The Last 10 Months - School and Other Things

We took our honeymoon over Thanksgiving break which meant that we had to go to school the following Monday.  Let me tell you, that was not fun at all.  With Jonathan studying Electrical Engineering and myself practicing bassoon twelve hours a week we were super busy.  Luckily, we still found time to spend with each other even if it was only for a few hours each night.  I had early morning classes and Jonathan had loads of homework in the evening.  The next semester (winter 2011) wasn't much better either.  Jonathan was taking seventeen credits and I was finishing up my last semester in the bassoon studio.  Soooo busy.
 
We finished strong that semester.  I applied for the Music Composition BA and got accepted and Jonathan survived.  There was a week break after finals and before spring term started so I decided to get my wisdom teeth out.  I was planning on going to school through the spring and summer so this seemed like the perfect time. Little did I know that I was going to spend the next six days on Lortab with painfully swollen cheeks.  They did get better in time for me to start classes again.

I spent the spring term taking classes full time, to help me finish my music theory core for my major.  Jonathan spent the spring working full time for Sewell Direct as a product innovator.  For the small break we had between spring and summer Jonathan and I went to visit his brother Daniel in Redmond, Washington.  It was so much fun! We saw the locks in Seattle, ate the world's most delicious clam chowder, and saw the sights.  It did rain a little, and it was chilly for that time of the year. We also took a trip to Zion National Park in June.  This was my first time there and I thought it was the coolest thing ever! We took tons of pictures and it was so warm and sunny - a nice contrast to Washington.  Summer term started and no much changed for new classes,still full time, and Jonathan worked a little less to make time for one class.

After summer term, Jonathan and I went on a day trip up to the Uintas again to hike and enjoy the last bit of snow that was still up there.  It was as gorgeous as it had been a year ago when Jonathan proposed to me, although this time I didn't get sick at all, thankfully. We hiked for hours and ate lunch and took lots of pictures.  We even did an off trail hike! It felt like we were the only two people in the world because there was no one else around.

Then fall semester started.......