Our grandchildren will think we are normal

I am sure that our grandchildren will think we are totally normal grandparents. They will also continually ask our children, their parents, how they got so lucky to have parents as open minded, yet nurturing, as we are. They will also say that they wish they had parents that were that much fun.

On the other hand, I am not sure what makes my children and nieces and nephews think that my parents are wierd. I think it is possible to have the opinion that any grandparents are wierd, especially after you get to know them well, which most grandchildren usually do.

So there you have my opinion.

And now Lindsey can cease chastising me for not contributing to this blog - at least for awhile.

So our Grandparents are pretty weird...

I have several reasons for making this claim. One whenever I put doritos in some lettuce I think I am eating real life mexican food, actually the same is true for almost any kind of chip. ooooohhhh!

Next, I talked to Nick and he pretty much said the same about the Fincham side. periodically he will find himself doing something and think, wow thats like the Finchams.

So what are our children going to say is super strange about our parents?

family theme

I was listening to NPR today and the contributor was quite entertaining. Among other things he talked about was how every family has a theme.
"Our father left us so we are totally dysfunctional"
"We were raised by a gypsy"
"We are filthy rich"
"Although we live in Greenwich Village we were raised like we lived in Kansas City"

What shall our family theme be?

The Mom

Let's all take some time to talk about Lindsey!

I have several points of interest to discuss with those of you who aren't reading this blog anyway. But I feel that if I keep making comments, eventually someone in the family will respond. Where is Elizabeth anyway?

• Remember Thornton Burgess? did you know that Mother Westwind Stories were published in 1909? I learned that recently and was amazed that I didn't find that book boring.
• I am done sugar coating this information. I hate my roommate. outright and blatantly I hope that she literally does drive herself insane to the point that she has to go home. I go out of my way to be nice and to be polite, but I am not afforded the same respect. She wakes me up 3 times a day which is naturally a little frustrating. Plus, as you all know I can't function politely in society if I need a nap...which I can't get because she will start making a ton of noises.
• My midterm today got canceled. It is on Monday now, I guess I already studied for it/didn't think I needed to study for it so I wont have to not study on Sunday. I also took the most ridiculous midterm in Cross Cultural Communication. which is mostly a made up subject anyway...so I don't know that I should expect any better of the professor or the test. My problem really is that the professor has a problem with the fact that I am American and female. Just like the French kid in the class who voted for Sarkozy anyway. blegh. Wednesdays suck!
• So I have several options for my future.
  

1. I might graduate in the spring and do something real with my life
2. I might graduate next spring and have a bachelors and a masters degree at that point.
3. Maybe I'll have a summer internship with the state department. maybe I would really hate to that though
4. If I ever graduate I would like to go to Morocco or Mongolia in the peace corps. That would completely ruin my chances of being in the CIA though. Did you know that? that if you are in the peace corps you can't be in the CIA and vice versa? weird.
5. There is an undergraduate research grant available to me from AU if I apply and they give it to me. it is only 2,500 dollars but that could be awesome. Let me explain this: I have a class called intro to international relations research, where I have to write a research design which outlines how i would like to conduct research about something. I actually have to write three 5 page research designs in different styles and one 12 page research design which i guess is a combination. This research design is going to be about the peace movement in the baltics and the dissolution of the soviet union. because it is about peace movements I can actually write a paper with the information I have and turn it in for my Introduction to Peace and Conflict Resolution class. thusly, I have completed assignments for 2 classes with this one paper. PLUS! I can also use the research design I have written to apply for the undergraduate research grant. I think that if nothing else a free trip to Latvia where I pretend to make Valija my translator is a good idea.

• I feel that you are all lying to me just slightly about my cat. I didn't know he had a drain in until mouse told me. If he dies I would like not to be super surprised. I am going to be sad either way, you know.

Life is going well and I will be excited for the end of October when all my important tests deadlines and tuitions will be done/completed/paid.

Random Discovery

While all of my friends are lame this evening(and because I found a course catalog through my new position as an Ambassador) I looked to see what I need to do to graduate. to my great surprise I realized I only need 9 classes to graduate. if i weasel around a little bit and really court my adviser with my Sterling credits and how they should transfer I could graduate as early as this coming spring. THATS ON TIME!!! This completely changes my view of everything! I thought I was lying to myself about graduating in December of 08, and to realize that i could graduate an entire year earlier than I was planning. whoa!

So...I could possibly have a degree in 6 months...what am I going to do with my life?

Fincham Family Page

I started this page due to a Lindsey idea. Let's see what happens.