Study Breaks

As the test date draws nearer and nearer (sooner for Jen anyways), we find ourselves devoting quite a bit of our time with our faces in our books. If one of us gets unmotivated to study and is tempted not too, we figure we may as well go ahead and study anyhow since the other one is already studying and we need to keep the house quiet for them to concentrate. Usually, once we’re done with dinner each night, we part ways and hit the books until 9:30/10:00, or sometimes later...... sounds like a fun evening, huh? ;)

It’s nice to have breaks though, and this week sure provided a few of those for us! Here’s how the week panned out: After we had a quick lunch out with the fam on Sunday afternoon, Greg headed up to Denver with Brian and Dad Kelly to the ESPN Zone to watch Michigan State play in the NCAA March Madness tournament. They occupied a booth for 3 hours and ate (again!) the whole time. Meanwhile, Jen took her usual Sunday nap and then headed over to her parents to hang out. Her and Mom sat outside talking and enjoying the 70 degree weather with the dogs for a couple of hours (even got a little pink!) before heading in to start dinner. -- Monday and Tuesday night we did a little planning for our anniversary trip and Greg’s big milestone birthday party coming up here in a few months. -- Wednesday night, the usual church activities as well as the American Idol results show broke up the monotony of studying for us. -- Thursday, Jen had planned to go to the hospital to volunteer her time doing mammograms all day, but when the forecast changed from a “winter storm warning” to a “blizzard warning,” she opted to stay home and not risk getting stuck so far from home and get out in all that mess. As the snow fell harder and harder, Greg’s work shut down in the early afternoon and sent people home. He loved getting paid for sitting at home! -- Friday morning we woke up to more wind and clouds, but at least the snow had subsided. So, unfortunately, Greg had to go into work – on a delayed start nonetheless. But, later that night, since the sun seemed to have melted enough ice off the roads that afternoon, we were still able to go over to our friends Zack and Jenny’s house for dinner and games. We had such a blast playing with Nola and snuggling Rocky before they had to go to bed and let us have our “adult time.” -- That brings us to today. We slept in, ran a few errands with Mom and Dad Kelly and then had them over for dinner. Needless to say, we didn't get much studying done today. ;)

All in all, it was a fun week that started and ended great for us. We’re sure it may seem like all we do is study and spend more time apart than together – but rest assured, we’re taking adequate breaks, having fun, and making some time for ourselves AND each other. Next week, Greg is taking Monday off, and the rest of the week will have a few more fun “adventures” for us as well. More to come on that later though......