Things have been so absolutely crazy lately that we've been hanging on for dear life. I am currently teaching 3 classes which is a bigger teaching load than our full-time professors have (obviously they have research and other school responsibilities but still). It's the same teaching load that our professors had at ISU. On top of the volume of classes, they are all new courses so there is LOTS of prep that has to be done. I love the classes- especially sport sociology- so I know I'll look back and think it was a great experience but right now it seems overwhelming!

Two weekends ago our friend Kala from ISU came to visit and we had a great time! She is in PT school and currently doing an internship in Ann Arbor where she doesn't know anybody so it was nice for all of us to see a familiar face. 


I had to work a basketball game on Saturday night but Mikel and Kala were able to get tickets. It was fun to show her the big time atmosphere and enjoy a game!

Of course we had to take pictures of the final four and national championship banners with the new one from last season!

We showed her around town, went out to eat, and hung out with some friends-- all in all, a great visit! She also greatly appreciated sleeping in a bed. Since she is only here for 8 weeks she only brought an air mattress, card table and banana chair. We told her we could loan us some of our extra furniture but she didn't bite!

Since then, I've been getting school in early and Mikel has been ice fishing a lot! We are headed to Muncie, IN and Ball State University tomorrow morning so I can present at a small conference (Midwest AASP- association for applied sport psychology). The conference is fairly short and my my presentation is very first so hopefully it will be a fun weekend!


We also got quite the storm this week. About 10 inches of snow in about 24 hours. It didn't shut down town but did slow us down a little! Hopefully things will slow down to at least a manageable pace soon!