This is Cambria

Hi, This is Cambria... I thought it might be my turn to quickly right a note while Josh is doing his Chemistry homework. I have been trying to write in my journal once a week and I didn't get it done today, so I am taking my turn on our blog.

So tonight is my dads birthday, he is out of town... studying for his re-currant. He is a dedicated man. Tonight Josh and I were able to go and celebrate Rya Lynn's second birthday, which is tomorrow. That little angel brings so much joy into our lives. Her mom says that she has already hit the terrible twos, my mom said that is hard to believe. Tonight at the small celebration Jason, Elise and Carson were there (Sharlyn's brother and sister-in-law); my mom and Nathan and Sharlyn. We had a lot of fun, Rya was very interested in opening her presents. The poor little girl has a cold and she keeps coughing, her mom and dad have trained her to cover her mouth... she is so cute as she begins to cough because her tiny hand rushes up to cover her mouth. Most of the gifts she was given tonight Sharlyn made for her. My favorite gift is the apron that was sewed so it would fit her as she helps mommy cook in the kitchen.

So I have made a couple of goals this week, the first one is to get to work on time every day... so I have decided to prepare our lunches the night before, get my gym clothes ready and my work items in order. I am tired of having to rush every morning and then ending up being late. My second goal is to get to the gym EVERY day this week... Its hard to do when I know my husband is home and I want to go spend time with him. So I guess overall I need to "be prepared..." well that sounds familiar. I hope to make some good habits this week.

Well its time for bed, I need to wake up earlier than normal.

A long week

This last week has been a pretty long one. It just seemed to drag on, but at the same time, I was running all over and never stopping. Cambria has gotten used to her job and is really enjoying it. I am very used to my job after two years, and often leave exhausted from trying to keep all the other hosts in line. I am the lead host most of the time. I swear they should pay me more, but they don't. About half the other people I work with need to grow up and learn to do their job right. It feels like I'm a baby sitter for kids who have lost their short term memories.

Anyway, aside from that, School is going pretty well. It is still pretty busy, but I'm staying relatively on top of homework. I had a few quizzes in a row for multiple classes and they all came out as a 70% for each one I took, no matter how hard I studied. I thought I was stuck in some sort of rut, but have since broken my lame low grade rut with a 90% on my last Physiology test, and some high 80's on some Chemistry tests. Anything above a B- is good for me in Chemistry because I have always been horrible at it.

Tonight, Cambria called my sister Emilee and invited her and her friend Cecily over to play some games. It was a pretty fun time. We played Monopoly Deal, and Uno. I don't believe I won all night, but I still enjoyed spending time with my little sister. She has been having a hard time coping with the fact that her boyfriend just left on a mission a few weeks ago. She is doing pretty good now though, and just trying to stay busy. Cambria made some treats for tonight. She made some amazing no-bake cookies that I ate way too many of, and some popcorn. She got a call from work in the middle of us playing and had to run over to a patient's house that lives pretty close to us. She came back with tons of perfume on to cover up the cigarette smoke smell from the house she went to. The other night she came home and it was really bad. She wouldn't let me hug her because she hated the fact that she smelled that way.

When Emilee and Cecily left, we finished the last bit of our movie we were watching earlier, "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs." It was way good, and brought back some good memories of the book from when we were young. Those days seem to be getting farther and farther away, so it is nice to have a moment or two of nostalgia. Well Cambria has already fallen asleep like she usually does when I write in here. It is Sunday tomorrow and I don't work so I am excited to enjoy the day with my sweetheart.

Valentines Activities

We had our Valentines Day activities early this year since I have to work tomorrow on Valentines night. Thursday, Cambria and I went to the Texas Roadhouse and used some gift cards that I won at my work's Christmas party. It was 35 dollars, and we ended up spending almost nothing on our meal. That's an ideal meal, especially for us newlyweds. Tonight, when I got off work, we went out to the Institute Couples Ball. They had a dinner and a dance. It was catered by Javier's. It was alright food, what made it better was that I was way hungry after missing lunch because of work. It was a semi-formal dance, so we dressed up. I wore my same old clothes that I wore for our engagement photos because they are the only nice thing I own that isn't a white shirt and black slacks. Cambria wore a pink dress with a black sparkly top. She did her hair in a pony tail slightly to the side and pinned up a little with a flower in her hair. She looked gorgeous.

I really enjoyed being able to talk with people from our ward I had never gotten to know. They are some really awesome people. After a while, we made it to the dance floor. I really had a good time dancing. I have never been too comfortable dancing around other people. I guess it is probably the only thing I get shy about. I have a really hard time breaking out of my shell and being me. I don't know why. Cambria is exactly opposite. She is amazing, and got me pretty comfortable tonight. We started in with a line dance, and worked to some swing dancing. I actually took a swing dance class one day, so I am not too horrible at that. Dancing with her for really the first time being married was amazing. For some reason I couldn't help but love her more afterward. It was really a special night for me, and I hope it was for Cambria as well.

When we got home, we were too tired to watch a movie which was our plan, so we played Monopoly Deal, which is a card game that goes by really fast. We played three rounds and I won all three which made me really happy because last time we played, Cambria won five out of seven games. I think all five were in a row too. It was really fun. I love spending time with my wife while we are young and not extremely busy with kids yet. Tomorrow Cambria is going to make breakfast then I can give her my Valentines card I got her. That is the extent of our gifts this year we decided.

Interesting Dream

So this is kind of random. Last night, while still sleeping at Monty and Linda's house, I had the strangest most vivid dream. Have you ever had a dream that felt so real, that when you woke up you had to think for a second if what you dreamt was real? As if it were actual memories from the past day.

So in my dream, out of nowhere, I decided to get a tattoo. Cambria told me she didn't care, and so I went to the tattoo parlor. I told him to just put whatever he wanted somewhere around my shoulders, biceps and the back of my neck. I ended up with some green flames that came from right below my hairline on my neck and followed my hair up and around under my ears. I had some weird gang symbol on my left upper arm that signified I was suddenly a member of some biker gang, with my new gang member number (212) etched on it too. On the right upper arm I had some sort of family shield.

I remember going home and showing Cambria. She took one look at them and plainly said, "They're ugly," and walked away. I looked in the bathroom mirror and agreed, especially the flames that couldn't be hidden by a shirt. I then began to think of ways I could get them off and realized just how permanent they were. I realized what I had done and sank to the bathroom floor weeping for the next hour.

When I woke up from the dream, I actually thought I had cried myself to sleep and was waking up the night I got the tattoos. I felt so horrible yet so relieved when I realized it was all a dream. As I sat there in bed, all I could do was to pray. I guess in a way I felt the remorse of actually getting a tattoo and then regretting it afterwards. I promised God I would never disrespect my body by doing that. I don't know much about dreams, what they mean, or if God has much of a hand in them, but I felt like I learned a life lesson I would have never learned otherwise, since I would never get a tattoo.

I got up and got a drink, then went back to bed. It is always a comfort to see Cambria next to me as well. At that point I felt totally fine and relaxed. I fell right back to sleep with my arm around my sweetheart.

Superbowl Sunday

We just got back from Nathan and Sharlyn's house. We went over right after church to watch the Superbowl game. It was a pretty good game, especially for someone like me who doesn't ever watch sports. It is my one time a year game I will watch. Cambria really enjoyed it, and I enjoy spending the time with her and family. I hope I don't offend anybody, but when sports is all you can talk about when you get together with your friends, that is pretty lame. I was so annoyed by missionaries on my mission who would never talk about anything else. They knew the names of almost every player for every team. Maybe that is your interest, but there are other things in life, especially while on your mission. Oh well, i guess it's just not me in any way. If you are in to that, more power to you, but have some moderation. I loved how Nathan and Jason weren't way too into the game, and just had a good time watching it.

Now we are back and Cambria's parents house watching. Cambria is talking on the phone to her dad who went straight from California up to his parent's house in Idaho. Overall it was a really good Sunday. I didn't have to go to work, church was great, and I got to spend the whole day with my wife. I have some Chemistry homework to do and I still want to watch another part of Band of Brothers tonight, so I'm off to get my homework done.

Sleepin' in the guest bedroom

Tonight as well as last night, Cambria and I are staying at Monty and Linda's house, watching Trinity (their dog) while they are away at Palm Springs enjoying their anniversary. I came down yesterday after school and homework, and today I came down really late because I decided to at the last minute. I got here around nine. I thought I might as well be with my wife when she is so close anyway.

She has been begging me to let her just bring Trinity up to our house and I refused. I love Trinity to death, but would rather not have black dog hair all over our hairless house. The only hair I allow is Cambria's. There are also no dog's allowed in our building, even visitors for a few nights I believe. Cambria was telling me about a dog that a lady she works for has. It is called a soft haired wheaten terrier. It doesn't shed, and looks pretty good for a terrier. It's not as small as you would think a terrier would be. She thinks it is the perfect dog for us one day, I agree. It does look pretty cool.

Oh, Sunday we went down to my parent's house and spent the evening playing games with them, Emilee, and her boyfriend Byron, who leaves on his mission tomorrow morning. Emilee and my parent's were a big driving force behind him gaining the desire to go, and he is going to be a great missionary.

Well, getting tired was my main goal for doing this while laying in the guest bedroom at my in-laws, and it is working very well. I guess i'd better roll over and get some sleep, since I have early class all the way back up in Ogden again.