The Town of Hill

A couple months ago Christopher and I went on a little date in downtown Salt Lake City. We went to the Dodo restaurant and got a delicious toasted cream cheese appetizer with fruit and crackers. We shopped around Gateway and he bought me ice-cream on the way home to eat while we watched The Office. 

But before all that we went to Sam Weller's used bookstore and completely fell in love with it. It has a sturdy wooden ladders hooked on the all the tall shelves, and tons of great art on the walls.  Christopher found a couple classic sci-fi novels from the 50's, and worked really hard to find me a perfect source for my research paper on Proust. I spent most of my time in the poetry section, not because I know a lot about poetry, but because the books were so pretty!  I ended up with a slim volume called "The Town of Hill,"  by Donald Hall (former poet laureate.)  The book is beautiful, but as a bonus, the poems are great too, so I thought I would share my personal favorite. Don't worry, it's nice and short.  

Breasts

There is something between us.

:)  I love it.

Graduation!

I know this happened a few weeks ago, but I decided to post some pictures of the big day.  I loved BYU but was definitely ready to go.  My dad came out from Connecticut which was awesome, but stressed me out a little because I was worried that I wouldn't actually get the diploma--I was convinced I was getting a D in Latin, and would have to go spring semester. Miraculously I got a B- which Christopher and I both believe was mathematically impossible. I will never forget this last parting gift.  :)

Christopher and my sisters threw me a surprise party that evening, and my dad bought me cake and a bouquet of pink tulips.  It was the best day.  

DisneyWorld

Christopher and I had an awesome time this past week finding housing in NC and taking a little detour in Orlando to play in DisneyWorld.  Christopher is a perfect traveling companion.  He gamely ordered cran-apple juice and mixed it with my ginger-ale on our flights making the perfect little cocktails.  He gallantly squished the cockroaches waiting for us in our $23 a night hotel room every evening while I sat on the bed cheering, and sometimes crying. He held my hand as we rushed through the parks and insisted on wearing the backpack filled with our supply of cheez-nips and granola bars the entire time.  He was just the best.  

Here are some other trip highlights besides Christopher.

1-Finding a perfect 2-bedroom apartment in Durham that is in our price-range and doesn't appear to have a critter problem. 

2-Choosing to go to DisneyWorld over 2 days that were record-breaking empty. We honestly ran right on almost every ride we wanted to.  We waited in two lines. 

3-Hearing an old man yell at his grown daughter because she was rushing too quickly when Magic Kingdom opened. He shouted that people were cutting him off and looked at us. Guilty.

4-Seeing as many types of mickey hats as there were people in the actual parks. Pirate hats, newly-wed hats, various princess hats, and uncomfortable looking coonskins.

5- Witnessing every child in DisneyWorld completely fall apart around 3 in the afternoon.  We learned that this was the best time to go on rides in Fantasyland, and the worst time to get ice-cream. 

6-Finally, we loved watching the fireworks over the castle from our log boat on Splash Mountain.  The workers let us ride it again and again without getting out. It was a perfect ending to a wonderful vacation and we felt so lucky. 

We're so glad we went, but we're happy to be home!

Hollywood Studios

After we got soaked on our last Splash Mountain ride

By the Castle