I'm back!

After updating my profile on Facebook this evening, I discovered/remembered my blog - ha! I guess it's been about 18 months or so since I last posted on here, and of course a lot has happened since then. Most important: I have had a baby! His name is Gavin, and I am ashamed to say that I am so far behind in blogging that he just turned 1 this past week (August 10). He is a very handsome little boy, with blue eyes and light colored hair. He is starting to walk a lot this week, which is exciting for all of us. He is very vocal and very wiggly, always moving and looking around and babbling to us as he takes everything in. He loves to be outside and to be around people. He is truly adorable! Derek thinks we should enter him in baby modeling contests, but I tried that and apparently they charge $20 each time you submit a picture, so we dropped that real fast.

In other news, I started a new graduate school program last spring, this time at the University of North Texas (UNT) to get my Master of Library Science (MLS). My plan is to graduate by 2013 and eventually get a job in an academic library, archives, special collections, museum, or something along those lines. I've been going kind of slow so far, only taking one class at a time. That is pretty much all I can handle now, since I work full-time (still at UTSA, same office) and have a family and home to take care of. I'm enjoying it though, and as September draws near, I look forward to going back after having the summer off.

Derek continues to work on his PhD - he is ABD at this point (All But Dissertation). He hopes to complete that by next year. I'm pretty sure he will be the only track coach I know with a PhD! He is gearing up for the cross country season right now - in fact, we just had the team over this evening for BBQ.

Work is going well - I'm the head admin associate in my office now and I enjoy the people I work with. As with any kind of grant work, there is always a lot of change and last-minute tasks, but it keeps me busy and on my toes. This September 2011 will mark my sixth year at UTSA.

After reading through some of my earlier posts, it makes me nostalgic. I hope to stay more up to date with my posts on here. I think if I have some followers and/or comments, that might help (hint, hint!). Until next time, everyone!