Fall is Coming

So last post was about the wedding back home and I will finish it but I want to add pictures and right now I am using Peter's iPod because he is using both computers to study and all of the pictures are on  my laptop.

Last week was an extremely busy week for Peter. Our flight didn't get in until around midnight and we had to be up early the next day for school and work.  Peter had a Behavioral Medicine exam on Tuesday for our night Monday consisted of US studying.  Yep that's right I was able to contribute. I received my undergrad degree in Child Development and Family Relations so I was really able to help him study all of the developmental theories like Erickson, Piaget, and Freud. Plus I was able to connect them to children we know in our lives which is easier to remember the developmental stages when you can connect them to people. AND he received a 95% on his test for only studying Monday night which was above the average. I think I'll take credit for this one. He is doing so well in school, I am so proud of his hard work.

  This weekend felt like we are finally established. Friday night we went on a date night. (Peter told me Friday morning "I've neglected you all week because of studying for my tests. Can I take you on a date." He sure knows how to make me happy. we went to dinner at a place called Latin King, which has phenomenal Italian food. Dinner was a celebration of a successful week. Peter earned A's on both of his exams and I was offered a new job in corporate sales.

This weekend felt like we were finally established. After our date we met some medical friends and spouses at our local pub for a few drinks and conversations on the patio. Saturday morning we went downtown to the farmers market with our friends Christian and Heidi, where we bought zucchini, squash, watermelon, and tomatoes. Then I went to work and Peter studied. Saturday night we enjoyed a relaxing night at Eric and Melanie's condo just the four of us celebrating Eric's birthday. Since we have moved here, I don't think we have seen a temperature below 72 degrees, even at night. And all of a sudden this weekend it's in the 60s. Fall is coming. And with that means football. Sunday I worked and then we went over to Mark and Maria's house to watch some the Seahawks game. There were a few couples all med students and their wives or fiancée and Mark and Maria's two adorableyoung children. We have been surrounded by quality people over here and I am enjoying the comfortablility that is coming with it.

Sorry if this post is choppy. My brother has called twice on his way to and from setting up a roofing job for the morning so I've been back and forth on this thing.  I sure love my brother and miss him immensely. He was the one sibling I didn't get to see the weekend I went close to home for the wedding. He is an incredible man with a huge heart.

One last thing that I am going to leave you with... Today Peter learned about normal and complicated grief and intense grief. His professor who taught this is one of his favorites and she started the lecture using a clip from the movie Up. He sent me a sweet text about this video clip and our relationship, loosing me and our love. When I got home from work today we ate dinner, and Peter pulled up this video clip for me to watch while he got ready for his intramural basketball game. Now I'm not typically a cryer but this four minute cartoon video made me cry. Hit a little too close to home and made me realize I would be a mess without my husband. I haven't seen the movie, just the commercial for it and now this clip. Sorry if it makes you cry like I did. On a lighter note Peter won his basketball game.

Here is the clip, Carl and Ellie's Story from Up:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9yjAFMNkCDo

Until next time. 
Sarah

Home for a Wedding - Day 1

There are very few events in life that I find more enjoyable than a wedding of a family member or good friend. So I was very thankful when we were able to attend our great friends' wedding back to our college home in Idaho. The week could not end quick enough for me. The anticipation of seeing our closest friends who we typically now will only see once a year at 4th of July and most of our family was making me all giddy. Unfortunately for my husband he had an Anatomy test Friday morning and another Behavioral Med test Tuesday. He was excited but also stressed.

Getting to the wedding consisted of three flights. We left right after his test and planned on arriving a little late to the dinner rehearsal. The entire time we were on the flight Peter planned on studying because he knew realistically he wouldn't accomplish much when we arrived. We just had one more quick flight to go - Seattle to Pullman. Still there was stress and tiredness in the air of all day traveling and not getting enough studying done because of the natural numerous distractions a plane ride hosts. We found our next gate and sat down when WHAM. I pretty much get tackled and hear the word "ROOMIES!".  An oh too familiar word that I had missed hearing these last couple of months especially by that man who says it. My brother-in-law, the one who we lived with for half our marriage was right there. It's amazing how one person can completely lift the mood and change your entire attitude. Immediately Peter and I were beaming. And of course the next sentence out of my wonderful brother-in-law's mouth was "We have 45 minutes, let's go get a drink to celebrate".

my brother-in-law and my husband at Seattle's airport

Sitting across these two and seeing them together again just made me plain happy. Apparently Danny had this planned and figured out our flight through others to surprise us and go on the same flight as us. It was a wonderful surprise and just set the tone for the whole weekend. 

When we landed in Pullman we had two old Buicks waiting to pick us up with two more bubbly siblings. The two that are still attending Idaho. (Danny made some quick-witted remark about buicks and how they could've parked in the handicap.)  I do not have a picture of their cute smiling faces waiting behind the chain link fence but I do have a picture or two of them from the wedding which pretty much sums them up.

Who wouldn't be excited to see these goofballs.

Next up: Dinner rehearsal. 

It is rare in life to find not just one friend that you share a unique strong bond with but a group of friends; one that regardless of time or distance does not ever weaken but only strengthens in the moment of reuniting. Unwavering love and support and also a whole lot of fun -  my friends from Idaho are just that. 

Walking through the doors and seeing these people who I hold so dear to my heart brought me abundance of joy that continued the rest of the weekend and I am so thankful and blessed to have each and everyone of them in my life. And very thankful to have had the opportunity to spend the weekend with them in celebration of one of the couple's love because of one very generous person who bought our plane tickets. 

... to be continued... sorry its getting late.


P.S. Go Vandals