The Results are In...

I'VE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO BYU'S GRADUATE COMMUNICATION DISORDERS DEPARTMENT!

This calls for a celebration!

Outsmarting the System...

I've been playing this little waiting game with graduate schools lately and I'll be honest... I'm about ready to rip my hair out. Most people turned in their applications around January, seeing as the the darned things were due on February 1st, but I turned mine in in NOVEMBER! I feel like I've been waiting for eleven years. But anyways...

I only applied to BYU and the University of Utah (assuming that the U will let a doorpost into their program) with the hopes that BYU would select me as one of their lucky fifteen newbies out of a gajillion applicants. Spencer won't be done with his undergrad for a few years so I figured my options are kind of limited. Luckily both schools have really good programs! I still haven't heard back from the U (I hear they'll let everyone know around April), but I've had some good news from BYU.

I had my interview with the Graduate Committee on February 18th and I feel as though it went really well. REALLY well. As in, I actually enjoyed myself. And after I stuffed my face with free cookies from the department, I had to do a writing sample... which, although torturous, also went pretty well (I think).

And so, I've been waiting for a yay or nay from both schools ever since. Today, I think I had a breakthrough. (You're probably asking yourself "think? How can you THINK you heard good news?") Well, I'll tell you. I was looking at the Graduate Catalog online to see which courses I would be taking this spring. I'm trying to figure out how much I'll be paying for books because we are POOR and I AM, afterall, an uptight money-pinching tightwad. The good news is: I should only be buying two textbooks. The BETTER than good news is: BYU has my status listed online as "New Graduate Student."

Of course, this got my attention, so I continued to investigate further into my Route Y account. As it turns out, they've also updated my progress report online so that I have a "Graduate Progress Report." And do you know what that progress report says?

It says: ADMITTED FOR SPRING 2010

So yah. I might be in? I think I'm in. I haven't heard anything from BYU officially... but I can read. That's all I have to say.

Yeah!

What I'm looking forward to...

This is my sister, and yes... she's a total babe. This weekend, I get to hear her sing up in Rexburg because my mom (who also happens to be total babe, and who is pictured here with my handsome papa) is leaving the land of snowpocalypse to come and see us and hear Tuck. I'm going to miss this guy a lot (he's pretty easy on the eyes, huh?):
But I'm pretty sure he'll be content with his brother and a couple of hot 'n ready pizzas while I'm gone.


One other thing to be excited about: Pi Day. Even if you don't think math is cool, pie is. So eat a lot of it on March 14th. At 1:59 if you want to be REALLY precise, but whatever.

P.S... I facebook stalked all three of you to get your pictures. Hope you don't mind :)

Just in case you were wondering...

I love my husband. I thought you'd want to know.

Birthdizzle

So... I'm 24 now. Weird, huh? But still rather exciting.

Valentine's Day was fun... Spencer bought me Gerber Daisies and Godiva chocolate (good husband award) and I made a three course French meal for him that turned out AWESOME, if I do say so myself. We celebrated on Friday because we wanted to have more time to spend with his family while they were in town over the weekend. It was nice to start off our wonderful weekend with some good food and an entertaining Opening Ceremonies for the Vancouver Olympics.

Kent and DeRue took us out for several wonderful meals, so we had good company and didn't have to splurge on groceries this week (huzzah!). They took me out birthday shopping and I got some awesome black boots and a cute new outfit for church/clinicals/work. Spencer earned MAJOR points by picking out the CUTEST outfit ever without my help. AND, my parents bought me a temple dress because I work there on Wednesday nights. The temple is awesome.... but I digress...

My birthday was Kent and DeRue's last day in town so we went out for a FANTASTIC lunch (and we got portions large enough to feed us for at least two meals... so once again, dinner was set). After they took off, Kirstin, James, Chase, Spencer and I went out to see Valentine's Day the movie. Chase is awesome and bought Spencer's and my tickets for my birthday present. The movie had some highly unsettling plot twists until the end... but luckily everything was resolved and it turned out quite cute. Plus, I love Jennifer Garner. And Julia Roberts.

THEN, we went back to K and James' and they watched the Bachelor. I'd never seen it. It was really fun to make fun of, but it made me want to barf and I have no desire to ever see it EVER again. I mean, come on! Since when is it okay to have MULTIPLE girlfriends at the same time? I'm really glad I'm married and never have to go through an awkward first date ever again, but THAT show is NOTHING like dating in real life. Not a fan.

But other than that, I had a really awesome birthday/Valentine's Day/President's Day weekend.

P.S... My house is spotless and it looks BOMB. Come over and play.

You smell that?... Yah... It smells like Grad School...

Because I have an interview for BYU's Communication Disorders Department NEXT THURSDAY!

Party on.

Worst Joke... EVER

This is a true story... one that I encountered personally, just yesterday afternoon.

I was in my ComD 421 class, AKA "Speech Science" and my teacher was talking about harmonics and formants and all that exciting stuff that only weird people in my major think is interesting. He showed us two spectrograms on the projector screen and the following happened:

Dr. Dromey: "This spectrogram on the top here depicts a healthy person pronouncing the vowel /a/. Now take a look at the spectrogram underneath it. This person had been sick and we had them repeat the same vowel sound with a hoarse voice. Now compare the normal /a/ and the hoarse /a/."

Pathetic student: (raises hand...) "Dr. Dromey? I was just curious... how did you manage to get the horse to talk?"

*Insert MOST AWKWARD SILENCE EVER here.*

Pathetic student: "Hardy har har!"

Dr. Dromey: "Wow. That was a joke."

*And then the other 149 students hung their heads in shame and shifted uncomfortably in their seats until Dr. Dromey covered up the awkwardness beautifully and proceeded with the lecture.*