Happy Thanksgiving

Have a Wonderful Turkey Day!

Sick ... Again!

Yuck! This last weekend I was sick for the second time in a month. I'm not dying of swine flu or anything - just a nasty cold - but it's still so frustrating to be sick multiple times in a row. Off course the advantage of being sick was that I basically just spent the weekend sitting on the couch reading, and watching tv on my computer. The bad part about that was that I started watching this show and basically became obsessed:


I could not explain why the show is so compelling, but I spent a large portion of my weekend watching this show and literally sobbing through every episode. Pathetic: yes. But also very much true. Now I'll have to watch through the end of the season ... it's inevitable at this point.

Law Student's Syndrome?

Have you ever heard of medical student's syndrome? It's basically where medical student's feel like they have the diseases that they are studying. (Jed doesn't seem to have contacted this yet) I think they need something similar for law students. Not because there is anything you learn about that would lead you to believe people will sue you constantly, but because when reading about cases you read about so many freak accidents. For example in torts we read a case a couple of weeks ago about a woman who was walking through an airport terminal and a light fell out of the ceiling, hit her on the head, and killed her. Seriously. I've also read cases about people being killed by their lawnmowers, brutally injured by their coffee machines, and basically terrorized by a host of other ordinary seeming items. All of the sudden there are all kinds of previously unheard of dangers all around. I haven't changed anything yet, but I am looking at household appliances, and light fixtures especially, a little more warily.

Some Good News and Some Bad News

So a couple of weeks ago our check engine light came on and we finally decided that we better take it in. We dropped it off at the dealership and then they called us a little later with some good news and some bad news.

The good news: the only thing wrong with our car was that our gas cap wasn't sealing properly.

The bad news: they charged us $45 to tell us that. And no ... that $45 did not include a new gas cap.

An Interesting Fact

Did you know that I currently have mold growing on my lungs? I didn't either until Jed told me last night. And guess what ... if you come visit me in Cincinnati you too can have mold growing on your lungs! That's right, apparently there is some kind of mold carried by pigeons here that you get simply by breathing in the air in Cincinnati. This mold also apparently never goes away. So who wants to come visit?

Catching Up

Wow ... so I have a lot of catching up to do, but since I don't really feel like writing out a small novel and you probably don't feel like reading it (especially since I'm currently feeling too lazy to go get my camera so there won't be any pictures), here is a very short synopsis of what we've been up to:

Drove 1600 miles from Provo to Cincinnati
Moved all our stuff into our house and put the boxes in the correct rooms
Moved all the boxes and furniture out of the correct rooms so we could paint
Worked very slowly at painting for weeks so that we could prolong living in turmoil as long as possible (we're still working on this one)
Went to Jed's white coat ceremony
Explored Cincinnati a bit and got very lost in the process
Started school
Spent a ridiculous amount of money on books
Went to Jeanna's (Jed's sister) wedding in Utah on a very quick weekend trip
Studied and hung out in our messy torn apart house
Watched BYU beat OU!!!

And now that brings us back up to the present.

The Internet

We finally have the internet! (More to follow soon)

It's Official

We closed on our house last week! Now we just have to move ...

A Moving Miracle

A couple of nights ago Jed had to work late at the lab so I brought him dinner, and that is when the moving miracle happened. We were sitting outside when a truck drove by with the entire back of the pickup full of empty boxes. We of course ran after the truck so that we could ask the driver what he planned on doing with all those wonderful boxes. When he replied that the boxes were meant for the trash we volunteered to take those boxes off his hands. And there they are for us to use ... aren't they lovely (and free - it's mostly the free part that makes them lovely).

Where's the Frosting?

I had a fabulous birthday on Sunday with one minor hiccup: the cake. I had explained to Jed previously that having a birthday cake was important to me so he dutifully went out Saturday and bought a box-cake to make the next day. But when he went to open the box on my birthday he said, “where’s the frosting?” Jed had thought that the frosting was included in the cake box! The good news is I finally got my cake last night and it was delicious … the even better news is that I got to claim that it was my birthday for three days since I still hadn’t had my cake!

Happy (belated) 4th of July

We had a fabulous fourth of July that was just missing one thing: fireworks!

We went down to Jed’s parents’ on Friday and went on a 4 wheel ride in the mountains, which was beautiful. I of course forgot our camera, but with me that really has to be expected. Than on the 4th Jed played in a basketball tournament (they sadly lost) and we spent most of the day at the park (again no camera). It was a gorgeous day until about 8:30 when it started storming – a lot. There was thunder and lighting – the whole shebang. Because of this there were no fireworks to be seen, but at least we had a nice start to the day. Next year they should have an extra good show with all the fireworks they saved this year!

Bliss

Mmmm! So Jed’s parents’ neighbor has a cherry tree that hangs onto Jed’s parents’ yard, which means that they get to pick cherries from half of the tree, which means yummy cherries for us! We picked so many that our entire counter was consumed by cherries. We now have about 7 bags full of them in our freezer as well as a giant bowl in our fridge. Ah … bliss!

A House!!!

Wow ... so a lot has been happening, which I suppose could explain the lack of blogging. In the last month we've been to Georgia and to Cincinnati. But probably the most exciting thing is that we just had on offer on a house accepted (and by accepted I mean we haggled back and forth with the owners until we got to a price we both sort of agreed on). Woohoo! Of course we still have about 20 steps to go through before the house is actually ours but having an offer is certainly a good start. Here are some pictures of our (hopefully) soon to be home. (all these are off the MLS - sorry - maybe one of these days we'll start remembering to take our camera important places with us)

The Front of the House (obviously):


The Kitchen (my favorite):


The Living Room:


The Basement (the wood paneling will disappear shortly after we move in):


The Back of the House (obviously again ... I'm not sure why I even feel the need to label these pictures):

As a note, Jed would like it stated that he does not approve of me blogging about the house as it is not yet technically ours. I'm choosing to ignore that fact.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Last night Jed and I went to a BYU baseball game with some friends from our ward. BYU did win the game, but we must be bad luck for them since they scored most of their runs before Jed and I arrived at the beginning of the 4th inning. The game was still lots of fun even if it was a little chilly.

I also had a sad realization while we were at the game: this was definitely our last BYU baseball game and probably our last BYU sports game before we leave. I can already tell that, as much as I feel ready to leave, I'll miss Provo lots. We'll have to try to visit all our favorite Provo places before this August (Cafe Rio obviously being on the top of the list).

Happy Anniversary to Us

Since it was our anniversary yesterday, Jed and I got to go on a fun date even though it was a Monday. We went to dinner at Chef's Table. The food was delicious and the restaurant was beautiful, but as soon as we got the bill we remembered why we can only go there on our anniversary. It was tons of fun though, and it was a great chance to do something special.

After dinner we went to the exceptionally glamorous Target in Orem to buy some new games. We had decided that instead of buying presents for each other we would go buy a couple of new games with the last of our Target giftcards from our wedding (yes we still had one from two years ago). We have now added Trivial Pursuit, Sequence, and a couple decks of cards to our game stash.

After that we decided to just rent a movie since we were both a little tired. And we got to finish our evening off with the classic romantic movie Independence Day :) All in all it was a wonderful anniversary and we had a great time! Now it's just 364 more days until we get to go out and celebrate again.

2 Years and Counting

Woohoo! Today is Jed and my 2nd anniversary. It is hard to believe that we have already been married for two years; it feels like we have been married forever, and like we just got married a few months ago at the same time (I know that doesn't make any sense but that is the only way I can explain it). It's been a great two years - so here is a little picture recap.


The Wedding:


Summer Time:


Vacationing in Oregon:



Studying Hard:


Christmas in Georgia:

Playing in New York:



Graduation!And another Graduation!:


The Philippines and Hong Kong w/ my Family:

Taking the Plunge

Well I finally decided that it was time for us to get a blog. The next few weeks will probably reveal how committed I am to this new venture, but if you cross your fingers maybe I'll remember to update this now and then. I think part of the reason that it has taken us so long to get a blog is that it is hard to begin something like this - just like that first journal entry, you feel like you have to write your whole life story in order to catch up. I am going to opt out of that option and instead start right now (also I assume that anyone reading this blog - if anyone is even doing so - knows us).

Right now we are enjoying the very slowly warming Utah weather as we gear up to spend our last summer in Provo. That's right, our last summer! We just found out earlier this week that Jed has been accepted into the University of Cincinnati's MDPhD program (basically it is a joint MD and PhD program) and I found out a little while ago that I was accepted into University of Cincinnati's law school .... so Cincinnati here we come!