April showers...

I will use the old adage mentioned above as a metaphorical representation of my life. While that makes it sound that April will suck and May will be awesome it actually means that the many responsibilities raining down on me this month will blossom into a fairly easy, fun and ultimately amazing important month of May.

Tomorrow there will be exactly two weeks of school left and so that is amongst the greatest of goals, I want to finish well what has been a moderately successful semester. Also academically I am constantly planning out my future, which often involves me finding new ways to postpone the decision of a set career path. As I am about to register for fall classes I am loading myself with sociology and honors classes to fulfill as many requirements as possible... with 17.5 credits it will be a grueling but hopefully enjoyable semester. The more I think about graduate school thoughts of waiting a year to work or applying to multiple schools for multiple programs (as in multiple different programs in each school) start to creep up. These would be fine, they just are part of a systematic effort of procrastination. I also need to be researching my Honors thesis for ideas. Anybody know anything in the alley of Art as a form of Community Development?

Physically my goals have taken a conscious leave. Running is almost completely out of the question due to the time it takes though I hope to pick that back up fervently in May in the weeks leading up to the wedding. I usually get 2-3 small workouts in a week consisting of pushups, ab excercises, and dancing like a lunatic to music by myself in my room (aka aerobics). Financially I'm doing much better with minimal spending, Karen and I realize that each other's money is pretty much collectively our money. Spiritually I have upped my daily scripture dose to 3o minutes a day, which i usually break into 2-3 parts. It consists mostly of the sunday school assignment and a romp through the Old Testament. After conference, though, I plan on doing a study of the Atonement for which I am excited.

Finally wedding plans are well under way. This week we ordered envelopes and will be ordering the printing of our announcements. Friday or Saturday we take pictures and next we will be sending them out. Karen and I are super excited for our trip to Montana in just under 3 weeks, just prior to it we will be ready to move our stuff into our apartment. Once finals are over I'm pretty sure time will FLY! A week in Montana, two weeks in utah working and getting recommends, planning etc. A week in California making final arrangements and then the big day. Karen is way excited, if not a little nervous, to be going to the temple on the 26th, please pray for each of us and we'll do the same for you... come May we'll be frolicking in flowers!