As promised...

...thrilling pictures from the American History museum.

I guess now we know where to settle: Frostburgh.
Jason trying his hand at an inauguration speech. "Ask not..."
Look! It's a train.
Julia Child and I, the best of chums.
Jason with some Berlin Wall. The wars section was definitely our favorite. I wish I had gotten a picture of the really awesome TV display showing stuff about Vietnam; it was interesting.
Today we taught Sharing Time ("Prophets are called of God.") and had a wonderful testimony meeting. We also found out--to our disappointment--that we'll be having Stake Conference while my parents are out here. We really wanted them to come to our ward :(

This afternoon, we went to dinner at the McClellands. It was really fun to see them again; it feels like it's been a long time. We loved getting out of the district and into a real house! Thanks guys!

In which we eat good food and go to a museum

(I forgot to post this yesterday)

This morning we had a terrific breakfast; we cooked up some hashbrown patties and Jason made delicious eggs. We went to Trader Joe's later to stock up on groceries for the week, then had leftovers for lunch.

In the afternoon, we went to the American History museum. It was pretty crowded, but we got to see the big flag and the first ladies' dresses, etc. We really enjoyed the parts about war and the presidency. We took some pictures; I'll post them tonight.

After the museum, we went out to eat with Jason's fellow intern, who is going back to Dartmouth on Tuesday. We went to Taj of India in Georgetown, which is maybe a three minute walk from our house. It was really fun and the food was excellent. We were pretty beat when we came home, but we started planning our sharing time for tomorrow (today) and went to sleep.

Hoy es Viernes.

Today we had class and two very interesting briefings. The first was about North Korea and the second one was about the mortgage crisis. Class started a little later than usual and went until afternoon. Now Jason is vacuuming and I want to make cookies.

I think tomorrow we are going to go to the American History museum. It's supposed to be really nice weather, so maybe we'll walk. We also need to go grocery shopping and might try to watch/listen to the BYU vs. TCU game.

Frosts on the Hill

Jason and I both spent today on the Hill. He was delivering Congressional Budget Justifications to House offices and picked me up after work so we could metro home together. Don't you love how I just used "metro" as a verb; it's as though I'm a local or something!! In case you have any doubt, I also spend my time talking about how horrible public transportation is and the weather. Not really! I recognize that I have "Utah Tourist" written all over me and that DC-ers are far more complex than I just gave them credit for.

Moving on...

1. Jason and I went to a panel discussion on international security issues tonight, which featured high-ranking military officials from Jordan, Australia, Great Britain, Pakistan, Columbia, and Malaysia who are studying in the United States. It was really interesting and afterward we got to talk to the representative from Columbia for a while. He thought it was neat that Jason spoke Spanish.

2. We're both working on our enrichment papers for class tomorrow....wait, Jason just finished.

3. Today I saw Bob Bennett and he said "Good morning."

4. Tomorrow is Friday (which is sort of like Saturday)!

5. Tonight we had macaroni and cheese (from the box) and a frozen pizza for dinner--very nutritious.

6. We're supposedly singing in church in two Sundays with the other married couples in the Barlow Center. I think the last time I sang in a small group in sacrament meeting was when my family sang "The Iron Rod" together when I was four. (FYI: I still remember all the words to the song!)

7. Last night we had dinner with our neighbors and had the most delicious Chicken Artichoke casserole. Muy bien!

Yesterday's date was 3/2/10!

Exciting news of today:

This is a picture of Jason's publication from work! We tried to get a picture of his name printed on the inside, but the camera wouldn't focus on it.

Neat, huh?

We also learned last night that my parents are going to come visit in two weeks. Hurray!

My old roommate Priscila got her mission call to New Jersey! Maybe we'll see her if we go there.

BYU is currently annihilating the Utes.

I accepted the Office Safety Award on behalf of the Senator today. It was pretty exciting. Only 64% of Senate office were honored with the award. They did take a picture of me when I picked up the certificate, though; I'll have to post it when it becomes available.

Sundry Happenings

Today was a really great day. I have the best husband in the whole world.
I'm getting ahead of myself, though. Here's what happened today.

1. Jason received an advance copy of the IAF publication that he edited and it looks awesome.

2. I was asked to stay after at work today to screen calls for a tele-townhall meeting. Here's how such a thing works: a third-party company who designed the tele-townhall software dials the numbers of constituents in Utah. The constituents answer the phone and hear a recording inviting them to the town hall meeting. If they want to ask a question, they push 1 (or something). Then, I would answer the call using my computer hooked up to my telephone (all very technical). After hearing their questions, I would send them through to the Senator. It was really a neat experience! A woman I work with drove me home so I wouldn't have to take the Metro at 8:30 p.m., which was very kind.

3. I got through the first/second stage of the Teach For America application process. FYI: Teach for America is a program where college graduates teach school in low-income areas for two years and then emerge licensed educators. Today I learned that I won't have to have a phone interview (thank goodness!), but will go straight to the in-person interview. Hurray!

4. At the tele-townhall meeting, we had dinner, which included Cape Cod brand chips: Jason's favorite. I had to bring some home for him.

5. Free bagels at work today!

6. On Thursday, Jason will be on the Hill delivering the publication he helped edit to the House offices and we'll probably get to have lunch together!

7. Best part of the whole day: I arrived home and Jason had bought me some very pretty flowers. It was a very good day.

The rest of the pictures still won't load.

Well, we worked today and had enchiladas for dinner. What more can I say? I guess I could confirm that Jason finished his U of U application yesterday evening and that today I got to refill all the hand sanitizer dispensers at work...

Tomorrow we will have been married for 10 months!