So since my last posting, I have learned to drive stickshift (I still hate it), Johann put a new muffler in my car, and now I'm driving it again :) We also filed our taxes jointly, which may sound dorky to say this, but was very exciting!
We have been using the grill we got for our wedding alot- propane assisted charcoal= awesome! Thanks again to Tia Jenny and Tia Zabet for it! We have also beenb doing a lot of yardwork now that the weather is springy and all weeds are back. My daffodils died and my tulips were up for a short period of time. I had a single peony pop up, and now a single iris.
The end of April, we drove to Downer's Grove (a burb of Chicago) to help celebrate Will & Syvlia's upcoming nuptials. His family hosted activities and a brunch, which was a lot of fun. Johann and I got to meet the rest of Will's family and Sylvia's parents. Everyone was very nice and we had a great time- Brian (Will's twin) and I won the crossword puzzle contest! I felt so smart :) I also drove Johann's car all the way home afterwards (about 2.5 - 3 hrs on the highway). I think he was secretly proud of me.
I also hosted a Slumber Party, which was a lot of fun -but I ended up doing it the same day as the Illinois marathon, so it was really difficult to drive to our house that day. Shortly afterward, I had oral surgery to correct a badly receding gumline and I was out from work for about a week. It's still not healing right (4 weeks later), and I will probably have to go back in about 6 weeks to have another surgery. Argh! My stupid teeth need to start cooperating- actually, the gums do. Genetic periodontal disease sucks :( I also found out that I am allergic to Vicodin... the hard way. A week later, I had a full systemic allergic reaction to a mysterious item that we have not indentified yet. My allergist thinks it might be to an antibiotic I had since my father's allergic to Penicillin. We'll eventually figure it out, but allergy testing is expensive. I just don't feel like waking up with full-body hives and facial swelling again.
Johann's working on his third bike, another road bike which he just had custom painted- a very nice dark green color with gold trim. I will post pictures as soon as he finishes it. We also purged a lot of stuff from our house last weekend; we had a yardsale. Actually, I had the yardsale because it was the same weekend as the Number Theory conference. Johann had to attend because not only is it his field and full of his peers, but he gave a talk. He was one of only 2 grad students giving talks at this conference. He panicked about it, but as usual did really well. He gets compliments from big names in math whenever he gives a talk, I just wish he was a bit more confident about public speaking.
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