Here and There

There has been much happening, and a few fuller updates are sure to come, but here’s a brief rundown of what has been going on:

• Before heading to Florida for Christmas, I got to witness my first (of what I fear am excited will be many) Gonzaga basketball game. After the game, I got to meet up with an old teammate from China. Let’s just say after a couple months in a new town meeting new people and learning new places…it was nice to have drinks with someone with a shared history.

• I spent a lovely eight days in gorgeously sunny and (even for Florida) unseasonably warm Tampa, where my sister surprised me with a shower, we celebrated one year of Sophie, and I got to enjoy my first Christmas with family in six years. There were about eighteen hours of the trip, too many of which were spent in the bathroom, that I would rather forget. And that’s enough said about that.

• I returned to celebrate a quieter Christmas number two with Jeff.
• I continued wedding plans: dress, venue, and photographer are knocked out and the day is starting to take shape…exciting!
• I finished The Help and The Hunger Games in less than a week.
• I finally sat down to sort through and edit the photos of the past few weeks.