I'm home and had a GREAT time.  I love family.  I got to spend 72 wonderful hours with Mark and Sheila.  I couldn't have asked for a better sister-in-law!!  We had "girl time" while the boys golfed.

I can't believe I leave for Illinois in less than two months!  I have to check-in exactly 2 months from today.  The closer it gets, the more real it's getting.  Nine months in Rockford!  People like to remind me that it's REALLY cold up there.  This is a typical conversation:

Person: "So when do you go back to school?"  Me: "Oh, I'm not going back this year; I'm going to Master's Commission in Rockford, Illinois."  Person:  "Really?  Doesn't it stay in the single digits up there?  You're going to hate that."

Positive people!  Come on!

Christen