Things I love about my wife...

1. She didn't write "things I love about my husband," she wrote "things about my husband that impress me." It's often more important to a husband that his wife is impressed with him, than that she loves him. (This is not to say that Helen's love is less important, merely that her being impressed with me is more important to me, than me being impressed with her is important to her.)

2. Her attractiveness. Her hair, her eyes, her... she's hot ;-)

3. Her attention. She's constantly thinking about how she can take care of me. About what I want or what I need. Her attentiveness tells me how much she loves me.

4. Her capability. No matter what I ask her to do, she has either already done it, or she can get it done very quickly. She does even the most mundane things for me with grace and expertise.

5. Her elegance. Everything she does is elegant. Every time she moves, it's as if she were made of silk.

6. Her humor. She is the person who can make me laugh the most. We have shared many jokes that will keep me laughing for many years to come. She even laughs at my jokes, but she's never patronizing.

7. Her intellect. One of my favorite things to do is ask her about some biological process and let her teach me about it. She doesn't merely know more than I do, she can make what she knows easy for a layman to understand.

8. Her voice. One of my favorite things in the world is to listen to her talk. The sound of her voice is sweet and soothing.

9. Her kisses.

10. Her appreciation. She never fails to tell me how much she enjoys the thing that I do for her, no matter how simple.

I love you, Sweetheart.

Officially Back at Baylor!

Yes, today was the ever-dreaded "Moving Day." The day where one packs all the useless junk one cannot live without into whatever available container exists (creativity with the duffel bags... who says they're only for squishy things?) and drive it 90 miles to a place where one will live for a total of 4 months before repeating the process. As you might have guessed, I am extremely anti-stuff at this point in my life. Apparently it has paid off, at least a little bit, because I have dubbed my side of the room "unpacked" in only one full day while my roommate has apparently been eaten by her piles of stuff. Ok ok, so she hasn't even started unpacking yet, but it still makes me feel better. Ironically, I now have a very odd shopping list composed almost entirely of non-consumables. Not good.

In school related news, it turns out I'm only taking ONE lab this semester. Last semester I had 3 labs.... I think. I only remember 2 specifically, though. What did I take last semester? Huh... I think it's time for me to get some sleep. It's been a productive day.

Things About My Husband that Impress Me

1. He went through boot camp with 106 degree fever and pneumonia, and chose to continue.
2. He feels no lasting animosity for his DIs, which is not particularly true of me.
3. He fixed the mouse pad on this lap top so that it will scroll the pages up and down.
4. He does not eat 520-calorie chocolate pies to make himself feel better because he knows they won't work.
5. He actually likes the taste of beer.. the really nasty kind. This is impressive because the only reason he drinks (always responsibly, of course) is that he actually likes it.
6. He comforts me rather than indulging himself.
7. He uses correct English.
8. He loves ideas and their implications.
9. He is a better Calvinist than I am in actual practice.
10. He is really really really attractive... I could go on, but this is a public blog.
11. He weathers life's inevitable changes gracefully.
12. He refuses money for the sake of being with me.
13. He is adventurous.
14. He is a calm, logical, and loving conflict resolutionist, especially with me.
15. He sincerely appreciates classical music.
16. He will drink ANY tap water in great quantities with no complaint.
17. He loves me beyond anything I could have hoped.


Hopefully I shall continue this post as needed. 520 calories later, I feel better.

6.5 Months Down, 5.5 Months to go (give or take, probably give)

Yup, so that's a wrap on our R&R. Back to being single with a really good phone/email buddy. What can you do? Overall it was a good trip, though.

Some highlights:
I got to go pick Matt up at DFW because he had a 12-hour layover. I don't think so!
We saw Sarah and Jimmy for the second time; lots of fun, one too many stories.
Matt got to spend lots of time with his family and Matt and Jacob.
We slept on a twin sized mattress on the floor in the living room.
We slept in a king sized bed for 3 nights at the bed and breakfast where we honeymooned.
I got to make Matt coffee everyday, and we usually got to stay at home until 12:30.
We got to go water skiing and eat really good hamburgers (thanks, Matt!)

I'm sure there's more; we'll probably add on as we continue the grieving process (notice I used "we" in this sentence; by next week it'll be back to to "I"). Boo for deployments!

As consolation, I got myself one of those little chocolate pie thingies with 520 calories... that'll make everything better.