One Month Into The "New Year"

So here I sit on my "fitness ball," a low-key addition to my core workouts for crew and such, typing out another post, more than two weeks after I last bestowed my thoughts upon this blog.
Classes are shaping up pretty well, and much like last semester, I like all of my instructors. Some of them were quirky or intimidating at first, but through their lectures and interaction with their respective classes, I have come to respect and enjoy each of them. I have my first test coming up next Thursday in AC389, a more advanced computer applications class dealing with accounting information systems (AIS).
Crew began the day after I last posted, and now nearly three full weeks of practice are over. Tomorrow afternoon we will be driving up to Chattanooga for our first competition, the Indoor Rowing Championships at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga gym. I am eagerly looking forward to the competition; I heard a great deal about it last year, but I was unable to go because of resident adviser interviews that were being held the same day. However, this year, no such obstruction is in place, and I will be contending for a first place time on the team, as I have been hot on Drew's heels since we started this semester. I beat him by 12 seconds on a 6000m time trial, and he beat me by two and four seconds respectively on the first and second 2200m time trial, so it has been close.
Stephanie and I are continuing to plug away at wedding planning. She has been doing a wonderful job of organizing tasks and getting them completed and checked off the list. One of her strong points is definitely that of organization. She likes having a planner with all of her assignments, homework, and obligations laid out neatly and concisely, and then she works through them as they come along. I help out where I can, offering my input and opinion where needed, and supporting hers when I do not have a preference. Yesterday it was 100 days until the wedding!
It is tax season, and I am going to be attempting my first real individual tax return. Hopefully I have retained something from last semester...
I am in the midst of something I thought I would never do: pledge a Greek society. Do not fear, it is not a fraternity; I am pledging Beta Alpha Psi, an academic honor society for upperclassmen accounting, finance, and MIS majors. Along with crew and Avanti, BAPsi is going to be one of those "other" large time-consumption items on my schedule.
Speaking of Avanti, we are gearing up for SROW, the annual Southern Regional Orientation Workshop. This year it is going to be held in Columbus, which is Stephen's hometown, which is pretty cool. Sadly though, I probably will not be able to connect with the Sauciers, even though it will be my first time in that area of Georgia since the fall of my freshman year!
And that is a general update of the last 18 days.
The end.