Vroom vroom!

Ooo darn, I am pretty sure I'm over my two weeks mark with this post. But, I was out of town for most of the weekend so... No, still not a viable excuse since I was home on Sunday afternoon.

The week before last was pretty normal. Dave finished up classes, I had work. For our date night Dave took me to the national art museum. Yeah, I was pretty surprised too. Except there was a video game exhibit and my surprise lessened quite a bit. We also got to do a service project called Rebuilding Together which is more or less charitable home renovations. We worked at a women's halfway house type thing and made raised garden boxes. He spent a lot of time working on his car too because this weekend we actually did something exciting.

We went down to VIR and Dave did a track day on Saturday. I got to do a ride along with his instructor but I'm still stuck in the same place where I might understand why he likes it, but it isn't really anything I'd ever want to do. Interesting note: an episode of Top Gear was filmed at VIR and Dave's instructor's car makes a very brief appearance. Stella didn't enjoy the weekend quite as much as Dave does because all the loud noises kind of scared her a bit. We also learned some interesting things for next time we go camping: Stella must have her own bed. Unlike at home where she'll curl up at the foot of the bed, she has to have half of the sleeping bag before she'll stop trying to sit on your head. Which gets really cold in the wee hours of the morning.

Looking forward into the next two weeks I get to do lots of training, get a new boss, MSF course, and Dave starts his internship. Hooray!

The greatest show on earth!

So on Friday Dave and I went to the circus. It was actually pretty fun. I don't know about greatest show on earth but we definitely had a good time.

The past couple of weeks have been pretty normal, as usual. Dave's all done with midterms and did his first term paper! Work for me has been pretty interesting, we're starting the ranking process for the next year. Official ranking impacts your salary and promotion prospects. I'll only be unofficially ranked since I haven't been around very long just to get me used to the process. But it is pretty interesting to see how concerned everyone is when you are being ranked against a whole bunch of other top performers.

On the cooking front, I've been doing pretty well trying some new stuff. Found a really tasty chili recipe and apparently the best pork chops my brother in law has ever had. I will say though, when only cooking for two, leftovers are a nightmare! They pile up sooooo fast! Means I only need to cook like three days to cover the whole week. Still fun though.

I took Stella to the dog park a couple of times too. She's still not really sure what to do with other dogs. But Dave and I did get her going to the point where she ran a couple of laps around the paddock. Our little dog is really zippy!!

The circus was really pretty fun. We got decent seats since the arena wasn't very big. They had this really awesome exhibition of centripetal force. This guy stood in a circle on the end of a big arm and he could spin the whole arm by running in the circle and the could jump and do all sorts of crazy stuff. Bad explanation, but an awesome act.

We also did some service doing a shoreline cleanup with ExxonMobil people. Picking up trash was actually pretty enjoyable because the weather was awesome! Sunny and 70s. Dave thought it was too hot of course.

And look! Ellie got a facelift and meet our new bike: Kiwee the fruit ninja!

The past couple of weeks

Well, mostly they've been pretty normal. Dave had to write a term paper. Well I guess he wrote most of it. Pretty much not a very fun time. Made for a couple of late nights anyway.

Last weekend we drove skyline. It was pretty fun. Except Dave's seats in his car are pretty uncomfortable after a few hours. But Stella had a good time. She got to stick her head out of the window for a long time.

Yesterday we ended up getting Dave over to the DMV finally! He's got his license all ordered and is an official Virginia resident. Which of course he's less than thrilled about, but he's stuck! Hooray!

Spring break plus!

So last week Dave had his spring break. So I took some time off too! It was fun. On Thursday we went to the cherry blossoms. At dawn! It was super early but it was really pretty.

It was also PI day on Wednesday. I made a version of derby pie. Yum...

Dave also had a hankering for strawberry rhubarb pie. Two pies in one week! It was pretty good. I must admit though, definitely more of a fan of chocolate based pies than fruit based pies.

Work this week was pretty normal. Next week will be wrapping up the month which will probably be a little more involved. This weekend was nice and relaxed. I think if I didn't have to have a job that actually made money I would become a dessert chef. It just occurred to me that almost all my pictures this week are of dessert :)

Yum!!!

Spring forward

You know, spring forward is a really deceptive name for the transition into daylight time. Because after the transition, everyone feels groggy sleep deprived and cranky. Not very spring-y in my mind. I am much more apt to 'spring' awake after fall back when I get my hour back. Or not because I spend it awake doing other things. But that is besides the point.

The last couple weeks have been pretty good. Work finally quieted down some this last week so I'm probably going to go back to being slightly bored.

Dave took his first round of midterms. He got an 86 on his calculus exam which I'm very proud of (average was a 63). He's on spring break this week. I know he's excited for the break!

Yesterday to celebrate we went go karting. Dave did the kart all day option. I stuck it out for one race and then watched. This time was more fun than the last place we went because the track was outdoors and was bigger. And, thanks to groupon we got a 2 for 1 membership so I'm sure we'll be going again some time.

Albuquerque visit!

So last weekend we visited Albuquerque for Mitch's (Dave's brother) homecoming from his mission. It's pretty interesting to reflect on what's happened over the last two years since he left. And the fact that I couldn't remember if some of them were before or after him leaving. I really need to work on that whole memory thing.

But it was pretty fun. We went to the Albuquerque temple and went shooting and went to church and got to hear Mitch speak and spent a nice quiet afternoon with the family and just with us. I've decided it is really good to plan in some lazy time into vacation because otherwise you come home feeling more stressed out than when you left!

Work right now for me is CRAZY! There's just been quite a bit of stuff that happened over the last two weeks that has caused a bit of a scramble and a couple of late nights so far. And probably will cause a few more. I almost missed date night on Friday but managed to make it out just in time.

Most other than that evenings have been pretty quiet, Dave's got homework, I help him out on some stuff. We finished the two seasons of White Collar that are on Netflix and are now on the lookout for a new show. I have a feeling it might take a while. After all, we already have Bones and Psych and now White Collar, some pretty high expectations ;)

Married Bliss

So life has been pretty chill the last few weeks. I might be finally adjusted to having a non-canine roommate again, although it is a little weird to have it feel so normal to be domestic (cooking, dishes, laundry, etc)

I think I have discovered that when you actually eat dinner at your kitchen table instead of the coffee table. But, we do go through a lot more ice cream when there are two of us because I can't let him out eat me.

We did have an awesome date night on Friday. We went to the National Museum of Crime and Punishment (I'm kind of a forensic show nut). It was super fun! Got to see all sorts of criminals from bank robbers to serial killers and got prison tattoos! Yes, Dave is significantly more menacing of a jailbird than me.