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I haven't really kept the blog up with my personal life recently, so here we go--

Most of my time is currently absorbed by my classes for my master's degree:

• Introduction to Public Administration: This class is mostly reading covering the history, theory, and practice of public administration. It's interesting stuff, and I'm learning a lot about the structure and nature of our country.
• Economics and Public Finance: Really cool class, but the material is not easy. We were just exploring cost-benefit analysis for public works, and part of the chapter was talking about valuing human life. woo!
• Research and Analytic Methods: Once-a week (4 hrs) session where we talk about statistics and methods of understanding what the public wants. Good to know. For this class, I'm working up a paper exploring local attitudes toward a Christo & Jeanne-Claude project planning to drape the river upstream of Canon. I'm really interested and I think it'll be a good paper.

The real event in life right now is getting ready for the baby. I'd like to say that we've got the house all baby-ready, but we're not even close. I still want to get the living room carpet replaced, and we're working hard to combine the dog and cats so we can have a room for the baby.

Other than that, I have a project with a friend of mine from the old job. We're going to build a house for some people. Should be a good amount of work, but also some good money. If they ever sell their current house, that is. Nothing physical proceeds without the funds from that, but we've submitted for a permit so we can get moving when they sell.

One more thing: I have been waiting for today for a long long time. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed comes out today, and I have had it on pre-order for a while. I've actually been waiting for it to come out for over a year (it kept being delayed). So I'm working hard to get ahead of my classes so that I can devote thursday-friday to playing it while Becky's at work. Glad I got the Wii's cooler fan unstuck.

Oh yeah, the Rockies are not doing well (understatement). My fantasy football team has no QB. Sports is getting pushed aside in favor of Dadlabs.