Lazy Days On The Beach-Part 1

Beach

Micah really enjoyed playing in the sand with his pale and shovel.







If you thought this was cute, just wait until I post the pictures and videos of him in the water.

Bill

Other than a brief time after we stepped off of the plane in Charleston, we had no rain and sunshine every day we were on vacation. And, boy was it hot! Don't get me wrong, I love the summer days and humidity, but it's been a while since I've spent a summer in the south. It took me a day or two to get used to it again.

I shot this video from the widow's walk of our condo when we first arrived.


Saturday morning as we were packing up to leave, I shot this video of the beach. Hurricane Bill was somewhere off of the coast of North and South Carolina at the time. We did not have to evacuate or take any extreme precautions. They advised that we not swim in the ocean due to dangerous currents though. We didn't have any rain either. I feel sorry for the people who were just arriving for their vacation though. This is what remained of the beach.

Carolina

Honestly, I should be reading for my class that starts tomorrow, but I just can find anything interesting about supply and demand equations and curves.

As mentioned in the previous post, we got pictures of the South Carolina and North Carolina state signs. Here's the proof!










So, this isn't the only thing we did on vacation. I have a bunch of pictures, well, a ton of pictures I want to post on here, but rather than overwhelm you with all of them at once, I'm gonna break it up into several posts. Plus, I really need to read the next 50 pages in my Econ book before tomorrow. Doesn't that sound like tons of fun?

Here's a taste of what's to come...Micah as he first discovers sand.

Mission Accomplished

Currently I'm riding in the car down I-95 while Tom is driving and Micah is snoozing in the back. (It's amazing how much I can get done via my iPhone and a little dead time in the car.) We are still on vacation in SC, but we left the beach today to head out on a mission. I needed pictures of the state sign. This road warrior mission actually started about 7 years ago back when Tom was in school in KY and I was in MS. We did quite a bit of driving back in those days to visit each other, friends, and family. During that time we grew fond of road trips and set a goal for ourselves: Visit every state and take a picture of the state sign by the time we're 30. Until today we hadn't marked any states off of our list in over 18 month. I'll post NC and SC when I get to a computer!

My turn to drive... Later!

Grad School

It's official! When my interview was over this morning, I got all of the information from my advisor about signing up for classes. I'm a student. Again.

Classes start on the 24th and I'm not so sure I'm ready to enter the academic world again. It's been almost 5 years since I've been in a classroom. Thankfully, I won't be required to be in the classroom again. Regis University offers their MBA program online as well as in the classroom. I am attempting the online track, but I can switch back and forth to meet my needs. Also, since my job will pay for two classes per calendar year, I'm only planning to take those two classes per year. With that said, I should be finished up in 5 years...yes, I said 5 years. That seems like a really long time to take 10 classes, but if I spread things out it's FREE. On the other hand, I may decide to go straight through and pay for part of it myself. Who knows? I'm going to take it one class at a time.

Vacation

This Saturday we leave for our very first family vacation with Micah. I can't wait to see what Micah thinks of the beach. This will be the view of the ocean from our condo in South Carolina.

Now, if I could only make the next three work days go by a little faster...