back to class.

tonight's my last free evening till who knows when... so why not blog? right.

actually first, stephen and i took advantage of our gold's gym membership and went to a spinning class tonight. last time i took one of these classes was back in my senior year in high school! stephen was a complete newbie so we decided to go to the intro class that started just before the actual class. very informative. then the lights went out, black-lights on and the music pumped on high - whew, what a workout. my butt is already sore; tomorrow is going to be bad news for these legs!

after we got home, stephen was so sweet and poured me a nice hot bath to soothe the aches and also so i could finally use the lush happy pill he surprised me with a few weeks ago! i love that he works in georgetown and likes to remind me of his love though all the fun little gifts he has at his finger tips. i'm such a gifts person anyway - he certainly knows my love language! surrounded by a cheery citrus scent with some candlelight and classical music, i truly felt pampered.

then dinner time - extraordinaire. first time ever at home...surf and turf. while i fixed up the lobster tails, he prepared the steak. very yum. of course the championship game was paused during the actual meal itself but that just makes viewing time that much more enjoyable - bye bye annoying commercials.

so here i am, sitting on the couch next to hubs, watching the last few minutes of the kansas v. memphis game (go jayhawks!) and using my evening's high to prepare for the week ahead...

well, first, i start class tomorrow night! class, yes, class. my good friend friend d'ann had to take some econ prereqs for her graduate program at gw's elliott school, so i jumped at the opportunity to take them with her. i had been thinking about it for awhile but couldn't find any classes that were conducsive to my schedule or budget. but when she mentioned USDA's graduate school - i was very suprised. i've only been sort of exposed to their academic offerings through those ubiquitous blue GS totes i see people carrying around everywhere... but i never could figure out what "graduate school" this was. well, it's the government's - and it's conveniently located in l'enfant plaza (just a few metro stops away) and for under $400 a class, it was cheap. so here i am, i have my samuelson microecon book in hand (thanks to half.com) and i'm ready to be a student again! i'll keep you posted on how things go, but at this moment i'm super excited...if not equally as anxious!

tuesday nights...econ class - duration: 3 hrs, 10 weeks.

next up are my new golf lessons i just signed up for at capital city golf school - finally!!! my parent's wrote me a check for xmas to better myself on the green, and i've just now taken that step. starting on wednesday, i will be on my way to becoming the lady version of tiger woods. jk. but really, i'm so proud of myself of starting to really embrace something to call my own. especially now that the weather is warming up, i'm all about spending some quality time on the range with a bucket of balls and a good instructor to teach me to actually hit the ball right. sigh. plus i love east potomac park - the view alone is worth the trip.

wednedsay nights...golf lessons - duration: 1 hr, 8 weeks.

now this week of new beginnings and self-improvement was originally supposed to be capped off with my oh-so-anticipated lasik surgery friday morning (!!!), BUT unfortunately this had to be rescheduled to may. bummer. probably better on the finances since i'm really bankin' on using that stimilus check to help pay the balance. although insurance covers 25% (i'm lucky, i know), perfect vision never comes cheap. at least i have the confidence of having tiger woods' own lasik surgeon - dr. mark whitten. see, tiger and i, we really do have a lot in common :)