A long, long, time ago...

I posted regularly to this blog. My Ph.D work has really kicked in and I rarely get the time over here. Plus, facebook is so easy to post to, it makes it harder to come over here and do long form, more personal writing.

Since January, I have been involved in a cover band, called the Crestview Kings. It has been a great experience. We played out to a packed house in May. We have several gigs lined up. I have completed almost all of my Ph.D class work. I am in the running for the coordinator position at my work.

Lara has kept her job secure for another year. The kids have done great in school. The girls enjoyed another season of soccer. Carl applied and was accepted into IMSA, the Illinois Math and Science Academy. He'll start in the fall, which means our baby will be leaving home soon. It's hard for me to wrap my mind around it.

We were nearly flooded out of our home in May, during the flood in Metropolis. The water was once in a lifetime high. I'll get back to you with pictures later.

I think I'm gonna turn pro...

I got my grades back from my grad classes, and I am still making the straight "A's." I am very relieved, because I honestly didn't know what grade I was going to get in my special ed law class. I think I have a publishable paper coming from my other class, which is what they tell me I need to have under my belt.

Flurries in May...

I have published a flurry of posts already this month, because I have finished my grad classes for this semester. They were difficult and extremely time consuming. I literally fell asleep reading every night, and that was usually sometime between 2 and 3 am. I need the break (to do other things, like write blogs).

Statistically Speaking....

I am in the process of completing my Ph.D. Or, I guess you could say starting my Ph.D. Regardless, I have just completed my second stats class Multiple Regression, with an "A." So far, I am batting a thousand ( a statistic, if you didn't know).

Can we test the likelihood that my gpa is 4.0? Yes, we can!

Ho: X bar = 4.0

Ha: X bar does not = 4.0.

Simple Regression model, use Student T test statistic, with alpha level of .05. Test. Result is not significant. Therefore, we fail to reject the null hypothesis. We accept that the mean gpa for this grad school monkey does not significantly vary from 4.0.

Now, thank God that part is over. On to the bigger and better things to study!