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!