Happy Anniversary!!!

This week Mina and I celebrated our one year anniversary! It’s crazy to think that I have been married to the man of my dreams for exactly ONE year now! I feel like I just met him last week and here we are nearly four years later. So insane how time flies by.

I’m not sure why people say the first year is the hardest, sure we struggled financially, but besides that I could not have asked for a better first year.  A lot of changes have taken place and we’ve learned a lot, but I wouldn’t change it for anything else in the world!

I’m tired and I feel like whining.

By the end of this week I will have taken a grand total of 14 exams in 5 weeks.  That should be illegal or something.  Honestly, I cant believe that amount of information that has been crammed into my huge tiny brain.  Who ever cam up with the idea of condensing a normal 10 -week physiology class into a 5 week course, was a moron. Having an average of 3 exams is like suicide.

Whatever though, I have two exams left to take on Thursday and I am done.  THANK GOD.

Dear Dr. Cindy Bronson,
Thank you for torturing me for the past 5 weeks. I cannot tell you how much fun it has been.  Someone should clue you in on how terrible of an idea this condensed course was.  Also, I think you need to improve your test writting skills, because they suck.
Your student,
Laura

Ok, I feel better now. All done.

PS- Dr. Bronson has her PHD in rhino reproduction. WTF??  What does one do with a degree in that besides watch/help rhino’s have babies?  Also, why the hell is she teaching human physiology?

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I NEVER thought I’d say this but, I miss Michigan.

I probably should explain myself.  I don’t miss Michigan the state, but I am missing certain things/people from MI.  When I first moved there, I will admitt that I HATED it and all I really thought about was OH.  Now that I am back in OH, all I can think about is MI. Hah, funny how that works.

I miss some of the people. The past 5-6 months of living there were great, we had an awesome group of friends established that we hung out with regularly and loved.  Although I know a few people in OH, many of them are a) out of the country, b) live too far to see regularly, c) are just not as as cool. We got so used to having people over like 3-4 times a week and going out for drinks, food, etc.  Now we kind of just sit around. Where do normal people meet other people when they move?  I guess a better question would be where do young married couples meet other young married couples with similar interests?  Church isn’t really an option.  Any Egyptian from Columbus knows that there are like 2.5 youth members here and they are all straight from the motherland, so no thank you.  Not that I have a problem with you if you are straight from the motherland, it’s just that….well, we have different interests.  Okay, but thats a different story.

We are also missing the Troy area.  We had EVERYTHING you could ever imagine within 10 minutes of us.  It’s not like we are living in the middle of bufu out here, but things are just not as close.  We were definetly spoiled back in MI.  I mean Wendy’s is like a 7 minute drive from us! If we were in Troy we would have passed 3 different Wendy’s in those 7 minutes of driving!! Not only did troy spoil us, but it also made us lazy. No shame in admitting that.

Finally, I am missing the church there.  I was not a big fan of it when I first got there, but I got used to it.  I loved the constant activities.  I loved teaching my little first graders religion.  I loved having the option of going and blending in with the 500 other familieis if I wanted to.  The church here is okay, I guess.  Better than not having a church at all, right?  But like I said before, majority of church members are straight from the motherland and I don’t really need to get started on the topic again.

Whatever though, I am sure I (and Mina too)  will adjust to Columbus soon enough.  Besides, it’s not like I hate living here, it’s just a matter of adjusting and getting used to everything again, too bad I HATE change.

Normalcy

The past month of my life has been insane. I am SO glad it’s over and I can honestly say that life is nearly back to normal!

Here’s a brief update:

1. Moved to Ohio!
-We survived our move! It wasn’t as painful as I thought it would be and      thanks to some awesome friends we were able to get everything into our place in nearly once piece.

2. Unpacked everything
- I am proud to say that ALL boxes were unpacked within two days of moving- in.  That must be some sort of world record.  We LOVE our place and although there are a few things I would still like to get for it, our place is perfect.

3. Started summer classed =(
- So, I am taking two summer classes: Physiology and Microbiology.  Physiology is honestly kicking me in the butt,  it’s a sprint course with 2 exams a week.  I am only 2.5 weeks away from being done with that class and I cannot wait.  Micro isn’t so bad, but I honestly haven’t spent more than an hour, outside of class, on the material.  I am sure that will come back and bite me in the ass soon enough.

4. Saw Sarah and family
- Sarah and family came into town last weekend and we had an excellent time! We went to an art festival at Easton and just hung out! We learned that the car ride from their home to ours is less than an hour and fifteen minutes – this can only mean one thing…we will be seeing each other  A LOT! =D

5. Spent 4th of July with family
- Both my parents and my in-laws came into town to spend the fourth of July with us! Thankfully, the weekend went smoothly!! We ate, drank, and saw fireworks…what more could I ask for really?