Running Thoughts

I went on an awesome run today. It was nice spring weather, a little chilly but perfect running temperature. The thing that I hate about warmer weather in boston is all of the people out on the Charles. I know that is a really "bah hambug" comment, but when you're used to having the Charles all to yourself from October-March its hard to share when the weather gets warm. I now have to dodge people and be careful I'm not going to trip over your dog's leash or your little kid. It's a rough life, I know.

I've had a lot of little things I wanted to blog about, and I wanted to write this post as soon as I got back, but here I am, at 1:21 in the morning still chatting with Mike via video chat. So I"m going to borrow a phrase from my friend Natalie. Here goes a brain dump.

• First of all, Gossip Girl took a turn for the worse tonight. I just don't know how I feel about it. I hate it when you get slightly attached to characters on TV shows (or greatly attached to some...Ryan Atwood *cough*) and then they let you down and turn out to be someone you REALLY don't want them to be. Serena, RIP.
• Mike and I have been going to town on food every time he comes out. One of the things I love about him is how much he loves food. I introduced him to Mike's Pastry a couple of weeks ago when he was out and we bought a huge box full of pastries. I went back this past week after my dentist appointment to get more pastries. And my hometeachers introduced me to Lulu's and it's been downhill from there. Lulu's is just down the street from Mikes. So Mike and I had an awesome supply of cannolis, pistachio macaroons, and cupcakes for our little road trip down to NY.
• Yankee stadium is GROSS. I know now why they are tearing that sucker down. It is so dirty there is like puke on the walls. I'm not joking. And I'm still convinced that Yankee fans are the classiest fans in MLB. And my classiest, I mean not classy at all
• I stopped at Flour today, another Boston bakery, this one in the South End, right by BU med campus. I was coming back from giving a presentation for my MPH graduation requirements, which is a whole other story, but I decided to finally check out Flour since I drive by it almost every week. I was going to get a cupcake or pastry, but I ODed from this last weekend. I had a tasty chicken sammich with spicy avocado spread.
• I love New York, but I'd never want to live there for a long period of time. Fun to visit though.
• What is with female fans of Clay Aiken? Don't you know he's gay? Seriously.
• I wish I would have been one of those girls that had a picture of what she wanted her wedding reception to look like. I think it would make thinking about cakes and colors and bridesmaid dresses and table settings etc.
• Thank you Celtics for restoring some faith. I mean seriously, you have to win this one. I don't know how it feels to have a team I love win an NBA championship. The Sonics broke my heart oh so long ago and I've never been attached to any team as much as you this year. Please don't mess this up.
• Dear Apple, Thank you so much for video chat. It helps a lot when Mike leaves. Sincerely, Whitney
• I can't believe how fast the past two months have gone. At the same time, I feel like I've been engaged for so long and it has only been a month.
• I have a pigeon on my window sill, right right outside my window. I saw that it had laid some eggs. I think this is bad b/c last summer a pigeon laid eggs and they hatched and then the babies died and it just made one big mess right outside my window. I'm glad I never witnessed it. I felt kind of bad for it when it was sitting in the pouring rain for a few days because I'm planning on smashing it's eggs. Is that mean? I mean, John Henry did it to get rid of the Hawk's nest at Fenway and said "the eggs weren't viable". Here's photo proof of the poor sucker.
  

• I want to be a curator some day. Like really. I love paintings.
• Diner food is my favorite. I think because its comfort food and it reminds me of my childhood.
• MarioKart of Wii is insanely awesome. MarioKart has always been my favorite video game of all time -- both SNES and N64 versions, so when I saw it was coming to the Wii I almost peed my pants. I picked it up and Thursday and its a blast. So much so I'm packing up my Wii and brining it to Seattle for the weekend.
• Mike and I see Minus the Bear in Seattle on Thursday. I really can't wait.
• Katie and I see Cut Copy in Boston on Monday. I really can't wait.
• Corey and I see The Kooks in Los Angeles in two Mondays. I really can't wait.
  
• I can't believe I have to pack up my room and so soon. This is all happening too fast.
• August can't come soon enough.
• I love finding old t-shirts that I used to love wearing and have started wearing again.
• I never get sick of Pretty in Pink. I ordered it on DVD last week. Such a good purchase.
  
• I love buying stuff on vinyl now. Mike gave me a portable record player that I LOVE.
  
• It's been too long since I have written a long blog.
• I have a lot of M&A to learn tomorrow. A lot.
  
• I love burritos.
• I can't wait to live in SF.
• I'm not looking forward to studying for the bar.
• Going back to packing, I realized how complicated it's really going to be. I'm going to bring out some clothes to Seattle on Wednesday. I have some spring/summer clothes already in CA. I pretty much have to coordinate and think about what I want in CA, what I want in Seattle, and what will stay in boston. And then I'll leave some clothes in CA after the summer. Its just all complicated. But you probably understand all that.
• I got my cap and gown a couple days ago. Apparently when you graduate from law school they want to make you look even more like a dork than you did when you graduated from undergrad. The whole robe is ridiculous with HUGE sleeves and you have to wear a funny beret looking thing. It's all quite comical, just ask Mike who had me try it on.
• My ends are so dry and split its just driving me crazy. I need a hair cut pronto.
• My allergies have been acting up. I didn't even know I had allergies until this spring.
• American Idol is becoming a snore bore. I dont know if I even want to watch tomorrow. But you know I will.
  
• Speaking of snore bores, I watched the Office today from last thursday. How lame is it getting? So lame.
• And speaking of NOT being a snore bore, I am loving 30 rock these days. And I just saw baby mama for the second time with Mike. So hilarious.
• I miss my beacon hill apartment sometimes. I love how close I was to the public garden. The tulips are out right now and are so pretty.
• I'm going to steal Rachel's dog pepper. seriously.

Here's a pic of Mike and I at Yankee stadium, freezing our butts off. Can you tell my hat is too big for my head?


Mike.

Mike and Mao at the Met.

Motivation

So in the last 48 hours I wrote 35 pages for 2 different papers. My brain was absolute mush last night and I had gotten little sleep all weekend. Today I took a breather which I really shouldn't have. Plus I'm dealing with a whole lot of other stuff that I didn't have time to deal with. I was kind of a wreck emotionally today and didn't start studying for my final that is in 6 1/2 hours until 12 AM.

It's closed book and its a lot of information. I think I'm kind of screwed. But here I am, blogging and facebooking instead of studying. I don't quite understand. I know I need to pass to graduate but I'm not even in panic mode right now.

What is going on?

I know its hard to fail a law school test. But really, I need to get my butt in gear if I want to pass this test. 6 1/2 hours until go time...yikes.

My Cupcake

I meant to post this a while ago. My dear friend Natalie hosted an amazing cupcake party in my unfortunate absence, but she made this cupcake, especially for me. Hurray for Natalie!




I also wanted to thank my dear friend Katie for cheering up my day by showing up with goodies in my last minute paper writing trial! (I'm so behind, this is going to require a miracle to pull this off). Thanks Katie!

I have some pretty amazing friends.

Nom Nom Nom

Hello Beautiful

After a great weekend in San Francisco I walked home with my suitcase and new record player in hand and these greeted me.






The winter here really does make you appreciate the spring so much more. I'm not saying that I won't love living in Northern California but I have learned through 3 long cold Boston winters that you learn to appreciate the blooming trees the second they start to open.

It was super windy in SF but Mike and I managed to take ONE picture the whole weekend. I think it's pretty cute although our hair is a mess. I'm glad Mike approves of SF (it was his first time there this weekend!).

Topsy Turvy

Starting in February with going out to visit Mike, the whole Australia vacation, dating one of my best friends, getting engaged, and trying really hard not to fail out of law school, I've felt a little like my world has been turned upside down. It's really fun to watch some of your well-laid plans go by the wayside in a couple months. (And by well-laid plans, I'm really not changing much. Its just the whole idea of being married and leaving the singles ward) I'm not saying this is a bad thing, au contraire, I couldn't be happier but the whole experience is a little surreal. Things have been moving so fast that I've enjoyed some downtime to go back and analyze how I got to this point. The whole process is a miracle in my life.

I just have to say that Heavenly Father knows exactly what is going on in our lives, and He does watch over us and He does have a plan for us. There a million little spiritual experiences I've had over the last year or so that have added up to something big. And I've had the "a-ha" moment so many times in the past month I can't even keep track of it. I have always had a testimony that Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers, but I'm so grateful that He's let me have so many spiritual experiences that testify of that too. I have relished the chance to go back in my life and see how He's watched over me and even through the trials I've been given that I see how much He loves me and loves all of His children. I know the Lord's timing is the best and I couldn't be more grateful to Him for letting me see that in my own life.

I'm so thankful my world has been turned upside down. It's awesome to see it from a whole different perspective in a matter of months.

This is cute. You'll enjoy this.

http://theyreinvisible.blogspot.com/2008/04/shes-in-my-eyes-she-is-in-my-ears-shes.html

A condensed "our story" told from Mike's perspective. Enjoy.

Where's Whitney

Can you find me?

P.S. Opening day was amazing. Amazing.

Fierce

It gets funny once Tim shows up. Oh and Heidi too. Wait for it, wait for it.

I miss PR already. Good thing I'll get my fashion fix with Gossip Girl when it returns. Simply can't wait.

You asked for it

And I'm delivering. From facebook profile pictures and gchat icons, you've probably figured it out already. And you've asked for more pictures.

Just a little background. He and I have been friends for 5 years. I was a little 19 year old and he was fresh off the mish. We were in the same ward and instantly bonded over Dicks (best burger chain..in Seattle), the Beatles, Big Gulps (which I thought I didn't develop a deep love for until law school, but he set me straight), late night Taco Bell runs, and a great love for the NCAA basketball tournament that we went to watch the first and second rounds up at the U. We got be closer friends for the next three years with him introducing me to Minus the Bear, going to see the Strokes, buying a megaphone and harassing people in Provo, and skipping school to track out fresh powder at Snowbird. (He's a snowboarder but I can forgive him, he can still repent).

We've stayed in touch via this great thing called gchat since I moved to Boston. I also saw him every time I visited my sister in Salt Lake. After all these years of keeping in touch and promising I'd visit him in Seattle, I finally booked a ticket to Seattle for Presidents Weekend. Well...it took us 5 years, but we're officially together and I couldn't be happier.

Here are some pictures from last weekend.


Hope you get to meet him!

Aussieland