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.
Last night Eric and I went for a walk to the duck pond (just south of BYU campus), where we witnessed a terrible thing... a sad female duck getting raped 5 times by 5 different male ducks. I was so appalled at those rogue males that I tried to chase them off of the poor girl duck, but they were horny as ever and didn't even care that I was throwing sticks at them. What a sad duck perspective last night brought to our innocent young eyes...
Eric and I slept in on Monday and then went for a bike ride to Magleby's Fresh for delicious breakfast. Bottomless french toast and pancakes. We didn't, however, do justice to the fact that they were bottomless...thankfully.
Last Friday night we painted two paintings, one for Ryan Openshaw and Mimi (Eric's mom) for their birthdays. We celebrated Saturday at a new restaurant in downtown Provo (at the bottom of Wells Fargo).
Saturday, at 9am was also the Rex Lee run E and I have run for 3yrs in a row now. We did awesome. We ran the 10k with 8:21min miles and finished in under 52min. We ran with our friend Ruth. It was a lot of fun, but I ran so hard I was about to puke at the end. I held it in though, no worries.
We literally woke up 15min before this photo
We were trying to capture how cold it was with our breath...that you can't see
My friend Melanie and I- we were tennis partners in our tennis class at the Y
Eric loves his BJJ shirt that he designed and created for his club
Rockin' it outside of the MTC
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.
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.
