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today richie had surgery.

knee surgery to be more specific (he tore his ACL).
he has been a little out of it, but everything went well.


now he is sleeping on our couch, but he will be up soon.

we have another round of pain meds in 45 minutes and then every
four hours from then on. so if anyone is up and restless
around 11:30, 3:30, or 7:30 give us a call. we will be up.

good news

really good news.

i got a real job!

complete with an office, 40 hour work weeks, and even benefits.



and... i will be working for BYU.

last week i was a student at BYU and now i am a full-time employee. crazy, huh?

i will be in the same department as i have been working in for two years.
i am just moving up in the world...

i am so excited- especially because i can now park in A-Lots. woot woot!

its official, i'm a pretty lucky girl.

I'm a college grad! Part 2

Here I am receiving my diploma (cover). Huzzah!
The real thing gets mailed to me in a couple months.

We headed to P.F. Chang's to celebrate! The food was sooo good.

I graduated from BYU... I can't believe it!

I'm a college grad! Part 1

We enjoyed commencement today (where they talk). I had perfect seats, lined up with the podium and in the 5th row. I couldn't have gotten better seats if I tried. I also ended up with a crooked grad hat for the pics. I will have to fix that for tomorrow's convocation (where we walk).

My parents said they wanted to have a Provo experience.
So naturally we had dinner at J-Dawgs... I had a polish dog with special sauce.




And then hiked the Y after a quick wardrobe change...






And finished the day with some YoZone.
I got Peaches & Cream and Coconut Yogurt with strawberries. Delicious!

I'm ready for the next round of celebrating tomorrow... but after a good night's rest.

sometimes i worry...

about my diet.

its true. can you believe it?

last night i was thinking. thinking a lot.

i even got to the point where i was trying to figure out how i can make myself like salad and vegetables. i was determined to eat healthier and that i guess means i need to start eating vegetables. i practically convinced myself to only eat salad for the next two weeks. i am sure to like something after forcing myself to eat it over and over again, right? that's what happened with me and applesauce.

well today, i look back and wonder... what was i thinking??

the thought of eating lettuce, broccoli, carrots, beets, cabbage, artichokes, corn, celery, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, asparagus, peas, cucumbers, spinach, or leaves off of any tree makes me shudder.

so i don't think i can do it.

oh well!

can you tell that i am done with finals and that jeremy isn't? man... i am boring.

my mom...

makes me laugh.

today, IMing while we were both at work:

me: hey mom
mom: hey girlie
mom: how are you?
me: im good
mom: hey i was a hero today.
me: really?!
mom: i went and gave blood.
me: nice work!
....
mom: i thought of you and thought for sure i was going to faint
mom: but i didn't
mom: but i did enjoy the krispy kreme donut

(p.s. i have a history of fainting when i give blood)

sunday picnic

last time

today was the last time i will ever go down these stairs in the testing center.

that's right... i am DONE! done with taking tests, done with papers, and done with reading assignments (until grad school, but let's just embrace this moment). i will literally never see those stairs again. wow... this feels great.

i am so excited!