Monday, October 10, 2011
Weekend in Michigan
Johann and I just got back last night from our trip to Muskegon, where we attended the beautiful and way fun wedding of our friends Anna & Noel. We drove to LaGuardia and then flew into Grand Rapids, then rented a car to drive into Muskegon. Had such a great time and got to see a lot of the friends we miss so much from Champaign-Urbana. The only downside was that I couldn't stay up late enough and hang out in the hotel lounge with everyone the two nights we were there. But it was great to catch up with everyone, and I got some good baby time with our friends' girls, Skyla and Sylvia :) We had a nice walk along the shoreline with the Carty's, followed by a hilariously bad lunch on the way to the wedding, and an allergic reaction I suddenly had to the earrings Johann bought me. I was also finally feeling like my normal self as far as appetite goes. Which was great, because the food was amazing at the wedding. Anna's family owns restaurants in the state and everything was so yummy, I wish I had two stomachs! Congrats again to the happy couple!!!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
I Am a Naughty, Neglectful Blogger :(
Well HELLO again everyone! I can't believe how busy life gets sometimes. Looks like I haven't updated this blog in a little over a year. And since it is WAY overdue, I have decided to do a quick recap of what has happened since Aug of 2010 (more like, what I can remember).
Aug 2010: Got back from our awesome honeymoon trip to Alaska and Seattle! Started to put a little scrapbook together. Johann starts getting his CV together to apply to jobs and conference talks.
Sept: School starts again, Johann's last semester teaching as an undergrad student. I am taking nutrition courses again, this time working in the community educating kids at the farmers market about healthy eating habits :)
Oct: Had an awesome time at the B-52's concert at the Rose Theatre in Effingham with my buddy Sylvia. Johann gives a talk at a conference in California and visits our friends Isaac & Karina. We host the annual Math Halloween party at our house for the first and only time. Johann dressed as Harry Potter and I dressed as Flo, the Progressive Insurance sales lady.
Nov: Thanksgiving at our place again! Johann has put in most of his job applications by now, more to go.
Dec: Aced my final exams. Johann's last class was made up of his worst students ever, though he did his best work with them and got a prestigious teaching award for it. My little brother Aran graduates from Barry University in Miami!!! I am so freakin' proud of my boys. I can't believe my little bro is a college grad. Also, Miami is totally insane, more than I remembered it was, and even more overcrowded. Couldn't wait to get outta there. But before I left, I spent some quality time with my dad and nana, too. Nana took me shopping, bought me a mani/pedi, and took me to her favorite restaurant- The Cheesecake Factory. Dad and I went out for sushi and took Aran, his girlfirend Krista, Aran's friend Delano and his little brother to see Tron Legacy. You know you're old when only you and your dad ever saw the first Tron movie or know anything about it. Sigh. Helped Aran clean and pack up his stuff to move out of Miami to Gainesville. He had a gallery showing of his work before graduation and the turnout was amazing, he also curated an exhibit on photo-booth photography. Hitched a ride upstate with Aran and Krista for Christmas. Johann drove down to meet us in Palm Coast with the dogs and they were on their WORST behavior for the holidays.
Jan 2011: We drove back home after Christmas and spent New Years with our friends at the Carty's. We had, as always, awesome food which included yummy crab legs! I started training for an upcoming 5k run at work and ran it. My time was awful, 45 mins for 5k. BUT it was 30 degrees outside, so that's my excuse. It was my first race, so the goal was really to actually finish, not to make good time. So mission accomplished :) Johann attended the Joint meetings in New Orleans and got snowed in, and ended up very very sick. He eventually got well enough and the roads got safe enough to drive home. He gave a talk and interviewed with 5 different places before he got sick thankfully. Johann is purely doing research toward finishing his thesis this semester, so I decided to pick up extra hours at work at the convenient care clinics. So this meant, I stopped taking classes.
Feb: Johann went to an on campus interview at Hood College, which did not pan out :(
March: Johann got another invite, this time from West Point Military Academy. He came home with an accepted job offer!!! I ran my second 5k, this time the Pi Run put on by the Math dept at Eastern IL where Sylvia & Will work. Will won for his age group, Sylvia and I did a combination of walking and running. Again, 30 degrees out. Ugh. But my time improved a little!
April: Gearing up for the IL marathon. I am so excited and nervous! This has become a big race that attracts racers from all around and I didn't know what to expect. I had been training with my friend Susan. Ran the 5k portion with Susan, and ran past other friends and coworkers. A lot of fun, a lot of community support. Ran through campus and into the stadium to the finish line. I got a medal and eventually got pictures and video of myself crossing the finish line. An amazing experience, so proud of myself and my time was improved. Susan kicked my butt by about 10 mins though. We also drove to Columbus, Ohio at some point to surprise our friend Bart for his birthday. We had a lot of fun, but someone at our hotel apparently got shot and we didn't find out until we checked out, and we didn't hear a thing. Won't be staying at the Red Roof Inn there again. Also hosted Easter at our place again this year (as always).
May: Still waiting to get all the official paperwork from West Point so Johann can get hired. Took a while, mostly waiting on the Federal budget to pass. Once it did, we left town and went up to NY to apartment hunt for about 3.5 days. Saw designer Tim Gunn at the airport. Thought we found a nice place, fell through. Backup apartment, fell through. Starting to leave town, feeling discouraged, checked out 2 more places on the way out of town and found something! Once home, I start making arrangements to get our stuff moved out for move in day on July 1st. Johann will have to start work almost immediately. Also put our house on the market.
June: Arranged to have a POD dropped off at our house toward the end of the month. We have been having open houses every weekend since we listed the house, some foot traffic, but no offers. Got our wedding albums in the mail and sent the extras off to family. The pictures turned out amazing and everyone loved them. Left my job at the hospital in the middle of the month. Johann passed his defense, like I knew he would! Everything in the house except for furniture was in boxes. Had a professional stager came through the house and moved things around. Our second wedding anniversary was definitely overshadowed by all the changes coming up, so we celebrated our "cotton" anniversary by getting each other T-shirts (his says "You Can Call Me Doctor"). We're nerdy and we know it :)
July: After 2 days on the road with full cars and dogs in tow, we make it to Newburgh NY! That weekend, Joy & Dave came up and helped us unload the furniture we still hadn't moved. We drove them back to the city and had dinner at an awesome little Cuban dive. Johann started work July 5th. Started attending social events with the Math dept people at WP. Took a boat ride up the Hudson River and had dinner on the boat. Met the Alba's in NYC and spent the day lunching, museum-ing, dinner-ing with them until we crashed with Joy & Dave and BBQ'd with them on the fire escape the next day. Then, I got OLD. I turned 30. Johann promised revenge on me after I surprised him on his 30th with a basement full of friends. We went to DC and met up with the Thiels and company to attend a FCB soccer match. Spent our first day touring around, then the game at night. Forgot how fun DC was. And Johann never got his revenge ;)
Aug 2011: We're both settling into things here in NY. Johann is enjoying being called Sir at work by his cadets. I am getting used to housewife-ing. I have poured a lot of my time into the gym and into cooking. I lost a total of 15 lbs since moving from IL. We went to our first Yankee game together, and hurricane Irene came and went. Took the train to Chinatown to meet our friend Dash for lunch. He moved the next day to Cali.
Sept: Spent Labor Day at the West Point 1812 Concert with fireworks! Started tailgating with the math people before home games- Go Army! I gained 5 lbs back. Then we found out we were PREGNANT!!!! Johann was very smiley :) Our house is still on the market in IL, fortunately our friend Tim is renting from us. Hopefully it will sell before the baby comes (cross your fingers). Waited to tell the family after the doctor confirmed the pregnancy. Told our friends. Went to our first prenatal visit, the nurse was kinda rude, so Johann was not too happy. Still, so exciting!!!!!!!!!!!
Aug 2010: Got back from our awesome honeymoon trip to Alaska and Seattle! Started to put a little scrapbook together. Johann starts getting his CV together to apply to jobs and conference talks.
Sept: School starts again, Johann's last semester teaching as an undergrad student. I am taking nutrition courses again, this time working in the community educating kids at the farmers market about healthy eating habits :)
Oct: Had an awesome time at the B-52's concert at the Rose Theatre in Effingham with my buddy Sylvia. Johann gives a talk at a conference in California and visits our friends Isaac & Karina. We host the annual Math Halloween party at our house for the first and only time. Johann dressed as Harry Potter and I dressed as Flo, the Progressive Insurance sales lady.
Dec: Aced my final exams. Johann's last class was made up of his worst students ever, though he did his best work with them and got a prestigious teaching award for it. My little brother Aran graduates from Barry University in Miami!!! I am so freakin' proud of my boys. I can't believe my little bro is a college grad. Also, Miami is totally insane, more than I remembered it was, and even more overcrowded. Couldn't wait to get outta there. But before I left, I spent some quality time with my dad and nana, too. Nana took me shopping, bought me a mani/pedi, and took me to her favorite restaurant- The Cheesecake Factory. Dad and I went out for sushi and took Aran, his girlfirend Krista, Aran's friend Delano and his little brother to see Tron Legacy. You know you're old when only you and your dad ever saw the first Tron movie or know anything about it. Sigh. Helped Aran clean and pack up his stuff to move out of Miami to Gainesville. He had a gallery showing of his work before graduation and the turnout was amazing, he also curated an exhibit on photo-booth photography. Hitched a ride upstate with Aran and Krista for Christmas. Johann drove down to meet us in Palm Coast with the dogs and they were on their WORST behavior for the holidays.
Jan 2011: We drove back home after Christmas and spent New Years with our friends at the Carty's. We had, as always, awesome food which included yummy crab legs! I started training for an upcoming 5k run at work and ran it. My time was awful, 45 mins for 5k. BUT it was 30 degrees outside, so that's my excuse. It was my first race, so the goal was really to actually finish, not to make good time. So mission accomplished :) Johann attended the Joint meetings in New Orleans and got snowed in, and ended up very very sick. He eventually got well enough and the roads got safe enough to drive home. He gave a talk and interviewed with 5 different places before he got sick thankfully. Johann is purely doing research toward finishing his thesis this semester, so I decided to pick up extra hours at work at the convenient care clinics. So this meant, I stopped taking classes.
Feb: Johann went to an on campus interview at Hood College, which did not pan out :(
March: Johann got another invite, this time from West Point Military Academy. He came home with an accepted job offer!!! I ran my second 5k, this time the Pi Run put on by the Math dept at Eastern IL where Sylvia & Will work. Will won for his age group, Sylvia and I did a combination of walking and running. Again, 30 degrees out. Ugh. But my time improved a little!
April: Gearing up for the IL marathon. I am so excited and nervous! This has become a big race that attracts racers from all around and I didn't know what to expect. I had been training with my friend Susan. Ran the 5k portion with Susan, and ran past other friends and coworkers. A lot of fun, a lot of community support. Ran through campus and into the stadium to the finish line. I got a medal and eventually got pictures and video of myself crossing the finish line. An amazing experience, so proud of myself and my time was improved. Susan kicked my butt by about 10 mins though. We also drove to Columbus, Ohio at some point to surprise our friend Bart for his birthday. We had a lot of fun, but someone at our hotel apparently got shot and we didn't find out until we checked out, and we didn't hear a thing. Won't be staying at the Red Roof Inn there again. Also hosted Easter at our place again this year (as always).
May: Still waiting to get all the official paperwork from West Point so Johann can get hired. Took a while, mostly waiting on the Federal budget to pass. Once it did, we left town and went up to NY to apartment hunt for about 3.5 days. Saw designer Tim Gunn at the airport. Thought we found a nice place, fell through. Backup apartment, fell through. Starting to leave town, feeling discouraged, checked out 2 more places on the way out of town and found something! Once home, I start making arrangements to get our stuff moved out for move in day on July 1st. Johann will have to start work almost immediately. Also put our house on the market.
June: Arranged to have a POD dropped off at our house toward the end of the month. We have been having open houses every weekend since we listed the house, some foot traffic, but no offers. Got our wedding albums in the mail and sent the extras off to family. The pictures turned out amazing and everyone loved them. Left my job at the hospital in the middle of the month. Johann passed his defense, like I knew he would! Everything in the house except for furniture was in boxes. Had a professional stager came through the house and moved things around. Our second wedding anniversary was definitely overshadowed by all the changes coming up, so we celebrated our "cotton" anniversary by getting each other T-shirts (his says "You Can Call Me Doctor"). We're nerdy and we know it :)
July: After 2 days on the road with full cars and dogs in tow, we make it to Newburgh NY! That weekend, Joy & Dave came up and helped us unload the furniture we still hadn't moved. We drove them back to the city and had dinner at an awesome little Cuban dive. Johann started work July 5th. Started attending social events with the Math dept people at WP. Took a boat ride up the Hudson River and had dinner on the boat. Met the Alba's in NYC and spent the day lunching, museum-ing, dinner-ing with them until we crashed with Joy & Dave and BBQ'd with them on the fire escape the next day. Then, I got OLD. I turned 30. Johann promised revenge on me after I surprised him on his 30th with a basement full of friends. We went to DC and met up with the Thiels and company to attend a FCB soccer match. Spent our first day touring around, then the game at night. Forgot how fun DC was. And Johann never got his revenge ;)
Aug 2011: We're both settling into things here in NY. Johann is enjoying being called Sir at work by his cadets. I am getting used to housewife-ing. I have poured a lot of my time into the gym and into cooking. I lost a total of 15 lbs since moving from IL. We went to our first Yankee game together, and hurricane Irene came and went. Took the train to Chinatown to meet our friend Dash for lunch. He moved the next day to Cali.
Sept: Spent Labor Day at the West Point 1812 Concert with fireworks! Started tailgating with the math people before home games- Go Army! I gained 5 lbs back. Then we found out we were PREGNANT!!!! Johann was very smiley :) Our house is still on the market in IL, fortunately our friend Tim is renting from us. Hopefully it will sell before the baby comes (cross your fingers). Waited to tell the family after the doctor confirmed the pregnancy. Told our friends. Went to our first prenatal visit, the nurse was kinda rude, so Johann was not too happy. Still, so exciting!!!!!!!!!!!
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