Classes and and a fun weekend

Well school has started in full force, fun times! I have been pretty busy between wedding planning and other things.
I went to Michigan two weekends ago. It was an okay time, got some bad family news. But I did have a great time dress shopping with my sister. We picked out my dress! If you want to know which one it is you will have to e-mail me, but I am really excited! We also looked at some bridesmaid dresses but we will have to go back to do that later, we did get some ideas though. I think I am going to do black dresses with a red sash. For those of you who have seen my dress do you think the black will look okay with it?

Classes are actually going pretty well. I have an integration project with Ford. That isn't really exciting but I do really like my group members so that makes it better. Basically we are consultants to Ford. We are trying to make a recommendation to them on what risks they face in the future with relation to their water usage. It is an okay project, not really interesting to me, but most of the projects we had to pick from weren't very interesting.

I am also taking a Derivatives class. It seems really interesting so far. To clarify, when I say Derivatives I mean Financial Derivatives. I'm learning a lot about options so far, and some really interesting way to invest. The professor is pretty dry, but the material is useful to know in general. This week we learned all about collars.

I'm also taking a class i have dreaded for a while, marketing research. It is required for our marketing major. The class is okay so far, not as bad as I expected. The professor is actually
not that bad, and has some good case examples.

My final class is a Decision Analysis class. I love that class, it is really great! The professor is
awesome! He is so dynamic and manages to make classes really apply to real life. Overall, the class is supposed to teach us about how to make the best decision in any situation. There have been some pretty though provoking lectures so far. The professor has asked us what our perfect life would be in relation to how long we would live and how much money we would want every year. Then he asked us, if today I gave you the choice of keeping the life you have or taking a chance between either having your perfect life (in terms of age lived and money received) or else instantaneous death with a certain probability of instantaneous death, what would the probability of death have to be for you to take that chance. He says depending on your day, the percentage you will take will be different (very true). Overall an interesting question...

This weekend was a lot of fun. Ed and Dave came to visit. Ed came early on Friday and we spent the morning at the Shed Aquarium. There are some pretty cool things there. Dave met us later along with my friend Athena and the four of us went to dinner for pizza at Gino's East in Chicago. It was okay, not the best deep dish I have had but okay. Afterwards we went back to Athena's for some Euchre. Dave and Athena ended up victorious for Friday night, but Ed and I came back on Saturday and managed to win.

Speaking of Saturday, on Saturday the four of us went to the Field museum in the morning. They have really changed it from the last time I was there, I was really impressed. We then came back to Evanston and made gumbo for dinner which was really good. We had a couple of friends over and played some boys against girls Catch Phrase. The girls realized that the boys would keep on playing until they won, so we let the boys win 6-5 (at least that's our story!). After our friends left we had a Euchre rematch and Ed and I won!

On Sunday we watched football most of the day. I was happy the Pats won (go Brady!), but sad to see the Packers lose, i think the Pats Packers would've been a great matchup! Also, Athena, Ed and I went to sushi after we dropped Dave off at the airport. The sushi place was really good, I would definitely go back. Ed and I then came back to my place and watched Reign Over me and then played some Cribbage. I managed to beat Ed in two games, although as he figures it out I think I may be losing soon!

Today Ed and I picked up Athena and went to Michigan Ave. We went to lunch at an Indian restaurant which was nice and then walked around a bit. Good times overall. Then I dropped Ed off at the airport and tried to stop off at the mall. I went to Victoria Secret and after waiting 40 minutes in the line to pay for my items, I gave up and left. Ridiculous, but it saved me money. I came back, took a long nap, which felt really good (but might explain why i can't go to sleep and am instead writing really detailed blog entries) and then went to dance which was awesome. Tomorrow morning I will go to dance, then I have meetings all day. Fun times overall.

More Details Finalized

I accepted the General's offer, so I will be there next year and I'm so excited!

Also, we got our church reserved, as well as the hall. We will be getting married on August 9. The church ceremony will start at 4 at the Cathedral downtown our reception will follow at 6 at Blossom Heath in St Clair Shores near where my parents live. I'm so relieved the plans are coming together.

Some updates

Just found out I got the offer from the General! I am so excited, but still not 100% sure where I will go, there are some loose ends i need to tie up first. Also, I'm 99% sure the wedding will be August 9,2008, so save the date!