Lack of Productivity

One would think that during finals week, students should be the most productive. They have multiple exams crammed into a few days and still must maintain their normal life of eating and sleeping and talking to other people.
For me however, this seems not to be the case. Today was Day 1 of no classes and all I managed to do--for school at least-- was my finance review sheet.
I did many things un-related to school though...I took a 2 yr-old to go see the fishtanks in the bottom of the Widtsoe Building, I talked to my high school basketball coach for the first time in 4 years, I got my hair cut (pictures will follow shortly), and I looked at a lot of pictures on Facebook (and yes, those are listed in order of importance).
So, while I did not do too many things in the area of academia, I am okay with that. I just need to embrace the things I do get done.

It really is nice to not have class, though. Josh and I got to go to a movie for the first time in forever last night because we were feeling un-stressed enough. That's really saying something, for both of us to feel that way at the same time. We went to see Valentine's Day at the dollar theatre, starring every famous person ever.



The downside was that every love story involved sex (except for the elementary schooler). The upside was that the high schoolers didn't have sex. And I liked how it showed many different types of love. It reminded me a little of Love Actually (my favorite movie, which I lost and am still heartbroken about it). But mostly it was just fun to get out. With Josh.
And more than mostly, I love Josh!

We are coming up on our one year anniversary of meeting. The spring weather just reminds me of when we dated (for the long time that it was) and it is so wonderful to remember! I'm excited for another summer with him.

267,840

Is a rough estimate of how many minutes Sarah and I celebrated being married yesterday.

I love celebrations. If there is a reason to celebrate, people find reasons to disregard inhibition. Maybe inhibition is too harsh of a word - hesitance sounds a little more inviting. Whatever word you use to describe it, when people celebrate they do things they normally wouldn't, and that is the fun of celebrating, right?

Yesterday was no different for Sarah and I - I woke up early in the morning to meet with my Contaminant Hydrogeology group (not part of the celebration), and hurried our meeting as much as possible without seeming overly eager to not participate in our group project. I traveled the 7 blocks home to our mansion on Center St. Not long after we headed to Christie & Nikki's to pick up the kids and then headed to the mountains (really just Canyon Glen Park) for Sarah's 10 mile race (yeah, she's pretty intense).

"Terrible", "horrible", "awful", and "worst-race-ever" are some of the ways Sarah described the race. Sorry, babe. But great job.

Eventually we were able to leave Avery & Jaden with Nikki and head home to get ready for the big night of less-hesitance. On second thought, it was our night of inhibited inhibition (sounds much more intriguing, right).

... and what crazy things did this 267,840 day celebration filled with a lack of inhibition hold once it really got rolling?

pillow purchasing: king-size and body pillows, the only way to do pillows

sheet selecting: baby blue to compliment our brown duvet (brown and blue are good together, in case you weren't aware)

hiking the Himalayas: okay, we really just ate at the Himalyan Kitchen in SLC, but it was so authentic I felt like I was at least at the 18,000' base camp of Everest!

ending the day with the end-of-days thriller 2012: I fell asleep during it, crap.

Best part of the day: SARAH. Hands down.

New Camera!

We got a new camera! Josh has really nice camera, but my little point and shoot broke awhile ago which has made it hard to take pictures, for obvious reasons.

So we decided to splurge and get a new little camera to make it easier to take pictures more frequently!

We spent most of the weekend at my sister's house watching conference and eating way too much sugar (in the form of cinnamon rolls and strawberry crepes and donuts).

Then we decided to move our bed into our living room and turn out apartment into a studio and turn our bedroom into a storage room. Why? Because our bedroom has no AC, which would make living quite miserable in the summer months. So we stayed up late Saturday night moving furniture and clothes until we were satisfied with the product. I think it will be really great because we won't have to traipse across the hallway from our bedroom to the bathroom anymore.

In the midst of the turmoil...

The finished product!

It was great to be with kids for Easter because they get so excited about the candy, Easter Bunny, and treats they get (clearly focusing on what it's all about). My niece and nephew both got bunny ears and decided to hop around the rest of the day being bunnies. This is my nephew's favorite face when he realizes someone is taking a picture of him.