A New Semester

So it's been awhile. Since my last post, we had no more snow until today :( We had stake conference and Elder Ballard was our presiding speaker. He spoke about listening to the Spirit and getting our finances in order. Robert had to leave extra early to "usher" because it had started snowing. It was the dense, wet snow that sticks to everything. We were in the Provo Tabernacle because we had an Apostle presiding. Robert drove with a friend who was also an usher and I picked up the friend's wife (who is also a friend) and we drove and sat together.

We started a new semester at school and received last semester's grades on Friday. Robert beat me in evidence and I kicked butt in professional responsibility :) Also, despite my computer's attempt to ruin my grade in business associations, I passed with a not to shabby grade (oh what it might have been if not for my computer crashing in the middle of the final). We have different schedules this semester but we still have a few classes together. Robert still works for Lexis Nexis and I got a job with a publishing company in Orem. I love it. I get to use my undergraduate education. I am an editor of literary criticisms and I also edit foreign language translations for the company (no I do not translate from other languages, I edit the translations so they are in proper format and use proper English). I work with awesome people and I get paid! This job makes me feel like my English degree was good for something besides getting me into law school. Many people think I am crazy for doing law school and having a part-time job, but I like it. Naturally, we are busy with full-time school and part-time jobs.

Last Friday we had dinner and played games with Lauren and her boyfriend Chris. The food was good and we had a great time. Friends are awesome. This Friday the law school gang is getting together. Instead of Geek Night we are doing Austen night for the girls, and Guys Night for the boys. It is going to be fun.

Also, please do not judge my writing ability on my blog. I post in the spare time that I have. I am much more careful at my job and at school. This is the one place where I don't have to use "correct" English :P

Snow Snow and More Snow

Holy Cow! Robert and I started school today and we like our classes. Robert had class until 7pm and my afternoon class was cancelled because my professor was at a conference. I came home and did some cleaning and it was snowing hard. There was half an inch on the car when I left and the plan was that I would pick-up Robert after his class. I went to pick him up and there was about five inches of snow on the car! No joke. I scraped the snow off the car and tried to leave the driveway. No go. I could get out of driveway but not past the dip and into the street. I tried four times but I would get to the dip (which no one could see because of all the snow) and then I would get stuck and start to slide to the right. There was a car parked to the right and I did not want to hit it. I finally called Robert and he said he would walk (it was still snowing). Luckily we live about two blocks from campus. He couldn't tell the difference between the sidewalk and the street. There was only one set of tire marks in the main streets of town because there was so much snow. I stayed on the phone and talked to him until he got home. I had dinner waiting so he could warm up. We are hoping to be able to get to school tomorrow.

Mexican Christmas

Robert's family went to Cancun for Christmas. We were so glad to get out of the cold and snow. We arrived later than expected in Cancun and we got to our resort pretty late. However, it was a lovely resort and we had a lot of fun staying there. They had a ton of pools with little veranda's by the pool that you could sit on. We also say the crocodiles and flamingos that they had at the resort. Robert and I got our own room. We had two condos, they had a limited kitchen, living area and two suite-type rooms. It was a lot of fun sitting in the whirlpool bathtub.

On Christmas Eve we went to Chichen Itza. It was unbelievable. We got to see all the ruins and we even were rained on a few times. Apparently this is usual weather for July and August, not December. When Robert and I were huddled with a large group under some trees one of the peddlers came and offered Robert and free Mayan-type mask for his hat. He agreed to trade. The hat was a BYU one that he got free at a game; it was a good trade. We missed the on-ramp to the highway on the way home and a three hour trip turned into a four to five hour trip through the jungle. Another adventure. Freeways in the US are so much nicer. The freeways in Mexico have speed-bumps in them (I'm sure it's different in the bigger cities). We got a few other souvenirs to remember the trip by. We were able to go the beach and just relax. We played games and had adventures as we went grocery shopping. It was very nice to see another culture and way of life.

On the way home we spent about 30 hours travelling. We got to the airport about three hours early (like they recommended). Our flight was delayed about two and a half hours. After we, finally, got on the plane we were had missed our connection. Robert and I were on the same flight and his parents, Aubrey and Janae. We all missed our connections. We were given a phone number for a hotel and told to stay there if we wanted. We were not comped rooms, meals, nothing, zip. Then Robert and I were told that we would not be leaving Denver until after noon the next day. We were not very happy and we were not in good moods. When we finally got to Salt Lake Airport Robert went to dig the car out while I got the luggage. Lo and behold they had lost it. We vowed to never fly Frontier Airlines again if we could avoid it at all. Boo to Frontier Airlines :( At least the rest of the trip was good and no one got sick from the food or the water.