Hooray! Husband Man and I have been married for two years! (Almost exactly- we were in the temple right about this time!!)
I'm sure we've all had those times when there's a day that we've been looking forward to for forever, and then it doesn't turn out at all the way you wanted it to.
I'm having one of those days. Or couple of days.
I decided to skip organ masterclass yesterday so I could get a bunch of homework done, which sort of backfired on me. I have a large-ish project coming up where I need to harmonize a tune to be arranged and played by a string quintet. This can be tedious, but I forgot we had it because the teacher never announced it in class. So I was going to get a head start on it yesterday, but the piano lab that I needed to do my project was closed for two hours in the name of FHE. While I appreciate the intention, it was not helpful or practical. I tried to get other homework done, and now I have to do the entire thing today after classes.
What makes it worse is that Husband Man has been telling me for the last two weeks he has something planned for our anniversary. Since we got married during the semester and didn't get a honeymoon, this really means a lot to me. He told me yesterday would be a good day to do it, but the homework fiasco prevented it. So we arranged for it to be done today, after I work on my project, but I don't know how long my project will take and I still have other homework. And on top of that I didn't sleep that great last night, so I was zoning out hardcore in my 9AM class this morning, and when I got to my English class I realised that I'd forgotten an assignment.
Today is going to be difficult. Someday I hope I can celebrate my anniversary...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Yockeyites Are Getting Healthier
I couldn't think of a better title. This is totally going to turn people away. BUT DON'T! This is so cool!
So we've been married for almost two years, and we aren't very good at doing things we probably should. Cleaning the house? We vacuum before people come over... Which isn't often. Fruits and veggies? Here and there. Exercise? Not really. We're even really bad at drinking water!
Well, I got sick of this. I wanted us to get into better habits. Yeah, we're college students, we can't do everything, but we knew we could do something. And I really felt like if we tried hard to do better then we would be blessed.
So I sat down with Husband Man and we made a chart. We started with a list of things that we need to do daily, such was waking up on time, reading scriptures, morning prayer, how much water we drank, one fruit and one veggie, exercising, tidying up the house, brushing your teeth, doing homework, and going to bed on time. Then we made a list of things we wanted to do weekly, such as going to the temple, FHE, washing the dishes (3x a week), vacuuming, and sweeping. The next list was for things that could be done twice a month, which for us was doing laundry and washing the sheets. The last list we did were things we felt we could do once a month, which included things like dusting, deep cleaning the bathroom (instead of just wiping down surfaces), and mopping.
By the time we completed the lists we felt it was something we could do, even with our busy schedules. So now we write our first initials on the line, and every day we fill out what we got done. Some days are better than others, but it's become kind of fun to try and see how much I can get done that day. It looks like a lot, but most of them don't take that long. It reminds us to add veggies to meals, to grab a banana on the way out, to keep hydrated, and to get up on time.
The best part is that I can tell the difference. I haven't dozed off in class, even though some nights I don't sleep well because Dan's gone on night shifts all the time. I'm alert and feel like I'm absorbing more information. I feel better about myself, I feel like I have enough energy to get through my day. It's just better in general!
SO! Challenge yourself! You probably don't need something as detailed as we have- or maybe you do- but just take a moment and sit back and analyze your life. What are you struggling with? What goals can you set? Try to get a friend or a spouse in on it too, and do it together. Hold yourself accountable to someone else- my mom and I have been texting each other every day to ask if we exercised that day. If I can do it, so can you!
And if you want to know how you can make your own chart on excel, comment or message me or whatever and I'll have Husband Man write out how he did it. I know it wasn't difficult. Same thing if you want to see ours as an example.
(I know what you're thinking. "This isn't what we thought we were going to get! You promised summer photos and stupid song lyrics!"
Yeah, I know. Get over it. Those posts are coming. I was just so excited about this! I'm making my life better!)
So we've been married for almost two years, and we aren't very good at doing things we probably should. Cleaning the house? We vacuum before people come over... Which isn't often. Fruits and veggies? Here and there. Exercise? Not really. We're even really bad at drinking water!
Well, I got sick of this. I wanted us to get into better habits. Yeah, we're college students, we can't do everything, but we knew we could do something. And I really felt like if we tried hard to do better then we would be blessed.
So I sat down with Husband Man and we made a chart. We started with a list of things that we need to do daily, such was waking up on time, reading scriptures, morning prayer, how much water we drank, one fruit and one veggie, exercising, tidying up the house, brushing your teeth, doing homework, and going to bed on time. Then we made a list of things we wanted to do weekly, such as going to the temple, FHE, washing the dishes (3x a week), vacuuming, and sweeping. The next list was for things that could be done twice a month, which for us was doing laundry and washing the sheets. The last list we did were things we felt we could do once a month, which included things like dusting, deep cleaning the bathroom (instead of just wiping down surfaces), and mopping.
By the time we completed the lists we felt it was something we could do, even with our busy schedules. So now we write our first initials on the line, and every day we fill out what we got done. Some days are better than others, but it's become kind of fun to try and see how much I can get done that day. It looks like a lot, but most of them don't take that long. It reminds us to add veggies to meals, to grab a banana on the way out, to keep hydrated, and to get up on time.
The best part is that I can tell the difference. I haven't dozed off in class, even though some nights I don't sleep well because Dan's gone on night shifts all the time. I'm alert and feel like I'm absorbing more information. I feel better about myself, I feel like I have enough energy to get through my day. It's just better in general!
SO! Challenge yourself! You probably don't need something as detailed as we have- or maybe you do- but just take a moment and sit back and analyze your life. What are you struggling with? What goals can you set? Try to get a friend or a spouse in on it too, and do it together. Hold yourself accountable to someone else- my mom and I have been texting each other every day to ask if we exercised that day. If I can do it, so can you!
And if you want to know how you can make your own chart on excel, comment or message me or whatever and I'll have Husband Man write out how he did it. I know it wasn't difficult. Same thing if you want to see ours as an example.
(I know what you're thinking. "This isn't what we thought we were going to get! You promised summer photos and stupid song lyrics!"
Yeah, I know. Get over it. Those posts are coming. I was just so excited about this! I'm making my life better!)
Monday, September 3, 2012
Behold... The Power of Music
First of all, Happy Labor Day!
Secondly...I was in middle school when I joined the music program and learned to play the trumpet (among other instruments). I remember going door-to-door selling junk out of a catalog so that our band could raise money to buy things like chairs and rental instruments so that everyone who wanted to could participate. In middle school, the school administration built (another) gym off of the building. When I was in high school, they renovated (or something) the current gym when we could really have used an actual theater for the fine arts department to use. I was part of the fight to keep music in schools- I wore homemade buttons, I went to meetings and wrote letters to administrators. It seems to have worked thus far...
But had I known about this wonderful clip, I bet I could have convinced any administration about the importance of (good) music in our society. Here is about what my presentation would have been (in my special, non-eloquent way):
Hello, administrators. It has come to my attention that you have been considering the possibility of removing the music programs from your schools. Let me ask you this- Do you watch movies? Surely you've gone to the theaters and been surrounded by the noise that makes up a movie, that penetrates into your center and draws you in to the action, the emotions, the drama! Part of that noise is the music that goes with it. The music helps to shape the movie, is an inseparable part of it.
If you still aren't convinced, perhaps this clip will help...
To be fair, I suppose this clip more supports media, but music is an integral part of it, so I say it works.
I know we haven't been around during our seven-week summer, but don't leave me! I have a bunch of good posts pending, including one about what we did during the summer and one about ridiculous song lyrics in today's pop culture....
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