A Glimpse.

An average conversation that happened a few nights ago in our apartment:

(We had just turned out the lights and climbed into bed.)

Me: "It's too hot in here. Can you go turn down the AC?"
Mike: "Why can't you go do it?"
Me: "Because I got a shot today."
Mike: "What??"
Me: "I can't do it because I got a shot today and now my arm hurts."

....at least I thought it was a good excuse? He ended up turning the thermostat down, so I guess it worked :) Oh, the joys of being the female in this marriage...

On Being Married

So, I'm sitting here by myself while Mike is working, watching Survivor on our new TV that we just got a few weeks ago! I don't care at all about the show, I'm mostly watching it because I haven't had TV in 10 months and could really use a good dose of mind-numbing trash (apologies to Survivor fans). The best part? We pay nothing for our cable. :) Good ol' rabbit ears gave us 30 free channels, for a $10 one-time payment. We are really good at crunching money.

Anyway, I was thinking that I should share some things I've learned about my husband/marriage over the last month, and what life looks like now that we're semi-settled in.

1. Annoying living habits: Mike leaves cups of water everywhere and always forgets to shut the cabinets in the kitchen (which are, conveniently, the perfect height for me to hit my head on when open). In his defense, I have little habits too, like the fact that my electric toothbrush leaves crusty toothpaste messes everywhere; or that there is a constant arsenal of socks in the bed because I take them off in my sleep; or that I don't like him squishing my cute throw pillows on the couch. ("Christi, they're pillows! They're supposed to be squished!" Yeah, ok, I know. But it makes them deformed.). Anyway, we're kind of enjoying learning about our little quirks (for now), just because we're so happy to finally be living together. :)

2.  Similar vices: These include leaving clothes on the floor, forgetting to move the laundry from the washer to the dryer (resulting in having to re-wash the already-washed clothes because of the mildewy smell), and using entirely too many bowls to the point where we have to run the dishwasher just because we need more bowls. Oh, and hating to clean the bathroom.

3. Wonderfulness: Marriage rocks, hands down. Especially when your husband always cleans the dishes, will sit down with you for hours to form a budget, constantly makes you feel loved and cherished, and never ceases to make you laugh.

I'm glad that special person is you, Mike Wall. And I plan on not annoying you too much, or at least trying not  to. :)

Back to the Real World

Now that Mike and I have been settled into our little awesome Denver apartment for about a month now, I feel like I can finally breathe a little (although that's difficult at 5,280 feet in the air). The wedding gifts have been crammed into every nook and corner of our 670 square foot abode, the thank you's have been sent, and the old gaming systems that Mike "just couldn't get rid of" have been....discarded. :)  

So, I guess this is the part where we settle into married life, have 2.5 kids and the coveted white picket fence. However, we are only 23, and we live in a rockin' state with a lot of 14,000-foot mountains that are calling our name. We'll have the kids and the house...eventually. But for now, we're excited to live and learn in this new place. And we want YOU to hear about it and follow our adventures, just as a way to stay connected with us. 

Peace, love, and Rocky Mountains.