So... Life is crazy.
Having a job in all is intense with homework and all!
And now for a few days heather and I have been doing P90X.
It's kinda ridiculous. The secret to why it works so well is it makes you exercise the only muscles that don't currently hurt, constantly, for 90 days. It's an awesome way to get into shape fast - i mean i can't deny i'm still in shape (kinda) from when i did a small part of it on my mission a year ago, but being sore is still ugghhh.
I'm excited though. I'm excited for what lies ahead for me and Heather. We're becoming better as individuals. I really think it's a marriage that might work, but I want the Lord's stamp of approval - I'm too much of a screw-up. And I have this dreaded fear of a romance that grows old or doesn't last or falls apart or something dumb. I really want to be happy. Hopefully we'll get this sorted out sometime soon - I know it'd make her happy, and if i got the green light, I'd be off to by a finger-rock in a heartbeat. But for now I don't feel like we're there or that I know this is definitely right yet. Oh wells. Heather must be patient with me.
I gotta get to bed, but I thought I'd insert my thoughts on the awesomeness of everyday ridiculousness.
I've been working on some videogame flight-simulator code with my brother. always fun.
Heather's changing major! Talk about a major event... (lame joke I know)... Maybe she can tell you that story. But she went to the Lord and found a better path. I'm excited for her.
Love from...
Robert and Heather
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
Thunder and Lightning
There's a thunder storm going on right now! I love thunder storms. And not just any thunder storms. I'm talking about those storms that make your heart skip a beat because it's so loud, and lightning that seems brighter than the sun in the middle of the day. Storms at night are the absolute best though. That's when you can appreciate the true majesty of the storm, listen to it as you fall asleep, watch as the lightning brightens your room.
When I lived in Tennessee my room was the attic. It was extraordinarily spacious but it was mine. Anyway, my room had two skylights in the ceiling, and at first I hated storms. I was by myself in this huge room and my head was right below one of the skylights, but then one day I watched the lightning streak across the sky and I could only think of how beautiful it was to watch.
Storms also show the awesome power of God. It reminds us that He has power as well as love and mercy, I think that we sometimes forget that.
It's funny, I've only recently told Robert about my obsession with storms. I'm not obsessed as in a storm-chaser or that movie Twister, but as long as I'm in a building I love to watch a good strong storm. Anyway, I only told Robert about my obsession a few weeks ago but as I was doing my homework in the MC while he worked, he came up behind me to tell me that I should move to place where there was a window so that I could watch this great beauty. Even where I sit now is not the best spot, but I don't want to travel to far from the main lobby of the MC so I'll stay here and wish that I could turn off all the lights, curl up with a blanket and rest in Robert's arms as we watch the lightning play across the sky and listen to the thunder rumble across the landscape...I'm such a hopeless romantic.
I added a picture of a fork of lightning at the bottom of my post. It's not a picture that I've taken, I'm not that awesome. I just did a Google search and found what I thought would be the most realistic looking one that popped up.
This past weekend was absolutely wonderful. Robert made my world when he told me that he wanted to marry me. I don't think he even knows how much that means to me... A month ago I would have expected a ring to come with this revelation but I've grown since then- sounds like something a teenager would say. Now, I've realized that I need more than that. He and I have decided- TOGETHER- that we need to make some changes in our lives.
1. We need to be better with money. Robert doesn't really have an issue with this but I know I do. I'm budgeting. He's going to have to get a bit better at it now though, because he got a job working on the cleaning crew in the MC (why I'm doing my homework here, alone) and he keeps talking about how he has extra money now. He's still a college student, working 15 hours a week at a fixed income...he's still poor. I'm going tomorrow morning to see if I can get a job as well but cleaning a different place, apparently, if you're dating you're not allowed to work together which is understandable.
2. We need to eat better and become more health- conscious. Heart disease, cancer, and diabetes runs in my family, and frankly, I don't want to go out like that. I lost about 20lbs last semester but I'm pretty sure I've gained a lot of it back. (I'm not completely sure though, because I'm avoiding scales at all costs) I found out today that my mom is sending out my P90X DVDs. Robert has been telling me about some of the workouts and what we'll look like after we've completed the 3 months (we want to try to do this together, although with our schedules I'm not sure how we're going to accomplish that). I'm truly excited to get started on it, but I'm scared too. Apparently, it's intense.
We are also going to start watching what we eat. I've decided to completely cut out sodas and caffeine from my diet. Robert eats pretty healthy but he needs to make sure he doesn't do a bunch of snacking. I'm just going to work on losing weight and being healthy and he's going to work on muscle training and muscle mass.
3. We want to be more Spiritually in tuned. I've been pretty good about reading my scriptures and saying my prayers but I still forget sometimes and so does he so that is one of our goals. Also, on Friday, he and I decided that if we wanted to be in tuned to the Spirit together we should study our scriptures together. Right now we are both reading in the Book of Mormon for our personal study but we decided that we would read Jesus the Christ by James E Talmage. We are trying to read at least a chapter a night. We obviously can't always read it in the same room at the same time but what we decided to do is to read it (I take notes) and then we can meet the next day and discuss what we learned or I can ask questions, explain discoveries, and just tell each other what we thought. I really it so far and I'm excited to see what else I learn from this.
I also want to start going to the temple together. I don't mean getting sealed or something like that, but I want to go to the House of the Lord to help receive inspiration and revelation both for myself and for our relationship. I think once every couple of weeks together would be a good plan for us but I also want to try to go once a week by myself.
So those are our basic ideas on how to better ourselves for each other to have a better relationship and marriage and live happily ever after for all Time and Eternity. I'm excited to get started on changing myself and watching him change- though I love him just the way he is, I know we'll both be happier if we do these three things.
Stay safe, stay happy, stay good.
<3,
Heather and Robert
When I lived in Tennessee my room was the attic. It was extraordinarily spacious but it was mine. Anyway, my room had two skylights in the ceiling, and at first I hated storms. I was by myself in this huge room and my head was right below one of the skylights, but then one day I watched the lightning streak across the sky and I could only think of how beautiful it was to watch.
Storms also show the awesome power of God. It reminds us that He has power as well as love and mercy, I think that we sometimes forget that.
It's funny, I've only recently told Robert about my obsession with storms. I'm not obsessed as in a storm-chaser or that movie Twister, but as long as I'm in a building I love to watch a good strong storm. Anyway, I only told Robert about my obsession a few weeks ago but as I was doing my homework in the MC while he worked, he came up behind me to tell me that I should move to place where there was a window so that I could watch this great beauty. Even where I sit now is not the best spot, but I don't want to travel to far from the main lobby of the MC so I'll stay here and wish that I could turn off all the lights, curl up with a blanket and rest in Robert's arms as we watch the lightning play across the sky and listen to the thunder rumble across the landscape...I'm such a hopeless romantic.
I added a picture of a fork of lightning at the bottom of my post. It's not a picture that I've taken, I'm not that awesome. I just did a Google search and found what I thought would be the most realistic looking one that popped up.
This past weekend was absolutely wonderful. Robert made my world when he told me that he wanted to marry me. I don't think he even knows how much that means to me... A month ago I would have expected a ring to come with this revelation but I've grown since then- sounds like something a teenager would say. Now, I've realized that I need more than that. He and I have decided- TOGETHER- that we need to make some changes in our lives.
1. We need to be better with money. Robert doesn't really have an issue with this but I know I do. I'm budgeting. He's going to have to get a bit better at it now though, because he got a job working on the cleaning crew in the MC (why I'm doing my homework here, alone) and he keeps talking about how he has extra money now. He's still a college student, working 15 hours a week at a fixed income...he's still poor. I'm going tomorrow morning to see if I can get a job as well but cleaning a different place, apparently, if you're dating you're not allowed to work together which is understandable.
2. We need to eat better and become more health- conscious. Heart disease, cancer, and diabetes runs in my family, and frankly, I don't want to go out like that. I lost about 20lbs last semester but I'm pretty sure I've gained a lot of it back. (I'm not completely sure though, because I'm avoiding scales at all costs) I found out today that my mom is sending out my P90X DVDs. Robert has been telling me about some of the workouts and what we'll look like after we've completed the 3 months (we want to try to do this together, although with our schedules I'm not sure how we're going to accomplish that). I'm truly excited to get started on it, but I'm scared too. Apparently, it's intense.
We are also going to start watching what we eat. I've decided to completely cut out sodas and caffeine from my diet. Robert eats pretty healthy but he needs to make sure he doesn't do a bunch of snacking. I'm just going to work on losing weight and being healthy and he's going to work on muscle training and muscle mass.
3. We want to be more Spiritually in tuned. I've been pretty good about reading my scriptures and saying my prayers but I still forget sometimes and so does he so that is one of our goals. Also, on Friday, he and I decided that if we wanted to be in tuned to the Spirit together we should study our scriptures together. Right now we are both reading in the Book of Mormon for our personal study but we decided that we would read Jesus the Christ by James E Talmage. We are trying to read at least a chapter a night. We obviously can't always read it in the same room at the same time but what we decided to do is to read it (I take notes) and then we can meet the next day and discuss what we learned or I can ask questions, explain discoveries, and just tell each other what we thought. I really it so far and I'm excited to see what else I learn from this.
I also want to start going to the temple together. I don't mean getting sealed or something like that, but I want to go to the House of the Lord to help receive inspiration and revelation both for myself and for our relationship. I think once every couple of weeks together would be a good plan for us but I also want to try to go once a week by myself.
So those are our basic ideas on how to better ourselves for each other to have a better relationship and marriage and live happily ever after for all Time and Eternity. I'm excited to get started on changing myself and watching him change- though I love him just the way he is, I know we'll both be happier if we do these three things.
Stay safe, stay happy, stay good.
<3,
Heather and Robert
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Back in School
Well, school has started again- unfortunately. Classes don't seem too bad, at least not on my end, but Robert is taking 3 Computer science classes so I think he's in techno-geek heaven. It's too bad that I can't say the same for myself. I'm in 3 English classes but I think I've gone a bit more south than heaven...Come to think of it, I don't think there is an English heaven (unless you count the library in Beauty and the Beast).
Robert and I have already spent a few hours in the library "doing homework". We were actually doing homework- or he was, at least- but we finished after only a few minutes. Afterward we were done, we just stayed on our separate computers and did our own thing. (We lead such exciting lives.)
We are currently doing homework in the I-Center and boy! are we having fun! Life for poor college students is admittedly not much fun, but we manage. Like tomorrow, we're going to go buy groceries at Supersavers AND WalMart. Living on the wild side...
Anyway, I have to get back to my homework before Robert notices that I'm not doing it. My goal for the new semester is straight A's and little to no procrastination.
.Good bye and stay safe,
<3,
Robert and Heather
Robert and I have already spent a few hours in the library "doing homework". We were actually doing homework- or he was, at least- but we finished after only a few minutes. Afterward we were done, we just stayed on our separate computers and did our own thing. (We lead such exciting lives.)
We are currently doing homework in the I-Center and boy! are we having fun! Life for poor college students is admittedly not much fun, but we manage. Like tomorrow, we're going to go buy groceries at Supersavers AND WalMart. Living on the wild side...
Anyway, I have to get back to my homework before Robert notices that I'm not doing it. My goal for the new semester is straight A's and little to no procrastination.
.Good bye and stay safe,
<3,
Robert and Heather
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Last Day Before School
Well, it's early in the morning and I was about to turn the lights out.
I updated my to-do lists and saw I hadn't had my say here, so here I am.
Heather made me promise I'd be in bed 20 min ago - and i close. This is the earliest I've gone to bed this side of the calendar - and I don't have class tomorrow till 11:30. So I think this is fine. I'll post this before 2.
Tonight is the last day of the break, with new roommates moving in, and accompanying drama. Tomorrow's the first day of school, and so we're all having fun until the work begins.
So tonight was a kinda FHE - the girls and their boyfriends together.
Ells made apple pie... gosh she is awesome!!! Can't stand the fact that she's single. She deserves someone.
And we all had fun - everyone played skip-bo. Except for me - I have a little project I was engrossed in. I sat wit them tho.
So I think I'm going to make my own homemade version of the now-famous game The Settlers of Catan, and I must say - I've gotten through it quickly. I almost have the board done and I just thought of and started this yesterday afternoon. I've honed my skills with an x-acto knife, photoshop, and coloring pencils. I can't wait for the finished product.
Goodnightmorning to all!
Love,
Heather & Robert :)
I updated my to-do lists and saw I hadn't had my say here, so here I am.
Heather made me promise I'd be in bed 20 min ago - and i close. This is the earliest I've gone to bed this side of the calendar - and I don't have class tomorrow till 11:30. So I think this is fine. I'll post this before 2.
Tonight is the last day of the break, with new roommates moving in, and accompanying drama. Tomorrow's the first day of school, and so we're all having fun until the work begins.
So tonight was a kinda FHE - the girls and their boyfriends together.
Ells made apple pie... gosh she is awesome!!! Can't stand the fact that she's single. She deserves someone.
And we all had fun - everyone played skip-bo. Except for me - I have a little project I was engrossed in. I sat wit them tho.
So I think I'm going to make my own homemade version of the now-famous game The Settlers of Catan, and I must say - I've gotten through it quickly. I almost have the board done and I just thought of and started this yesterday afternoon. I've honed my skills with an x-acto knife, photoshop, and coloring pencils. I can't wait for the finished product.
Goodnightmorning to all!
Love,
Heather & Robert :)
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Day Two
Happy Easter!
I completely forgot, until Friday when I was talking to my mom, that this week was Easter Sunday...So, Robert and I spent the day with my roommate, Ells. We went to church where Robert fell asleep. I was happy because Ells gave me a skirt and it looked really good on me! Anyway, after church we came home and Robert and I watched Beauty and the Beast while Ells made phone calls to her family. I did talk to my mom and Skype with the rest of my family which was pretty cool. The three of us had dinner together. It consisted of HUGE pork chops, parsley potatoes, and salad. It was DELISH and I have to give props to Ells. After dinner Robert fell asleep for an hour and Ells and I talked and waited for him to wake up. When he finally did, the three of us watched Singin' in the Rain, laughed at Cosmo and Lena, and got all of the songs stuck in our heads. We had Root beer floats for dessert and now we're sitting around talking and having fun with one of my new roommates Aubrey. I'll make sure I write more tomorrow.
<3,
Heather and Robert
I completely forgot, until Friday when I was talking to my mom, that this week was Easter Sunday...So, Robert and I spent the day with my roommate, Ells. We went to church where Robert fell asleep. I was happy because Ells gave me a skirt and it looked really good on me! Anyway, after church we came home and Robert and I watched Beauty and the Beast while Ells made phone calls to her family. I did talk to my mom and Skype with the rest of my family which was pretty cool. The three of us had dinner together. It consisted of HUGE pork chops, parsley potatoes, and salad. It was DELISH and I have to give props to Ells. After dinner Robert fell asleep for an hour and Ells and I talked and waited for him to wake up. When he finally did, the three of us watched Singin' in the Rain, laughed at Cosmo and Lena, and got all of the songs stuck in our heads. We had Root beer floats for dessert and now we're sitting around talking and having fun with one of my new roommates Aubrey. I'll make sure I write more tomorrow.
<3,
Heather and Robert
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Day One
Day one of the most AWESOME week EVER!!!!! The semester is finally over and we have an entire week where the campus is mostly empty and no obligations to account for... We are planning on spending as much time together as possible and make it as memorable as possible! We'll keep this new blog updated and if we take pictures, you'll see those too!
<3,
Heather and Robert :*
<3,
Heather and Robert :*
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