I feel surprised.

Today is March 21 and this is my first entry for 2010.

I suppose you could say that nothing remarkable has occurred so far this year, but I think that's not true. Maybe nothing particularly newsworthy, but lots of important things have happened. I started and finished my 6th (and 2nd-to-last) quarter of school; a close friend of ( Read more... )

A review of 2009:
+ Barack Obama was inaugurated as President of the USA
- Continuing car troubles ... lots of times
+ I started my internship at Friends of Youth in Issaquah, WA
+ Josh and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary
+ Josh and I get engaged on April 24th
+ Completing 4 more quarters of graduate school
+ Met/got autographs from Curtis Granderson ( Read more... )

It's hard to believe that I went to Michigan and came back to Seattle already. Here are the highlights from my trip to the Mitten:
- Seeing family
- Seeing friends
- Buying my wedding dress
- Picking out invitations (which we got a great deal on, thus me deciding not to make them)
- Planning lots of details for the ceremony and reception
- Asking my ( Read more... )

I did it! I finished another quarter ... 5 down, 2 to go! It's a wonderful feeling, but strange at the same time. I finished with my internship for 2 weeks, I have no schoolwork to do ... now what? It's great to not have to do anything but look forward to going home. :)

Thanksgiving was very different this year, and in a great way. We went to my first cousin once removed wife's sisters house - they live about a half hour north from Josh and me. My first cousin once removed (Tim Ice) and his wife (Priscilla) are the ones who live in Spokane and helped us during all the car trouble. Priscilla's sister and her entire ( Read more... )

Seems like a lot has happened recently ... I'll keep it succinct.

- My car died in the middle of October, but we all knew that already. I got it back on Monday the 16th, and on the 19th it wouldn't accelerate over 10 mph. It went back to the shop and there was something wrong with the alternator, and was an easy fix. Now the car is happy and ( Read more... )

My stress and anxiety level in regards to school, internship, my car/money just skyrocketed in the past half hour.

It would be so much nicer if I could focus on one thing at a time instead of thinking of everything on my to-do list that I need to cross off. I would like to do some of them now, but due to the hour, I have to wait until tomorrow to ( Read more... )

Why does it seem like when I wake up in the morning all I want to do is go back to bed, but when it is almost one in the morning I want to stay awake longer? There's not even anything I want to get done right now (like reading a good book). Come on, body... get sleepy!

Also, it seems that I have suddenly and dramatically increased my caffeine intake ( Read more... )

I believe that...
- Everyone should watch a really great sunrise at some point in their lives
- There is nothing like a great cup of coffee
- Most major holidays should result in a high level of home décor to celebrate
- Adults should still get celebrate holidays the way they did when they were kids (Christmas stockings, Easter egg hunts, etc.)
- ( Read more... )

I will spare all of the whiny details, but I will give the brief update that my car died again. Probably another seized engine. We'll see what happens.

On the flip side of things, Josh and I went to Spokane, WA to visit my Great Aunt Martha, her son Tim, and his wife Priscilla this past weekend. What wonderful people!! We had such a great time with ( Read more... )