Hair Cut

This last week Kyle decided that he officially wanted to cut his hair. We decided Sunday would be the day, but after a slight mental breakdown (him this time, not me) because of school, and a surge of motivation today seemed like a better day, so we got some clippers and I went to work. A bit spontaneous, and I like it.

Before...

After...

Bagpipes...

Yesterday Kyle and I took a nice little bike ride to the nature park and as we are riding around the duck pond we hear bagpipes...yes, bagpipes...then we come around to the other side and sure enough there was a man playing the bagpipes.  Unfortunately he was not wearing a kilt.  Then it started to rain and the wind started to blow and the whole way home we were riding against the wind.

Date Night

Tonight we went on a date.  We went bowling and I did sooo aweful, I got a gutter ball on every frame...sometimes two in a row.  Kyle was kicking my butt!  I was so mad, but then I kept getting better.  We bowled three games, Kyle won the first two and I did so fantastic on the last game (120) that my overall score for all three games was higher than Kyle's!!! I was pretty happy...to say the least.  Then we went and got Jamba Juuice and the guys in front of us had an extra coupon for buy one get one free and he was so kind as to give it to us, so we got a free Jamba and that makes everyone happy.  Then we went to the cheap theatre (and snuck in our Jamba + free Jamba) and watched The Back-Up Plan...which was pretty funny, Kyle and I enjoyed it.  That was our date and I loved it!

On a side note...I got so much homework done that I don't have anymore for the weekend AND I am pretty much done with homework for my Old Testament class, which the one I get a ton of work in.  I feel pretty good about it.

It's 12:00am exactly.  Good night.

Cake For Breakfast

Kyle's birthday was on Tuesday, today is Thursday.  Two days ago we had a bar-b-que and it was quite successful.  Kyle cooked the burgers, Josh & Trista brought potato salad, and I cut things up.  Everything was delicious, so delicious that we stuffed ourselves so full that we couldn't eat any cake or ice-cream.  Then after a few hours had passed and Josh & Trista had left and we weren't so full, we forgot.  Just plain old forgot about cake and ice-cream, the highlight of all birthdays past, present, and future!  Then the next day forgot again until about 10 o'clock at night and we were too tired, so we agreed to eat cake and ice-cream the next morning...FOR BREAKFAST!  And so we did and it was delicious.  It was complete with candles and I sang quite beautifully, too :D I'm such a great wife.
...The wonderful early morning shadows...

P.S. Today we have been married for 2 whole months! WOOT WOOT!!

Neighborly Kindness

Today is the day before Kyle's birthday, so while he was in class for two and a half hours I got out the little charcoal grill that I have been hiding in our storage closet and began putting it together.  Almost immediately I scraped my thumb knuckle on I don't even know what, then as I was attaching the lid I managed to slice off a good chunk of my right index finger and it wouldn't stop bleeding and we were out of our good band aids so i had to use one of those gross plastic ones that turn the skin white and pruney because it doesn't allow your skin to breath...so you sweat and then it doesn't even stick after very long.  I'm sure everyone has had this experience...at least I hope it's not just me.  Well, I got it put together and I put it out on the balcony.  As soon as he gets home from class he is so happy that I think my surprise is spoiled so I asked him if he looked on the balcony as he drove up the lot.  He didn't, he was just happy...plain old honest to goodness happy, but I couldn't take it anymore.  I told him to go look on the balcony and he was so excited!  And I was so happy that I could surprise him, too, because it's really hard.  So now we have a little grill and tomorrow we are going to try it out and have a bar-b with Josh and Trista.

Then, before Kyle left again we decided to make more homemade pizza because we liked it so much last night...and we had a bunch of sauce left over.  Kyle made the dough again, since my finger was mutilated and then he left for orientation at his new job.  My job while he was gone was to make the pizza...and since last time the crust was super thick I decided to make two smaller pizzas, but they ended up being two of the same size pizzas as last night.  I put the first one (just cheese) in at 6:30 because we thought he would get done around then.  When that one was done I put the second one (pepperoni & orange peppers) in and then Kyle texts me and tells me he is going to be awhile later.  So instead of letting the first one get cold and just sit there, staring me in the face I decided to go over to our neighbors, who I had only met briefly on the stairs about a week ago, and ask if they had had dinner yet and if they wanted some pizza.  She was very surprised that I wanted to give her a whole pizza, but I assured her we had more than enough and that we wouldn't know what to do with it.  She's nice and I like her. Her name is Geri.  So I decided that every time we make pizza, we should make two and give one away because it's fun and I like it.

...And when Kyle did get home...he ate that whole entire pizza save the one piece that I ate.  It was no small pizza, either.

Homemade Happiness

Today is Sunday and we decided to attempt making homemade pizza...after church of course...and a nap...and after we cleaned because Josh and Trista were coming over for our pizza adventure.  Anyways, so this is how it went...

-First Kyle made a sticky mess into a beautiful lump of pizza dough.

Then, while the dough was rising, we made the sauce...

And cut up the delicious orange peppers...mmm...so so good! I could snack on those everyday.  They are most likely my favorite veggie today...maybe for the year even.

Then I took to "rolling" the dough.  Which was fantastic and I loved it and will always do it this way for the rest of my life because it is so fun and I just love it.

Then it was time...

And 20 minutes later...

Oh man was it good!  Especially for our first time.  Next time I want to try putting spinach, and mushrooms (only on my side, of course), and banana peppers, and maybe chicken instead of pepperoni.  I don't have much else to say except that our apartment is clean, our bellies are full, and we are happy and ready for bed.

Rigidly Disconnected

So last night....really more like yesterday, I had a bit of a meltdown because I hate school sooo much!!!  I am only taking 13 credits and I have no time for anything but homework all day everyday and I can't take it anymore.  Kyle wakes up early almost every morning to do homework, then we go to school and while he is in class I do homework and while I am in class he does homework, then we go home eat a quick lunch and the sit on opposite couches in front our computers and do homework until we are too tired to do anything else and then go to bed.  That is our life. That is it. Thats all. And yesterday I had this brilliant idea for my photography class and I was super excited about it. I was excited for my homework. Then when as we were walking out the door to go take pictures, we couldn't go because we had too much homework! I couldn't even do my homework because I had homework! I couldn't take it, I just started crying, like a little kid who didn't get her way. It was ridiculous.  Then I vented to Kyle about how much I hate school because we never have any quality time to spend with each other.  Then since I can't use my computer for my OT homework I have to wait for Kyle to get done and by that time it's 10 and I'm so cranky and tired and throwing a little temper tantrum while I try to do my homework and he comes over to help me and then I just broke down and started sobbing. And Kyle, being so sweet and loving closes his computer, picks me up, and takes me to bed. Needless to say I didn't get that homework done, and I really don't even care.

So in my family class we just learned about unhealthy, unbalanced family relationships and I just realized that that is what school has done to us.  And, to make things a bit ironic, the two classes that create the most imbalance is my family and my religion class! Perfect. I have discovered that Kyle and I are rigidly disconnected, as defined in my family textbook.  That is our life as students.

On the brighter side of things, I planted some flowers about 4 weeks ago and they are so exciting to watch as they grow.  I can't wait until they start to bloom! They are getting so big and green, it's like a little jungle in their pot.  Speaking of little things growing...