Spring Break...What is that?

Officially, I am on spring break; however it does not feel like it! I am already working on my correspondance course, so that within this weekend and a couple of days next week, I can have the next four lessons completed and be ready to take the final. I have to have the course finished by April 1st, so I am already pushing it by waiting this long. Ryan is working on finals for his classes right now. He has been frustrated all day long with bonds and I think just now he is figuring out what to do....or else just guessing.

Even if I do have a lot of homework to do over spring break, I do have some exciting plans too! Ryan and I are going to go hiking this weekend. Then my birthday is next week and I have to work. Lastly, I get to see some of the family! Hooray!

Ryan and I did take a trip to Ruidoso, New Mexico a couple of weekends ago. I meant to type it up here, but school has been pounding me hard with work! Obviously, there was no snow there, but we had fun. It was a group of us that went, so the night we got there, we went to the casino. Not too impressive and I think all together we spent $40 as a group! The next morning Ryan and I took off on our own, driving into the mountains to take pictures, and then stopping in Roswell to laugh at all the alien sights. Ryan laughed more than me since the whole thought scares me. He assured me that none of it is real, just BS. I still don't like to think about that kind of stuff though. Yes, I am a sissy! :)

Work is going great. I am now doing everyting on my own and am just another employee. I don't mind. The job, on most days, is relaxing and educating for me. There are those special days though that make me wonder about politics, people, etc.....

I do have a story to share before I return to my operating budgets. Scarlett is still a member of our family at the present time, although Tuesday I got fed up with her. At six in the morning, I am getting ready for class and trying to study while she is running through the house, jumping and laying down right on my study guide and starts biting me. I put up with it for about an hour and then I just let her outside. That is where we found her and I had to get some stuff done. Anyway, I went to tell Ryan I was about to leave and told him I don't think we had a cat anymore because she ran away when I put her outside for a while to play. He got out of bed, in his pjs, put on a jacket, no shoes and went outside to look for her! I didn't think he liked her that much, but apparently I was wrong. He said it was just because he didn't want to find smooshed kitty, but I seem to see it otherwise. We found her however and she is back at home, being a sweetheart. Silly me though, I though he didn't like cats!

Here are some pics from the Ruidoso trip...

On the way back home, we ran into a really bad wind storm. That is why I have this Wizard of Oz picture...