life is good

Goodness, I keep forgetting to update. How many people read this?

Last week was amazingly stressful. Four midterms. Ouch. I somehow survived.

I went to the Draper Temple open house with Stephan on Saturday. We were there for a lot longer than anticipated. You see, our tickets said 1:20 at a church. We got there about ten minutes late and we were afraid that we wouldn't get in. Well, they weren't even checking tickets. They sent us to the cultural hall (gym, in layman's terms) to wait for the pre-open house video they show. We waited there for about an hour to even watch the video. His mom and sister were there, spying on us as usual...ha ha. But waiting for extended periods of time is enjoyable when you're with someone you enjoy spending time with. Then we were escored to the chapel where we watched the video and then we boarded charter buses to go to the temple.

The open house was nice. But nothing like the Houston Temple open house. For the Houston Temple open house, they had tour guides and you spent at least a few minutes in every room. For this open house, you walked in a line in most of the rooms that had signs indicating their use. This temple is beauitful, don't get me wrong. But I wished we could spend more time taking in the beauty. The chandelier in the Celestial Room was HUGE! The final room we visited was a sealing room--the largest one in Utah. The temple president and his wife said a few words about the function of temples and then that was it. Then we went to the stake center next to the temple where they had refreshments and the buses to take us back to where we parked. Stephan and I got a few pictures in front of the temple.

It was 5:30 by the time we left. We drove around, looking for a restaurant because he was starving. We finally stopped at Applebee's in American Fork. We had to wait a long time to be seated because it was Saturday night. But we got seated and we ate. It was pretty good. We drove back to his house and spent some time there. His dad was the only one there when we got back. His brother Alex was a techie for a play and their mom and sister went to see it. They got back and we started watching some ventriloquist video. After that, it was time for me to go home.

But, I was at the Anderson home again on Sunday. Kathy (his mom) wants me over for Sunday dinner as often as possible. I am definitely not complaining. Free food and more time to spend with Stephan *grins*. So now, I see Stephan twice a week, yay. Still not often enough, but it's better than never.

I'm battling a cold right now. I'm getting better, but ugh.