Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Life is in flux BIG TIME these days. I want to keep in touch with all of my peeps. The Internet is this beautiful thing. I can move to a brand new city and still stay in easy, near-daily contact with the people I love. When I feel connected to the people in my life that matter, I am unstoppable!

What I Have Learned About Weddings

By Abby at 5:11 pm on Tuesday, May 31, 2005

On Sunday, I attended the wedding of Kyle & Jessica in Bloomington. It was lovely. They are just some of my favorite peeps ever. So because I’d been to a wedding, and because I saw several other friends after it was over, I learned an important difference between men and women. Without fail, the women asked: What did her dress look like? And without fail, men asked: How was the food? I’m not sure what this means exactly, but it seems important.

Here’s me in the reception line after the ceremony:

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And here’s the rest of it in a montage. Unfortunately, there aren’t many Aaron pictures because I kept handing him the camera while I spoke to old friends. It was a great service though. Thanks, Aaron!

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I have a great picture of the wedding dress (bottom right of the montage), but sadly boys, no pictures of the food!

So much fun. I miss Bloomington, but I probably already said that, didn’t I?!

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Bloomington was Lovely!

By Abby at 10:09 pm on Monday, May 30, 2005

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Bloomington was lovely. Aaron and I just got back from a 3-day trip there. The reason for the trip was a wedding, but I got to see a lot of friends, and the weather was gorgeous. I really miss that place, and in the summer, it is idyllic – no undergrads with tons of free stuff to do, and of course lots of my friends! This is a pictures of me and my friend, Kristin. She’s about to embark on her one-year internship (like mine here in Memphis), but she’s doing hers in Houston. She also happens to have the two sweetest cats EVER! They definitely "play well with others" much better than my girls. We had the fortunate opportunity to petsit during both recent trips. Lucky us!

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Congratulations, Kyle & Jessica!

By Abby at 9:03 pm on Sunday, May 29, 2005

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On Her Way

By Abby at 8:51 am on Thursday, May 12, 2005

Abby heads off

Abby is on her way to defend her dissertation in the hallowed, limestone halls at 10:30a CST.  Make sure you send out all the good vibes you can muster.  

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Pre-Defense Ramble

By Abby at 7:27 pm on Monday, May 9, 2005

I will not win this game today. I worked from 9 to 7:30 with a 45-minute break in the middle for a little lunch with Aaron. My new rotation is a little overwhelming, but they keep me very busy, which I like a lot. It’s so much easier to work hard when there’s lots to do and when I’m in one building all day. It’s so different from being in the schools. I meet for the very last time with my two main counseling cases in the high schools. I’ll miss ’em. It’s been a long road. I doubt there will be tearful goodbyes, but I leave hoping I’ve made some difference in their young lives.

After meeting with those two kids, I will come back home and start packing for my trip back to Bloomington, the closest place to home I have, really. It’s weird. Atlanta is really my home, but my parents aren’t there anymore, so it doesn’t really feel like home. Bloomington was a place where I lived the 7 years before coming here last August. I really did a lot of growing up there. It’s where my ex and I began our married lives. It’s where we adopted Jeep and Maggie. It’s where I discovered my profession. I was living there when my marriage ended, when I learned how to live alone, where I learned how to be a School Psychologist, and where I learned how to be a college teacher. Bloomington is where I learned Yoga and a million other hobbies. It’s where I really came into my own as a cook.

I’m so happy to go back, to see my friends that are still there. The defense is really the last thing on my mind, but it’s also the first. It’s a source of anxiety, but I’m not doing much about it. There just isn’t that much to do. On Wednesday, I’ll sit my ass down to read through all 139 pages and to try and remember what it was I was trying to find out. I’ll go into a room with four white learned men and tell them all about my study and what worked and what didn’t, and I’ll hope the conversation goes off on to some lovely tangent, like my chair’s new twins that will by then be 6 days old… but alas, I’m sure that will not be what happens. It’ll be all business, and hopefully, Wednesday will be enough time to remember what I was up to for all that time!

Clarksdale was a nice break. I wish there was time for recovery afterwards. I have elected to not go through graduation ceremonies. Honestly, it isn’t all that important to me. I may walk in December, but I may not. I may just throw myself one hell of a party after internship ends. I don’t even know where I’d have it. Last year, so many of my friends graduated. There were little envelopes handed around. There were relatives everywhere. Grads posed for pictures. I don’t know. It all seemed a little silly. It didn’t feel like it related to the preparation involved. OK, so I work my ass off for 7 years, live in virtual poverty, racking up $100K+ in loans, so that I can satisfy my goal of having a satisfying and meaningful career. In return, I get to wear a little outfit and eat crudites with old relatives? Hmm… I’ll pass. I’ll just take the meaningful career! Oh, and maybe one of those little envelopes.

I haven’t completely ruled out a December graduation, but honestly, it seems like a lot of expense channeled in the wrong direction.

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