Aww, congrats, KSUViolet.

I am at summer school in another city and I got lonely without my sisters... so I made some letters and put them in my window. :D

well I just found out that I got an A- in my bread class, my instructor was being very generous with me, I believe....next section we are making, pies, tarts and cakes!...YAY back to desserts....the breads were killing me!

After losing/leaving my job right after my honeymoon in SEPTEMBER I FINALLY got a job, and it is a phenomenal job...I am so incredibly excited!

Since this is the "random" thread...

I actually met a Sigma very randomly on livejournal (of all places) who is now one of my very best friends. We live in different states but we try to see each other as often as possible. We were posting in a livejournal community about music and she noticed in my user info that I was a Sigma so she messaged me and our friendship blossomed from there! I always love sharing that story :P

That's Sigma related. Unrelated?...

My 1 year wedding anniversary is next month and I'm super excited. We're going to California to celebrate because he's never been to Disneyland (or world) or to a beach. He's actually never been west of Chicago. He asked me the other day if any of the Great Lakes counted as a beach, which made me laugh hysterically.

It also reminded me: I have lived in four different states all as different as can be. I can't believe how many differences there are between all the states of the same country!

As for Forever 21, I used to LOVE that store when I lived out West. There are no Forever 21s here, and it makes me sad :(

And my last random: I am reading a fabulous book called "French Women Don't Get Fat." It actually encourages you to eat chocolate... I have no problem with that! :D

Was at a Mizzou tailgating party yesterday hoping to find some new Sigmas at Mizzou. Instead met two new sister from Stephen's college who were just a delight. While talking to them a sister from Nu chapter stopped by also to visit. It was fun to see all of us together via a purple shirt!!!

Saw this thread bumped and thought I'd share random tidbits from the life of sailboatgirl...

New job (started in April) is going well! There was a HUGE adjustment period for me (long story), but I'm loving it now.

Also, semi-related to the huge adjustment period with work (and several other things as well), my boyfriend and I broke up late this summer. It's been another ROUGH adjustment for me, but I'm doing pretty good now...reclaiming myself and what I want, and mourning the loss of the relationship with the man I thought I would marry.

I'm glad that fall is almost here...so ready for the time of change and reflection that it always brings me!

Sorry to crash but did anyone see the latest copy of UsWeekly? It's the one with Leighton Meester on the cover. Carrie Underwood is in there wearing her Tri Sigma shirt and posing with sisters. It's really cute. :)

A big bit of randomness from the life of Laura (and an explanation for my lack of presence on the boards here and a number of other websites)...

I finished and submitted my doctoral thesis on Friday. Oh yeah! 400 pages, including six chapters, six appendices, and about 150 images. The text alone is 80,000 words, and I shudder to think what the appendices might be (they're not included in the word count, thankfully). It was a lot scarier than I anticipated to hand the thing (well three copies of it) over to the office.

Now what do I do? :D I have a lot of free time (aside from teaching and working in the visual resources collection), which is going to take some getting used to.

How is uni/grad school treating everyone else??

Cheers,
Laura

This is absolutely randomly random, but I am sitting in front of GORGEOUS Jocelyn in her composite from 2005!

Go Alpha Beta! :)

Small world indeed! I'll be with the chapter until Sunday. :)