I have had this post ready but was hoping to have a few more pictures to post but Dugan has my camera hostage and keeps forgetting to give it to me.
Sunday January 23
Today was Wonderful. I LOVE church. I will just give you a few thoughts. Trusting my all in the Lord, Whatever it takes, Things that matter most (Uchtdorf). After church I spent a lot of time talking to my mom, sister, Janell (Dugan’s mom) on the phone and did lots of things I wanted to do. Dugan and I had a nice night.
Monday January 24th
Today I woke up so tired. But I am trying to get up the same time every day. I read this article about how getting up different times each day gives your body a type of Jet-lag. So am going to test it out. Dugan took me to school on his way to work. I was busy getting everything printed and ready for Studio. I know I have mentioned before and I am sure I will mention it again but I really do hate the plotter room. Actually it wasn’t to bad today so I am going to take today as a win. It just amazes me how long it takes to print things sometimes. Anyway a successful day of Studio and another few assignments to do this week. Studio has really kept me busy. After studio D and I came home. I made Lemon Chicken Fettuccine for dinner and worked on studio.
Tuesday January 25th
Today I woke up tired again. I am a pretty big dreamer and often wake up exhausted from my dreams. Anyway I only had Bob’s class today and we talked about Stone (I know you are all super jealous). After class I did my Structures homework that is due for tomorrow night I really didn’t want that hanging over my head. After Dugan and I got home we had some lunch and then went to pick up my friend Carrie’s daughter Katie I offered to babysit. She was ssoooo Funny in the car. She is 2 and a half and speaks so clear. It is so fun to talk to her. When we got to the house we watched Anastasia (one of my favorite kid movies) Then it was time for Katie to take her nap. I worked on homework while she was sleeping. She woke up right before her mom came to pick her up. It was Wonderful to get a chance to have such fun conversations with her. She is so Cute. Then I started to make Pork Chops and Pepper Corn for dinner. Spent the rest of the night working on diagraming maps and got in a little work out.
Wednesday January 26th
I woke up and got a few things done and got all ready. Dugan took me to school on his way to work. I had to take care of a few things on campus so I ran around campus for the first hour. When I made it back to my desk it was perfect timing to check and see if the teacher I am a T.A. for this semester had anything she would like me to be doing. I chatted with her for a minute and then headed back to my desk to work on studio. With in a few minutes my map was ready to be printed. Plotter Room (enough said). Pinned up my work and spent the next hour taking care of odds and ins. Studio went well today. I had some good thoughts. Have I expressed recently how much I love teaching? Well I do. It was a very informative day. It had been a good day but I really needed to get out of the building for a bit and I had a little less then an hour before my structure class would start so I decided to hurry down to the field house for a quick workout. I thought to myself a few miles on the Treadmill or Running on the indoor track? When I got there I was greeted with a fun suprise I had forgot about. (Since I don’t usually have time to go and work out on Wednesday nights.) It was a Hip-Hop Class. Sweet just what I would need to help me sit still and try and pay attention in structures for the next three hours. I worked up a pretty good sweat when I had to leave early in order to make it to class. The class actually went pretty fast tonight. I am hoping to start my homework for next wednesday tomorrow and maybe finish it by Saturday so I don’t forget everything. I was so proud of myself for my excellent dinner planning. We got home and within 15 minutes I had made Parmesan Pesto Salmon with Jasmine Rice and Parmesan Crisp. Now that’s what I am talking about. Who knew how well my super powers would work tonight. Good and Successful day. Time for me to go to sleep. Hope I can wake up rested tomorrow morning.
Thursday January 27th
Today was good and long. I had Bob’s class which will now make me look much closer at Masonry from now on. After class I got a few things done and then had lunch. Now the only reason I mention lunch is because I have been on this kick for the past few weeks. Almost everyday for lunch I have Tomato Soup. I am so hooked. I also will often have it with this new cracker I found. It is a wasa crisp. They are delicious. Also if I am really wanting something sweet I will put a little almond butter dark chocolate spread on it and warm it just a bit. Heaven on earth with no guilt. Anyway I LOVE food but enough about it for now. Then my poor Modernism teacher arrived just barley late to class with suitcases in toe. He had come straight from the airport in a Taxi. Poor guy was sweaty and all flustered. With in a few minutes class had began and we were discussing the Tatlin Tower. After doing the four reading assignments in preface to the discussion I found hope that it might be possible for me to write my 20 page paper about one building but we will see. It is still very over whamming to envision. After class I took Dugan to work and had two appointments to go to before going back and picking him up. After I picked him up we went to meet with our real-estate agent about looking at 3 houses. The first one had almost no kitchen, the second had almost no room in the bedrooms and the third was a little unfinished. We had a nice time looking. I came home and made Steak Salsa Verde tacos which I whipped up pretty quick again due to good planning. We had dinner did a little homework and then off to bed.
Friday January 28th
I am so glad it’s Friday. Spent the morning working on Studio. Then had studio. It was a pretty uneventful day as school goes. After school Dugan and I had to run by and pick up a gift for Jimmy. I have been thinking about it for weeks but am so indecisive that I hadn’t actually picked up the gift till now. We came home and I made Fish and Chips. I love fish (very lightly breaded) and I like my chips to be sweet potatoes. Making things healthy is GOOD. After dinner Dugan and I drove by a few of the other houses that we were interested in looking at. It was a good thing because there were a few eliminated before we took the time of the realtor. Dugan and I had a nice night together.
Saturday January 29th
Good morning world. I love being a morning person. With a few random morning mishaps I made it to work a few minutes late. It was fine sometimes life just has a few curve balls at 6:00 in the morning. Work was nice and went by fast. Then I came home to wrap Jimmy’s present and get ready for his party. We went to our friends Jim and Carries son’s Birthday party. It was at the Nickelcade. He opened his presents which we gave him a Star Wars Guess Who game that we thought was pretty cool. Then we had cake (which was a super hero cake that his mom had made with fondant buildings) it was really cool. Then it was play time. I took Katie and she went on the moving rides with most of her nickels. The 5 and 6 year old boys were having fun finding games to play. Dugan and I later played a Deal or no deal game. I choose the case #15 (which is my anniversary day). The rest of the game is opening 20 cases and depending on the amount of money that is eliminated depends on the dealers offer. Well the 1000 was still up so Dugan had me keep going. It came down to my case and #2 one of them had 8 the other 1000. I said no deal. It opened my case to reveal 1000. YES I was so excited I picked the highest case. Sweet I got 200 tickets which allowed Dugan to pick out some $10.00 Sunglasses for me. It was pretty fun. After the kids parents came to pick them up we went to the Clarks house. Katie took here nap, Jimmy played with his toys from his party, Jim and Dugan went downstairs and Carrie and I played Jimmy’s new Star Wars guess who game for 2 hours. Crazy how time flies when your having fun. It was dinner time and we decided to go out for Chinese. After dinner we ran by the school to pick up a few things and drove by two other houses we were interested in. What a great day.
