warmth is on the way!

okay, but really in about three months. holiday cruise to mexico with the fam! there i will be... less than a day after my last final in criminal law.

woo hoo!

it is michigan and it is cold.

cold and windy today. i think summer has officially gone. my first michigan fall is upon me and i am missing the added weeks of warmth in dc. :(

how is the weather by you?

civil procedure... dunk...

break through in class today. i actually understood civil procedure before i went into class and was right! i may have had a bit of diarrhea of the month when i answered the question, but it all came out. kudos to the early a.m. study group and our tossng around of questions. i am actually excited about starting to read the federal rules of civil procedure. what have they done to me?

highlighters.

i have discovered in that past month that different types of paper require the use of different highlighters. i cannot use the cheap-o highlighters in all of my books. i had to spring for the expensive liquid type in order to highlight in some books. hrm. who knew?

how fast they grow up.

not only did my baby brother dan turn 16 this past june and pass his driving test with flying colors, but now he is going to homecoming with a date! he is going shopping for a new suit... the works. and kathy (my fabulous step-mom) and i could not be more excited. actually, i think we are more excited that he is. i am sure he is feeling the pressure of two crazy gals excited at his first semi-formal.

seems like yesterday he was three and calling my dad a poo-poo head the whole drive out to good ol' gwu in dc.

hopefully more to come on this one. i, personally, want details on the date, Lauren.

and, the addition has a name.

it is benjamin charles... and he is adorable. yippee!!!

new addition to the nuttle clan.

as many of you know, my cousin ran and his wife dmn have been in the process of adopting another little one to join the adorable andy...

great news! tonight, as i write this, they are on their way to pick up the newest nuttle. i'll let you know when i have a name.

oh, and here is the oddest thing.
ran shares a birthday with my mom.
dmn shares a birthday with my dad.
new baby shares a birthday with me...

congrats growing nuttle family! i cannot wait to meet the newest member at the end of the month.

september 12, 2001.

in case you did not see this, or perhaps do not remember it, please take a look at jon stewart's daily show on september 12, 2001. thank you to my dear friend mdb for forwarding this to me. it is a few minutes long, but well worth the viewing... many times over.

how i love jon stewart.

http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2006/09/nine_eleven.html

still dropping.

as of now, gas at the corner is $2.36!

do you remember where you were five years ago today?

i remember very well, as if it were yesterday, the details of september 11, 2001.

my very good friend sab decided this morning to look at the positive... how far we, the girl posse, have come... here are some of her thoughts. and, please, take a look at the positive in your life.

I was driving to work this morning hearing all the talk of remembrances and memorials for the 5^th anniversary of the events of September 11^th and I was thinking about where we all were five years ago and where we are now. All of us were living in the DC area and most had just celebrated the best wedding ever (go A and N)!! Now three of us have moved to the Midwest and I for one can honestly say I NEVER thought that I would be living in Battle Creek , MI but here I am. Big Red is on her way to becoming an Esquire and KL and working to fulfill her dream of becoming an Inn Keeper. HAP is kicking ass and taking names at SEIU before you know it she will be running things over there Andy Stern look out!! EDH is becoming trainer and facilitator master over at Equal Justice Works and NKO has become Earth Mother Goddess and Momma Bear to the extreme!!

The core posse and the extended tribe has grown with Owen, Soren, Thea and soon baby Boy Margo (according to Owen).

We have become spouses, parents, pet owners, homeowners, and car owners in the past five years. Seen therapists come and go but the GP has remained connected and for that I am truly grateful.

We have come a long way ladies and I want you to know how much I love you all and how blessed I feel to have you in my life. I am so proud of all of you. I am always amazed at how strong you all are and how you meet every challenge head on and with such courage. You have provided me with a well of strength on so many occasions and on a day when the world is remembering a day where the nation showed strength I wanted to take a moment and celebrate and give thanks to the wonderful women who help keep me going when things get bad.

i love you, too, sab.

how cheap is it by you?

gas is down to $2.38 a gallon here.

been a bit busy.

well, as you can well expect i have been incredibly busy the last two weeks. tons of work and it is very interesting. i can say that i have not thought i made a mistake with this new direction in my life. at times i have wondered if i may be in over my head, but that is a different story. :)

last weekend my dad, kathy, and dan came. it is always great to have company and i enjoyed showing him the campus and the lansing area. and, ta da, we went to the dairy store! yes, the famous dairy store. twenty odd types of ice cream, a few types of cheese. tuesday through thursday you can go on a tour to see the kids making the goodies. very good ice cream too. all my friends and family are welcome to come and visit - and we will head over to the dairy store. who doesn't want chocoalte cheese or big ten ice cream? check out the good times to be had by all at http://dairystore.msu.edu/

i have met a gaggle of great people. it is odd, though, being one of the oldest. at times i find it hard to relate and i have come to realize how much growth there is between 24 and 31 years of age. speech, mannerisms, maturity... just the lack of exposure to the world. and, dc is definitely such a different world. all of this makes me even more appreciative of the experiences i have had and the people i know.

my days, for the most part, are spent keeping ahead, which is harder in the beginning. as we move on, it will get easier to brief and understand concepts. and, it is becoming easier, but it is still like learning a foreigh language. it takes time right now. by friday afternoon, we all go home to nap. no joke. where is a daily siesta when you need it?

on that note, i am going off to bed soon. i hope to write more midweek.