{Changes}

Well its been about five whole months since my last blog post, and I have to say that it quite too long for my liking. A lot has happened in the last five months and to make this post fairly easy to read I will list off the crazy business that has been going on in our lives:

1. I graduated! WOOT

2. I applied for and got accepted into the Master's of Education/Credential program at UCSD, which starts in late August

3. John was TA for a class and got some really great and encouraging responses from students who were in his section

4. We went camping twice in the past month and loved it!

5. We are going to be an Aunt and Uncle to a wonderful new nephew in December (John's brother and his wife Janelle are prego-a-go-go!)

6. My family is spread out across the world right now: Mom in NorCal, Dad in Florida, David in New Jersey, Hannah in Hungary, and Hope in Paris!

7. We are training for a triathlon (we haven't signed up for one yet) and have been swimming and running a bit and will soon start biking. HOWEVER, I injured my left foot while running and have been in a lot of pain when I put weight on it

8. I am still working at Knock Around summer camp at UCSD and love it!

9. My Grandfather's condition has worsened and he is no longer receiving treatments for lung cancer and is instead on hospice care. Please pray for my family and for his journey to heaven to be free of pain and suffering. Click here to read about his journey so far.

10. We have been married for 672 days!

My Dad and me and creepy David at Graduation Backpacking on the Kern River

Crystal Caves hike in Sequoia National Forest


Well its been wonderful, hopefully I can post again in less than 5 months, much love,

Ebey and John

long {WEEK}

I can't believe its already Monday again! Seriously where did the time go? I really think I must have snoozed for a minute and then woken up and... BAM! a week just was gone.

If I were to use one word to describe my week it would be tired. Or maybe busy and tired if it were two words. Ok ok, fine! If it were three words, and THAT WAS IT, it would be busy, tired, and zombie, if I am alowed to use the last word to describe my week, even if it's not an adjective but a noun. I feel like a zombie! Ahhhh! give me back my brain so I can function again!

John and I were both really busy and generally out of it this week, both of us having midterms, things that were due, and stuff that was crowding our weeknights such as FCA, basketball games (John), married community group, sewing class (me), team dinners (me), and water polo games to be played and watch (me and John respectively). I hate it when we don't have time to spend together! It seriously puts a huge damper on my day and on my life.

SOOoooo, today at noon when I found out that I would have 3 WHOLE hours this afternoon to do whatever I wanted, I decided to drive down to Scripps and surprise John after his midterm with a little hang out time. I waited outside of his class for 30 minutes while he finished up his midterm, and when I saw him finish and turn in his test through the window (yes I was stalking him), I made my move. I jumped in front of the window and waved frantically, all the while a huge smile was plastered on my face. He was more shocked than anything, but ultimately really glad to see me after an awfully difficult test.

We walked around a little bit in the sunny beautifullness outside, then I just couldn't bear to leave him so I decided to go to a seminar that he needed to attend. Can you say BORING? I mean, the woman was not the best speaker to begin with, and the lecture title had something about intra and inter breeding fish or whatever in it, not to mention slides with a gazillion tiny numbers, all that I am sure mean something really important, crammed onto slides that she went through way too fast. I will admit, I did not listen to a single work she said other than her name, and that too I forgot. I was instead watching The Lovely Bones on a pirated movie website (I am fairly confident it is illegal in multiple countries) on my laptop in the very back with earphones. I am sure the woman giving the seminar is a really nice person and is a great researcher, but I would not care to sit through something like that again. I don't know how he does it!

on a completely unrelated note, I scored a goal this weekend against Pomona! Wooo

Here is the run down, click it or ticket! http://www.ucsdtritons.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=31805&SPID=2549&DB_OEM_ID=5800&ATCLID=204883256

And sorry for the abrupt and rude goodbye, but I must go finish a few papers that are due tomorrow!

-ebey

up {DATE}

I finally was able to complete my graduate application last night and submit it at 2:45 am. ICK! John can attest to how much I was attempting to procrastinate, distract myself, and generally forget that I needed to complete an odious "PERSONAL STATEMENT". He kept me honest with myself. When I was looking at the grammy dresses that Lady Gaga and various other artists put together he totally called me out. He is such a gift!

Another gift that just arrived was an email in my inbox saying that I have passed all of my CSET examinations, requirements to enter the UCSD Masters program in the fall. Things are finally starting to come together, yet I always seem to be running around with my head chopped off!

Tonight I will be sharing my testimony at FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes), but before that I am off to co-teach a first grade class for two hours, study for a midterm I will take tomorrow, dance in ballet class, and somehow manage to eat dinner and get home after FCA to study, all surviving on less than three hours of sleep. (did I mention that I had water polo practice for 3 hours this morning?). Daunting, yet somehow I always make it through those awful days with encouraging words from John and some type of God-given resolve and energy that is beyond myself.

P.S. Date night was amazing, I got the Chocolate Oreo Mudslide and we ended up watching Sherlock Holmes instead because we misread where To Save a Life was playing. It was really fun! I wish the weekend was still here : (

DINNER {date}

So its been simply forever since I have written a word on this strange and creative thing called a "blog". I really hate that word by the way. It sounds like "blob" and reminds me of boogers, so I will call it something else (to be determined at a later date when a stroke of creative genius strikes).

I will not give a whole rundown of last quarter because it is simply too long to begin to even think about. Let's just say we both got good grades, had a wonderful thanksgiving in Oregon with my family, a relaxing Christmas with John's family, and were able to squeeze in an amazing getaway to the snow-covered Grand Canyon for two nights.

Note: There will probably be a future post on this "booger" about the grand time we had at the Grand Canyon, so stay tuned.

So John and I are going on a date night tonight to Cheesecake Factory (compliments of Christmas gifts) for a yummy dessert... err... I mean dinner, and then headed out to watch To Save a Life (also compliments of Christmas gifts).

Can I just say how much I LOVE date night? I mean, really who doesn't enjoy spending time with their sweetie? And trust me, John is such a sweetie, proof being that I get a scowl and a grumpy face if I let myself out of the car or open a door for myself. Where has chivalry gone these days?

John is currently trimming/shaving his manly beard right now, and will soon head off to the gym to get his lift on for the weekend before we head out to Fashion Valley at 8:00. While he is gone I am supposed to be working on my personal statement for graduate school, which really seems to have it in for me. Gosh, every time I sit down to write it I seem to be instantly tired, hungry, or interested in the news. The news? Yes, when it comes down to it, I am truly and irrevocably a procrastinator if I am interested in the news. I am fine when it comes to completing a History essay, but I really don't like writing a formal letter telling the Education Studies Department at UCSD why I am so amazing and deserve to be a part of of their program. It just seems so...self-centered? Egotistical? Whatever it is, I am finding it difficult to muster up the hubris to complete the darn thing. Ew, enough of school stuff. I want to concentrate on happy things like date night.


Hmmm, I wonder what type of cheesecake I will get? I might even look up the menu online before departing for our date (further proving my point that I will do anything to avoid writing my personal statement). Darn.