Boy or Girl?

We have a week before we find out! Anyone want to cast votes on what "flavor" of baby we're having? (Chase's uncle called the gender "flavor" and it made me laugh.)

I kind of think it's a boy. Chase and everyone else seem to think it's a girl.

All I can say I'm glad we only have one more week to wait cuz' all the fabric stores are having killer sales and I don't know what colors to get!

Oh, and p.s. we just found out my sister is expecting a boy just a few weeks before us! I never had cousins my age and I'm so excited that our kids will be so close in age.

Two Cents

Even though I am not in school anymore, Chase is. I just have to vent a little about an idiot professor that he has. Today he told Chase that it doesn't matter how hard you work in life, you won't succeed anyway. I am ticked. How in the world did he get to be the department head with that kind of a teaching attitude? Sometimes it gets to me how much of a circus and political game college is. Unfortunately to succeed in college you just have to jump through the hoops of what your professors tell you to do, even if they have no idea what the real world application is like.

This is just my opinion, but I think computer science professors have a harder time living in the "real world" since they are focused on teaching exact computer applications, not how to teach them to people with very human tendencies. I think Chase does a great job at maintaining his ability to interact very well with people and still be what he calls a nerd, which in the real world, will help him be very successful.

For the most part, I had great professors who really did know what the real world is like. They all had their quirks but they tried to help me, which I am grateful for. But I feel like the things I learned that are most applicable to me now working, aren't how to treat specific diseases (although it helps), but what I was good at. So even though I literally failed biology, I have organization on my side, which at this job is 90% of what I do.

At times I think the true lessons to be learned from college are not to prepare you for working in a specific field, but how to work with difficult and sometimes, mean, people. Another one is to know when you should voice an opinion and when you should not. The trick is to still hold on to what you believe and feel without making the people who hand you the grade, or the paycheck, mad.

That's it, I'm done venting. Just had to get that out because I am so proud of Chase and how dare ANYONE tell him his hard work will not be enough.

Sorely Disappointed

Glee used to be fun to watch. At least most of it. The songs were fun to listen to.
This season I have been sorely disappointed. It just doesn't seem like the same show. I haven't even watched the two last episodes and turned off one since it was just uncomfortable. Bummer.

At least Chuck is still great!

I Want THIS One

I have a problem. We live in a really nice apartment that we like. But I found this house for sale perusing a few months ago. It keeps popping up on my radar.

It has all of the requirements I could want from a first house. And theoretically speaking, it could be a "forever house" if it needed to be: 3 bedrooms, two HUGE family/living rooms with space for an office. New paint and pretty hardwood floors, mature trees, fireplace, a fairly decent kitchen, and a ginormous back yard so Chase can have his OUTSIDE dog. It's in a nice neighborhood close to our old apartment and I just really like it!

We really don't need it now and probably shouldn't even consider it. But it's hard not to consider it when it's a decent price and the house of my dreams.

Argh. Someday!

Picture is from Craigslist

Just a Random Update

Nothing too exciting has been going on lately. Our days consist of work, school, homework and sleep. We really like the sleeping part.

I'm finally starting to feel semi-normal again. So I'm excited that I can stay awake for a little while longer and I don't feel like throwing up all the time! I'm quite excited to get a move-on and start making things. I haven't done a darn thing for this baby except to find some maternity pants with my mom! I've been craving anything dairy lately. Just give me milk and I'll be happy!

Chase threw me a great birthday party complete with dinner and a night where I didn't have to do anything. He even went to the store and bought me a purse. You'll have to ask him the story, it's pretty funny! I think it's quite impressive that he spent 45 minutes in Kohl's the other day trying to find the exact purse I gave him a picture of.

On Sunday we heard the news that one of my friend's husband from our old ward, died last weekend. It was really heartbreaking since we both knew them pretty well. You just never know what's in the Plan sometimes. Thankfully there is a Plan and everything works out in the end.

Work has been crazy busy these last few weeks. I feel like I have been indoctrinated into the company. It's kind of a nice feeling, but at the same time, the workload has increased! Chase is doing great at work, he's learning all the time and they finally hired an intern so he doesn't have to move desks around as much. He was quite excited about it.

We're both excited for Conference weekend. Conference are some of my favorite times of the year. We were able to arrange to spend some time with both sides of the family this weekend so I get to go to my Grandma's house and see lots of aunts and uncles I haven't seen for a long time!

That's pretty much it! Hope everything is going well for everyone else!