No More Dr. Carpenstein

Hi everyone!  Bet you thought you'd never hear from me again.  Not to worry--things might have been a little crazy for a while there, but they're normalizing now.  And my life has changed a lot.  Remember how in my last post I said I was dating a guy?  Well, here he is!

Ah, U-Swirl, how I love you.

And here he is again!

 Yep, we got married!  Hooray!

Aren't we just so cute?

We got married on October 11th of last year, so the date was 10-11-12.  Handy, huh?  It's sure to be easy to remember!  

It's amazing what can happen in a year.  For example, almost exactly one year after my first date with Scott, we celebrated our 6 month wedding anniversary.  I find this very amusing.  Yes, to most people (at least the ones I work with), that's a bit quick.  But I have no regrets.  Being married is awesome!  You know, just in case you were wondering... Hopefully soon I'll tell you about some of the adventures we've had so far.  There have been quite a few--fishing for beans, trying new recipes, trying not to be eaten by alien potatoes (man, most of these revolve around food, don't they?  Weird...).  Anyways, we're happy and doing well.  And it's summer!  (Meaning no homework for the Mr.)  Hooray!  

More to come soon.  Ish. :)

Trabajando

Sorry guys--I'm really not trying to be a horrible life-updating-blogger.  There's just not much to update about.  Work has been pretty demanding lately.  (Ick.)  I'm at an awkward phase where I don't know how selfish I want to be when it comes to working hours.  For example, do I want to leave at 5:00 (when our office "officially" closes), or stay until who knows when to get things done?  Today, I opted for the latter.  Turns out, who knows when was 7:00.  I don't even want to know how many purchase orders I did.  Well, maybe I do.  Tomorrow.

So...that's really about it.  I have a nice time on the weekends (although last weekend I did have to take some work home with me...).  I'm going on a ward campout this weekend.  That should be fun.  Oh, and I played in a Mesa High orchestra alumni concert last night.  Maybe I'll post on that at some point--it was certainly an adventure.

Until then, I am signing off.  Consider yourselves updated.  :)

The Century Mark

Hi people!  So, um...I've turned into a horrible blogger.  Sorry!  Really, nothing else really exciting has happened since I posted last.  This is one of those yes-I'm-still-alive posts.  It's my 100th post, so I probably should share something at least entertaining.  Hmm...

Well, I found out yesterday that one of the guys I work with has the same birthday as me.  I think that's the first ever birthday buddy I've found.  (Don't worry, I already sang the theme from "The Twilight Zone" to him.)  Speaking of which, my birthday is 1 WEEK from today!  Huzzah!  In case any of you don't know (or haven't talked to me in the last...month), I really love my birthday.  And telling everyone that it's coming up.  Seriously, I brought it up the other day with a coworker and some vendors who were setting up a training meeting for potentially that day.  I can't help it...

I plan on having an awesome party to celebrate my birthday, so I'll have to remember to put my camera out and hopefully we can get some good pictures. :)  

I suppose that's all for now.  Dr. Carpenstein out.

Hi People!

Yes, I am still alive.  Shocking, I know.  Life has been...busy.  Here's a brief update of the past, eh, month or so.  (How long has it been since I posted last?)

-I'm still working at Heliae.  They haven't said anything "official", but I'm pretty sure I'm there to stay, at least for a while.  I've lived through my first board meeting and lots and lots of purchase requests and bills in between.  This past week has been especially crazy, but hopefully soon it'll die down a bit.  (Ha!  Who am I kidding?)

-I got to visit the chiropractor starting I think a month ago now.  Apparently, I have (had?) horrible posture--which I knew--and sitting at a desk all day and being stressed was not doing nice things for my neck and shoulders.  Or something like that.  Anywho, one minor muscle tear later, I went to see a friend of the family who just happens to be a chiropractor and things are much better now.  It's kind-of sad that I'm looking forward to my visit on Monday as much as I am.  I suppose there's no going back now.  But, on the upside, if anyone is in need of a chiropractor, I know a good one....

-I started taking voice lessons in May from another family friend (actually the wife of my chiropractor, which is a bit on the random side).  It's definitely a challenge in some ways, but it's so fun!  I think I'm surprising myself in some ways--not all good, sadly, but I knew I was out of practice.  Now I just need to actually *ahem* practice more than once a week.  Ha.  Ha.

-My brother and his family are staying with us until I think July-ish.  It's been a lot of fun seeing them more (they've been in Ohio while he went to dental school for the past 4 years), and a bit of a learning experience.  Note to self: 2- and 5-year-olds do not actually sleep in on the weekends...

-My blanket is coming along nicely.  It is going to be awesome!

Hopefully I will post more often in the future.  Maybe I will now that I've gotten all of this out of the way.  Maybe I'll actually finish crocheting something and I can show it to you.  Who knows.  

Hooray for updates!  Don't you feel all warm and fuzzy inside now?