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So I was on my way home from Idaho Falls today after depositing our pay checks (I really wish there was a Chase closer to Rexburg). Anyway, there was a women in front of me and all of a sudden she dropped a cigarette out her window! Really? I'm pretty bold, but I wish I was a little more bold in this situation. I so badly wanted to get out of my car, go pick up her disgusting cigarette, knock on her window, and tell her "Um, excuse me. You are more than welcome to destroy your body and lungs, but please don't destroy the earth while you are killing yourself. Thanks." Too bad I would never be able to do that. Which may be a good thing. You never know what kind of people will act all crazy when confronted.

In other news, I no longer work at Jimmy John's. (I know you're devastated, Jill haha). I am following Kevin's footsteps and now work at McDonald's! I know, I ventured way outside the box with this job. But I totally just walked in and got a job. Really blessed with it. Only downside to the job is going to bed while the sun is still out and going to work while the stars are still out. I go to bed around 8-8:30 every night and wake up around 4:15 and I'm at work at 4:45. Yes, in the morning! I am not a morning person by any definition of the word so it has been an interesting few weeks. I would much rather stay up later any day. But it's a job that gives me about 35 hours a week, so I can't complain at all.

One last note, I bought my plane tickets to go home for Kelli's graduation! I'm so stoked! I didn't think I'd be able to make it home, so I am very excited it worked out. Another benefit of working at McDonald's is getting to ask for time off ahead of time. Jimmy John's had a set schedule so you were required to find substitutes for any shift you wanted covered and that wasn't always an easy task. Anyway, I really excited to go home, even though Kevin can't go with me because he has school until July. I am also excited to meet little Dillan (well, he's not really that little but that's ok.) I would post a picture, but since he's not my kid, I won't. But trust me-he is precious!  I can't wait to see everyone and meet him!

That's all folks! Bed time for me!

My mama

There's nothing like a mother and there's definitely nothing like your own mother.

The women I'd like to think I knew before I came to this earth

The women that suffered through a Texas summer heat while pregnant with me

then suffered through 34 hours of labor with me and then had to have a C-section

only to be "rewarded" with a demon-like child who would scream for hours at a time

The woman who watched me dance and twirl through my early years

then helped me clean up my multiple injuries from running into things

The women who I often butted heads with especially in my teenage years

only to grow up and realize she really did know best in a lot of those situations

The women who has been by my side during my proudest moments and shared in that joy

yet has been there every step of the way during my darkest hours of despair

The woman who has always loved me and supported me in all my good decisions and kept quiet during a lot (not all, mind you) of my bad decisions

But has always loved me and prayed for me regardless.

Love you mom. Thank you for everything. I hope you have a happy mother's day!

Feeling accomlished

I am quite proud of my accomplishments over the past few days :)

1) I finished my first Mahjong tiles game ever.

2) Kevin and I cleaned the apartment which had taken a back seat for several months because of school/work and, let's be honest, I just didn't want to take the time to do it. However, it already needs to be cleaned again. Just laundry, a few dishes, and putting some blankets/clothes away. Nothing major, just needs to be done.

3) I finished my semester and managed to actually raise my overall GPA. Now I just get to work for 5 months. Poor Kevin is back to working and school. And he has hard classes these last 2 semesters.

4) I've applied to several places and already gotten multiple interviews so that's nice. I just wish I didn't have to look for a second job in order to get more than 23 hours per week. I mean, I worked 33 while I was in school, but now that I'm available anytime, I only get 23. I'm a little annoyed so I've started looking for a second (or even different job).

5) I completely forgot we bought a container of nutella (accomplishment 1 of this one) and once I realized it, I only ate about a 1/4 of the container. I was especially proud of this accomplishment. I really need to get over this  chocolate addiction I've had since I was born.

That's about all that's going on in our household recently!

Some people

The family we sat behind today in church made me sad. Well actually, just the mom. She was sitting right in front of us and her 4 kids and her husband were to her right. It was in the middle of a talk and she pulls out her phone and checks her facebook!!! Seriously?!? She was trying to keep it hidden in her purse and covering it with her hand, but it was still obvious. I think her husband knew and he sent their son to her side of the pew to ask what she was doing. As soon as he got closer to her, she made the screen go blank so he couldn't see what she was looking at. When he asked, she said "pictures". Now I don't doubt she was looking at pictures, but she left out the small detail that she was also checking her facebook-in Sacrament meeting!!

What kind of example does that show her kids is  my question?

I'm the first to admit to Sacrament meeting A.D.D. but to pull out your phone and text, check facebook, etc. is something I don't think I'll ever understand.  And then to hide it from someone you're supposed to be setting an example for is beyond me.

I would pay money to see how she handles the situation when the roles are reversed in about 10 years and her kids are the ones to be on the internet while in Sacrament meeting. If checking your social standing is OK now, what's to say in 10 years that taking a phone call during a church meeting will still be considered rude? By that time, it will probably be the norm.

24 reasons why I love him :)

I wrote this to Kevin for his birthday yesterday. Hopefully he doesn't mind me sharing :)

24 reasons why I love you (for your 24th birthday of course!)

1) That above everyone else, you chose me to be your eternal companion.

2) You say, “Guess What?” every time you are about to say “I love You.”

3) You came into my life at the best time.

4) You always dance in the car to Kesha.

5) You put up with how airheaded I am.

6) You make me more spontaneous.

7) Falling asleep in your arms every night.

8) You love fruit smiles and gushers as much as I do.

9) You are the most affectionate person ever.

10) You are the hardest worker I know. Sometimes too hard 

11) You are so silly and make me laugh every day.

12) How you kiss me on the forehead.

13) I love watching you sleep.

14) Listening to your heartbeat.

15) How much you know about technology. And cars.

16) You’re a good driver and I never have to worry when I’m in the car.

17) That you will take showers with me just so that I will actually take one because you know how much I hate them.

18) You know everything about me.

19) You know that when I don’t eat or sleep, I will most likely be crabby, so you make me eat.

20) You push the cart whenever we go grocery shopping.

21) It is impossible for you to be mean to anyone, even if you try.

22) You are ridiculously smart.

23) I can trust you in every situation.

24) You make me a better person every day and I am so lucky that you love me.

Life...or lack of having one

Kevin is playing Halo right now. I am bored.

Obviously.

Nothing really exciting is going on in our lives recently. I'm been working 30 some hours every week and taking 14 credits. I have no idea how I am even staying afloat. Luckily (or unluckily) a lot of my classes are just busy work.

Is unluckily even a word?

I have A's in all my classes except one. That's Personal Health and Wellness. I have a B+ which isn't bad,  I just really don't have the time, energy, or remember that I need to go exercise 4 times a week. Oh well. I figured out that if I get all A's this semester, it really doesn't effect my GPA at all. Likewise if I get all C's. So I'm really not too concerned.

Michael (Kevin's brother) comes home from his mission in about a week and a half. I've met the kid once. And it was only for about an hour I think. It was right after we got married and we were on our way down to Disneyland. We stopped by and surprised him for his birthday because he is in California. So it should be interesting to see the different family interactions with him home too because I've never known their family with him there. We shall see.

Brian, Shaune, and Nick are all in Utah right now, on their way to move from Alaska to Las Vegas area. It will be nice to have them closer. Especially once baby #2 arrives.

Kelly is due in 3 days I think. I'm sad we can't be there for the birth, but  that's life. Hopefully I'll at least be able to make it home for Kelli's graduation and be able to see Dillan then.

I feel like we're one of the old couples in our ward. We go to church and regardless of what part of the semester it is, there always seems to be a couple that  says, "We just got married last week!"

Seriously? It's March! Couldn't you have waited 5 more weeks and gotten married after the semester? Oh well, to each his own I guess.

After being married a year and half, people look at you like in 1 of these ways.

1)  You're still in school? How young were you when you got married?

2) Wow, you've been married a long time!

or my personal favorite (sense the sarcasm, please)

3) You've been married a year and a half and you don't have any kids? I'm 18 and we've only been married 9 months and we just had our first!"

Sometimes I just want to say "Congratulations, I'm actually going to finish my degree."

Now, that is harsh, I know, but it seems like once you've been married for a year or more, you're almost expected to have a child in these student married wards. Kind of annoying. Again-to each his (or her) own. I'm not trying to judge anyone who is young with a child very shortly after they were married. If your situation allowed it, then by all means, have a baby. But just don't expect everyone to make those same decisions as you, OK? :) Especially when you don't know the whole story.

That was a rant that I didn't intentionally start out to write, just was something on my mind today and tonight.

I even got a nap today, so I'm not grumpy or anything. Maybe I just need some chocolate. Yes, chocolate sounds yummy. Plus, Kevin is still playing Halo, so I have nothing else to do now. Especially since I've gotten caught up on everyone else's blog and then other people that I don't even know. Everyone does that though. At least that's what I keep telling myself :)
Chocolate time. Peace out girl scout. I wish we had some girl scout cookies. Oh well.

Valentines Day

Last night we celebrated Valentines Day since Kevin is leaving tomorrow. I worked from 6-4 (well I really got out of there around 4:20). Kevin had the day off so he decided to stay up the whole night before playing Halo Reach with a bunch of people from work. So he got home about the time that I woke up at 5:30 and then he went back. Apparently I'm a cool wife because I let my husband stay out all night playing video games. However, since I went to be at 10 the night before, it really didn't make a difference to me where he went once he got off work at 2 am. Of course that freedom comes with limitations haha.
Anyway, we finally got out of the apartment around 6ish and went to dinner at Ying Yang Oriental Kitchen. Real authentic oriental food. So good! Our next door neighbor works there and he's the only white guy in the kitchen so it's pretty funny to see him working there. The guy that owns the restaurant has an amazing story. Ask me if you wanna know.

Then we went to Coldstone and got these bad boys.

Chocolate Lava Meltdown

(Mine)

No Fair Funnel Cake

(Kevin's)

They were pretty good.  My chocolate was kind of bitter and Kevin's strawberries were still frozen, but other than that they were delicious.

Then we went ice skating at the ice rink here on campus. I only fell once so I was pretty impressed with myself :) Although in my defense, that ice has definitely seen better days. It was full of holes and I'm sure they've never used a zamboni on it.

Of course we forgot the camera (big surprise there) but you get the jist of what we did. Definitely a fun date.