We got our engagement pictures back.

I'll think about whether to post them here or not :)

Why does nobody ever read my blog?

Please tell me you're out there. Pretend that I'm that sad little kid at their bedroom window wondering if there really are aliens and that you are the aliens. Make yourselves known. :)

We're moving up in the world. Muaha.

So Mike got promoted this week. Now he's a secretary. With his own desk. And girls at the front desk can't flirt with him because they can't even see him. MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Anyways...he also won't have to work nights or weekends, which is very good for me. (I think I'm the one benefiting most out of all this...)
And...I'm still looking for a job...yeah. That's all I'm going to say.
Anyways, life is good. And I MUST tell you about what we had for dinner last night. It was veggie pizza and it was seriously simple to make, but it was delectably scrumptious. Yesh.
And Mike was the one who requested that we put tomatoes on it! Yeah! I'm totally converting him to healthy...ness. Now he likes tomatoes. Muaha.
And he says I'm funny. I mean, what is that about? Seriously...

Did you know that you must have your voter registration postmarked by 25 days before the election?

Because I didn't. And with all the wedding and homework and housing and job and roommates and everything else that I've been doing, I entirely forgot about it. That is until today, when Heather got her absentee ballot for Kansas, so I looked online for the forms.
And it's 22 days before the election. I'm 19, and I'm entirely going to miss my first opportunity to vote. When I first vote for president, I'll be 23. And Heathen says that I'll have 1 1/2 children. Yeah, I feel stupid.
Just thought I'd get that off my chest. You may now all laugh at me.

Wow, Utah weather is crazy.

So Monday, I was like, holy cow it's cold! And Mike and I just took our engagement pictures and I had rolled up sleeves. Yeah. That's what I said, too!
Anyways, so we took our engagement pictures tonight. They are FANTASTIC! I liked them a lot. Mike's friend from work, Jeff, took them, and he's going to give them all to us on a CD on Monday. So I'll post some good ones next week. And then you'll all probably get announcements. Hooray for lots of pictures!!!
And then I officially decided AGAIN that I was going to start taking more pictures of everything. So that my life will be documented. Because...well...it's not so far. I mean, it's not like I was the oldest child and my parents were camera crazy when I was a kid or anything...(cough cough Revenge of the Drool People cough) (yeah, ask my FATHER about that one).
I'm not going to elaborate. Yeah.

How To get a Student Family Apartment through BYU...

1:50-Arrive at campus. Make determined noises with your teeth and practice flexing your clicking finger.

2:50-leave English 293 (in the math building...? It's totally weirding me out. There are all these people with enormous calculators in there... blegh.) and proceed to Library

2:53-Arrive at library. Locate fiance and commence search for available computers

3:05-Finally locate two available computers. Log in and commence watching baseball play-by-play while staking out the computers (this is important)

3:20-Make some impatient noises and then check the scores again--commence sobbing uncontrollably

3:40-Wipe tears. Begin logging into Housing Account and clicking on "Student Family Agreement". Close page and otherwise distract yourself. Repeat.

3:50-Log into Housing for final time. Set filter for 1-bedroom apts only. Practice refreshing the page as quickly as possible while making whip-like sound effects.

3:58-Close all other windows and stare fervently at the screen.

3:59-Begin to hover over refresh key on keyboard and place mouse cursor over spot where apartment will appear. Wait for 50 more seconds.

4:00-Click as fast as possible on the first apartment available. Continue to agreement.

4:00 1/2-Do a celebratory dance in your swivel chairs and high-five.

4:01-Allow your already-late fiance to zip off to work while you fill out the first part of the contract, INCLUDING reading that lovely pamphlet about lead in the home. Yeah, I had to do it.

4:09-Finish, log out, go downstairs and say hello to fiance at the desk before heading outside with car keys.

4:10-Wander casually back to the desk when you realize that you don't actually know where he parked the car.

4:11-Act completely nonchalant as you head out of the library AGAIN and begin the trek to the belltower.

4:14-Move the driver's seat up at least 2 1/2 feet to where you can reach the pedals. You may now drive home.

Yes, this was my day. And we TOTALLY have an apartment to live in next winter. It opens December 30...so we need to figure out what we're going to do with our stuff until we get back from the break...and our honeymoon...and whatnot. :)
Yeah, I know it's crazy. That's life...and apartment searching...and I guess Mike and I really are just crazy :)

The Best Day so far

I totally quit my job yesterday. I'm not even kidding. My soul no longer belongs to MTC Dining. Totally. I was going to give my two weeks notice, but she told me that it could be my last day if I wanted, so I agreed. I'm still going to sub for people until I can start a new job, so I'll still have a minor sort of income. What say you? Aye!!!
Also, I went to the temple. With Mike. And it was awesome, because I had just quit my job, and I felt really good about it. Then we almost got housing, but not quite. We'll do that today. And we went out for milkshakes last night to celebrate, and I got one called Oreo Cheesecake. It was really good. Like crazy awesome.
That's my story.

The Day of the Crazy Miscommunications

So, I was supposed to have a French oral test this morning, at 9:07, I think it was. So first Mike and I are late leaving the house, and I don't get to campus until after nine, then there's nobody in the classroom or in her office, so I go to the library to see if she sent out an email. Turns out she had it in the bottom of the library. So I go down there and we have to reschedule. I'm totally bummed.
So it's like 9:25 and I have a while to kill until my next class, so I go up to the fifth floor to this couch that I like to read until I have to go to Living Prophets. And text Mike, but I thought it was earlier than it was. And I fall asleep. And Mike wakes me up at 10:40. I totally missed Living Prophets this morning. Not even joking.
That's what my day was like. :S

There's going to be a temple in Kansas City.

When President Monson started announcing temples this morning during Conference, we were all mildly interested, until he said "The Greater Kansas City Area" and there were ear-splitting screams coming from the Kansas section of the couch. Heather nearly fell off her chair. Within 30 seconds of his saying this, Samantha (Heather's friend from back home) had run all the way from building 13 and they were both screaming and crying and calling people and...um...we missed the rest of President Monson's talk. It was pretty crazy.
But at the same time, I can understand. This is what it feels like to the people of Panama who used to have to travel across countries, but now have a temple in Panama City, and will have another soon. All of the Kansas-ites will now be able to be at the temple whenever they want, and not have to travel for hours in any direction. Heather might be able to do it in 15-20 minutes, depending on where they end up building it. This is amazing. She'll be able to get married in her hometown. And that's worth crying about. :)

Mike and I went to Boise this last weekend.

And I found my dress!!!! Totally. It's beautiful. And mom's going to make it for me. (Yay!!!) I'm not going to post a picture...because...well...that just "isn't done!" :)
I AM going to tell you a great story though. Or two. I've got some great ones.
Story #1-
The lady who's doing my wedding cake is a friend from the home ward with whom I've sung in many choirs, and she's the sweetest lady ever. When my mom first asked her about doing my cake, she offered to make a practice one so that we could taste it. I expected it to be this little six-inch deal with a little bit of ribbon stuck on it. This is what she made for us, as a "congratulations" :...Except she didn't give me the cute boy. I already had that one. :)
So we totally ate wedding cake on our one month anniversary of being engaged (we're not totally looking for excuses to celebrate, what are you talking about? ;) and it was magically delicious. You guys should all come to my reception because the sheet cakes will be the same flavor. Mmmm, white cake with raspberry filling...mmmmmm......
Speaking of the aforementioned anniversary, something else happened.
Story #2- *FLASHBACK TO BOISE TRIP* Michael may have casually mentioned that I didn't have a vase, so my mom gave me one of hers. *FLASH FORWARD AGAIN*
So, he picks me up from class and on the front seat are one dozen fresh red roses. I KNOW! Man, I love this guy. They are BEAUTIFUL.
This would be the point where you all writhe with jealousy. Thank you.
I'm just kidding...sort of...
Hey, that's the story. I don't really have any other crazy news, except that I think I'm losing my mind with this whole lots of things to do business...but what else is new? Honestly.