Okay. So I’m thinking I would like to lose 3-5 pounds, you know the “just because I want to pounds.” I’m not overweight or anything, I would just like to lose a few to get ready for spring and summer. If I had known how impossible it was to lose weight, I would have started last year! I learned in my health class today that in order to lose just one small, insignificant pound you have to burn 3,500 calories! Are you kidding me!?  I walk/jog 3 miles 3 times a week and was thinking if I bumped up my workout time I could lose those pounds easily… but I don’t come even close to buring that much, even combined! I also learned why it is easier for guys to drop weight than girls- that is the ultimate worst! Anyway, I just thought I would vent about that today. I guess I will try to go a 4th mile tonight to burn some more calories… maybe I’ll lose 1/2 a pound (since that would be such a huge feat!… not! )!

I doubt I will get a good workout tonight though because of our busy church schedule tonight and then we have to go to ... dreaded Wal-Mart.  Does anybody else loathe going there as much as I do? Its not that I don’t like going there, you can’t beat the prices, but I think I just don’t like being there. I would have to believe most WalMarts around the country are the same. Will and I can go at any time of the day and be in a hurry and still see 3 people we know who all want to stop and chat. Then you run into the crowded aisles and such “friendly” people, who- like us- just want to get their stuff and go but hate the world and will let you know it as they reach for the last box of cereal you are just DYING to have!  Did I mention these trips bother me?? Then, no matter if we have written our grocery list in blood and budgeted 5 times, “mysterious” items make it into our shopping cart because we “really need” them (like we need a root canal). Anyway, so that will be the plan after church- to go meet the rest of southwest Oklahoma at Walmart to get a few things. Maybe I’ll get to burn some calories rushing through the aisles to get home.

Have a good evening

I am sitting here at the office where I intern and am looking at the calendar. I can not believe that February is almost over. I think as I get older time goes by much much faster. I can remember thinking May would never come when I was a kid, and here I am about to graduate college just clinging to these last 2 months thinking- please, just slow down! I also can’t believe that in just a couple of weeks it will be our anniversary! I can remember last year this time thinking, “I am about to be married in like 2 weeks!!” and all of the excitement and busyness and nervousness of those last few weeks… and now I’m here again already?

Time has really flown. Spring break will be here in 2 weeks. I can’t believe it. Its my last “real break” before I get a job. How sad. :( The worst part is that I am having foot surgery the week before and will be unable to do anything that week, the week of Spring break, and the week after… which means that our anniversary will consist of ordering in and spending time together on the couch. No fun. I guess that’s life though. My mom is going to take care of me the first week, and then Will is going to take off the 2nd week. My mom and sister are going to go visit my dad in Kuwait that week. I’m jealous. And I’m hoping that the third week, when everyone goes back to work, I’ll be able to get around some on my own. If not, I will just make myself do it. Whether my body is ready or not, I have to go back to school that following week. Does anyone sense denial on my part?? So I’m gearing up to try to get everything done these next two weeks so I can not feel so guilty doing nothing for three. I think women have some guilt switch in our brain that we feel we always have to be doing something or we feel bad. Like, I could just laze around for an hour but I the laundry HAS to get done this second, when it really could wait an hour. Really, it could. It’s been sitting there for like 3 days… whats another hour? I’m trying to help myself realize these things in the event of my surgery, but I have this bad feeling that I will be on all fours, crawling around doing stupid and unnecessary things. What a hilarious sight. I hope I don’t get that bored. Have a great day all!

“Don’t sweat the petty stuff and don’t pet the sweaty stuff.”

TMJ, Lockjaw, whatever. I have it. I went to the dentist yesterday knowing that I had a small case of it, but it had progressed. I now have to get a splint thing to wear at night for the mere cost of $500. Can you believe that!? I never realized the cost of being alive! I sure miss my parents paying for everything. I told my mom about my lockjaw issues and she was like, “I want to pay for that. You are still in school and you are going to be needing this splint thing now, so let us do that for you.” I feel bad about it. Its like Will and are supposed to be on our own, so I feel bad taking advantage of my mom’s generosity. She is always so willing to help, but I can imagine that it gets tiresome for her. Maybe that’s just a mother’s nature or something- to help out her kid. I don’t know. I think she thinks back to her days when her and my dad were first married and dirt poor and her dad bailed them out a time or two, but its different with me and Will- we are good at budgeting things-we just don’t have $500 laying around! So I don’t know what to do. I guess I will let her go ahead and do it, afterall, there is coming a time when the whole “we’re newly married and poor” thing won’t work. Anyone else had issues with your parents about that?

Today has been a good day. It’s “my” Friday, the day Will and I spend the whole day together, and I think I may be driving him crazy. Nonetheless, he is still being wonderful. My mom got us a big picture of one of our favorite poses from the wedding during Christmas, but I had yet to frame it. It was laying there all sad, longing to be put in a frame, so today we went and picked one out and the matting and all of that stuff. I feel bad- I know Will was going crazy because I was being so indecisisive about all of the different mattings and frames and everything. Finally, he said I should call my mom since she would know better than either of us would. So I did. She met us up there and helped us pick a nice matting for our frame. I know Will was relieved to get out of there. I am terrible about making decisions like that.

Finally the weekend! We don’t have any big plans or anything. Its a big deal in our house because all DirectTV subscribers are getting STARZ free this weekend, so it looks like a movie marathon for us tonight. Those weekend trial things are great for newlyweds.

I guess that’s about all that’s been going on! Have a good weekend!

I finally took my test today, such a relief. I hate the pressure and build up to an important test- I’m just ready to get it over with and move on! I’ll find out Thursday how I did.

Yesterday was nice. Will was exhausted from his busy day, so when I called he asked me if I could meet him at the mall so he could pick up my gift because it came in. We got there and- like I thought- I got my shoes! They fit great.

We had planned to go eat, but my test was wearing on my mind and I could tell Will could fall over any second, so we opted to go home and go out today instead. I’m glad we did because its like a celebratory dinner since my big worries are over for now! I went in the other room to study and came out at 9:00 or so and will was dead asleep on the couch. So much for a romantic evening. ha ha Nonetheless, it was such a great day knowing I had the greatest guy ever in my life, and Valentine’s Day can be everyday.

Today is so exciting. I know a lot of people think it is a commercialized holiday to sell flowers, candy, and jewlery, but I’m a typical girl and I still get giddy at the thought of V-Day. This is our first married Valentine’s Day, so thats exciting too. A man at our church owns a large flower store in town and asked Will to help him deliver flowers as a fundraiser for the youth group. So Will enlisted his dad to be the van driver while Will makes the deliveries. Its a long day, he actually got up before I did this morning!

Saturday night we went over to Will’s parents and ate dinner and watched Troy. We also got our valentine’s day gifts from them. I got a cute OU shirt and some good smelling lotions and soaps. Then last night we went over to my moms and got our gifts. She really spoils us. Its funny how practical our gifts are now that we’re married. There was a time that I had to “borrow” some toilet paper and dishwashing soap from my mom because we decided to use our money to buy OU season tickets instead of groceries (We are young and stupid I guess).  Anyway, in our bags there was a huge pack of toilet paper and Electrosol dishwashing tabs. Then we each got a Wal-Mart gift card and cash. Plus way too much candy. That was great. My mom always overdoes it on “small” holidays, but I’m not complaining.

I got Will OU vs Baylor b-ball tickets. That’s a story in itself. I was so proud of my idea to get him these tickets because I had been hearing how incredible Baylor was doing and how they could win it all. So I got the tickets thinking this was going to be such an awesome game. Well, I’m terrible about getting excited about gifts I got people and wanting to tell them before the day comes, so I dropped some hints about OU b-ball and asked how Baylor was doing. Will then proceeded to tell me how terrible they were this year and how everyone is beating them… it was the Baylor WOMEN who were doing so well… not the MEN! I was so disappointed and Will could read it all over my face. He eventually guessed my “best ever” surprise. We had a good laugh and held eachother on the couch. So, he already knows his gift, but thats not a big deal. I also had a heart shaped cake made for him that says Go Sooners beat Baylor, so that will be a surprise.

I guessed Will’s gift for me, or at least I think I did! I think I’m getting a pair of shoes I’ve been wanting, so we’ll wait and see. We’re going to eat tonight, and then I have to go home and study away. I have a huge test tomorrow, so that will be the end to a wonderful day, yuck. <3

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

-ee cummings

Is anyone with me? I can’t even imagine you awesome women with babies right now! How do you get things done!? Its like we have 24 hours, but really we need 30. 30 would be so nice a few months out of the year. I was looking at my planner (I call it my 2nd Bible) today thinking there is no way some of the things that need to get done can get finished on schedule unless I morph into superwoman over the weekend. Will is so good for me in times like these. I am the “worrier” of the pair, so he is always good at making me realize that what I need to get done will get done if I just breathe and stay on task, and the things I can’t change I can’t worry about… because they can’t be changed! It sounds so practical coming from him...getting my mind to actually do it is a totally different thing! There is something about thinking about 20 different things at the same time that motivates me. I guess that’s why I want to do PR- always having a thousand things coming at you at the same time and just having to get it done, it is a challenge that I hope I can master with more practice!

Ready for the weekend! Have a good one!

The Forgotten Paycheck and Lysol in my Hand
Can you believe it? I actually forgot to get paid yesterday. I had to laugh to myself for being so scatterbrained. Will , however, did not find it as amusing. So if the lights go out tonight, I guess it’s my fault! ha ha

Today in one of my health classes we had an extensive presentation about household germs. The study followed 10 “neat freak“ families and how they cleaned their kitchens. They then tested for some of the major bacterias like ecoli and staph. In every single kitchen there were traces of them, and in 8 of the 10 the levels were dangerous! I’m thinking, “okay, these are neat freaks’ houses?! What about ‘normal’ houses??“ It truly got me thinking about spraying the house down with Lysol!

Tonight is Will’s “Friday.” Since he works on Sunday, he gets tomorrow off. He is so sweet. He “gave” that day to me about a year ago, so every Friday we get to hang out when I get done with school and we do whatever I have planned. Tomorrow, however, he is going to be helping his dad with some landscape stuff (his dad is a landscape contractor), so I get the day to myself. I think I’ll use to to get much needed homework and other odds and ends done… like sanitizing the house!

PS-Will and Britt pics to come

I think everything I wrote yesterday was setting me up for a huge “jinx” today. I was just asking for a crazy day yesterday… well I’m getting what I deserve. I’m intering at the hospital this semester so I’ll be able to see what it’s like to have a “real job” in PR as opposed to what I’m told in class. Well, this whole semester I’ve been tasked with writing 15 biographies for the hospital’s foundation cookbook.The bios are due next week. I was rolling through them thinking, “This is great! I will be done early!” Well I was over halfway done when I got an updated list of the names the foundation had decided they wanted for the cookbook. I only had 5 of the ones listed. So today it’s back to the drawing board of researching people and making phone calls to interview local Oklahomans. Such a mess. I have had little success with some of the people. The creator of Strawberry Shortcake apparently lives here in southwest Oklahoma- did you know there is absolutely nothing on the internet about the show’s creator?? With the multitude of information on the internet I thought I’d have some success… but no. I guess I am truly learning about deadlines and sucking it up and getting it done no matter what roadblocks I run into.

Today is our long day. We have our Wednesday night youth service at 6:30. Almost all of her kids come from very underprivileged homes, so we have to pick them all up and take them all home.That job in itself can be tiresome.Luckily we have two vans now, so we can split up the route. 15 teenagers in one small van… I have a lot of stories I could tell. This job has truly been a challenge for us. It is a labor of love, one that requires a lot of giving with little getting. This job has truly made us so thankful for the parents we have and the love and support we have gotten from them over the years. The majority of our kids come from broken homes that are full of such terrible things, and the fact that they choose on their own to come to church-without their parents making them has been such an encouragement. It makes for a long evening, but if one student catches what Will says, it is worth it. I am really looking forward to Will’s message tonight. He is such a gifted speaker. He is so good with relating to students and coming up with stories and examples and analogies off the cuff. I just look at him in amazement. I learn so much from the way he relates to our students.

Better get back to my research!

Not an overly exciting day today. I have come to realize that is not a bad thing. There are times when the “busyness” and stress of some days have me looking forward to days like these, so I won’t complain. Thankfully, I don’t think there are any major sporting events that Will will want to watch- OU lost at basketball yesterday and we won’t get the Mavs game if they’re playing, so it will be a nice and relaxing evening of watching Seinfeld and Everyone Loves Raymond reruns! I tried to put some pics up today, but I had saved all of them as photoshop documents, so I wouldn’t load! Such a dissapointment. I am so proud of our pictures and I can’t wait to get them up. Oh well, more to come in the “overly exciting life of Will and I!”

Okay. I have heard about these bloggers for a long time now and have been interested in them for a while, but today I finally broke down and started one for the two of us. I am hoping this new guilty pleasure does not become an addiction for me! Will and I have been married for 11 months now, our anniversary is on March 13. It’s been an incredible first year and I can’t wait for the next. Hopefully in the coming weeks I will be able to get some pictures up and really “spruce” my site up some!