The adventures continue...

(where he proposed and where we lived as newlyweds)

To update you on Mr. Wonderful's adventures, he is now a member of the Atmospheric Club at the University! He is taking Spanish, History of Religion, and Evolution of Jazz. Seeing him take these courses and meet people, and enjoy the university makes me happier than I could have imagined. I wanted him to have the opportunity, and seeing my childhood sweetheart head off to his classes and thrive is one of the best things I've seen in my entire life.

He is going to attend the American Meteorological Society conference in Atlanta this January, as a student conference worker, and they will cover his hotel and other expenses. He will get to meet other fellow weather/science buffs! The conversations he will have...! I am so excited for him.



It has been quite a journey since we got married in May, 2007...as our blog readers know, I convinced him to leave the corporate world and return to school to follow his passion, involving a move from Colorado to Miami to do so.



I am extremely proud of this update!!! He is taking a great group of classes in the next semester, including his second composition class, with the focus of The Big Lebowsky (!), his first meteorology class, and a communications course from our amazing communications school.



In between our semesters, we are going to Colorado. I will be trading in the December Miami weather for snow in Boulder... the adventures continue!

Good News: Mr. Wonderful's Scholarship!

Dear Lovely Readers,

I am sooo excited to announce that Mr. Wonderful is the recipient of a scholarship for this year as he continues to embark on college at the tender age of 37!

He applied for a national scholarship particularly for returning adults, and we just learned he was selected!!!

It has been quite a road, and this turn of events is one for which we are more than grateful, this wonderful man just continues to blaze some amazing trails!

I told him this is just the beginning of many more good things to come. :)

Thanks for all your fabulous encouragement along the way...it seems that I was just blogging about his minor bumps in applying as an adult, (try getting your high school transcripts from the dark ages before computers...they arrived many moons and stares into the mailbox later, a copy of the original with handwritten grades!)

and suddenly he already has several classes and a 4.0, the scholarship on top of our benefits... watch out world! My Mr. Wonderful is coming to get you!

And now, back to my regularly scheduled bubble bath and shiraz...

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soak in summery tropics--Miami summer on campus

Orange Blossoms
Roots and more roots
tropical skies through canopies of leaves
a tropical friend...
trying to escape the lens
hanging on for dear life
campus oasis
firecrackers!
texture everywhere
architecture and skies
a good spot to enjoy some shade
green, green, and more green
an old art classroom building
such majestic and fairytale-like trees
palm lined walk
peacocks or fronds?
luscious!
so manicured... and a weathered sculpture
manatee waters
snake crossing!

more to come...how is your summer treating you?

Mr. Bliss is finished with school.

Today I turned in my last paper for my first class. So maybe this week I can blog about things I love instead of doing assignments. Back to school at 37 is interesting. If you are thinking about going back to school do it!

I am currently cold brewing some "Jamaican Me Crazy" coffee, I'm sure by tomorrow evening I'll be writing columns again and zipping along on a pleasant caffeinated buzz! I'n the meantime I will be chilling on South Beach doing my thing.

This blog has been almost totally my wife's blog as of late but maybe she would want to post my last homework assignment about how the male body is now to be enjoyed by women in today's visual consumer culture. Or not. LOL Ok, I'm off to make us some dinner.

Back To School!!! Summer School, for starters!

Have I *mentioned* that Mr. Wonderful

got accepted into University of Miami?????

(where I earned my master's in creative writing?)

He is now a... 'Cane!!!

Have I mentioned that we went and got him registered for summer classes??????

Have I mentioned how happy we are about this????

For beautiful vintage postcards of the campus,

click here.... and Enjoy!!!