warmer…warmer…

we are now at the 2-week mark!

today we went to buy temple clothes since the sacramento temple doesn’t have rentals. I know that everything will make much more sense once I actually go through, but they asked me so many questions about did I prefer A or B and all I heard was “do you like foisjfoidaghr or ofsjoruea?” since neither of the two registered as something I understood, it was kind of hard to know which I would really like better. but they were really helpful and gave me big discounts and said I can exchange them later if I want to. and while we were there I bought a 70-cent ctr ring just for kicks.

this morning, bright and early, was my first final. let me just say that geography is not my strong point. I won’t embarrass myself by giving any specific examples, but I’m really, really off on my idea of where certain countries are. that being said, I was so caught up in studying the lecture material for this final that I neglected to spend much time reviewing the globe. this proved to be a big mistake. everything I had learned for the last test went completely out of my mind. ukraine? venezuela? thailand? no idea. well, of course I had a fairly good general idea: ukraine is in eastern europe, venezuela is in south america, and thailand is in southeast asia. but beyond that, it was all guesswork. hopefully I did well enough on the other parts of the test to make up for my ridiculous map-labeling. and at least that class is over now. one less thing to worry about!

now I can just pretend that my other 2 finals will go splendidly, I’ll get all of my packing and cleaning done with time to spare, all the remaining wedding plans will go smoothly, and cinco de mayo will be perfect. easy enough!

in the end, though, life is good

yesterday we had our official easter dinner at jarom’s parents house. it was delicious…the ham from christmas, asparagus, roasted potatoes, artichoke, that brazilian drink, and deviled eggs. no, wait – since krista made them, they were stuffed eggs.

and it was tons of fun. I don’t think I’ve had so much fun in several weeks. ben, jarom, their dad and I had a conversation about social problems (I love talking about social problems), we had a good (though embarrasing) time over dessert (angel food cake with strawberries and whipped cream), jarom and I got all of his stuff cleaned out of the garage, and all in all I enjoyed myself so much that we stayed until after 10. it was definitely a great start to what promises to be a very stressful week.

one test today, and then finals start, for me, on saturday. luckily I only have 3. one will be hard (pl sc 170: intro to international relations), one challenging but amusing (soc 111: intro to sociology), and one rather easy, if a little writing-intensive (soc 112: current social problems). those will last until next tuesday, after which I will finish a million things on my to do list…including packing all of my stuff…and then head back to california! hooray!!!

note to self: don’t eat all the leftover ham at once next time. bleh, I feel sick.

bridal shower? not so much

kimberlee, who hosted the bridal shower, sent out 50 invitations. unfortunately, she didn’t send them out until late last week, and with finals coming up, I understand that a lot of people are busy with school. but…of the 10 people that came today, only 2 were not relatives or roommates. kind of disappointing. still, it was fun, and I had to stuff my mouth full of marshmallows. yuck.

so I was fairly let down, since it seemed like none of my friends even bothered to rsvp. after we finished cleaning up I went and cried to jarom for a long time, hung out with krista, and then went on a date with jarom to color me mine. i painted a scalloped bowl and jarom painted a soup-mug sort of thing. it made me feel much better to be productive and creative.

and, after all, it’s only 3 weeks until the big day!