Hi All,
It has been a while since I have written on here and it has been quite a while since I have seen many of you (or been to Chandler), so I thought I would update you all on our life in OC, IA.
As you can tell by the title, it is now midterm break, so that means I have only 3/4 of a year left at Northwestern. I am having mixed emotions about this as I really love everything about NWC (especially my friends, professors, and psychology courses) but I am still excited about where Jess and I will be a year from now.
I have been super busy this semester with classes, work, applying to graduate school, and, most importantly right now, conducting my senior thesis research. This is a semester long research project, which will hopefully end with a thorough and lengthy (around 40-50 pages total) research report which may be publishable. I will not bore you with the details, but if you are interested just ask because I love to talk about it! While some of you may view this as a stressful situation, I just want you to know that I absolutely love every part of it (even though it can be stressful at points). I guess I picked the right field and career path after all...
I have also been applying to graduate schools, but there is not a lot of news about that situation as applications are not due until Dec. and Jan. I will be sure to keep you all updated when I know more.
Jess has been staying busy with work and fixing up the 1979 Lund fishing boat we got at the beginning of Sept. Now that the weather is getting chilly, he is definitely looking forward to ice fishing season. For now he has stayed busy a couple of weekends going home and helping his dad on the farm, which he always enjoys.
Unfortunately, we have not been able to go to as many of Jana's volleyball games as we would have liked, but we hope to get to a few more before the regular season comes to a close. Maybe we will see some of you there! We have been able to watch our sisters play volleyball at the Unity/MOC tournament about a month ago. We wish we could watch them more, but I guess something is better than nothing!
Well, as it is fall break and I have not left Iowa in 7 weeks (very sad, I know), we decided that we would take a road trip. We are heading up to Seth and Rebecca (Jess' brother and his wife) in Bemidji, MN for a long weekend (Friday to Monday). It is their daughter's (Rhianna) first birthday on Oct. 27, so we are going a little early to celebrate with them (it is crazy to think she is a year old already). Speaking of nieces... it occurred to me that Zoe turned 6 months old on Wednesday! Time really flies and she just gets cuter every day! I don't know about the rest of you, but she is one of the reasons (a big reason) I am already getting excited for Christmas!
That is about it from here (at least all I have time to write). I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and hopefully see you soon!
Love,
Darci
p.s. Does anyone know how many days there are until Christmas? ;-)
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