Bryant and Kelly

On the news this morning the weather forecast said that the next few days would have some rain, but not much. Then one of the newscasters said, "Well any rain is good compared to what we've been getting."

And it wasn't a joke.

One week and one day after Kelly and I came to Worshington we got an apartment. We had a little bit of a race with another couple to get the place, but we won out basically because we don't have pets and because we're so good-looking. We got to move in yesterday, and by move in I just mean that we're allowed to sleep here, because we won't get our stuff for another week. We are really happy with the apartment, and as nice as it would have been to spend Christmas at Motel 6, we're really grateful to have a new place to live.

We've got some big news. No, Kelly's not pregnant.

The apartment that Kelly and I live in is really just the basement of a house. We have some concrete steps going down to our basement on the side of the house, and those steps turn into a death trap for everything that dares to go down there (except for us, hopefully).

My friend Brooke posted a link to this personality test on her blog. Kelly took the test and liked it, so she got me to take the test and I liked it too. I'm an INTJ and Kelly's an INFJ. That's jut a preface for the nerdy things I decided to do next.

I found this letter on my windshield this morning:

We used a chunk of the gift money from our wedding to buy a vacuum cleaner. At Meridith's suggestion, we sprung for a really nice one: the Dyson DC07. Kelly has been really excited to have such a nice vacuum, but it's taken me a little longer to warm up to having spent so much money on the thing. Last night, however, I realized the benefit of having a nice vacuum: It's means I'm allowed to make messes!

Tonight we were getting things organized in our new apartment. I had a rag that I was using to wipe the dust off some things, and Kelly asked me in a very concerned tone, "Do you think you're going to ruin that rag?"

Kelly and I are married now.

I know that it hasn't been that long, and it's all still new to me, but I am surprised at how much has changed since we've been married: Nothing.

People have it backwards teaching "marriage prep" classes. I think I could have used a wedding prep class. I had no idea how many things there were to do in order to get ready for a wedding. I mean, I knew it was a big event, but I had no idea about all of the little details.