November 4

Today, I'm grateful for:

No homework Thursday!!

Having just enough lemon juice for fish tacos.

Having just enough flour for cookies.

Finding out what betta fish look like when they fight.

This sentence, taken directly from a textbook about mating betta fish: "At this point the female must make a hasty retreat or risk severe harassment from the randy male." Basically, the fact that my textbook used the word randy.

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November 3

Today, I'm grateful for:

My wonderful husband. I never could have dreamed of marrying anyone better.

That we get to go to Coeur d'Alene for Thanksgiving!! I get to see most of my immediate family! Also, Kagan will get to see the lighting of the trees and Coeur d'Alene when it's got all the Christmas lights and everything...so excited.

Candy corn.

Thanksgiving decorations.

November 2

Today, I'm grateful for:

Not having any more tests this week.

Clean underwear (and a washing machine that provides it).

That my hand still has feeling after about 8 full pages of writing for my Con Bio test.

November 1

Today, I'm grateful for:

Spare tires, which bring my husband home safely.

Being able to borrow a calculator from work for a test, and then doing the math in my head during the test.

Class being canceled.

Billy Joel. Enough said.

Reality check

I've been thinking a lot lately about my wedding. I look at other people's weddings and think how great they looked, or what they did that was so fantastic, what I could have or should have or wish that I had done or had for my wedding.

But as I thought about it today, I came to a realization. My wedding was better than any of theirs, even if they had a horse drawn carriage to ride in, hundreds of friends at their reception, or a chocolate fountain, or so many other things. When I look back on my wedding, it may no have been perfect. But I have something that none of them have. I get to be married to the person who makes me happier than I could have ever dreamed I'd be, the man who teaches me so much about myself and loves me so much in spite of my numerous shortcomings.

So when I look at a picture of someone's wedding and think, "Wow, her dress fits her so much better than mine did" or, "Her hair looks so pretty, I wish I'd done my hair that way (or just differently)" or, "She's so lucky, she had so many of her girlfriends who were able to be her bridesmaids," I realize that in the end, none of it matters. I had my best friends right there with me, few though they may have been. But I got to marry my best friend, and I get to spend forever with him. And no one can take that away from me.

October

Yay for October! The month of (hopefully) cooling temperatures (we've been in the 80's during the day here in Utah for most of the week), meaning that I can start wearing fall clothes and not sweat to death when I ride my bike to school each morning.

So, I haven't blogged for awhile. It's not because I haven't wanted to, either. I just...haven't had anything to blog about. I'm in school, working, and...well, that's just about all I do. Any of my free time is either spent doing homework or avoiding homework and spending time with my wonderful husband instead. Overall, my life is fairly uneventful. I guess that's what getting married does to you.

I realized last night that as of today, I have been married for two whole months. We've made it so far, I know. When I told Kagan that last night, he couldn't hardly believe it. It's funny how 2 months when you're engaged feels like an eternity, and 2 months when you're married just flies by.

I really don't have much to write about. I'll end with a plug for my other blog. Visit it here! I don't know when the last time you looked at it was, but there's some pretty funny stuff on there. Also some very happy things, as the name of the blog implies. Take a look!

Secret #21

I'm fairly certain that the drinking fountains on campus are conspiring against me. More to come on that...if I feel like it.

Double meaning

This morning as I was opening my office, which happens to be on the 7th floor of a rather tall building on campus, I looked out over the Utah valley. It was fairly early, so the sun was still rising over the valley. I realized that in most places, since the sun rises in the east, the sunlight spreads from east to west, correct? Well, because of the mountain range directly west of where we are, the sunlight actually ends up spreading from west to east.

What a backward place Utah valley is.

Secret #20

Now that I'm married, I attend a student married ward. Most people in the ward don't have kids, but a few do. Most of those kids are small babies, so the only distractions they provide are their cries (usually quelled quickly with a bottle) and their cuteness. However, there are a few couples with kids, probably 2 or 3 years of age.

Fact: I have a really hard time not judging people who let their children run wild during sacrament meeting.

Pictures!

Yep, I'm posting to show you more pictures! But we're pretty good-looking, so you can't complain, can you?

Here's the link to our pictures.

Our photographer, once again, is amazing. Those sunset shots are real. I can attest that the sunset actually looked that way. She didn't increase the saturation or anything.

We did this shoot on the 4th (well, actually the 3rd, but the 4th was on a Sunday, meaning most everyone in Utah celebrated it on the 3rd) of July, which is how we got the big fireworks in the background. It was a super fun shoot, and it was so worth it to give up my 4th for that!

P.S. I'm getting married in 11 days. I cannot wait!