
see if she might have put the key in the cup holder of her turncoat of a truck
but couldn't get the truck key to open her driver's side door. No matter how she
turned the key or how hard she pushed on the door it wouldn't budge. Now in full
blown tears Kasey gives up and sits on the curb next to the little truck that
defected in the span of 3 hours.

White Chili

Ok so I made the famous White Chili tonight and boy did it hit the spot! I LOVE that stuff! I don't know for sure if Matthew is as enthusiastic as I am about it :)! This is going to be a short blog for I am tired and ready to go to bed. I plan on getting up quite early tomorrow not for running but for the simply pleasure of having some time to myself! The girls are doing great and I am finally getting over my cold/cough thing! (Other than Zappa being a little depressed this week :(.)I think she's been kind of under the weather. Her tummy got upset Sunday night and she spent most of Sunday snuggled up with me in bed. We both weren't feeling very well. Matthew is studying his little heart out and the weather has finally gotten cold enough for me to bring out the wonderful bed warmer! :D It is the most awesome thing in the world! Right now as I'm typing this I can feel its warmth through the covers! ooo sounds delicious, huh?!? I bet you want one!

Time for Bed,
Kasey

The End is Near!!!

HAHA, I just found out today that instead of a very hectic last semester at Texas Tech I will be taking it easy! I only have 9 hours left before I graduate!!! WOOHOO! I can see the end! I must say, I have completely enjoyed being here at Tech even if it was tough at first. I will love and cherish every moment!

On a slightly different note, now that I know I only have 9 hours left until I graduate, I will be able to finish up the last of my PT prerequisits sooner than I had hoped! As some of you may know I am hoping to go to TWU, that is Texas Women's University in Dallas for my DPT! I have just emailed the head of the Physical Therapy program there and am hoping to get an answer back from her soon. I am making sure that all my prerequisits are lining up correctly with TWU's standards. Cross your fingers and pray because I have never been more nervous in my life as I am about applying to TWU. I still have until the end of this next summer before I apply but with time moving as fast as it has been it will be here soon! I am also nervous because despite me knowing my GPA for Texas Tech and me knowing my GPA for NTCC, I still dont' know what my GPA is combined...ugh! Just so everyone's clear...we're hoping for a 3.4 or higher. I am so nervous right now that my heart feels like it's going to jump from my chest!

I just can't believe that all of this is happening so fast. I never really could imagine the time that I was finished with this part of my college career but I am now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I will definitely keep everyone notified on what happens with TWU! Keep me in your prayers!

Nervous, Jittery,
Kasey

Cough...Cough...

ugh..I don't feel very well! I want my mommy!

Cough,
Kasey

Busy Busy Busy!

Wow the last two weeks have been busy and fast! I can't believe that we are already into our 8th week of school! I have to confess right off the bat though...with the cold weather coming in and making every one including me sick I only ran once last week..ugh! However, I have firmly made up for this by running not only one mile everyday this week but running a mile and a half. Whew...and let me tell you...not very easy! I do have to say however, that I have not been running in the morning this week...it's just so cold in the morning that the last thing I want to do is get out of bed! I am trying though...I even set my alarm across the room from me..no luck! *sigh* Any Ideas? *Tap Tap* Please?!

On other note everyone knows that Matthew and I just celebrated our three year anniversary this past Monday! Wow, three years...it seems like just yesterday we were trying to decide if he was going to go the military and I was coming to Tech or if he was going to try and go to college somewhere! I can definitely say that I'm glad that Matthew decided to try his hand at college, he was definitely made for the college life! Speaking of our anniversary, Matthew bought me a book and two pairs of sleeping boxers that I have had my eye on for quite sometime! I now have, thanks to both mom and Matthew, 3 new sleeping bottoms. (not a sleepy bottom but bottoms that are slept in *wink, wink*) He also bought me the collectors edition of Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice! I know ladies, he's definitely a keeper! I haven't been able to get him his anniversary gift quite yet but believe me...it's a good one! *sigh* I have just to wait for my next pay check...8 more days! *grr*

As some you might know, I am saving up for a day bed/couch for my room. This may sound strange but I have wanted something to curl up on since my bed is so squeaky, I can't even turn a page let alone breathe without it groaning at me. I am also trying to save up for a smaller flat screen TV that can go across the room from my couch so that I can watch my DVDs in peace when Matthew is wanting to watch his TV shows. I've been debating on asking if I can get cable in my room but I haven't quite decided if it's worth the effort. Matthew tends to watch more TV than I do. I just like to watch "What Not to Wear" and the "HDTV." Yes I realize that some of you might think..."you're not going to have much room in your room anymore," but I have to say that my room is much larger than it appears. (specially with my desk gone!) Some of you may also ask why I'm getting a couch/day bed instead of a comfy chair...well that answer is very easy! COST! ugh every chair that I have look at is somewhere around $500 to $700! My comfy little couch is a grand total of $360! :)

Well I suppose I better end this eventually! I'll try to stay on my blogs more often than I have in the past 2 weeks!

Ambitious,
Kasey

Three Years Ago Today...

Three years ago today, in the small town of Winnsboro a shy red headed boy asked a not so shy blonde girl if he could take her on a date. The blonde headed girl said yes to the red headed boy and they never looked back....

The night ended with a kiss and the knowledge that they had found what they were looking for in this crazy world that holds no promises of happy ever afters.

In the three years that we have been together we have laughed, cried, and argued for reasons we can't remember or even comprehend but through it all we have never lost what we found that night. Maybe thats what makes us so strong, that despite all that we've been through we never once forgot each other or the love we have for each other in the midst of this crazy world.

Yes, yes I know this sounds corny and cheesy to some but, I can honestly say I did not write with the intent to be laughed at, simply to remember and to remind that people don't always find what we all have found. I just feel so lucky to be granted someone this special, someone that is everything I wanted and needed in my life.

So I say to you all who are laughing, if you don't understand this message then you don't understand what it means to find that someone who is your other half in this world.

Chess, the game of gentlemen and me

This is Matthew Alexander Davis Hallman. This is not a test.

Anyway I know it has been far to long since my last update so I figured I should probably do so or face the consequences from several people who know were I live. As the title suggest I have been on a chess craze as of late. I figured that I needed a hobby to take the edge off of school; however it still needed to be a hobby that "Keep my mind right" and by right I mean operational (that's right no more vegging for me, not that there is anything wrong with that but when I do my grades tend to slip(Think freshman year(Stop using parentheses!!))) Sorry about that I'm in Stats now and using a calculator and excel you soon learn parentheses are your best friends or worst enemies depending on skill of usage. Back to Chess, I know this may sound strange but I really would like to become a student of the game, so I did what everyone who knows me would guess I would do, I bought a book on the matter; actually several books and Wikipedia entries. After reading the books and online references I discovered a very important fact. Can you guess what it was?? Anyone?? You in the back? No? OK I'll tell you..............................
WE NEED A CHESS SET!!! Now don't get me wrong we have one its just not in the same zip code as we are, alas when we visited Winnsboro at the end of the summer we failed to bring back the excellent glass set we had picked up over the holidays, Whoops. Anyway so I am now in the market for chess sets so if anyone knows of a place that sells quality sets at affordable prices let me know. This does not mean that I cannot play, far from it, there are plenty of online applications that allow me to do battle with anyone anytime; however there is something missing from playing a faceless opponent over a glowing 2-D board. So my quest continues, other than that classes are progressing in good form, I am rebounding from the first round of test, to let you know I did less than I would of hoped far, but hey I love having to fight for what I want. So as I leave you once again I say feel free to comment and ask questions and I shall answer to the best of my abilities.

This was Matthew Alexander Davis Hallman. This was not a test.