The week in review...

Patrick came home Saturday night from Portland and by Sunday morning we had no hot water! Patrick called the maintenance number during the day while I was at work and could only leave a message. The emergency number they gave was for the police. So Patrick decided he would just skip a shower that day. Because he is so sweet he warmed up water on the stove for me to use for a bath when I got home from work. Monday morning Patrick went to shower at school and I went to the apartment office to get this water problem solved. A couple hours later a man came and lite the water heater. I showered shortly thereafter and thought all of our problems were solved. He also showed me the numbers we should call for apartment problems in the future. I was glad that if we ever had a problem again we could actually get a hold of them instead of just leaving a message that I'm pretty sure no one listened to. Our refrigerator was also making a loud weird noise that would wake us up at night so that got fixed too. Tuesday came and the water was cold again. So I called the number. The guy came back over and fixed a part. This hot water problem went on all week and poor Patrick had cold showers and was showering at school. But Friday we got a new hot water heater and everything has been good since!

Patrick's super busy with school but things are going good. He went to a information session hosted by Intel and thought it went well. He also was able to practice his elevator pitch several times on Friday at a mock career fair. The second year MBA students represented different companies. I think it's nice that he is able to get practice in before the real deal. Pretty soon Patrick will go to a career fair in the Midwest.

Work for me is interesting. Some days are good and some are bad. I'm still trying to get the hang of things.  I picked up an extra shift on Friday and it was CRAZY!  I was there for 15 hours with no lunch break. I was more than happy to have the weekend off. I came home to Patrick waiting for me with beautiful flowers and pizza.

It was nice to spend some time with Patrick this weekend. I think it is going to take me a while to get used to working every other weekend.  He went up to campus to study and meet with his group until noon. So I slept in, did dishes, and cleaned up a little. When Patrick came home we ate lunch, took a nap (we both have sore throats), and did some grocery shopping.

We met Carolyn for dinner in Provo.We enjoyed catching up with her and as we walked towards our car afterwards it was gone. Yep it had been towed. I'm usually pretty good about reading signs, especially parking signs but Patrick and I both missed this one. We saw that there were rules for parking in the lot but thought it was only during business hours. After a phone call we found out it was going to cost $129 to get the car back and that they only took cash. We drove through the bank and when we got to the impound lot the man said that no it was going to be $229. So we went to a nearby grocery store to get more money. Patrick and I were both upset because they could have put a boot on the car instead of towing it. That would have been cheaper. But the towing man said that that didn't solve the problem so they just tow instead. Although the amount of money we had to pay was ridiculous we are just trying to forget about it and do better reading parking signs. We still went and got ice cream with Carolyn after we got the car back and it was great. We went to the creamery and then back to our place to play quelf.

 

 Today instead of regular church we went to the stake center to watch the Brigham City Temple dedication. Patrick had forgotten all about this and was super excited when we talked about it last night. Everyone in Utah had their normal church cancelled and instead watched the dedication. It was especially nice because you had your choice of three different times to go. We decided to sleep in and go to the noon session. We really enjoyed the dedication.

Although this picture isn't from today we've spent the rest of our day cooking, doing laundry, doing dishes, and Patrick's been studying.  It's been a good Sunday and we've been able to relax a little too.

It will be interesting to see what surprises are in store for us this week!