Monday

Monday's are my fun days with Eric. We both have work off, and so they have generally been used for skiing, hanging out, getting things done, and traveling.

This past Monday was particularly fun because we just hung out the entire day. We got a lot of errands done, and it was so enjoyable to do them together and have fun with each other while being spontaneous. We went to Circuit City to see if there was anything remaining from the going out of business sale...pretty much nothing, and then went over to stinky PetsMart. We pet the poor cats and are going back there today to see the dogs up for adoption. We want a dog, but with our uncertain future of moving to med school, who knows if we'll be allowed pets in our new place. Unless we buy our next place...

We then went to Honey Baked Ham and had sandwiches. We got information on the housing around RVUCOM and were so elated. We just kept thinking that our futures are about to change drastically come this fall. We are excited that we get to do everything together- that's the cool thing about being married. We love it.

My running shoes are many years old and I've been having problems/injuries (broken 5th metatarsal, joint problems (calcaneous/cuboid) and IT band flare-ups) probably due to my old shoes. So we went to Runner's Corner in Orem and hooked me up with a new pair of Saucony Guides. I'll vouch for these shoes any day. Saucony is simply the way to go. I also donated my old shoes to Runner's Corner for the donation of shoes they're gathering. All the old running shoes they collect will go to Ghana or Kenya for people who are less fortunate than us. I was so happy and willing to give at least my shoes away. Sometimes I know we all wish we could do much more, afterall we are all so fortunate.

Eric then went to do his anatomy tutoring while I cleaned up the house. Eric feels so blessed to be apart of other people's success. He was an anatomy TA for 5 semesters (that's how we met- he was my Anatomy TA) so he knows his stuff. Now he can tutor others and bring in some hard earned money for it.

We then went on a 4 mile run up Provo Canyon. Beautiful!! The weather is finally warming up, which makes all the difference in the world. We're training for the SLC marathon, but who knows if we'll actually make it. We're trying but it's harder than we expected.

We had our friends, Bruce and Jackie over for FHE and a game of Blokus. It was fun and I finally got to eat the brownies and ice cream I've been craving for about a week.

Life is good. We have good friends, awesome family and so much love.

BIRDS

My absolute favorite sound in the world: birds singing early in the morning

USN Trip

For one of my last meetings as President of the BYU PrePharmacy Club, I organized a trip (with the help of my awesome VP's) to the University of Southern Nevada (USN) pharmacy school in South Jordan, UT. We met with the Dean of the USN Utah campus and the associate dean of the Nevada/Utah campus.
We had 10 people in total come out, more than the dean said had ever been there before (that's because this trip has been planned by past presidencies for the past two years but havn't actually made it there in the end).
It was an awesome feeling to coordinate it all and get the club out and exposed to the pharmacy school. I love being the president of this club. I haven't done all that I've wanted with the club, but I'd like to say that my presidency (2 great VP's: Chelsea Okamoto and Devin Holden, and a great secretary: Steve-o-Larsen) has started to turn this club around.

Med School

Eric did it! He got into RVUCOM (Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine) in Parker, CO. He got the acceptance call Friday (2/20/09) afternoon. I couldn't be more happy for him. Here's our dilemma though: He didn't get into the University of Utah. I applied to two schools in Utah and haven't heard back from them yet. Eric got into his Colorado med school but I didn't get into CU-pharmacy school (Colorado University). Eric still has an interview at LECOM (Lake Erie, PA) but I didn't get into LECOM. In the end I bet we'll end up in CO. I don't think I have much of a fighting chance anymore. But I can still apply next year as an in-state resident while working on my resume to build it up.

For Eric's celebratory dinner, we went to an Italian restaurant in South Jordan.

I'm so proud of my hard working, smart, adorable husband!! Good job Eric!!!

Man of all men

Would your husband fight off hundreds of feisty women for $5 Shade clothing on a President's day sale while you're off a work?

Mine did. And he's awesome. And he has good taste. And he's basically the most wonderful person in the world.

He rocks. Look at my new Shade collection:
Thanks lover boy!

February

Last weekend Eric had an interview at Rocky Vista University in Parker, CO. Since I'm from CO we made a mini trip out of it. Our trips out to CO are always so fun. I love spending time with my fam. Eric will most probably get accepted to the DO school in Parker, it's just a matter of time until he gets his acceptance call.
Our families are all so proud of him. I think my family loves Eric more than me, they can't stop talking about him. Eric is awesome and deserves the best and I'm happy for him that everyone is looking out for him and thinking of him.
The school in Parker is Eric's second choice, or I guess right now it's his first choice... so that means we're probably going to be living in CO after all! I'm happy about that. I haven't heard from the University of Colorado's pharmacy school yet, but I haven't gotten a rejection either. I'm not holding my breath though because CU is hard to get into.

One day when we were in CO I was playing the piano at my house and turned around to see this:
I love how buff Eric looks in this picture. And the fact that he's wearing a mask he just randomly found under the coffee table.

I also visited my high school friend Katie Curtin who just became a yoga teacher, graduated in journalism and works for a Boulder newspaper:

For Superbowl Sunday, we went over to our cousin's house to watch the disappointing game. We all wanted the Cardinals to win. It was fun though- I "taught" Andria how to knit (I didn't teach her very well and I bet she's already forgotten how) and baby Randy made some delicious twice baked spaghetti.

Here is the before picture of us getting ready for the game:
Here is the half time picture:
And here is the after picture:
Valentines Day 2009:
I woke up at 3am (due to the lack of time during the week) and made Eric these 14 hearts:Here's the best part- on the back of the hearts I had little "gifts" written on each one. They went along the lines of:

• You get a hug and kiss
• You get a massage
• You can have the last roll (the most delicious rolls in the world our friend Julie makes)
  
• Let's watch a movie together
• I'll play and sing to you a song on the piano

Basically I didn't spend a dime but it was still great.

Eric's V-Day present to me was to make me delicious crepes for breakfast. After a bit of experimenting and being frustrated with the batter that wasn't turning out, he finally figured out the secret to the batter and now we know for next time what is essential to crepe batter (even though we've made them countless times before).
He also gave me the cutest card and wrote the sweetest message in it.
He later took me out to dinner at Sam Hawk, our favorite Korean restaurant.
I love that we didn't spend any money (except for dinner) and had a blast. It was a great valentines day!

Oh, and to top it all off, after we were finished with our dinner and were getting in the car to go home, this guy outside the restaurant asks for a ride to his house. He lived near Ream's grocery store, so not far away at all. We said sure.
When he gets in the back seat of the car, he reeks of alcohol and cologne. He was also chomping down on pizza and listening to his iPod that we could hear from the front.
He starts to say that he has to turn down his music so he can talk to us. I told him he was fine and he said he didn't want to be disrespectful. But yet he was swearing more than he was using normal, respectful words. It was hilarious. He was telling Eric and I how he had just gotten out of jail 2 days ago and he was getting his life back together. He kept saying he was clean. He also decided to share with us that his daughters were topless dancers who had no respect for him. hmmmm. interesting.
He then asked us why we were waiting outside of Sam Hawk (the restaurant). I told him we weren't waiting, that we had been inside the restaurant and then got into our car when we were done eating. He then basically cut me off and said I didn't have to explain anything to him (with swears in between every word basically).
He then said he was "sorry miss" for his foul language and then not two seconds later continued on his warpath of swears.
He asked Eric and I if he sounded all right. But he had to ask it three times before we could even decipher what the heck he was slurring. Just picture a drunk drunk man slurring, "do I sound all right." Oh dear.
Eric was asking the drunk which street to turn on and he said, "turn left at this f#@*er." I think we just about burst out laughing then.
What topped it all off was when Eric said, "take care of yourself man" as a goodbye, and the drunk said, "I'm trying to a*# hole." I noticed that he had some pizza dangling from his butt when he walked away, and there were pizza bits and crumbs all over the back seat. Disgusting.
On the drive back home Eric and I just laughed and laughed at this unfortunate incident. The man was hilarious because he was so wasted, so full of swears and so pathetic. You don't run into that much in Provo, UT. Hopefully he straightens out somehow.

These are a few of my favorite things

I made apple pie for the first time in my life and it turned out fantastic (besides the smoke alarm going off because so much of the pie juice dripped and burned on the oven floor).

This picture has two of my favorite things: Eric's toes and Sunday morning crepes.