Good Friday (but really, most Fridays are. . .)

This morning was the easiest commute I've had in the seven months I've been at this job--56 minutes. Every morning I time the 55.6-mile (that's one way, folks), and my previous best was 59 (and yes, I am a little bit obsessive. Why do you ask?? :) )

Although I'm a little envious of all the people who are off from work today, at least I could enjoy my guilty-pleasure morning radio show and look forward to my traditional venti nonfat extra-hot latte--my one vice that I indulge on Fridays to celebrate the end of the week.

We head to Virginia tomorrow to visit my in-laws for the weekend for Easter. My husband comes from a MUCH larger family than me--he is one of 4 siblings and has tons of aunts/uncles/cousins, whereas I'm one of two and both my parents are only children. So no cousins or anything. Isn't that a little weird? I really enjoy his family, with the exception of his sister. And I will say that sometimes I really dread going to visit because of her and she'll wind up being perfectly lovely, so I suppose she isn't a horrible person. . .she can just be VERY selfish and nasty, especially to my mother-in-law, who is kind and sweet and bends over backwards to accommodate her. As SIL has gotten older she has gotten somewhat better, but in general it is HER show and everything needs to please HER.

One classic example--we were celebrating my mother-in-law's birthday a few years back and another of my sisters-in-law made a point of asking her what sort of cake she liked best. MIL says chocolate or carrot. So SIL #1 proceeds to get vanilla, since she and her son like that best and she knows her mother wouldn't dare say anything.

At the moment I'm waiting to find out if I've been accepted to a doctoral program in higher education (my career field)--the university said letters would be sent "in March". I was pretty patient until last Wednesday and now I scoot directly to the mail when I get home, do not pass go, do not collect $200. . .still nothing, but fingers crossed maybe I'll hear today. I feel like once I know one way or the other, it will give me some direction--continuing at work and taking advantage of a nice tuition reimbursement benefit, or maybe setting the countdown clock for the day when I can step back out of the workforce for a while. We shall see. . .