…but I did enjoy a nice trip to Washington, DC.
Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to go to NASP’s annual conference. This year it was in Washington, DC, which afforded us a plethora of tourist-y activities for the week.
First, we hit the monuments, from Washington and Lincoln to the various war memorials. We also visited fun museums like the Natural History Museum and the Air & Space Museum, which are some of the coolest museums I’ve been to! One of my favorites was visiting the Ford Theater to see the place where Lincoln was shot and died.
As far as the conference goes, I would say that the experience will be much more valuable in the next couple of years as I begin to work in the field. While there were sessions geared towards grad students, I didn’t find them to be as helpful as one would expect. Even those seem more applicable in your second year, as a practicum student. So, I’m looking forward to heading back to conferences over the years to continue to build upon the foundation I’m working on in grad school.
On Friday I took a detour and headed back to Georgia to see my family. After a short weekend there, I returned to good ole Waco, Texas. Now there is only one week before I travel back to Georgia during spring break. Then wedding planning will kick into high gear!
As graduate school has been taking up the bulk of my time, planning has been paused. I am excited to get back to that because it really has been enjoyable. It’s funny though–I keep waiting on everyone to get tired of hearing about the wedding, but truth be told, I’ve found that I’m usually the one saying, “Let’s talk about that later.” Don’t get me wrong, I do like when people ask about plans, but when I’m overwhelmed with other things, wedding planning takes a back seat.
I’ve just found that I’m a thousand times more concerned with preparing for my marriage than planning for my wedding.
a thousand new paths 