Some other things this summer

-Dallin and I went on a REAL date to a REAL movie theater and saw Harry Potter. My wonderful, angelic friend babysat our kids in exchange for some mending (doesn't trading that way sound perfectly little-house-on-the-prairie-ish?) I was so excited that I didn't sleep well the night before. I bought Jelly Bellies to eat in the theater in honor of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans. I got dressed up like a real grown up and even put on jewelry. Yes indeedy, I was excited. It didn't disappoint.

-I had mastitis twice. For those of you who have never had mastitis, it's not like an ear infection where it just hurts, the end. Nooooooo. You get sick sick sick. The first time I had it, it was uncomfortable, but not the end of the world. The second time I thought I was going to die. I spent a few days on the couch trying to appease the babies by periodically throwing toys at them and replaying movies for Dorothy. I'm being a little dramatic, but really, it was yucky-awful-bleh.

-This summer has seen a leap in independence and capability for me with les bebes. Going places isn't the big deal that it used to be. We can go out, go grocery shopping, see friends, go to the zoo, and it's not too overwhelming. It has been so nice. I feel like we've made it.

-We said goodbye to some wonderful friends. I'm realizing more and more that living here is going to be hard. While it's fun to be surrounded by other students, it also means that everyone is very impermanent. It's been sad, some of our closest and favorite friends have left. And we've still got so much time left here! It makes me want to not be friendly anymore, ever.

Just kidding. But it is sad.

-Dallin spent the summer reading for his exams coming up this spring. This meant full days spent with his nose in a book. This included 'Clarissa', a lovely English novel that only those trying to get a PhD or those with WAY too much time on their hands read. It is longer than the Bible, friends. It took Dallin TWO WEEKS, 8+ hour days to read it.

Disgusting. He really enjoyed it. That might even be more disgusting. I suppose this means he picked a good career path.

-As mentioned in my previous post, we took a trip. Here's how it went. We drove into Chicago (two hour drive), flew to California (saw my Mom's side of the family, lovely!), flew back to Chicago, drove to St Paul Minnesota (7 hour drive, saw Dallin's family, also lovely!), then drove back to South Bend (9 hour drive).

All this was crammed into just over a week. We. Did. It. And it was fun, and the travel wasn't too bad (excepting a few awful incidents involving things like barf and tantrums, all in the range of normal on family vacations).

-Ruby slept through the night last night. This was the first time for one of our babies to do that. YAHOO! Now we just need to continue that, and get Norah on board. I miss sleep.

-I turned 25 in June. With my birthday money that I got from parents and grandparents, I got a linen shirt from Eddie Bauer and wool socks. Then I sat and pondered on how that sounded so old and boring. Only old people buy things from Eddie Bauer, and the wool socks need no explanation, old people buy wool socks. Oh well. It fits and maybe I am oldish, because I love my new shirt and my wool socks.

Peace Out!