Awkward and Awesome

Awkward

Smoke alarm going off when the wrong burner was turned on for a while without us noticing

Running into your old boss while coming home from your NEW job

The person a few desks away in the library with LOUD, bad gas…

Walking into a bathroom to find a guy with his shirt off bathing in the sink.

Walking next to someone then realizing that he's marching

Having Lay's stax and making them look like a duck bill

The male professor telling my class that we had to leave because he reserved the room. We're in that room the same time every Tuesday and Thursday... how did he reserve it? As well as him trying to convince the class that they had to "find somewhere else to have their class"
Religion professor telling the class that if BYU loses to TCU he will jump off the back of the stadium.

Awesome

Having a friend come over for dinner last night

Going to bed at 9:00 and 8:30 the last two nights

SUNSHINE

The baby in the stroller (with her mom) waiting for the walk signal with me waving at me

David bought me Daffodils. Lovely lovely lovely.

My professor telling us to leave because she was jealous we could get updates on the New Mexico/Colorado State game on our computers and she had to teach.

Awkward and Awesome

Awkward

• Sitting next to a girl who falls asleep in a documentary class and then watching her face as the professor asks her a question about the film she just slept through.
• Playing a game online between classes and having an older lady say loudly, "Well, you're not studying are you?"
• Sharing an answer to a quiz question then being the only person to miss said question (not me). 
• David realizing that there was a benshi on Firefly (Ok, more nerdy than awkward)
• The realization Monday afternoon that the test I finished was only the first of 3 for the week. 
• This week being so crazy that I can't remember what or when we ate on the dishes that are out. 
• The library security guard getting after us for having balloons. And telling us to leave. 
• The smell of burned food/popcorn outside on our floor. Someone forgot about dinner.... 
• Realizing after several hours that the reason your arm itches is because it has globs of eclair batter on it. Which doesn't want to come off. ow. 
• The guy doing a very heartfelt dramatic interpretive dance to the music in his iPod in the middle of the food court 
• Accidentally choosing the chair right above the cold air return? vent? in the testing center, then having to take your test while having cold air blowing on your feet. And having the guy next to you give you weird looks when you throw your coat on the floor and kick it around until you stop freezing. 

Awesome

• Getting praised for creating online flashcards for a test.
• Releasing balloons in Brigham Sqaure as a pledge to speak out against abuse.
• Having the TV screen in the testing center praise you two times in one week. ( It only gives "good job" "great work" etc. if you get like 90-93 or above.) 
• The day that was supposed to be hectic at work ending up having nothing to do. 
• Bacon. Random? yes. Awesome? Yes.
• Finishing a skirt in my sewing class barely on time. 
• Sunshine! then rain. Then more sunshine!

Awkward and Awesome!

Awkward

• Waking up during a rumba scene in a strange Italian movie
• Getting "subtly" kicked in the back of the chair during class after dozing off

 ( I sense a lack of sleep theme going on here...) 

• That girl wearing Capri's and Ugg boots. Winter, meet summer…

• Having to tell your presentation partner that the time is up when she is totally absorbed in what she is saying. *whisper* "hey, time is up. *name* we are out of time." *give helpless look to teacher, who just interrupts and says "your time is up" "right now?" "yes, right now" "It is all gone? There isn't anymore? Not even a little?" "Nope, it is all gone"
• Creepy men asking for the time at 5:20 in the morning after dropping Jamie off at work
• Walking into a cancelled to find nearly everyone else there. (awkward for the teacher who sent the apology email to the wrong class, and realized her mistake 7 minutes before class started.)

Awesome

• Getting 1/2 scholarship for spring/summer

• Valentines day- out to dinner and pretty flowers.
• 3-day weekend in California!! No snow! Hooray!
• Thursday's long class getting cancelled so that David could come home at 5 instead of 9! 
• Boudin's Bread. Carried through airport security and lovingly frozen until lunchtime today when the electric knife got a workout and sawed off a couple pieces. yum.
• Plants vs. Zombies. A discovery made during airplane boredom. Hooray for the games that come with laptops!

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day. A day that meant nothing to me two years ago... and in all honesty does not mean much except an excuse to go party with my wife. :D

But today was a good day. A great Valentine's Day. When the alarm went off at 4 AM I felt like breaking it. So did Jamie. We drug our feet out the door and Jamie made it to work. Then the fun began.

I picked up flowers for Jamie and the store even at 5 AM was swarming with men. It was riotous looking at all the guys perusing down the floral department and candy aisle looking for that perfect something for their others of significance. I checked out and went home. 

Normally by 8 when I am off to work or class I feel horrible. I'm tired, cranky, and annoyed by all the Provo drivers and pedestrians jumping in front of me. Today I was not. If I had a radio in the car I would have cranked it up. I found parking as close to work as I could. I finally got the files for the site I'm working on. I made major headway on the videos of both The Sacred Grove and the E. B. Grandin building. It was fantastic.

Moving on. Presentation in class. Test for Jamie. Which... she nailed. 89% on her test (160 questions, 19 pages, completely filled a bubble-sheet... I know, right?). 

So we went home to celebrate. Jamie saw the flowers and said (and I quote), "OooooOoo, Pretty." When we got home we found out that I've got a half tuition scholarship for Spring/Summer (I'm not sure if I'm going, but I may end up taking a couple fun classes). 

We enjoyed Brick Oven for dinner (thanks Grandma and Boppie!) And now we're off to bed. This became much longer that it should have. So to finish it off Jamie would like everyone to know "It's bedtime... mugwump."

Awkward and Awesome... Friday

Awkward:

The fifteen minute conversation we had about cleavage in a class of mine (David)

That weird little dance when you think that someone is going to walk past you on one side and they are really going the other way

The weird accents my professor uses when she is talking about anywhere else other than the U.S.

Guys who put their socked feet on the chair next to you

Realizing that the cookies you made for your friends are pretty much gone
Going to a singles ward as a married couple because our ward building flooded. 

Awesome:

Finding Nemo fruit snacks on sale

Getting the last batch of butterscotch brownies

A class cancelled for the week

Realizing that since most of the cookies are gone, there aren't enough to give away, so you get to finish them off

Discovering the show Firefly

Getting a ride home on the day that David is in class ALL DAY

Linked up at:

http://tandsdaybook.blogspot.com/2011/02/awkward-and-awesome-thursday_10.html

Cookies!

Our cookies turned out! They are cute AND tasty!

(No matter what I do, this picture will not rotate in Blogger)

Comfortable

It is a Saturday night, and we are sitting at home, each on our own computer. Alone, but still together. I love it. I am comfortable here, with the coats and sweaters on the couch, the papers on the trunk.

With the grocery bags still on the table because we were too excited to start making cookies to finish putting the groceries away.

 The mid-project mess. We are trying a new recipe for sugar cookies and they smell wonderful. (Find the recipe here. We are going to try glazing them with the recipe here.