Where have I been?

The last month has been a little bit busy for me. Before Thanksgiving I attended a Masquerade with some friends. It was really fun to get all dressed up. The Masquerade was put on by a friend of mine and her team that has visited Vietnam a couple of times. It was a fundraiser for an organization called Giving It Back To Kids and they raise money for orphanages in Vietnam. The event was neat, they had a jazz combo playing while a silent auction was going on. Then a live auction, followed by dancing! We were taught how to Scottish and square dance. It reminded me of dancing back in Jane Austen's time. The cheorographed moves that everyone knows...it would have been lovely to live in that time period.


This is a professional picture that was taken...


This is Mandy and I with our masks on...Do you know which is which?


Here we are getting ready to head to the Masquerade...Mandy, Andrea, Jenny and I


Scottish dancing...


I spent Thanksgiving in Louisville, Ky with my amazingly, wonderful friends Amanda and Jory. Although it was the first Thanksgiving that I did not spend with my family, it was probably one of the best Thanksgivings I've had. I enjoyed meeting my friends' new friends. I have to make sure that they are being taken care of since they are so far away!

Louisville is a very beautiful city. We drove around and looked at some of the old houses...they were so neat!

Here are a couple of the houses...




We also went to Churchill Downs and watched a few horse races!! I felt just like Audrey Hepburn from My Fair Lady..."Come on, Dover!" The only bad thing about my trip was when my heater wasn't working very well on the seven hour drive home!

Since I've been back, we've had a few Christmas parties at work...oh the delicious food! We had a secret Santa gift exchange and my secret Santa did a great job of fooling me. I had no idea that it was Mandy until the last day. She ended up giving me a stovetop espresso maker on the last day, which I am excited to use!!

A big thing that has happened in the last month or so, was taking the GRE on Saturday. This is the test I have to take before I can apply to graduate school. I had to get a certain score to even be able to apply...and I got it!! I actually scored 20 points above it!! I had hoped to do even better than that...but it works! Now I have to finish filling out my applications and send everything in before January 1!! It stinks that I won't find anything out until the end of February or March...I will be waiting anxiously until then.

Merry Christmas...it's almost here!