Sorry we've been a bit inconsistent for family emails the last month or so. We've been all over the country and having fun, but internet/computer access was a questionable at best. So to recap, we spent Christmas and New Year's in Virginia with my family, stopping briefly in Michigan to visit Wayne's family and in Pennsylvania to visit a school Wayne's applying to.
Visiting family is always fun, but never long enough. Oh well, at least we will always look forward to the next time since we don't get our fill. :)
Applications to MFA programs are almost complete...five of the seven schools should already have all the materials and we just have two other schools to take care of. Unfortunately, we won't hear back from any of the schools until April or May...so who knows what will happen. We could end up anywhere from California to Illinois to Massachusetts. It's hard to say for certain.
Hawaii with Grandpa Madsen was a blast too (see the previous posts and videos and photos on the trip). Wayne almost has all the videos edited and posted...I think he has a couple more videos to take care of.
And the rest of last week was back to the old grindstone. We technically missed the first two and a half days of classes for the semester, but we feel okay about that. :) Sacrifices must be made sometimes...! And it turned out not to be that big of a deal in the course load work anyway. The first week tends to be slower paced than anything else, and professors are more forgiving with deadlines and whatnot. I don't have any classes this semester (I don't think...I have one more week to change my mind), and I just need to finish my thesis (and defend) by April 25th. It is doable I believe. After that I only have one more credit hour of class to take care of, which I'll do a special projects class (a.k.a. choose-your-own-adventure style class).
Wayne is a monkey face. And he has classes this semester, unlike me. But his schedule should be much lighter than last semester, thankfully. A physical science class, two Studio Art classes (his version of choose-your-own-adventure class), one last Psychology class, Contemporary Art History (which he is very much looking forward to), and a racquetball class. I personally can't believe he has made it this far in his education without taking one P.E. class, but he has. He's getting to the end of his requirements too...he should be done with classes Spring term as well. If all goes well, we'll be done with classes and other requirements by the end of June, and have a month and a half to play/work before going to our next grand adventure.
Anyway you should all be caught up now with our plans and whatnot. Hope all is going well with you guys! Excitement and high adventure all the way! :)
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