A Man Walked Into A Bar...

Chris has been studying so hard all summer. After our baseball trip, he remained at home faithfully studying and reading for the Bar. He didn’t get to go on any of the fun trips that I did, and he’s been plagued with hours and hours or questions, examples, and rules. Poor guy. Well, yesterday and today it finally paid off (we hope). He’s taking the bar. As he walked through the door last night, his family applauded him, but he wasn’t as pleased as he could have been since he knew that he was just going to have to go back the next day. I think that he’ll be much more pleased with himself and his efforts tonight. It will be such a relief for him to be finished, probably forever, with the test. Also, I think that he’ll be glad to be finished and come home tonight because it’s our anniversary. Yes, Chris had to take the Bar on our anniversary. It’s not that we had some huge production planned for the day, after all, I have to be at work today, but it would have been nice if he could have woken up and thought, “Oh good, I’ve been married to my wonderful wife for three years today” (I hope that’s what he was thinking) instead of waking up and thinking, “Crap, I have to take another test today”. At least when he’s finished he’ll be able to concentrate on having a fun evening instead of the Bar.

I Say She Shall

While Chris and I lived in DC, we missed all kinds of activities that our familys participated in. We missed out on the bowling league, the Glauser family cruise, and other things. One thing that I was sad to miss was the first annual trip down to the Shakespeare festival with my mother and sisters. I didn't have to miss out this year, which was great. We went down on Monday and saw four plays. We saw The Taming of the Shrew, Cyrano De Bergerac, Fiddler on the Roof, and Othello. It was great! My mother and I both studied English in college and both have a love of great literature including Shakespeare. There is nothing quite like seeing a great play performed live. My favorite play that we saw was Cyrano De Bergerac. It was so well performed and the story was wonderfully written. All the other plays were wonderful, although I was the tiniest bit disappointed at how the actor chose to play Iago in Othello. I was hoping that the character would be a bit sneakier, a bit craftier. I know that it's hard to emote sneakiness on stage, since most actions have to be exaggerated so that the entire audience can understand what's going on, so I wasn't too disappointed, just a bit. All in all it was a great week. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures.

Waffle Run 2008

Chris' mom is a healthy althletic woman. She's also a lot of fun. For the fourth of July, she wanted to do something for her sons and all their friends, so she organized a 5k run and a waffle breakfast and called it the Waffle Run. She had tee-shirts and a banner and hats and the waffles were excellent. We started at 9 in the morning with the run. There were about 30 people there. Chris and I have been training for it for quite a while, yes training for a 5k. I'm totally out of shape and it took me a long time to work up to a 5k. Anyway, we ran it in pretty good time and I was the second girl to cross the finish line, which I'm completely proud of. After the run, everyone went into the house to enjoy breakfast and we all sat around and talked for a while. It was so fun! Chris and I had a few friends there, we were able to get a picture with all of us proud in our shirts.

New Beginnings

It's official, I got a job! I am so excited about being done with the job search. I am going to be working as an assistant to the Dean of Arts and Sciences at Westminster College. It's exciting for me because the Dean is over the English department, which is what I studied in college which means that I'm almost going to be working in my field...almost. It's also exciting because it means that I don't have to go to any more interviews. I've been to three interviews since I started applying for jobs and found them to be the most harrowing experiences. An interview is the only social occasion where it's acceptable for people to sit and judge you, which is horrible. But it's over, and I couldn't be happier.

Too Many Shoes?

One of the great things about being back in Salt Lake for good is that Chris and I can visit with friends and famiy back here and not feel like we have to soak up everything all at once. We can go get frosty floats with family members, or play bottchi with friends and it doesn't feel like we're waisting the precious minutes until we have to leave again. Chris and I have done a lot of really fun things since we've been back. We go bowling every Wednesday night when games are only a dollar (Misa's cousin is part of the group that we go with), we watch Chris' highschool friends play softball every week, I get together with my sister to watch our favorite television show, and many other things. Another great thing about being back is that I can call up my sister any time I want, or she can call me, and we can meet up for something fun anytime we want without having to plan a plane trip and hotel rooms. On Saturday, Old Navy was having a big sale so Jeaneah called me up and we went on the spur of the moment. And low and behold, what was on sale? Flip flops! I have to admit that I have a serious flip flop addiction and if I had the funds, there would be no limit to the amount that I would own. At the sale on Saturday, the flip flops were on sale for a dollar a pair. It was very exciting. I bought a couple of pairs and am very happy about it, though I did have to endure a little gentle teasing from Chris who doesn't completely understand my addiction. So not only was I shopping for flip flops, but I got to go with Jeaneah, which has to rank up there as one of the highlights of my week.

Lacrosse Player, Thy Name Is Chris

Chris has emarked on his quest to risk life and limb by playing summer lacrosse. There are a few sports that he played in high school and really enjoyed, and every time he sees one of those sports being played, either live or on tv, he decides that he should be playing that sport. Lacrosse is one of those sports. Living out in DC over the past three years, we had the opportunity to see some high quality Lacrosse being played by some of the best in the country, and every time we would watch a game, Chris would say something about playing in a league. Now that we're back in Salt Lake, he has been able to sign up for a summer league, and he had his first game last night. It's always a delight for me to be able to watch Chris doing something that he really enjoys and I get a little thrill out of seeing him do well. Last night was no exception. Though his team all wore yellow shirts and all looked pretty similar, I had no problem picking out which one Chris was. He has a very distinctive way of moving that made it quite easy for me to fix my eye on him and watch every move that he made. It was so fun. Our law school friends were also there to watch him. A picnic had been planned for yesterday evening and the group kindly decided to move the location of the picnic to the park where Chris was playing so that we could all hang out. It was great to see them all again and they all got to see Chris in action, which was fun.

Sisters Don't Shake Hands

I just got back from a great week of visiting with my sisters at the happiest place on Earth. That's right, I took another vacation. I couldn't help myself, I had to enjoy one more week of freedom before starting work again. It was wonderful. I hadn't see my younger sister or the friend who went with us for such a long time and it was even more exciting since Jenn just announced that she's having a baby. She has a house and is definitely the most grown up out of the four of us who went on this trip. We stayed at her house in St. George on our way to and from California, which was nice. My sisters had planned all kinds of fun little activities for the trip. My older sister bought us all matching necklaces and my younger sister bought us all matching shoes. We listened to Disney songs all the way to California. The first day that we went to the park, we got off our second ride and there were a couple of people wating for us to get off the ride. They handed us some badges that allowed us to fast pass all the rides in the park, so we didn't have to wait in line for a ride all day! The other days at the park were great as well, but not quite as exciting as that first day. Since my younger sister is pregnant, she couldn't go on many of the rides, so we had to split into couples, but we were able to meet up for some of the rides and to each and other things, so it was great all around. The last day we were there, we didn't go back to the park, just sat by the pool most of the day, which was good because by that last day, our feet hurt pretty bad and we were glad to relax. We finished up by driving back to Jenn's house and then driving home. It was wonderful.