Week 2 and 3

Sorry, I had a Midterm and its been crazy around here. The midterm went well. My kids are not crazy about the time I spend studying, so I try to balance studying with time for them. Which means the blog suffers!


I got an A on my midterm. The mistakes I made on it had more to do with the length of the test and my attention span more than my knowledge of the material. And it was 60 % multiple choice. I hate multiple choice. All in all a good effort.


I do enjoy being back in the class room. I enjoy the material in the class and the professor is good though sometimes he comes across as nervous. It is strange that he is my age (graduated High School the year before me). But that is bound to happen. Many of the professors have kids close in age to mine. Makes for interesting conversation.

They gave me keys! All the graduate students get keys to the Econ grad student computer lab and the student lounge. I feel so important. Though I did have a strange encounter with a 5th year PhD student my first time in the computer lab. The door is always locked, so I used my key to get in. She came in behind me and asked if I was a student. I said yes, I was new. I mean she saw I had a key so I was surprised by the question. She was friendly and introduced herself and asked what I was taking, etc. She did seem suspicious but I guess I passed the questioning. I've seen her a few times since and she always smiles and waves. Seems nice enough.

So, this week is my last week in Macro. I have a quiz on Monday and a final on Friday. My brain already hurts thinking about it. And we have my oldest last day of soccer camp on Monday as well. So, add that to the REQUIRED visits to the pool, and we have a busy week. I'll try to post after the final.

First Week

I am taking two prerequisites this summer that I need to start my program in the fall. Intermediate Macro and Micro. They offer each in a month long course over the summer. Two hours a day, everyday for a month. It is fast and furious and not for the week of heart. I am taking Macro right now, and will take Micro in July.

Macro is going well, I feel well prepared from my previous classes. I had a fantastic teacher at Augusta State, I owe it all to him. I've seen most of this before so it has been a nice review. I took my first test Monday, missed one question. Stupid Hedonic Pricing! Won't forget that again. I'm excited to back in the swing of things, graphing away. Ah, I've missed the graphs...

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog! I wanted a log of my time at K-State, so I started a blog for it. I didn't want to muddy up my family blog with my blatherings about school in the midst of cute picture of my girls.


A little about me, for the two or three people who happen across this during late night reading. I am a 36 year old who married her highschool sweetheart, is mother of two and former accountant. I gave up accounting five years ago when my oldest was six months old because the stress and the time commitment of the job was more than I cared to deal with as a new mom and the wife of a fourth year medical student.

I began to think about pursuing a PhD in college, when an economics professor said I had potential. I love economics because all the graphs make sense to me. Yes, I love math.
I decided to working at first after to college. I have an MBA that I got while I was working but the idea of a PhD stayed in the back of my mind. When I stopped working I began to work on the prerequisites I needed to apply for a PhD. We moved and I continued to work on them. Then I had my second child and concentrated on her.

I finally began the steps to apply a few years ago. I studied for and took the GRE. I applied to a school and waited. I found out I was accepted the same week we found out we could not be able to move for another year due to my husband's job. But I deferred and waited and now, I am starting! My first class is tomorrow. A little nervous and being the old timer in a college classroom. Wish me luck!