12:22

Late nights abound.

Random pics and I'm off to sleep. Work is work. Reuben is cute and so much more fun to spend time with than work or grading. I laugh at myself for all the times I have picked on other people about dating and engagements. I guess you never really get it until you are living it. Crazy.

Why so fast Saturday?

Weekends are going much too fast these days. Crazy.

Today was fun. Ran in the sun. 4 miles almost killed me. I was a pansy today.

Went ring shopping with Rueben. Yep, you heard it here first. I am getting married. The date is not set and it is not official(although different people have different definitions of official for being engaged. Some would say as soon as you decide to marry, others may say as soon as there is a ring and proposal. I am on the side of there is a ring on that finger. There is no ring. Rueben on the other hand is of the belief that it is when you decide to marry and has been introducing me as his fiancé the whole weekend. So I guess it's okay to talk about it on here.)

Someday when I am not tired I will tell you the whole month long story of us. Tonight you can just see pics of the ring. It isn't the real ring and it will be a bit different, but it is close. I will send more when the ring is really on my finger. Some of you may be completely shocked. Sorry I didn't call you or sent you any other news. I have been a busy girl the past few weeks. Rueben and I celebrated the start of this process via bowling, dinner and movies.

Cheers.

Tickets to Sundance.

A whole bunch of my friends including my boyfriend(gag....just kidding) are going to a Sundance Film Festival movie at the Sundance resort tomorrow night. It is going to be awesome. I loved being a part of the fest last year. What a way cool thing.

Here are some icicles that were hanging from the roof at the resort tonight. Jane and I picked up our tickets before going to our weight watchers meeting. Good times!

Should be a fun Friday! Yipee. It seemed to take an eternity to get to the end of the week. I am afraid we have reached the hard part of the year.

Nope Not a Funeral.

Hi. It's midnight. I don't get to bed much before now most days. I am not complaining because my life is very good now. And seriously, dating doesn't really measure how good life is, but when you are dating the right person it does make a huge difference. I am often finding myself wanting to gag after I say something cheesy about Rueben. Now, don't get me wrong, nothing about Rueben makes me want to gag. I just never thought I would be this cheeseball of a girl who gets all excited and mushy about what a man says or does. He is so good to me. I am finding it hard to believe that I have found such a great guy after all the years I have been looking. I keep asking myself where he has been the past ten years but always come to the conclusion that he was where he was supposed to be, learning the things he was supposed to be learning and becoming the person he was supposed to become. I too was doing that same thing the past ten years. And that, my friends is why I am often gagging these days. Cheeseball city!!!

In other news, it has been wear a certain color at school week amongst the teachers. It is a fun trick we play on the students every year. Usually by Wednesday the kiddos say something or another. Not too many have approached me about it. Yesterday was black day. It seemed very somber at lunch!

These flowers are not somber. I am a lucky girl and gag me with a spoon. But not really. Cheers!

Time is Flying!

So it's almost the end of January. Time flies. I think dating makes for time to accelerate. It also makes for me being behind on grading sometimes. There was also a huge computer fiasco in my district which has caused even more grading woes! Sigh. I guess I'll just lock myself in my office for a while after classes tomorrow.

Not a whole lot happening lately. Friday we met the family in sandy for some burgers. We being Rueben and I. I guess there is a we these days! We then attended Stake Conference both Saturday and Sunday. There were some amazing talks! Sunday night we headed up to sandy again to celebrate Grandma Bills' birthday. It was a yummy meal with great company.

Tonight, I had dinner with Ruben and his parents. His mother is an amazing cook. We had a bean soup with her homemade bread. The apple crisp for desert was divine. Yum! It is fun to just hang at Rueben's. It seems very calming and natural.

Alright. Here are some pics: Kent and his matching ensemble, Rueben in Elvis glasses, the littlest Hagey's lovin' each other, Rueben putting my fixed cupboard door up, Rueben's studly baseball pic(he's always been handsome!), Oliver and his new cute haircut.