My First Blog Post.......Hi Ladies!!!

Hi ladies!! I finally decided to get my butt in gear and am putting forth my very first blog entry. My name is Shannon Perlstrom (previously Lipinski). I joined the sorority in 2003 and I was VP of Organisation the very next year. Erika was my big sister and Ashlyn is my little sister. My third year I was too busy to take on a little sister and there were not enough little sisters for everyone that year. I loved being apart of the sorority for those three years and have developed close friendships with several of the girls I met through the years. I appreciate the connections I have made with my sisters and hope that I will get a chance to create these connections with fellow alumnae sisters in the future. I finally tied the knot with my husband Carl on July 7, 2007 (the busiest wedding day in history). We have been together since I was 15 which will be 10 years in November. I can't believe how fast time goes by. It seems like we just got engaged not that long ago (which happened in Nicaragua on a sailing trip and we stopped for lunch on a beach....he dragged me out for a walk onto a rock bluff with the ocean all around us...it was an engagement girls dream of and I even have a picture).

I have been in University for what seems like forever but I am finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and will be a certified teacher as of May 2009. I am sorry that I have been absent this year but my life got turned upside down on September 11, 2007. I had settled on the fact that I was not going to get into the education program this year but on that September day I got a call saying I got in but in Terrace. I hade 4 hours to decide whether or not I was going to move to Terrace for the next two years or try again next year. My husband and I decided that it would be the best in the long run for me to get my school done so I moved to Terrace the very next day and started classes the day after that. I was very nervous starting the program a week late but I walked into the classroom and heard my name and I looked over and there was Mackenzie. She made the transition into the class much easier. As of now, I just finished my first teaching practicum with a grade 1/2 class and absolutely loved it. I cannot wait to be a full fledge teacher with my own class and that is where I am at now. I am looking forward to the semester being done and getting to go home for the summer. Since getting married I have seen my husband for maybe 2 months in total and I cannot wait to be back home. Well, that's about it for now!!