Graduate School and Turning One

Holy cow - I haven't blogged in about 4 months. Sorry about that guys. But I have a bit of an excuse - well, at least for the past two months, anyway, because I'm in graduate school. And not just any graduate school, mind you. I'm in the Marriott School of Business at BYU, pursuing my MBA in Marketing. Wow, that's a mouthful, but I've gotten used to saying it. To be honest, talking about it kinda makes me feel like this guy:

I'm not that bad, though (I hope). This is a good example of how NOT to network, by the way. Anyway, so school is what takes up so much of my time these days. I have six core MBA classes that I have with the same section of people for every class. We are split into study groups of four or five students, and my group meets every day when we're not in class. We all have families and want to be able to be at home with them as much as possible, so we decided that we'd meet until 5 p.m. each day (like a job). We split up the readings and share them with each other during that time. It actually frees up time to work on other things, and is much more effective than all of us doing everything each day.

I'm also on the hunt for a summer internship, which is really what stresses me out right now. I'm working hard on interviewing skills, resume updating, applying for internships, etc. This coming week, I'm headed to Indianapolis for an MBA job conference, and have one interview lined up already (I wish I had more). Once I have a good internship lined up, I think I'll be able to rest a little easier. 

Also, at the beginning of this month we celebrated Scarlett's first birthday! She had refined sugar for the first time (she's had stuff with sugar in it like apple sauce or baby treats, but no candy or cake, etc.), and she loved it. Here's a picture of the sweet thing enjoying her cake:

All in all, it's been a busy few months, but we're loving life and doing well. I don't get to perform in A Christmas Carol this year (too busy), but Kristen does! She's playing a role she played once, five years ago, and is excited about playing again. Break a leg baby!