Busy Busy Busy

Well, it has been a busy couple of weeks.  Last weekend we decided that we'd make a quick trip to Minne to see our friends there.  We drove up after work on Thursday and then drove home on Sunday.  It was nice to get out of town and enjoy each other in the car.  It was nice to just stop and let things be.  We also realize that this will be the last trip that we make just the two of us and so that was an interesting conversation we had.  We played lots of games and made lots of good food -- as is normal for our trips to Minne.  Heather likes to cook and bake so we are always inventive of things to eat.  We managed to make chocolate covered strawberries this time -- yum.  It was also nice because David recently quit his job so we got to hang out with him on Friday.  We also got above freezing so David and Chris went out to get some of the slush off of the drive way.  Here's a pic of them doing so.

Cooling the strawberries outside since there was no room in the fridge.

That brings us to Valentine's Day.  We discussed going to a movie but decided that after our busy weekend we just wanted to stay home and chill on the couch.  Ripley did have a lot to do with this decision because I didn't want to sit down much more.  We also opened a couple of great presents for Ripley -- a carseat and a stroller.  :)  We're slowly accumulating stuff for Ripley.  As Chris says, "Ripley takes up a lot of space and it isn't even here yet!" 

Wednesday last week I had my monthly appointment.  It went well, except for the blood pressure part.  That was enough of a problem that tomorrow I get to go back and have it checked and whatnot again.  Hopefully it won't be too bad and I can finish out the term at Westwood and a bit of working at the cafe. 

Friday I had a phone interview with a company called Cabot Microelectronics.  I've applied for several positions with them, but finally found one that I'm easily qualified for.  They do inorganic slurries that are similar to some of the projects I worked on at OU in my undergrad years.  The phone interview was at 330, and by 530 I had heard back from the HR person.   :) Hopefully this means that I'll get an in person interview this week before I leave for Tulsa.  I missed the call because we had gone to see "The King's Speech."  It was quite a good movie and the fact that it is based on George VI is a cool thing.  I have heard several interviews about the movie on NPR and so I really wanted to see it. 

Today we went around looking for closets and bathroom stuff.  We are trying to remodel the closets to make them more space efficient (we've basically decided that the space in our place is about as in-efficient as it gets, so we're working on changing that) and think we've found the right pieces that it won't break the bank or Chris' back putting everything together.  We've also started to put bathroom stuff together because over Chris' spring break he wants to remodel the bathroom.  We purchased a dual flush toilet from Costco today, so it is now going to happen.  It is weird being grown up and being excited about getting stuff for toilets and closets, but hopefully it will enhance the last few months of this pregnancy thing and help us once Ripley gets here.