It has been a while since my last update and, goodness, time flies! I believe the last time I wrote it was the eve of Riley's first day of 5th grade. As of today, Riley is almost done with the 6th grade. Riley continues to make all A's, although, it appears to come easy for her. Riley is growing entirely too fast and is quite a young lady now. With a size 9 shoe in Ladies, we already begin shoe sharing.
Bree and I both attend college at University of North Texas (MEAN GREEN; Go Eagles) and we are so close to finishing, finally. I should graduate at the end of July with BA in Sociology. It is a possibility, based on course availability, that I take my final course in the fall and graduate in December. Bree will graduate in December as well with a BA in Anthropology. We both enjoy our studies however, we are ready to have the extra time to spend on other things. We both go to school full-time and it is quite an obligation. We are both thankful to have obtained the large university, four year experience; especially at a nice, well known university. Like I said, we are ready to spend our devoted study time for extra time with Riley ....
New Years Eve 2010, counting down to 2011, we had family in town: Brenda and Phillip. We had cocktails and played Wii as a family. None of the 5 of us actually made it to midnight. We all hit the hay early!
Throughout January we have just worked on getting back into the swing of things. With Bree and I working, Spring semester beginning, Riley's school starting back, and cleaning up from the holidays, we stay busy.
Living here in Dallas, TX, I am not sure that my family and I expected much snow, however, we have already had two snow events this winter. The end of January there was a light snow dusting. This past week was a pretty severe winter storm. The Dallas area received a large amount of ice. The storm came in on Monday evening and a thick layer of ice covered the entire Dallas area. My office closed on Tuesday and Wednesday because the conditions were too hazardous for driving. Thursday my office was open again and it was also the Chinese New Year (it is the year of the rabbit). We convinced our boss to order in Chinese food so we did not have to drive in the ice to pick up lunch and also to honor the Chinese New Year. Thursday night, snow came. We got about three inches of snow on top of the ice. The office was closed again all day Friday and it continued to snow all day on Friday. I think, we ended up with about 5 inches of snow all together.
I was out of work all week, Riley was out of school all week, and Bree was out of her office all week as well. Bree worked from home during the week. In addition, UNT Campus was closed all week as well.
Today, it was above freezing for the first time all week and the ice finally melted away. So, hopefully, by Monday we will begin getting back into our normal routine.
Tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday. Green Bay Packers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers..... right here in Dallas. The event will be held at Cowboys stadium in Arlington. The locals (and even some non-locals) like to call it "Jerry World". I was really pulling for the Cowboys to have made it to the Super Bowl but, it did not happen. Ever since coming to Dallas, I have been a loyal Dallas Cowboys fan. My fandom was established in 2009. I believe that no person should be a "fair-weather fan". I will support my team through good times and bad times, good seasons and bad seasons, through player exchanges, and coaching terminations. I am excited about Jason Garrett taking over as head coach. We will see what happens. As for Super Bowl tomorrow, I am rooting for the Steelers. I know that they are NOT the underdog in this situation but I like the Steelers pretty well.
Right now, I am going to wrap this up and go to bed. Goodnight to all, and to all a good night!
Stephanie Dallas Hightower
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