This weekend Tony and I house/baby-sat for his aunt and uncle. They live in Alpine (nice town), in a very nice house. It was pretty cool to stay there. The master bedroom we stayed in could have been a hotel suite by itself. There was an amazing bathroom with a huge tub that I spend most of my nights there in, and they had an intellibed which was nice and comfy. Along with living it up like real people do, we were babysitting five boys. It was so hard for me! I thought watching five babies at work was hard! No way. The older boys mostly went out with friends the whole weekend, but the younger ones who had an early curfew began to bug the pants off each other. My favorite part: the two-year-old came in every morning at around 3am and woke us up so that he could sleep with us.... except he never slept. He kicked, rolled on, hogged pillows and blankets and made us stay awake all morning. It was simply miserable not getting enough sleep and now my body is revolting against me due to the lack of relaxing weekend.
I make it sound worse than it is, though. I had a good time and they paid us, so it wasn't bad at all. It just reminded me of the fa ct that I do not want children right now....especially five of them that are males.
2/27/08
2/19/08
Wasatch Winds
I am super duper excited! I've just been accepted to play with the Wasatch Winds in American Fork. It's no BYU wind symphony, but it's perfect for me. Low-pressure, no grade, no practicing for hours and hours and hours a week. I'm sure that I've been in much better ensembles but the fact that I'm going to be playing my clarinet with a band again makes me simply giddy.
YAY!! :)
YAY!! :)
Razor Scooters?
Are these coming back for a second round? I swear, in the past couple of days I've seen over a dozen people scooting along on these things. I'll admit, I never gave in to the Razor Craze back in the day so it seems silly to me to see all of these college students riding around on them.
...This is when you know you're old. I don't know what the latest fads are anymore, holy cow!
...This is when you know you're old. I don't know what the latest fads are anymore, holy cow!
2/6/08
I'm a Survivor
This week has been extremely hard on me. I've had a temperature over 102 degrees for almost three straight days, I've gone through 3-4 rolls of toilet paper for my runny nose, and I've suffered from the sickly old lady-sounding voice since Sunday. I hate not being able to talk loud enough! Needless to say, I've been very, very sick and the doctors told me that I may have mono. Luckily, I don't think I do because I am feeling a little better tonight and they told me that I would only get worse from here on out if I did have mono. Apparently a viral cold can make your mono "stuff" go up a bit and it shows on a blood test. If I'm not 100% by Monday, I have to go back and give them more of my blood. I'm crossing my fingers, praying, wishing, hoping that I don't have to go back. The thought of quitting my job and withdrawing from classes due to mono terrifies me. I would go absolutely nuts at home all alone all day everyday for six weeks!
2/2/08
Two-in-One
I have this fun little quiz thing that I wanted to fill out on this post, but I wanted to first talk about my TRC experience. For those who don't know, the TRC is a place where volunteers go and let the missionaries practice teaching to investigators. So, we act like investigators and ask them bizarre questions and things like that while they attempt to teach us the first discussion. Easy peasy, most of you might say. However, I went to the Bulgarian TRC to practice my speaking skills. It wasn't as much of a practice as it was a self-esteem booster. These guys had been learning Bulgarian for a week so I knew way more than them at this point. (I realize, though, that they'll probably know more than me next week. I wish I was blessed with the gift of tongues!) I was helping them understand what Tony was saying to them and I felt good that I understood what Tony was saying! They only talked with us in Bulgarian for like a minute, but then we made them do it again later after the discussion and it was really fun. Probably not for them, but it was for me!
We plan on going back a lot and we really hope we get the same set of missionaries. They really liked us and they were good guys! It was fun to talk with them in either language!
Now, for the quiz.....
1. What is your husband's name? Tony (if we want to be technical, it's Anthony)
2. How long have you been together? Married for a year and five months
3. How long did you date? From first official date until proposal - 4 months (ish)
4. How old is he? 24
5. Who eats more? Tony, for sure. :)
6. Who said I love you first? Tony
7. Who is taller? Tony is, by a mere 3 inches.
8. Who sings better? Tony
9. Who is smarter? Tony (man, he's wailing on me)
10. Whose temper is worse? Tony's, haha.
11. Who does the laundry? Both of us, usually. But sometimes Tony does it by himself, which is nice.
12. Who does the dishes? Tony. I ocassionaly wash some plates!
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do
14. Who pays the bills? Tony does, and I'm in charge of tithing
15. Who mows the lawn? if we had a lawn to mow I would suspect that Tony would be in charge of that chore and I would take over the dishes :)
16. Who cooks dinner? We take turns, but I think I cook more than Tony does.
17. Who drives when you are together? Tony
18. Who is more stubborn? Umm, that's a toughie. Tony is probably more stubborn, but I think we both have our stubborn moments.
19. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Me, 100% all the time.
20. Whose parents do you see the most? Tony's parents
21. Who proposed? Tony did. It was a very sweet proposal
22. Who is more sensitive? Me
23. Who has more friends? Probably Tony at the moment.
24. Who has more siblings? Tony
25. Who wears the pants in the family? I think we share the pants, right now
26. Where did you meet? He drove me to the airport, sparks flew.
27. What was the first thing you said to your husband? Oh who cares?? Probably "hi"
28. Where was your first date? Neither of us still know what to count as our first official date. I would probably say Gateway mall before dropping me off at the airport. December 14th, 2005 Haha, I was so giddy that day!
29. Where was your first kiss? Right in front of what used to be DT. (Probably more the Bean Museum) It was a beautiful snowy night and we were making a snowman!
30. Where did you get engaged? Aspen Grove :)
31. Where were you married? Nauvoo, Illinois
32. Where was the honeymoon? Disneyland!
33. If you could have changed anything about it what would it have been? Nothing, it was so much fun. I wish we could go back again sometime for an anniversary!
We plan on going back a lot and we really hope we get the same set of missionaries. They really liked us and they were good guys! It was fun to talk with them in either language!
Now, for the quiz.....
1. What is your husband's name? Tony (if we want to be technical, it's Anthony)
2. How long have you been together? Married for a year and five months
3. How long did you date? From first official date until proposal - 4 months (ish)
4. How old is he? 24
5. Who eats more? Tony, for sure. :)
6. Who said I love you first? Tony
7. Who is taller? Tony is, by a mere 3 inches.
8. Who sings better? Tony
9. Who is smarter? Tony (man, he's wailing on me)
10. Whose temper is worse? Tony's, haha.
11. Who does the laundry? Both of us, usually. But sometimes Tony does it by himself, which is nice.
12. Who does the dishes? Tony. I ocassionaly wash some plates!
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do
14. Who pays the bills? Tony does, and I'm in charge of tithing
15. Who mows the lawn? if we had a lawn to mow I would suspect that Tony would be in charge of that chore and I would take over the dishes :)
16. Who cooks dinner? We take turns, but I think I cook more than Tony does.
17. Who drives when you are together? Tony
18. Who is more stubborn? Umm, that's a toughie. Tony is probably more stubborn, but I think we both have our stubborn moments.
19. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Me, 100% all the time.
20. Whose parents do you see the most? Tony's parents
21. Who proposed? Tony did. It was a very sweet proposal
22. Who is more sensitive? Me
23. Who has more friends? Probably Tony at the moment.
24. Who has more siblings? Tony
25. Who wears the pants in the family? I think we share the pants, right now
26. Where did you meet? He drove me to the airport, sparks flew.
27. What was the first thing you said to your husband? Oh who cares?? Probably "hi"
28. Where was your first date? Neither of us still know what to count as our first official date. I would probably say Gateway mall before dropping me off at the airport. December 14th, 2005 Haha, I was so giddy that day!
29. Where was your first kiss? Right in front of what used to be DT. (Probably more the Bean Museum) It was a beautiful snowy night and we were making a snowman!
30. Where did you get engaged? Aspen Grove :)
31. Where were you married? Nauvoo, Illinois
32. Where was the honeymoon? Disneyland!
33. If you could have changed anything about it what would it have been? Nothing, it was so much fun. I wish we could go back again sometime for an anniversary!
2/1/08
You know you've been living in Bulgaria too long when...
I thought it would be funny to remember some things I wrote down during my two-year stint in Bulgaria. Like any place, it has its share of oddities.
You know you've been in Bulgaria too long when...
You know you’ve been in Bulgaria too long when…
1. You think a “magazine” is a place where you go to buy groceries.
2. You are amazed to see an elderly woman with natural-color hair.
3. You think back fondly on the day you learned your first words in Bulgarian: “green card”
4. You shake your head for “yes” and nod your head for “no”.
5. You think the phrase “how many souls are we?” sounds perfectly normal
6. You have trouble saying the word “rural.”
7. You think that “holiday” and “feast” are the same word.
8. You have strange dreams about barbeque chicken and peanut butter.
9. You dive for cover when a light breeze blows through the room.
10. You think an appropriate response to the question, “how are you doing?” is “thank you.”
11. You think that anyone in a suit with a nice car is in the mafia.
12. You panic because you forgot to give away presents on your birthday.
13. The cashier at the store short circuits because she is unable to make change for a five.
14. You begin to feel the effects of 500 години под турското робство.
15. You proudly tell everyone you meet which college you learned at.
16. You chalk every illness up to грип, and determine that its cause is invariably some combination of cold and quickly moving air.
17. The security guard at the bank thoroughly inspects you by asking if you have any weapons.
18. The guy that just got off the plane smells something smoky and asks who’s having a barbeque, and you just tell him to sniff again.
19. You tell your neighbors that you don’t smoke, and they ask you what, then, is the purpose of your life!
20. The only thing that makes you stand out more than baggy jeans from the Gap is going for a jog.
21. You consider McDonald’s a nice, sit-down restaurant.
22. There is a 50-degree temperature difference between your living room and your entryway.
23. You want to buy bread, you just don’t know if you should buy one bread or two.
24. Food is best at room temperature—especially meat.
25. You have your favorite brands of second-hand smoke.
26. Your eyes brim with tears of gratitude when you walk into a store and the clerk uncharacteristically says to you, “Hello, how can I help you?”
27. You begin to think that words like против and тоест are English words.
28. You need someone to explain to you that the cold, floating things in your drink at McDonald’s are called “ice cubes.”
29. You are lulled to sleep by fairytales of a magical, faraway land where there are front lawns, and a soft, rug-like material called “carpet.”
30. You think that microwaves are only for restaurants.
You know you've been in Bulgaria too long when...
You know you’ve been in Bulgaria too long when…
1. You think a “magazine” is a place where you go to buy groceries.
2. You are amazed to see an elderly woman with natural-color hair.
3. You think back fondly on the day you learned your first words in Bulgarian: “green card”
4. You shake your head for “yes” and nod your head for “no”.
5. You think the phrase “how many souls are we?” sounds perfectly normal
6. You have trouble saying the word “rural.”
7. You think that “holiday” and “feast” are the same word.
8. You have strange dreams about barbeque chicken and peanut butter.
9. You dive for cover when a light breeze blows through the room.
10. You think an appropriate response to the question, “how are you doing?” is “thank you.”
11. You think that anyone in a suit with a nice car is in the mafia.
12. You panic because you forgot to give away presents on your birthday.
13. The cashier at the store short circuits because she is unable to make change for a five.
14. You begin to feel the effects of 500 години под турското робство.
15. You proudly tell everyone you meet which college you learned at.
16. You chalk every illness up to грип, and determine that its cause is invariably some combination of cold and quickly moving air.
17. The security guard at the bank thoroughly inspects you by asking if you have any weapons.
18. The guy that just got off the plane smells something smoky and asks who’s having a barbeque, and you just tell him to sniff again.
19. You tell your neighbors that you don’t smoke, and they ask you what, then, is the purpose of your life!
20. The only thing that makes you stand out more than baggy jeans from the Gap is going for a jog.
21. You consider McDonald’s a nice, sit-down restaurant.
22. There is a 50-degree temperature difference between your living room and your entryway.
23. You want to buy bread, you just don’t know if you should buy one bread or two.
24. Food is best at room temperature—especially meat.
25. You have your favorite brands of second-hand smoke.
26. Your eyes brim with tears of gratitude when you walk into a store and the clerk uncharacteristically says to you, “Hello, how can I help you?”
27. You begin to think that words like против and тоест are English words.
28. You need someone to explain to you that the cold, floating things in your drink at McDonald’s are called “ice cubes.”
29. You are lulled to sleep by fairytales of a magical, faraway land where there are front lawns, and a soft, rug-like material called “carpet.”
30. You think that microwaves are only for restaurants.
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