First Week of School

Ya know when you see that someone has updated their blog, and you get so excited to see all their new anecdotes tied in with some cute pictures? Well, this is not one of those posts... this will remain completely pictureless for both of our sakes...

I know you're secretly relieved, and yes, I'm aware I've gained a few pounds.

Eric and I are back in the Home Land (i.e. Utah) and school is in full swing. I have officially placed myself into my typical student-mode and have effectively fallen behind at least 1 class period for each of my 5 classes... isn't it nice to know some things just never change? This year I had initially resolved to really kick it up a notch and stay on top of all my studies, but it just didn't quite sit right with me. That feeling during lecture, when the class and the professor are just on it... jiving together and really "engaging" in an enlightened discussion while you sit in utter bewilderment at what class you're even in right now and really contemplating if anyone can tell you pulled today's shirt out of the dirty clothes & if the teacher sees that you're really texting under the desk, just feels like home to me.

To add to my college bliss, I now qualify for GRADUATE PARKING! I honestly get to park just outside my building. This may very well be the best thing to ever happen to me (although my feet may have a different opinion. That relationship we all have to endure between a cute shoe and pain may get the better of me this year because I have no distance walking (or brain activity) to deter me from wearing them).

I went to the gym for about the 1st time in a month and I'm pretty sure I have lost all use of my legs and/or buttocks. The most dreaded part of the day is when I need to change classrooms. Getting out of, and back into, a chair is probably the most pain i've ever endured. I'm not even afraid of future childbirth, nothing can be worse than this. I have started to strategically plan my movements for the day to involve as little ascending/decending from chairs as possible (maybe I'll start going directly to my next classroom... even if I do have to sit through some unrelated class for a couple hours and wonder if they're scrutinizing my rancid shirt choice too).

I am considering actually taking my bridals this fall, and there is no way this new post-marriage blimp is going to fit back into that dress. I'm not sure though, with this current pain level, maybe I'll just forgo to whole thing. :\ Btw, any ideas of good places in Utah to take some bridals when the fall colors start appearing?