Fun at church

Church is always a good time, but sometimes it's even better. Today I was asked by my cute girlfriend to go to the marriage/dating/relationship course that the bishopric teaches in our ward during the sunday school block. Mostly it turned in to a free-for all for everyone to express their opinions on dating and how they felt about their current dating status and how they think it all should be. Towards the end of class after we had heard many suggestions on dating and some counsel on how it should be, Trisha leaned toward my ear and whispered to me "I THINK WE ARE DOING OKAY!!!" I put this in caps because, bless her heart, sometimes she thinks she's whispering when she really isn't. As our friend Alice, who was sitting next to me and opposite Trisha, looked in our direction and started to laugh, Trisha realized her proclamation to the class. She got really embarassed, hid her head in her hands and started laughing. I couldn't help but laugh! I just thought I would post this story so that the proclamation can go out to all...

Happy Halloween!

For those of you who frequent Trisha's blog, you will be bored by this entry as it seems that our lives have the same events with the same pictures (thats because Trisha takes all the pictures and I steal them). She was however nice enough to save some pictures just for my blog! We went to an awesome halloween party on thursday night. In fact, I'm not sure I've ever been to a party decked out this much, it was really fun. We, of course, loved our costumes and were very proud of them. I fear that much of my family will have no idea who we were, so you can go to Trisha's blog to see the picture of those we were imitating. Here are the pics...

Jim and Pam

Me squishing the ladybug

Me stepping out of the fog as a superhero

Trisha and I making faces

Face Painting

It's halloween time and it's not unusual to see people with painted faces. On an average sunday night, however, someone comes with a genius idea to paint my face with frosting. That's where all this fun came from...

Try it sometime, it's really fun!!!!

Watertown, MA

I can't believe that I am already half way done with my second rotation! It's gone by so fast. I am currently doing a rotation at a health clinic in East Boston, which is right next to Logan International airport. It's been really great because I actually only have to report to my site 2 or 3 days a week for about 2 hours at a time. Totally only 6-8 hours a week... Not bad! I've been doing a lot of projects and research for presentations so I remain busy. Since my rotation is in Boston, I decided to take a place with a couple of guys from church and it has been so great. I always wanted the experience of living in Boston and now I have it. I love being close to my rotation and only driving for 10 minutes to get to church. I love being close to Trish and seeing her almost everyday. I have also had the opportunity to get to know the streets of the greater Boston area as I try to avoid tolls at all cost. I've gotten pretty good at it and had some scenic drives. One of my favorite things is driving to my site on Storrow Drive. It is such a scenic drive, especially in the Fall. I also love driving back to Worcester on occasion to work and passing all the trees changing colors. The East Coast is beautiful in the Fall, no denying that. Here are some pics that I have taken with my phone (which is why they are not high quality, but you get the idea).

The house that I call home for 2 more weeks

The room that I'm staying in

Pictures of the drive from Boston to Worcester

Storrow Drive

Backyard in Princeton

Drive to Worcester

Not only can I text wicked good while I drive I can also take pictures

The definition

I know it was a great cliffhanger and I must admit that I enjoyed it. So, I guess I can come out and make it official:

Trisha and I are dating!!!

Actually we have been dating for quite some time now and we decided the other night that we are happy and we are still gonna date! I guess DTR's aren't that bad afterall...

4 thoughts

1- LOGAN TYLER, son of Tyler and Shannon was born at 1:15am on Sunday September 28, 2008. I can't wait to see him in a few months! Congratulations to my bro and his wife!



2- I have been waiting and waiting for my offer letter (offering me a job) from CVS to come in the mail. Not because I'm going to work for CVS cause I'm pretty sure I'm not. This just made me really excited for my future in a few months. It looks pretty promising and I'm really excited! I have til February to accept the offer and when I don't I will be terminated (Can't wait to actually get fired from a job). By that time I will have another employer and I will be starting on my career in pharmacy.

3- The whole two years that I have lived in MA I have always wanted the "boston experience." I wanted to live in boston and not have to commute to see my girlfriend and other friends and go to church. Well now is my chance! I got a great deal to stay with some friends for the month while I have my rotation at East Boston Neighborhood Health Clinic. I may even buy a subway ("T") pass and have the true experience so that I don't have to pay a $3.50 toll everyday to get to my externship. It's gonna be so fun! Stay tuned for all the good times.

4- I have gone my entire 26 years of life without a DTR, in fact I have made it a strong point to deflect them and avoid them at all cost. Even boasting at my extreme skill regarding the matter. But alas, all good things come to an end... hahaha

Another "deep" thought

He hasn't seen a drop of rain for months it seems
Rollin' river is nothing but a trickling stream
The crops are dying in the harsh sunlight
The dust on his tongue is dry
The fatted calf is down to skin and bones
We carry on

Alone in the city and she's only seventeen
The boy left her black and blue in the street so mean
Just twelve weeks along and she's got a life inside
Says she's never ever felt so alone
She walks in the shelter, they say "welcome home"

And we carry on
When our lives come undone
We carry on
Cause there's promise in the morning sun
We carry on
As the dark surrenders to the dawn
We were born to overcome
We carry on

Beyond the picket fences and the oil wells
The happy endings and the fairy tales
Is the reality of shattered lives and broken dreams
We carry on
It's the family that grieves for a lost loved one
It's the soldier who won't leave til the job is done
It's the addict trying to turn his life around
It's picking yourself up off the ground when you've been knocked down

And we carry on
When our lives come undone
We carry on
Cause there's promise in the morning sun
We carry on
As the dark surrenders to the dawn
We were born to overcome

He stands in the field, cooled by the winds of change
She smiles as her baby moves and it starts to rain

This Tim McGraw song has been in my head since I heard it on sunday during my long drive to church. I found it almost inspiring as I sang along and listened to the words and the message. "WE WERE BORN TO OVERCOME!" What an awesome line! I definitely think there is promise in the morning sun and we were destined by our maker to overcome. It empowers me to continue to overcome and it makes me proud of what I have already overcome in my life.