First off, allow me to send birthday wishes to two of my favorite celebrities, with whom I share this day:
Rachel Bilson (of The O.C.) and my personal hero, Sean Connery ("Suck it Trebek.")
That being said, I am taking this, the 26th anniversary of my escape from the womb, to start up on the blog again. I have been very bad about it the last year or so. There's something about going to work all day and staring at a computer screen that makes me not want to sit at home staring at a computer screen. But now that I'm starting up grad school again, I feel like I'll have plenty to gripe about, and probably plenty of motivation to procrastinate.
Friday was my last day of (full-time) work, and I am looking forward to the next few days of having nothing to do before school starts. They threw me a pizza party in Arsenal Park to say goodbye, which is funny, because they're going to see me again in about two weeks. It was like I was going off to war or something. It was nice though, my very pregnant co-worker made me her famous empanadas, and gave them to me as a birthday present. Part of me is going to miss the "real" world, and all of me is going to miss the paycheck, but in the end I am very excited about moving toward my ultimate goal of doctoral studies and helping to form men and women for ministry.
That's all for today, I think. I have got to finish celebrating my birthday. I still have 8 1/2 hours to go!
