"Great Boyfriend"

Right now, AJ is out to dinner with some of his classmates from his intense summer business course, and I'm sitting at home engaged in a yearly tradition: watching our wedding video. Tomorrow marks three years for us. I'm sure glad that we have this token of remembrance of our day. So what if I'm the only one that watches it, right? :)

This morning marked the beginning of the yearly Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale. I was surprised when AJ said that he would get up early and go with me. He was such a good sport! It was really kind of funny though.... when I finished gathering all of the items I wanted to consider buying, I was walking back with the girl who had been helping me. When we walked into the dressing room she made the comment: "Wow! You have a really great boyfriend to get up this early and come to the sale with you!" Then there erupted a comment from every other girl in the dressing room regarding where there boyfriend was and what excuse they gave to not come to the sale. I was laughing pretty hard to myself. AJ ended up being the star of the talk in the dressing room for some time.

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AJ and I have successfully moved apartments. I actually wrote a whole post on the various lessons that I learned during those few weeks (yes, we managed to draw out the moving process a ridiculously unbearable length), but I decided I would just file it away for my own reference the next time we move.



Thus far, this week has felt rather productive. I've been to the gym twice this week, we made a D.I. run downtown (it's kind of scary....we'll just wait for the bin to be delivered to the church parking lot next time), AJ got the back brakes changed on the Camry, and I tied up some loose ends that resulted from moving.



NCAA Football 2010 came out in stores today. AJ was at Target at 7:00 am to beat the rush;...oh wait....it turns out that he, and he alone, made up the entire rush to that particular store to get the game. So he played a little bit of football. He tells me he needs to warm up for the big season that's ahead. I'll be honest....I simply do not understand. Anyone?

After AJ played his new game for a little bit, he turned to me and told me that he's ready to go again. He says that I've turned him into a busy body. I suppose there are worse habits I could have instilled in him during our last three years of marriage. When we were first married, AJ would sleep in until 10 am. Now, we're both up by 5:30 and ready to go for the day shortly thereafter.

I have enjoyed not having to teach summer school this week. Instead, I have been reading a few books that I picked up at Barnes and Noble last weekend (we tried to go to Borders, because I had a few gift cards that I could have used there. However it was so cluttered and simply not as pleasant to browse as B & N is. So we left and went to B & N the next evening. Are all Borders stores like that?)

Also, I have a pretty sweet project that I'm working on for school this fall. I'm hoping it will be ready to launch by the end of September. In reality, it may not be that amazing, but I've received lots of enthusiasm about it from those at the school who I've discussed it with, so we'll see. I'm meeting with two groups of people within the next week to get logistics put in place. It's been a while since I've been so charged to see something through. It feels good.

Next week, AJ and I are off to UT. We're excited! Lots of family time, visiting Sensei, a wedding, and golf. We can't wait!!!