Good news!

My advisor approved of my research proposal, so with bunches more work to clarify the research, and getting ready for the actual interviews, I'll be started on my research. It's still in the beginning phases, and I suppose there is so much that could go wrong and end up throwing me off track, but there is beginning to be a light at the end of the tunnel! I have a deadline... if I want to graduate this Spring, I need to be done in April, early April.

And the great thing is, if I'm not done then, I have a second chance... to graduate by the summer I have till the beginning of July.

I'm going to try and work as hard as I can to get this research going and off the ground. Tomorrow I'll do a few hours after work and before I go to exercise with a friend. Then I think I'll come back and keep organizing my room/organizing my existing sources for my paper.

Tried out the new huge slides at City Park Pool today... or tried out one, but with the lifeguards telling Logan (who is a fellow lifeguard for the City) that you have to be careful not to fly out of the twisty slide on corners... I left that one out for the time being...

I suppose everyone has days when they are more self-aware than normal, right? Times when that cute bathing suit ends up not looking so great?

The trip to Michigan was really nice. We wanted to go to Niagara Falls, but didn't bring the right paperwork to get back into the US, so instead visited the Thumb of Michigan and Frankenmuth... a day that was ok, and full of driving.

Sunday Sam and I were invited to join the Father's Day celebrations of my Aunt and Uncle and so celebrated the first Funcle's Day ever. A very good time. Sam and I are going to take out our actual dad sometime soon for a movie and dinner.

This weekend should be my first pedicure ever:) Sam owes me one from my birthday last year.

Just continuing to work on the playground science instructional video otherwise. We'll probably be doing some filming Friday morning so I can have more material to work with when Brian leaves town again.

And, I am thinking that life is really good, but graduate school still kind of scares me. But, I think I'll be ok next semester even if I take more classes. I at least know what to expect this time. So I'm resting up and getting prepared for more studying. I suppose I should be studying now, but I barely have the gumption to get some exercise in. Lol. June is almost done, I hope July is more productive!

Another weekend and only a few more days before the entire family (except Matt, I guess) heads out to Michigan for Pat's high school graduation. It's a 2 day drive out there so we'll arrive Friday evening/afternoon (we're leaving Wednesday evening). I'm glad to be going out again, it's been a while since we've been out, and I don't think the Loveland Crandalls have ever been out there. Sadly it's going to be basically an extended weekend since the drive is so long and Sam and I wanted to get home for work so are coming home Tuesday evening. So blocking out Saturday (graduation) and Sunday (graduation party... in their invite... we're the attraction!) it only leaves Monday to go to the zoo. It would be awesome if we could go! A zoo I've never been to.

Maybe I can get Logan to the Denver Zoo at some point.

After this trip, I believe I'll be around Fort Collins for good this summer.

Tomorrow the church votes on whether or not to spend the capital campaign money on building part of the master plan. My guess is, the vote will go through. What is proposed so far seems ok to me, bu tthere are some people who just now decided that they should speak up that they don't like the master plan. huy! congregationalists...

Well, I'm off to start my day!