Lots Of Happenings!

Good Morning Friends!

I say good morning because it's only 7:20-ish right now. I woke up without an alarm - my body's just programmed I guess. But that's ok, Jen's coming to visit me today, and she's bringing Joe, and I have some stuff I want to get done before they get here.

Let's re-wind my life a few weeks, so you can all know what's going on. On February 2 (two weeks ago today) KRISTEN GOT MARRIED!! I'm sure most of you reading this know this already, and to those of you with Facebook, I've got two albums of pictures up. It was a perfect day. She looked so beautiful and things ran seamlessly. Well, other than the surprise of Vince showing up - which shocked her, to put it mildly! Pictures from the photographer are up on his website www.lorei.com and the event code: schnepp needs to be in all lower case letters. I'm not sure how long they will be up, but you can go there now and look at them. Jory's sister secretly got everyone involved in the wedding shirts made for the rehearsal dinner ... camo t-shirts with our role on the front and the date on the back. Needless to say, Jory and Kristen were excited to see those! AND, they will be worn again in the fall. I'm not sure how to include "pictures" in this blog, but I'll try when I'm done with this entry, so you may / may not have a pic or two to look at at the end.

I got back from Erie Monday morning in time to go to work, and worked three days. Wednesday night I left Buffalo for Nashville for the annual CSM (big conference for PT's and PTA's and students). I had some traveling difficulty both there (I spent the night in Charlotte because my plane out of Buffalo was delayed and I missed my connector flight) and on the way home (they over-booked my flight, and there was a delay and I would have missed the connector AGAIN back to Buffalo). Going down, I was pretty much on my own, USAirways gave me a voucher for 10% off a hotel - BUT coming back, I was put up in a Marriott hotel with a wonderful king sized bed, had meal vouchers, received a USAirways credit, AND got to fly first class from Nashville to Charlotte. I'd never done that before, and got a rum and coke just for the sake that I was flying first class and didn't have to pay for it! Overall it was a really good conference, but I wish we had more time to see the city. We've come to the decision that we need to spend more than just the conference days in the city where CSM is being held every year! My biggest surprise was when I ran into one of my mentors that I didn't think was going to be in Nashville. It was absolutely wonderful to see her and have a few minutes to catch up with her.

I only have 3 weeks left of my current internship. This one has gone by so fast. Being in a school setting, in Buffalo, during the winter .... leads to snow days, and holidays, and long weekends. So, I'm thinking that has some to do with the speed that this internship seems to have. I'm so excited to be almost done. I've started talking with some friends and I'm starting to make some contacts with some recruiters from various traveling agencies to line up a job after I graduate. Traveling leads me to point out my new picture that I have up. This was a sign behind one of the traveling tables that was set up at Nashville in the exhibition hall. Of course I had to show Erin and Vince, and we had to take a picture of it. I know I'm not traveling now, but it's so close I can almost taste it, and wanted to put it up!

I'm going to end this one now, and get my day started with a cup of coffee! YUM! My new creamer of choice is Coffee Mate Vanilla Caramel!! Becky, I know you had another suggestion, and I'll have to try that one next! This Vanilla Caramel is a a little different from my traditional French Vanilla, or even the Hazelnut that I also like, but needless to say, it's delicious ... and calling my name!

Have a fabulous long weekend (President's Day on Monday)!!
Julie