Yesterday

I know what hell is going to be like.

You will be traveling through airports ALL DAY LONG.

You will be sick.

There are no places for you to lie down because airport chairs all have those metal armrests.

Medicine will do nothing for you.

And you will never make it home to your bed.

Hell.

Luckily I did make it home. But I still couldn't get into my bed because it was freezing in my house. You could see your breath.

So we dropped off our stuff, turned on the heater, and promptly left for Taco Bell and Costco. It was somewhat warmer when we returned.

None of our canned food froze and burst. None of our pipes froze. Everything seemed fine...

Until we turned the water on.

That's when we realized the cold water tap in the kitchen sink would not shut off.

Seth could probably explain this better than me, but I'll give it a shot.

There is a little rubber gasket inside the tap that makes sure no water can come out through the faucet when we turn it off. This one was held in place by a little screw. I guess over time the screw had started getting looser and looser due to the tap being opened and closed and taken apart and such. Before we left we turned our water off and opened up the tap all the way so as to get rid of any extra water in the pipes. I guess this was the final straw because it came completely unscrewed. The next time we tried to use it (last night) the screw just ripped into the the rubber o-ring and tore it to shreds. Now even though we turned it off, water was still coming out.

So we left it on long enough for us to use the bathroom and get ready for bed, then turned the water off again.

Seth had class at 8am this morning. He gets back at 10 and then we are going to run out and see if we can find an identical rubber gasket to replace the old one with.

Seth doesn't think they really sell them anymore. They'd rather sell you the whole sink.

If this is true, that means we have to get a new kitchen sink.

Yikes.

I haven't taken a shower. I haven't used the bathroom. I haven't brushed my teeth (though I will shortly since I just remembered we have a bottle of water).

And I really need to do all of these things. I smell like sickness.

*Sigh*

I guess our break is over.

Differences

The longer I'm married to Seth the more I realize how different we are.

Especially when it comes to our family habits.

Take the bathroom, for instance.

I never realized this growing up, but none of the bathroom door locks have ever worked in my houses. Not in Virginia or Arizona.

So the standard rule in my house is, if the bathroom door is shut, knock first because chances are someone is in there. If it's open, you may enter.

Seth's bathroom doors always locked. You just walked in. The only reason you couldn't get in was if the door was locked. When Seth first started visiting at my houses, he lived in constant fear that one of my family members would walk in on him because he couldn't lock the bathroom door.

He complained about this to me today. I hadn't even realized it was a problem. I laughed at him.

And I know it's weird to talk about bathrooms. My sister Katie just informed me of this obvious fact.

I have about a million pictures and a million stories of our Christmas Break so far but I think I'll end this post with just a hint of what's to come.

You'll probably be hearing stories about our break for the next month or so. . . .

Happy Birthday Isaac and Dad

Happy late Birthday, Isaac! (his birthday was yesterday)

Happy early Birthday, Dad! (his birthday is tomorrow)

Sorry that you each don't get your own post from me, but I really don't have enough wit to write more than about one post every other month.

I was also going to post a funny picture of each of you, but I'm in Arizona and all of my photos are on our computer back in Utah.

I hope the quality of this post isn't representative of the quality of your birthdays...

-Seth

Stories for You

Last night Seth, David and I went to In-N-Out. My mother and Jim were at a Christmas party, Katie was babysitting. It was just me and the boys. They had the following conversation:
D: Hey, which do you like better, Mario or Zelda?
S: Oh... that's a tough decision.
Me: You are nerds. (This was preceded by an eye roll)
S: This is a hard choice!
David concurred.
Me: I've never even played Zelda, so I would pick Mario.
They stared at me in shock. NEVER PLAYED ZELDA! What kind of life are you leading!?
I'm pretty sure that's what was going through their heads. They were so disappointed in me, and I couldn't have cared less.

Seth almost had to destroy his old and terrible suitcase. It is huge and hard plastic and there is a 3 digit lock on it. I think his mother bought it for him at a garage sale. He's never used the lock before but when we got here he discovered that somehow it had locked. We think the airline people probably messed with it. Unfortunately Seth had no idea what the code was and so he was thinking he would have to break it open just so he could get his things.
But, I "married a genius", as Katie said after she discovered his method for opening the suitcase without destroying it (and I heartily concur). He figured out what numbers on the wheel were flat-sided instead of rounded, and then he knew the code was the opposite of that.
That's the best explanation I have for you, and as I'm still not really sure exactly how he did it. He is a genius.

Seth lost his boarding pass in the airport. Luckily, it was after we had already gone through security so he just went and asked the desk people to print him a new one. This meant that we were last in line, and since we were on Southwest (they have an open seating policy) I was afraid we wouldn't be able to sit together. But the flight wasn't full and there were some seats together at the very back of the plane. So it all worked out.
He found his boarding pass during flight when he reached into his backpack to get something.

Church is in one hour and I have not showered yet. I'd better go.

It is so warm here! Efforts to convince Seth to move to Arizona have been forcefully renewed.

Goodbye

R.I.P.

My ipod nano of 5 years has finally died.

Unfortunately the only time I really use my ipod is when I'm flying.

Seth and I fly to Arizona tomorrow.

Next week we're flying to North Carolina.

Then a week later we're flying back to Provo.

It was a very inopportune time for me.

Oh wells. At least I have my sudoku book.

Seth is taking his last final right now. I turned in my final paper yesterday. We've been cleaning the house all morning. We'll pack tonight.

And then Christmas Break!