Today is the last day of the Winter Session and I kept my commitment...

Well, today is the last day of the Winter Session at school. I get a 2 week break before the Spring Session. I don't know what I was thinking about when I graduated from undergrad school! It definitely was not graduate school...my future...2 children...BILLS...ETC!!! So far I have an A for one of my courses (busness information systems, of course - that is my major :) ). My statistics professor is keeping me in stitches. All I need is 125 points to get an A. I AM DYING OVER HERE PROFESSOR! POST THE GRADE PLEASE! ALL EYES ON ME! POST THE GRADE PLEASE! I am normally not selfish...only during the final grading period :)

My gift to myself for doing so well this quarter ( it is really a coincidence, but who's noticing) I go to see my favorite loctician this weekend - SHARON! I can't wait to sit in her client chair and not have to think about school work! (I need to contact her to confirm my appointment. I hope we are still on.)

Stay tuned to my next post. I have some great news to share!

peace&blessings ~robinc

Managing My Time

I know that I have not posted in a minute...okay, a month. My time management has gone amuck (did I spell that right?). Graduate school has been a beast this quarter. Next week is the end of the winter quarter and I get 2 week off before the next quarter begins. So, I promise to do a couple of things:

• get a handle on managing my time better
• post more often on my blog and blogs that I follow
• clean-up my email ( I am so behind on those)
• get back to my exercises in the morning before work
• clean-up my house (at least make a GOOD stab at it)
• do more cooking at home

I found out last week that I may possibly be done with graduate school Spring of 2010. You heard me, I will have my Masters in Information Systems one year from now! I am super excited! There are some data-developer and data-management classes that I want to take which will take another year, but I will graduate next Spring! This means that I will be able to start working on my Ph.D. sooner than I had planned!

A co-worker/friend sent me an article 2 weeks ago. It stated that there has been a study done that resultd in women increasing their chances of living longer if they have an optimistic view on life, http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2009/03/09/trust_me____the_glass_is_half_full/. Check out what it said about African American women, "These differences were more extreme in black women: optimists had a 44 percent lower risk of cancer-related death and cynically hostile women had a 142 percent higher risk of cancer death." More study needed to be done, but thus far I am elated on the results.

My MISM and Ph.D. will not just be a quiet accomplishment of personal satisfaction, but can assist me in making my mark on this earth, in this life.

Well that is all for now. I have got to finish my two final projects, online final, and study for my statistics final.

Next post will be the late evening of Thursday, March 26.

peace&blessings ~robinC