Merry Christmas!
How’s this Christmas treating everyone? I love being able to be home and relax. I went to bed at 8:30 last night…innnncredible. Slept until 7:15 the next morning and I plan on repeating the same schedule sometime soon. Getting old, haha. Guess that’s what turning 22 will do to you.
Tomorrow the whole gang of us will be heading up to Grandma’s house. We haven’t been up there in a couple of years, so I’m looking forward to it. Seriously, though, this eating thing has to stop. I’ll never get into that wedding dress in two months.
Eloping is looking better than ever. Weddings are a pain. I just want to get married to the man I love and enjoy my day. The end. Every other little detail is unnecessary and too expensive.
My Wedding Site
Exciting stuff, we’ll be keeping busy! I’ll try to post more later, maybe with pictures.
December Already?!
Time is flying by. School makes it seem reeeeally slow sometimes, but wedding plans make it seem like I don’t have time for anything and tomorrow is always here before I’m ready for it. I think I kind of like things this way. I’m running around like a chicken with my head cut off, but I’m certainly not bored!
We have locations for the ceremony and reception booked, invitations bought, the invitation list almost complete, tuxes ordered, and a caterer almost booked. I have another photographer meeting on Thursday and tomorrow I will be going wedding dress/bridesmaid dress shopping. This weekend we will be placing a flower order and designing the bouquets/corsages/boutonnieres, as well as addressing invitations. Our program is almost done and we have ideas for entertaining people at the reception…our wedding music is coming together as well.
Things are really happening! It’s exciting and can be lots of fun. I just need to remember that when things get stressful. If school didn’t feel the need to butt in on my plans, things would be fine and dandy.
I am still looking for full-time employment after graduation and part-time employment for the rest of the school year. If anyone hears of any openings, let me know! Thanks for all the support. I’ll see some of you this weekend. Later!
Thanksgiving break has been wonderful. #1 news…..
1/3 of Senior Year Complete
Break is amazing, I’m at home enjoying my amazing family and eating far too much food. My brother fixed my Stone Age computer and Thanksgiving is coming up SOON. Can’t wait!
I love not having to think. Break is good for the soul. The only down side so far was the UofM/OSU game. Next year, boys.
IKEA was awesome, I got lots of coveting done and even bought a toilet brush. Maybe someday I’ll walk out of there with the kitchen of my dreams too, but that day’s kinda far away.
Finals
Monday – Control Systems (1 PM)
Tuesday – Theoretical Aerodynamics (8 AM)
Engineering System Design (6 PM)
Wednesday – Mechatronics (6 PM)
I’ll be outta here in three and a half short days.
Last Friday
This is officially my last day of classes for this quarter. I have finals next week and then I’ll be home for break.
Wanna hear some sweet news? I’ll be taking only 14 credit hours next quarter, then guess what? ONE class in the spring. And I’m done. :):) No more books, or teacher’s dirty looks, or any of that noise. I’m DONE!
I am already several weeks into my senior project for the year, in which my team and I will be designing, building, and flying a model airplane of about 5 feet by 4 feet, maximum dimensions. In the spring we will be making a trip out to Kansas to join the other DBF teams (from all over the country and overseas…MIT, Purdue, etc.) in a competition. Since we started before the other senior design teams, we will also finish a month or so early. 
So I will have even less to do after our final competition. We will have to present at Rose, but that won’t be a big deal, and the required documentation for the DBF competition will also cover our senior design documentation. It’s a good deal.
See you all over break. I’ll basically just be studying for the next 5 days, hopefully with no interruptions. Later!
Sorry about the long time since I last updated. This quarter is doing it’s best to kill me, so most of my time is spent preventing that from happening.
Volleyball is almost over, for which I am extremely grateful. We have one more practice tomorrow and one more game on Wednesday, then I am done.
I am working on a project that will become a football game for one class. This class consumes more time than I thought possible, but our game will be sweet once we finish. It’s really a simple idea, it’s a field goal game, just flicking a paper football through the uprights, but we will be building a nice game board with movable uprights. The teams are Illinois and Michigan, and the game lights up an LED by each name when it is that player’s turn. Then you get 20 seconds to kick a field goal. If you make it, your score on the LCD screen goes up by one. The first team to reach 5 points sets of the buzzer which plays that team’s fight song and the LCD announces that you won. It’s fun, but mostly just a pile of wires and a computer program right now.
Mom and Dad are coming to visit me this weekend! I’m excited and ready to show them around. It will be fun.
I can’t wait for break. Sleep, food, turkey,Elyse’s birthday, family, and some relaxing….it will be so nice. See you all soon!
I’m an Aunt Again!
I’ll post pictures of me and the new niece as soon as I go up there to visit her and take some pictures! Yay, welcome Ava Joy Rumley!
Career Fair
Yesterday was our Rose-Hulman career fair. We had 210 companies attend, a record for us. I’m on the career fair team, so we set up Tuesday night and on Wednesday I was required to work the fair outside of actually attending it.
It was amazing. I talked to lots of companies (got lots of free stuff, hehe), and today I have two interviews. I have to apply online for another job as well, and I am waiting to hear back from another company. This is a big day, I’m a little nervous.
I’ll let you know how the interviews go. Gotta go get ready. Lacey, hope you’re hanging in there ok. SOOOON, no worries!
Ratatouille
I was inspired by the Disney movie and made some ratatouille, again courtesy of my Cooking for Engineers site. The dish was pretty good, but I think if I were to make it again I would add more tomatoes (or a tomato sauce) and serve it over rice. Next on my cooking list: homemade mushroom soup. I’m excited about this one!
Homecoming was this weekend for Rose. The football team won! It only proved the outhouse theory correct. Our tradition is to set off a huge bonfire and if the outhouse on top falls through the middle of the beams, the football team will win the next day. It did, and they did. It was a good game! Once again, KT and I made shirts, and this time Dani did too. Lots of fun, and a pretty good weekend minus our volleyball game.
Now I’m waiting for baby Rumley #3 to show up so I can run up to Michigan to see him! Today’s the due date…so maybe I’ll hear something soon. Time to get some homework done, I’ll update soon.
More Vball Stuff
It’s what I do, sorry that’s all I’ve talked about recently. Here are some photos from the last home match. We didn’t win, I don’t know why we played so poorly…I actually had a decent game, but we couldn’t pull it together.
Serving:
This one makes me laugh. Frog legs!
These next two are in sequence. Block goes up:
Nu-uh, son.
Trying to split ‘em. Don’t remember if I was successful or not.
That’s all, folks. Enjoy.
Pre-season Conference Standings
Check it out!
http://www.heartlandconf.org/volleyball/volleyball.htm
Hi
What’s been going on with me? Mostly I’ve just been busy recently with school, practice, games on weekends, and trying to get back into college mode. I got to see some of the fam last weekend, thanks for coming down, guys! I can’t wait to see you all this weekend.
I have lots of projects and labs this year, and I’m sure the job search will keep me hopping. Having an offer does make it a tad less stressful, but not much.
Gotta get going, I’m on a lunch break right now. Here’s a picture of my lovely team! 
Second Set of Games
We won…went home 2-2 this weekend…so we already have as many wins as we had last season. I think we won both matches in 4 (Luke, not 4 seconds or minutes…4 games in one match).
And that’s all for now.
First Games
We lost the first game in 3 and the second in 4. We looked really good in the second game but I think everyone was tired. It wasn’t the best day. Tomorrow will be better. I’ll let you all know how those go. Two of my interns made it to the first game, I kinda wish we could have done better for them. Going to bed now.
I made ribs (the pork variety) yesterday. I’m almost domestic, Mom. Em, they turned out pretty good! Really simple, too.
Volleyball has settled down into a somewhat normal routine now, and our house has couches and will soon sport a futon as well. We’re ready to roll for this year, I suppose. Classes start on Thursday, in two days. Our first game is on Friday. So soon! I’m looking forward to it, though.
I have found a new website I like. It’s called Cooking for Engineers. Nope, not kidding at all, and it’s exactly what I need too, imagine that.
I spent a buttload on books and I only got 3 this quarter. Hopefully I can beg borrow or steal for next quarter. Alright, that’s all I got for now. Later!
Short on Supplies
I have vegetables on my hand. Got an X-ray today for a jammed finger. Nothing’s wrong with it except the size. It’s a little puffy, thus the vegetables on my hand.
There’s not much else going on. Just volleyball. I took Tylenol nighttime stuff so I’m about ready to hit the sack. At 8, yep. All done with two-a-days though! Later taters.
One Down
One two-a-day down, three more to go. I’m surprised we only have 4 this year, but I’m glad. I really think two-a-days do nothing for you except lots of reps with the ball. It’s a tearing down of your body with no time for building your muscles back up.
We had our first puker yesterday morning. Poor little freshman.
Well, I need to head down to the gym soon. Can’t wait to see everyone!
I don’t know how it’s looking on your computers, but it’s supposed to be plain. There will be no visible boxes and all links should be on the bottom of the page. Embrace change. It’s good for you.
Vball
I’m back at Rose. Volleyball preseason. I’m tired.
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Look, I’m a Tropical Storm!
This is really cool except for the destruction and danger I am going to bring upon the coast of Texas. Maybe I’ll become a hurricane.
I got to drive a 770 truck (y’all saw that one) and a 777F truck (you haven’t seen that one, I’ll put pictures up later maybe) and I also drove a big scraper, not sure of the size. I have pictures of me up in the first 24M, and it’s painted white. I’ll try to show you that later as well.
I have two days of work left and then volleyball starts! My final act at CAT is a presentation from 8-9 on Friday morning. We’ll see how that goes. Love y’all, ttyl!
I Got to Drive a Truck!
Sorry about the photos in this one, I can’t figure out how to make it not be all jacked up.
I drove the smallest one Decatur makes, apparently, but it sure felt big to me! I drove over this little hill they have inside the practice track, and it felt like I was going over a mountain! The cab points toward the sky for a bit, then you’re pointed right at the ground….WOW. Lots of fun! It goes up to 42 miles per hour. Not sure I ever got that fast, though. It was so bumpy…the one I drove didn’t have the bed attached, so there was no weight holding her down. I couldn’t keep the gas pedal down I was bumping around so much! Yep, the engine kept revving and revving…haha, they won’t let me do this twice!
Anyways, these pictures are all with a different truck that has the bed attached. It was on the sound pad, and I got to raise the bed myself! Sooooo cool! Look how big this monster is. I’m sh
orter than the wheels!
This isn’t a smile. It’s a grimace of pain. There was lots of sun.
I know, you all wish you were as cool as me with my nifty hard hat. Safety glasses too, but you can’t really see them in this picture.
Oooo. Big toys.
Here you can see my super sexy ear plugs. I’m getting ready to drive this baby! Well, raise the truck bed at least.
Mommy! Look what I can do!
Yup, that was all me. I feel small.
Another shot in case you weren’t digging the last several.
