lonely, but loved

It's ranting time!

This is something that has bothered me since I got married. Actually no, it's bothered me since Johnny got his job with Halliburton, but it's bothered me more since we got married.

I hate it when people ask how I like living alone while Johnny's off at work.

Seriously, people do that.

Yes, my husband works out of town for two weeks at a time. Yes, it sucks but it is just a fact of life because this is how we are surviving right now as newlyweds. Yes, it is a sacrifice but it won't last forever so don't pity me. I grew up with my father working the rigs, so I knew precisely what I was getting into, yet I still chose it.

I am actually grateful that Johnny has the job he does. Even though it can be really tough to say goodbye to him and to have to handle the house on my own while he's gone, it really makes us appreciate the time we do have together. Because of this, I can proudly say we've never had a fight because our time is too short together not to enjoy it.

So for the people who want to know how I like living alone while Johnny's gone, know that I love it. I love it because it means I am married to a man who is sensible enough to stick with his well paying job to provide for our little family, and for that I am so grateful.  Even though the time apart can be really tough, there's enough love between us to make it all worth while.

Unforgettable

K, funny story.

You remember how Johnny proposed? We hurled ourselves off a plane and he proposed when I got to the bottom. Cute story, huh? Something you'd never forget, right? Especially if it happened to you, right?

That's what you'd think!

The other day in my Biomechanics class we were talking about the forces acting on a person as they're falling through the sky, so my professor asked if anyone's been skydiving. Two guys raised their hands. And I just sat there.

I just sat there!

It took me almost a full minute or two before I realized, hey wait a minute! I've been skydiving! You'd think that the magical moment where you start a whole new exciting chapter in your life would really stick with you, but nope!

I guess I lead such an exciting life that jumping out a plane is really no big deal for me.

Brr!

Oh Jack Johnson, you can always make my day a little brighter, warmer and happier.

Today is freezing! It's so cold it hurts to breathe. It's so cold that if you were to walk outside immediately after a hard work-out, all of your sweat would instantly freeze, turning you into a human popsicle. It's so cold that Jack Frost stepped out his door this morning and said, "Forget work, I'm staying in today."

Another artist who will always leave a smile on my face is Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. If you don't know who he is you need to check him out right now! His most popular song would definitely be his Over The Rainbow/What a Wonderful World song. Le sigh.



What sort of music is your go-to for a rainy (or snowy) day?

2 years and counting...

Upon writing the first post in January I realized that I've been blogging for two years. Two years of me ranting on about the stupidest topics sometimes! Some folks have actually stuck around since the beginning and for them I am grateful. It's always nice to have someone bring up your blog so they can rant to you about the stupid rant you gave on the blog.

 So to commemorate my 2 years of blog-hood and to reminisce about 2011, I'm going to fill out the same quiz I filled out in my first entry.

1. Did you keep your New Year's Resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't make any resolutions last year except to "be a better person" which was really just a cop out. I don't have any resolutions for this year, but there are a couple goals Johnny and I are working on together.

 2. Did anyone close to you give birth?
It's funny because the first time I filled this out, two of my cousins had babies and now this time, the same two cousins have had babies again. A boy and a girl - again.

 3. Did anyone close to you die?
No one super close, but there were a few people that died that I knew at one point or another.

4. What countries did you visit?
No where too exciting, but I did go down to Utah in May to visit my aunt and gramma who was up visiting from Australia. That was when I bought my wedding dress :D

 5. What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011?
That's a tough one cause I don't really feel like a lacked anything in 2011. C'mon, I got married!

 6. What dates from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
January 10th - That's the day Johnny first left to go work for Halliburton. His decision to work for them eventually led to our decision to get married.
August 16th - Duh, my wedding day.

 7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I'd say finding a husband is a pretty big one. Next to that there's getting my belay certification. I dunno, tough choice.

 8. What was your biggest failure?
The stupid anatomy final. I passed the class though so that's all that matters.

 9. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I got the flu just after Christmas and I had the odd bump or bruise in rugby. Buggered up my shoulder for a bit. Strained my back on and off. Nothing major.

 10. What was the best thing someone bought you?
A wedding ring. And someone got me this awesome pampered chef liquid measure which I LOVE. I use it for almost all my baking.

11. Where did most of your money go?
School, the wedding and rugby.

 12. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
I got excited when we went sky diving and Johnny proposed. And I got really excited about finding a house. And my dress was a fairly exciting purchase. If it had to do with the wedding and it wasn't stressing me out, I was excited about it. Oh! And EFY! I was so excited to be a counselor.

 13. What song will always remind you of 2011?
Party Rock Anthem - by LMFAO.

 14. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier
b) fatter or skinnier? The same?
c) richer or poorer? Richer. I didn't have a husband working for Halliburton last year.

 15. What do you wich you'd done more of? 
I wish I didn't get so lazy with my workouts during the summer. I wish we could have played more grounders!

16. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Postponing important things that needed to be done.

17. Did you fall in love in 2011?
What has been the theme of all my answers thus far? Yes I did.

18. What was your favorite TV program?
How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, So You Think You Can Dance.

19. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope. I did a good job of avoiding conflict.

20. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Camillle Saint-Saens. He's the composer I researched for my Music in Recital class and I fell in love with his work. He is awesome. 

21. What was your favorite film of this year?
Rango. I watched that a lot this fall - it's not the most amazing movie in the world, but I really like it. Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It inspired us to buy both versions of the original movie and we love them all, except the one with Mark Wahlberg. X MEN FIRST CLASS!!!! Best. Movie. Ever. 

22. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
My birthday was pretty small this year. I just had cake at my parents and then I played a rugby game the next day. I turned 21.

23. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
I wish Johnny didn't have to be gone at work so much last year. 

24. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011?
Comfortable. My favourite things to wear were my old man sweaters. 

25. What kept you sane?
Johnny, running, Amy and ice cream. And my mother. 

26. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Probably the guy who played magneto in X men First Class.

27. Who do you miss?
Selina. She is such a good friend. And Johnny. It stinks that he's gone all the time. 

28. Who was the best new person you met?
In my Intro to Biomechanics class we had to do a group project and one of the girls I worked with has turned out to be pretty awesome and now we're doing the real Biomechanics class together and I look forward to it.  

29. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2011:
Basement suites suck when there is a small child living above you.  

Christmas = Awesome

H'okay, so holidays. Mine was awesome. Naturally, because I am awesome. And Johnny was home for the whole thing so that made it even awesomer.

It was the big dreaded first Christmas with the in-laws, but I've got some pretty good in-laws, so there was really nothing to worry about. We chilled with Johnny's family for Christmas eve and Christmas day. We watched movies, ate good food, had good times, it was great. My favourite present would have to be the booties Johnny got me. They are warm and fuzzy and wonderful. And they have grippies on the bottom! Awesome!

There was only one small downside to my holidays and that would be the part where I got the stomach flu while Johnny and I were visiting our friend on her family ranch. We were supposed to do all these awesome ranchey activities like quadding, riding horses, playing with cows, you know, all the sort of stuff farm kids do for fun. But instead I head to go spewing my brains out and doing you-know-what out the other end - it was not a pretty sight. So we ended up watching most of the first season of Heroes pretty much the whole time while we waited for my disease to pass. Our hosts were so great though. I was babied just like I would have been had I been home with my own parents. Johnny was great through the whole thing too. Every time I barfed he was right there holding my hair back and wiping the remnants off my face when I was done. How romantic.

New Years was pretty rad. We went to the YSA New Year's dance incognito because we weren't technically supposed to be there because we are no longer single. We're real rebels. The dance was pretty fun. We went over to our friend's house after to play some games and drink some radioactive kool-aid and we ended staying up way too late to be functional at church the next day.

All in all, Christmas was awesome, New Years was good, and what really made my holidays great was the fact that Johnny had 19 days off of work to spend with me. Now it's back to the grind stone and I am all ready to go for another semester.

Sorry to disappoint

You thought I was gone forever, didn't you? Ha! You can't get rid of me that easily.

I don't know if I've explained it in the blog before, but I'll do it again just in case.

At my house, we're too cheap to pay for internet. Or TV. So I live under a rock. But there is hope! I go to school. And school has internet. Allow me illustrate with an equation.

Let n represent me, Nani, s represent school and i represent internet. Since we know that when I go to school I get internet, we can represent the relationship with the equation n + s = i. The equation can also be manipulated as follows to represent the my relationship with the internet when there is no school: n - s = -i. In other words, when I am not at school I get no internet.

Let b represent my blogging activity. Since my blogging activity is directly correlated to internet access, we can therefore assume that school is needed in order for blogging to exist. Over the Christmas holidays I wasn't required to go to school, so I didn't. There fore my holiday situation went as follows: n - s = -i. Since i = b, we can assume the equality holds true for the inverse; therefore, -i = -b. Now to substitute i for b, we get: n - s = -b.


In a nutshell:

I wasn't at school, so I didn't blog.

Have I ever mentioned that I LOVED my high school calculus class?

Oh and Happy New Year, everyone. Do you think this will really be the year the world ends? Personally, I doubt it. There will be a holiday blog up later.