A Long Over-due Post

I thought I would write a little something about how things are going for Ty and me. I would go back and finish writing about what Ty said he would write about, but that's his thing and I'll let him do that.

Ty and I are doing very well back up here in the Burg. It's freezing outside, but NOT in our APARTMENT! YES!!! We are now nice and toasty thanks to the state of Idaho helping us out. Having a warm apartment makes such a big difference in the feel of the home. You feel more loved when you walk in. I like to think that the heat wraps me up in a big hug and says, "No worries cold Suzi, I will keep you warm..." Or maybe those are just Tyrel's arms and I'm crazy. Either way, I'm a warm crazy.

School is going well for me so far. I like all of my classes and teachers. Most all of them have a sense of humor so it makes my days go by much better. None of the boring lecture kind of stuff. I will share a few stories from last week.

My first class of the semester was Use and Abuse with Brother Matt Christenson. Matt is what one would stereo-type as a large, bald man who loves his hostess products (no I am not being rude, this man has said all of these things about himself). The topic of the day was, well, drugs. But not the type of drugs you are thinking about. These are the drugs that we all partake of in our own lives whether it might be your daily diet coke, midnight snacking, over spending, etc, etc. Just the things that we all do a little too much of that we know we should cut back on but we don't because when we do it, it alters chemicals in our brains and makes us feel good (a lame-man's definition of a drug). Well, my all to honest teacher decided to share with us that his drug of choice is Hostess fruit pies...When they go on sale he will buy 6 of them and eat them all one after another. He also loves donuts, which he will buy a dozen on the way home and only four make it there. These types of things are not what you expect to hear from a Health teacher...but this is what he chose to share. Moving on with the lesson, he started to make a list of possible "drugs" people can't get enough of. So what is the first thing he writes up on the board in big letters, points at, and with a authoritarian voice says "DRUG!" Yeah, you may have guessed it...Sex. The whole class goes quiet... He fills the gap with this comment..."Do you think my wife thinks I am addicted to Sex? You bet she does... Do I think she is? Absolutely not, because I'm big, bald and fat. Maybe if I looked like Brad Pitt we would have a different situation on our hands." OH my! Way too much information Teach! I just hope that the day never comes that I start off my first day of class with such a conversation. Sorry to any of you possible underage readers. I do not mean to be crude. I just want to give you all a taste of my time in Use and Abuse.

My next story occured in my Reading in Content class. Right when I walked in I knew I was going to be entertained this semester because there sat Melissa, the cousin of our Brian Cook. My previous experience with Melissa left me with sore abdominals due to constant laughter. Keep in mind that I find the slightest things funny. So we are sitting there learning about how the Hymn "Be Thou Humble" can relate to teaching and my teacher writes up on the board, "With a Pure and Gentle Love..." (a line from the text). Suddenly a jazzy voice from the back corner belts out, "PUUUURE AND GEEEENTLE LLLLLLOOOOOOVVVVVEE!" Maybe you had to be there, but the expression on my teacher's face was priceless, and he followed it up with asking her to do it again, which in turn put a priceless look on her face of embarassment and awkwardness. It's like that moment where you make a wierd noise, and someone thought it was silly so to make you feel kinda silly and dumb they tell you to do it again and it is NEVER as good the second time. It was like that. But, being Melissa, she over came and did it again. Plus when class ended with an amen comment, another jazzy moment from the back boomed, "AMEN, HALLELUJAH! It should be an entertaining year.

Well, sorry if those bored you and didn't seem as funny because you weren't there. I mainly write them so I will have a record of them and be able to look back and laugh.

Tyrel is doing well. He has come up with an idea for a book that I think would be really cool. I won't tell you what it is though...HAA! He also figured out his grad plan and it turns out he could graduate Winter 2011 if he can get on fastgrad. Our goals are within reach! Ty is still job searching. Rexburg is a cruel place for married, off-track students who need a job. Hopefully something will pop up soon. We can get by though, so don't worry about us too much. With my job and Ty selling plasma we will make enough to get the bills paid and have some food (we hope :) ).

Ty is planning on playing on a competitive basketball team. Tryouts are today, but no one gets cut from these tryouts, so he is for sure on. It will be fun to watch him play and I know he will have a good time and make some good friends. I think my old roommate is actually going to be his assistant coach...her name is Coach... So yeah, if you ever want to come up for a weekend let us know and maybe you could come catch one of his games. I know he would love to have fans there.

Well, I will end this too long of a post here.