Tagged...

Here is the survey thing Caleb wanted me to do.

1. Last kiss? Richard Stephen Allison the 26^th.

2. How do you flush the toilet in public? Hands, I am completely not afraid of germs. That’s what soap is for.
3. Do you wear your seatbelt in the car? Always when I’m the driver, but only if I remember to if I’m the passenger
4. Do you have a crush on someone? Besides Rick, probably Dr. McDreamy

5. Name one thing you start to get tense about if you are close to running out of it: food

6. What famous person do you (or other people) think you resemble? In high school a guy I knew said I looked like Cindy Lou Who, not a celeb, but a character at least.

7. Favorite pizza topping? Pineapple

8. Finish this sentence: If my life was a sitcom my theme song would be... an original composition written for the show and performed by Maroon 5
9. Do you pop your knuckles? Yup, ever since elementary school

10. What song do you dislike the most when it gets stuck in your head? Anything right as I’m laying down to sleep.
11. Did just mentioning that song make it get stuck in your head? Nope.

12. What are your super powers?
13. Peppermint or Spearmint? Peppermint, hello people, just think candy cane.

14. Where are your keys? On the microwave

15. Who's answers to this questionnaire do you want to hear? Whoever would want to do this
16. What's your most annoying habit? I talk too much.

17. Where did you last go on vacation? Maybe California for apartment hunting. If that doesn’t count, than Payson AZ during Christmas break.

18. If you could punch one person in the nose and get away with it, who would it be? Moises Acevedo, a coworker.
19. What is your best physical feature? Lots of people compliment me on my eyelashes.
20. What CD is closest to you right now? Probably all of Ricks computer games.
21. What 3 things can always be found in your refrigerator? Milk, water, jelly.
22. What superstition do you believe/practice? I like to pick up lucky pennys.
23. Does size matter? Nope, cause great things come in small packages.

24. Paper or Plastic? Plastic, usually

25. Do you talk on your cell phone when you drive? Not often, it is dangerous.
26. What are your favorite sayings? I don’t really have sayings.

27. What song do you sing most often in the shower? Songs from the Scarlet Pimpernel.
28. If you could go back or forward in time would you, and where would you go? I would go back, and date Steven Nguyen in high school, just to get the experience.
29. What is your favorite Harrison Ford movie? Anything with the title Indiana Jones.

30. What CD is in your stereo? My Maroon 5 CD

31. What OCD qualities do you have? I like the cabinet doors to be closed, but I’m not really that OCD about it.

32. How many kids do you plan on having? 5 or 6, but however many we’re supposed to have we’ll be happy with.
33. If you could kiss someone famous who would it be? I don’t want to kiss anyone famous

34. Would you really want to kiss someone you didn't know? No, it would be weird.

35. Would you rather die in a blaze of glory or peacefully in your sleep? Sleep all the way.

36. What is your favorite movie? I don’t really do the favorite thing, but Pride and Prejudice is always good.

37. What candy from when you were a kid do you miss the most? I can’t think of any that they don’t still have around.
38. Favorite musicians/band you've seen in concert? Never been to a concert.

39. Have you ever been in love? Of Course!

40. Is there anyone who you wish would just fall off the face of the earth? Not specifically, just people who make me angry, like dictators who keep money away from their poor countrymen or really violent people.

Mission President's Week

Today is the last day of the one week training that new Mission President's get at the MTC and I'm so glad. Work has been crazy and exhausting. In the four days I've worked mission presidents week I've worked 35 hours. My arms are sore from all the lifting I've had to do. Today is going to be just as busy, but at least it is the last day. Today we have two big set ups. We are setting up 7 rooms as dining rooms and only have an hour to do it. Then we have to change to whole building back to the way it usually is, which will definitely be a lot of hard work. But, thus far I've seen/met: Elder Oaks, Elder Perry, Elder Holland, Elder Hales and Elder Scott, and all the apostles will be in the building tonight for the special closing dinner the mission presidents get.

In other news it was really great to take my final last week, I'm so glad it is over. It was also really fun to get to see Rick's parents, it is always fun to have them in town. I was sad we couldn't really spend more time with them, but finals were the same time and I had a lot of studying to do. What has also been pretty nice is that I've been feeling better for the last few days. During the day I've pretty much felt fine but nights are still just a little rough.

So, Holly tagged me for this thing, here goes nothing.

Four places I go over and over:

• The Tanner Building-where my last class of college is!
  
• The MTC
  
• Grandma Chatfield's - for Sunday dinner
  
• Smith's Grocery Store- Rick and I manage to eat a lot!
  

Four people who e-mail me regularly:

• Tara Hall - we communicate about the hymns I pick for Sacrament each week
  
• Facebook - updates etc
  
• Cindy Allison - I get to see pictures and hear updates about their adventures
  
• America's test Kitchen - cooking tips and yummy recipes!
  

Four of my favorite places to eat:

• At home with my hubby
  
• Olive Garden - I love pasta!
  
• Carls Jr - one of my favorite fast food places
  
• Grandma's House - the food is always great and the company's not half bad either
  

Four places I would rather be right now:

• In Bed, sleeping soundly
  
• At the beach
  
• At a delicious restaurant, I just got hungry again and toast, crackers or cooking for myself really don't sound good
  
• Hanging out with friends
  

Four people I talk to on a daily basis:

• Rick
• Myslef, I need a lot of encouragement these days to get things done!
  
• Mom, well, almost daily
  
• Holly and Julie - see Holly, you're not the only one who is gonna make her sisters share
  

Four TV shows I watch over and over:

• Law and Order
  
• Grey's Anatomy, except the latest season
  
• The Office
  
• Ugly Betty
  

Four people I’m tagging:

• Rick Allison
  
• Julie Chatfield
  
• Alexa Allison
  
• Jen Houston

Well in other news I just finished taking my last quiz for my finance class and I got 100%. Finals are this week and I can't wait to be done. I've been a bad student this semester, at least attendance wise because I often sleep through class, but I've been doing alright grade wise. It feels so nice to be so close to the end of school, but I'll miss it too. Geography classes have been so fun and I love learning all the new things. I want to keep learning even after school, so I have plans to read up on my favorite countries and religions and just keep the mind going. I also am going to work on my baking, sewing and knitting skills, which I haven't gotten to do much of with school being so busy. We also are going to start hunting for specific apartments when school gets out, we want to find a place we love and will be happy in for at least a year or two, if not longer. It will be hard, but I'm looking forward to it.

Also, as we've already told most of you cause we are so excited, Rick and I got to hear the baby's heart beat this week. It was soooo awesome! It made it real that there is an actual little person growing in there, and that I'm not just sick all the time for nothing. I couldn't believe how fast it was, about 157 beats per minute. The doctor said that fast heartbeats usually mean a girl, but we'll see for reals when we do the ultrasound. And I just am at the end of my first trimester, so hopefully the sickness will die down so that I can get a good nights rest. Work is getting pretty hard on me though, so I might stop working a little earlier than previously planned. Rick wishes I would stop now, but extra money never hurt anyone.

Success!

Rick and I just got back from a pretty fun afternoon. We started off at Olive Garden for their soup, salad and breadsticks lunch special thing. Rick loves, loves, loves the breadsticks there, and he pretty much filled up on them. Then we headed off to the mall on the quest for new pj pants for Rick. He's had the same ones forever and they're looking pretty rough, so for a Father's Day present I took him, cause I knew I wouldn't pick the right ones if I shopped alone. We covered the mall end to end and finally in the last store found a pair he actually found acceptable. He pretty much just wanted the exact ones he has now, just new. The ones we got are a little different, no secret pocket and they're a little thinner, but he likes them. I also brought home a few things. Working at the MTC lately has been making me so hot! I do a few jobs and wish I could go find somewhere cool, but the whole building is warm, so no such luck. Part of the reason is we have to wear pants and closed toed shoes, and I am not the worlds biggest fan of shoes. So today I bought some closed toed shoes that are also mostly meshy on the sides, so hopefully my feet will be able to breath more which will hopefully help me be cooler overall. I also went and partook of the summer sale at Bath and Body works. I love bubble baths and I ran out a couple months ago. One is normally $9.50, but they were having a sale, 3 for $10, so I got three.

Pretty much now I'm really tired though, so the rest of my day will probably be me taking a nap, doing some homework, and spending an hour or so at work to set up for church tomorrow. Fun times.

Nocternal

I'm pretty sure I've become part vampire, because my sleep pattern is waaaay off. Laying down makes me feel sicker, and it makes it so I can't sleep. I've tried propping myself up, but I just can't sleep that way. So I stay up most of the night, and sleep all morning and into the afternoon. I feel like a bum, but I need the sleep, everything makes me so tired!

I'm really posting because it has been so long, and a lot has happened. I'm only a week away from finals for my Cooperate Finance class, which is very exciting, it hasn't been a fun class so far. But, it has taught me one lesson, I think I'm going to shy away from the entrepreneur thing, I cannot imagine handling the finances by myself. Then all I have to do is finish up my independent study class and I'll be officially done with college! I do still want to get my travel agent's license, even though people are spending less on travel because of the economic slump, I just think it would be fun. We'll see how ambitious I feel when the baby comes. Other exciting news, one of my very best friends got married this last weekend, and I'm so happy for her. Another very good friend is getting married in a couple of weeks, and I'm excited for her too! Even though it is busy, I'm excited to host all the new Mission presidents at the MTC next week. It is our busiest week of the year, but it is cool to be able to meet general authorities and such. Last time I worked Mission president's week I met elder Holland, Elder Scott and Elder Perry. I probably won't be able to work as much as I used to though, all the lifting and moving of furniture tuckers me out pretty well, and it makes me sore.

Friday celebrates the official end of my first trimester, which is really exciting. I want to start doing tummy pictures to see my progress. This week we've also been doing some more planning for our pending move because we have to turn in our 60 day notice, which is crazy! This has been our house pretty much since we've been married. It is a scary but exciting change that is coming upon us. I'm really looking forward to the change though, I love California and I can't wait to be able to see my family more and do things with my sister's like go to their performances and stuff. But I'll miss my other BYU sisters, it has been fun having them here to hang out with.

This post is getting long, but in other fun news I found an old blog I used to keep, it spans from half way through my senior year of high school through the first few months of my marriage. Some of the posts make me laugh out loud to see how crazy I was about Rick before we even went on our first date! It is a great find because I'm horrible at keeping a journal, so that blog is pretty much what I have to go on for that time period. I'll have to post some of the old entries, they are pretty classic.

A quick Summary of Events.

So here I am at work just waiting until I can start my next cleaning assignment. And my co-worker hasn't shown up yet, but I don't really mind. Fridays aren't busy until after 9pm, there's a lot to do around here at night, but the afternoons are pretty chill. So California was great, we've narrowed down our options to three cities: West Covina, Pasadena and Downey. We found all the nice looking areas of town and found where metro stations are, both great things. Hopefully after our classes are over we can have the time to look for apartments, but Rick has training starting on September 8th and will be gone for about 6 weeks, and it wouldn't really be super fun to be in an apartment all alone for that time, so we'll see what happens.

Graduation was really great. It was fun to have both sets of parents in town, and to see my grandparents and my aunts, uncle and cousins. Thursday was commencement and it was alright, except for the fact that it snowed. But it was fun to do the processional into the Marriott Center and Elder Bednar gave a great talk. Early the next morning I had my convocation, which was pretty good, except for the 7:00am arrival time. But we got to do another processional, and this time I got a better seat. The student speaker was pretty good, and the professor who spoke also did an excellent job, he even did an amazing cow impersonation! Then the reading of the names and walking. It was long, but it was really fun to walk across the stage, hear my name, and get to shake hands with all the college big wigs. My friend from work was there and she said I had a little swagger across the stage, which I didn't do on purpose, but I think its cool. After that was over we all split up and I went home to take a much needed nap and Rick went to take a final. After that we all met up again for Rick's convocation which was alright, but by that time I was kind of done sitting through speakers etc. Rick had declared, on the bright side, that he was planning on leaving right after his name was called, which I think most of us were excited about. And they had the undergrads line up alphabetically, so Rick was very first after all the masters students. We then had to part ways with Steve and Cindy as they started their drive back home.

Since we got home from California I've been to my first day of my spring term class, and I definitely shouldn't have saved this one for last. It is a finance class and it, thus far, has been booooring. I know I shouldn't really judge until a little later, but I should have saved something good for last, like cultural geography or my survey of world religions class. Oh well, I'll just stick it out until the end of June and then be done! And I was happily surprised by my grades for winter term: 2 As and 3 Bs. I had a hard time focusing, so I'm glad they all turned out so well. Okay, well it is time for me to get back to work.

Adventures in Southern California

So here I am sitting in a Motel 6 just hanging out. We graduated Thursday and Friday (more about that later) and then on Saturday we drove down to California with Mom and Dad. Rick slept the entire drive and most of the evening afterwards. He had stayed out all night with Matt, Bill, and Ben playing on the computer, so he needed to catch up. Sunday we left to look for apartments, we looked in Hacienda Heights, West Covina and Montebello. Today were going to look in Glendale, Pasadena, and Downey and possibly Artesia. Its pretty exhausting, but we've been having a good time too. Well, we got pretty lost in Montebello because we couldn't find a map of the city anywhere, we finally had to go to another city to get a Thomas Guide of Los Angeles county. I think rick is ready to go, so where going to head out.

Decisions, Decisions, part 2.

Well, Rick finally heard from PWC about his start date for work. Turns out it is VERY different than we were anticipating. We were thinking he would start mid to late July. Turns out it is actually September 8th or something like that. So that changes our plans considerably. Now, we could take classes in summer. Or we could just stay up here and work and play until the move. Or do we move in June as planned, take our time finding a good apartment and play in California till Rick starts working. Just a lot to think about.

Well, only two weeks left of classes, and then finals for a week. I have one short paper, one long research paper and 6 quizzes left before finals, so I'll be busy. But I'm excited about conference this weekend, to hear our new prophet speak and to hang out with friends and family.

And I'm glad the snow melted, thats a good thing too.

Decisions, Decisions.

There are so many weddings coming up, I just don't know what to do! I just found out from my friend Steph that she changed her wedding day. . . by over a month. I was planning on going before, because my July is pretty empty besides finding an apartment, and I was going to make a big trip out of it. Niagara Falls, possibly NYC and a wedding, a very fun trip. But now she's getting married in early June, during which time will be the weekend right before the last week of my last term in college. If I did go, it would be a quick trip, just a couple of days because it would be hard to miss school. And I would miss some time getting ahead on the packing up since we would be moving a week and a half later. Two weeks to the day after Steph's wedding is Megan's wedding. That is looking like more of a possibility now because finals actually end the 19th, and I'll probably take mine on the 18th, so plenty of time to pack the truck and make the drive. I just hate when things are complicated, especially when it has to do with deciding between school and a good friend.

Saturday is a special day

Today is going/has been action packed. I got up early and wasn't feeling too hot in my tummy, I think I ate dinner too late or something. But watching dance 180 was fun, and I saw a lot of people in my dance class, which was awesome. I kind of had totally forgotten about the Rex Lee run cause I just assumed Julie would get called back. But she didn't so we decided to run. We had to change really quick and then they weren't letting any cars near the starting point, so Rick dropped me off kind of far away (or so I thought). Turns out that I went the long way, but we started only 5 or 6 minutes late, thanks for waiting Julie. And Julie, we did take the wrong route, but it wasn't too different, so we're okay. With my tummy not feeling too hot, I think I did okay. We jogged and walked on and off, and It was really fun. I don't run as much as I should, and I'm way out of shape. But I had fun, it was cool to do at least once before I graduate. Then I came home and helped Rick with the dishes and have been studying for my Organizational Management test, not fun but necessary. Then later I'm going to take the test, and read some of both the books I'm reading, Road to Sata and Do (Not) Feed the Bears. One is for Geography the other for history. The first is about a man walking the complete length of Japan through back roads and villages, and I like it a lot so far. The other one is about the history of Yellowstone park, and about the interaction between bears and people, interesting topic but not well written. Tonight we are going back to Dancesport to watch the finals and the amateur dancers go at it, I'm so excited! we have great seats and the dancing is just so fun to watch.

Beautiful day

It is warm (mostly) and sunny and great outside today. I just want it to be like this all the time, that would be great. Well, today I've got lots of homework, history reading, research for my Great Wall of China presentation, an organizational behavior lesson and a chapter to read about Hinduism. My hand is looking a lot better today, too. It is still a little red and sensitive, but I don't need a bandaid anymore and it doesn't really hurt, which is really nice. It has been nice to be able to do stuff like open jars, twist door handles and just generally do anything with my left hand. Also, today in dance class we learned a fun new waltz step and are continuing to perfect our cha cha for the competition this weekend. We had a chase-off, and it was pretty funny, lots of flirting. Well, Hope everyone is having a great day!

Well, went back to the ER today to get the stitches out, and I'm so happy! I can do pretty much the normal stuff again, my hand just hurts a little bit. But once they took the stitches out, I looked at my hand and it looks gross! I guess a week of not washing it there and a big scab never really look cute, but still, gross.

Well, life here has been pretty good. Rick and I got our caps and gowns for graduation and ordered our announcements, which is really weird. I remember doing it for high school and how cool it was, but it is even more cool to be graduating at the same time as Rick (even if he is a less than willing participant). And I'm walking at the same time as two of my best college friends. And then I get to look forward to moving which is crazy, I can't believe we're leaving provo. I mean I'm happy, but It will be weird to have a place that will be home for a long time. And I'm excited because this summer I'm flying out to NY to go to the wedding of my friend Stephanie, and I can't wait! She is great, and her fiance seems really nice.

Well this week is going to be busy, two midterms, lots of research about the Great Wall of China, the quarterly enrichment activity and preparing for the 5k I'm running soon. I really am not super excited for my tests, but it'll be okay I think, I'm feeling ready.

Happy New Baby day for Tim and Alexa tomorrow, and happy no pink eye day to Jen!

a first

sorry, no caps today, it hurts to stretch my hand that far. last night i had my first trip to the emergency room. I was cutting a pan of magic bars, and the edges were a little hard, so the (really) sharp knife I was using slipped up the side of the pan when I put a little extra pressure on it. unfortunately, i had my left hand holding the pan, and i stabbed myself pretty good in the bend between my pointer finger and my thumb. it bled, i fainted and poor rick ran all the way home from campus to come save me. he also sent caleb to check in on me, thanks for coming caleb, it was nice to have some company. then off to the er, and i ended up getting four stitches, which means (as my mom pointed out) that i am the first person in our family to get stitches. i cant extend my thumb or pointer finger too far, which makes doing things pretty dang hard. but, i'm alive, and I get to miss class today, just as i'm taking time getting used to doing things one handed. rick has been taking really good care of me, he is really great. the worst part about all of this is that i made the magic bars to take to a big dance lab for my social dance class. i'm bummed i didn't get to go. but i did look extra fancy for the er.

Seriously? Seriously!

Sorry for all these short posts, but I'll post a longer one soon, I promise.

So, Rick and I went snowshoeing and skiing this weekend, and surprisingly, I had a blast! I think I am finally understanding this winter sports thing. Vivian Park is where we snow shoed and it was beautiful with all the snow and ice, really unique. Skiing was a blast, I've never liked going too fast, so I kept it slow, and it was really fun. However, funny thing, we had to fill out some papers to rent our equipment. Rick filled out most of mine but kept a few blanks that he didn't know the answer to, and guess what one of them was, my age! When I asked how old he thought I was, he said 22. 22! Then I asked him how old he was, and he said 24! How could he get both our ages wrong? Funny, and sad.

And I found out I have a thing for Vampire love stories. I read one in middle school called The Silver Kiss, and I thought it was so romantic and great. And the Twilight series is pretty good too, better than I thought it would be.

Okay, I'm going to write a book review now on Working at Play, oh the joys of being a Travel +Tourism major.

Rare occurance

Now, what I'm about to post may come as a shock to some of you, but stay strong.

The snow this morning was really pretty and I liked it a lot! It was like glitter falling from the sky. The snow has been extra sparkley the last couple of days and it has been really fun. If only snow were so pretty all of the time, I might actually like it!

That is all.

Awesome

Well, I just finished watching President Hinckley's funeral, and it was a very good tribute to the life of a great man and prophet. Fun stories were told, and he was described as adorable, awesome and as an optimist. I'm glad they broadcast it so many people could be involved. It was very touching and a good way to say goodbye.

The rest of my day includes homework, shopping and thats pretty much it.

February already?

It seems like January just flew by. All those papers and projects due in February seemed so far away, and now they're here! February will be a good month though. Rick and I are planning on going snow shoeing next Friday, and I'm really excited. We're also going skiing next week, it'll be my first time doing that, and Rick is going to try his hand at snow boarding. Valentines is coming up and that is always a fun holiday, especially since I have an awesome husband now! this will be our fourth Valentine's together, which is crazy to think about. February also is the big dance lab for social dance, and it will be fun to practice my skills with a bunch of other people. Sadly, February also holds the funeral of our beloved prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley, but he did a lot of good work here on the earth and I'm sure the Lord will take care of him. And he is now reunited with his wife, which is happy news.

Well, this week has been pretty uneventful, just school and work. I did take my first midterm of the semester, which went pretty well. I think I nailed the essays and I only felt shaky on some of the multiple choice questions. I ran (and walked) 7 miles this week, which isn't half bad. Thank you Holly and Caleb for the use of your tredmill, it is a zillion times better than trying to run in the snow. Well, I'm gonna start reading about the history of resort vacations in America, which sounds pretty exciting to me.

Tagged!

Well, Julikins tagged me, so here we go.

A: The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B: Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

10 years ago: I was 11 years old, I was in 6th grade at Cope Middle School and was in the marching band playing my flute, my best friend was Alison Lenox, but I was also friends with Gabby, Elizabeth Houghton, and had made a new friend, Rave Nasser. Oh, and I was probably hating math and english because I had Mrs. Kovakavitch and she was the hardest teacher I had ever had up to date.

5 things on my to-do list today: 1) write a personal travel paper 2) clean the bathroom 3) do a couple of Organizational Behavior lessons 4) Find a world heritage site I want to do a presentation on 5) sleep in my brand new bed!

5 Snacks I enjoy: 1) chocolate chip cookies 2) jumbo red licorice 3) brownies 4) nachos 5) french fries (These are all unhealthy, but I took snacks to mean treats)

What I would do if I were suddenly made a billionaire: My list is close to Julie's, I would pay off all the debt of both my families, I would take a few years to travel the world, I would set up a foundation in Africa to educate the people about AIDS and a foundation to help the people earn money and get food, I would buy a two story house with a wrap around porch and a big balcony, I would hire some company to make a cartoon movie and I would want to be one of the voices, and then I would put the rest in savings and investments

3 of my bad habits: 1) I sleep in 2) I peel/bite my nails 3) I just throw my clothes on the floor on my side of the bed

5 places I have lived: 1) Redlands, CA 2) Provo, UT 3) Long Beach, CA and thats about it

5 jobs that I have had: 1) Cleaning the Bishops' house 2) Jose's Mexican Food doing multiple things 3) TCBY 4) SAS custodial 5) Custodial at the MTC
5 Things people don't know about me: 1) I dance and sing while I do the dishes 2) I'm glad our touch lamp broke 3) broccoli is one of my favorite foods 4) I want to get my pilot's license 5) I watch movie and TV credits and look for cool names that I might want to give to my children

Alright, I tag Jen, Rick and Roxy

Thank heavens it was just a dream!

So I had a dream last night that was really bothersome to me. Well, a big group of us was at this crazy inside pyramid thing, and it was like a maze but you had to go up to the top of it. At the top, I dropped my glasses all the way down, and they went down a storm drain that was near the bottom of the pyramid. I was so sad, I guess I really loved those glasses. Julie and I reached in and tried to grab them, but instead we found a bunch of other odd glasses, like glasses that measure people's heights and rectangular sunglasses. Well, later that day we were in a doorway, I think waiting in line to go do something else, and Rick walks up to me and he gives me a new pair of glasses. I was so happy I kissed him, and lo and behold, that causes outrage amongst everyone else I'm with. Then, like in a movie, I see the background before this moment. It turns out Rick and I dated, but I had some doubts, so I just up and married someone else. It turns out that my marriage was miserable and horrible (by the way, I was married to Zack Ruben). I was so sad, because we had gotten married in the temple, so I knew I had ruined the rest of my life and eternity, because I would be stuck in this miserable marriage forever. Well, I guess for the past two years of our marriage I had been having an affair with Rick, which made me even more sad because he was so great and I knew I really loved him. But we could never be together because I knew that I could never get divorced. So, in kissing Rick, everyone found out about my affair and I was even more miserable.

So when I woke up this morning, I felt awful. I woke up with a feeling a dread because I had sabotaged my own future. Only after a shower did I remember I really was married to Rick. That made me so happy! So, I'm glad it was only a dream, because an eternity of misery was not really fun to look forward to.

Now I want to Travel with Charley

I just finished reading Travels with Charley in search of America by John Steinbeck and I'm itching to get out of here! How fun to drive on all the small side roads of America and meet the people and see the sights, to immerse yourself in it. If only there were time, and if Rick wanted to do it, which he says might be alright but doesn't really interest him. Provo seems so small now, I want to hit the open road. Maybe, when I finally get around to making one, this journey will be on my 100 things to do before I die list.

Well, a lot has gone on since my last post, so I'll just summarize. Finals were fine, I studied a lot and I did pretty well on all of them. I got two As, two A- and two B+. Not bad at all. Christmas break was a blast with Steve and Cindy. It was fun to just hang out and sleep in. And playing games was great because it is something that I like to do but don't get the chance to do much. Christmas day was nice, and I got a lot of great things from great people. We got back and school started all too soon. My classes for this semester will be pretty awesome though, and I get to read a lot of really good sounding books about things like American Cold War holidays and travels around Europe to where certain fairy tales take place. Plus I am taking a social dance class, and it has been awesome so far. Work is pretty much just the same. Well, I can't think of anything inspirational or witty, so I'll just sign off.