Life with Zacky - Part 2

Wow! It has been awhile since we updated this thing. A lot has happened over the past two and a half months - birthdays, basketball games, finals, concerts, and general happiness with life.

In late October I celebrated my 26th birthday. Zack took me to dinner at a local brewery. It is one of our favorite spots. After, we carved pumpkins in preparation for Halloween. We have an annual carving contest and I think this year I actually won by one vote. Bragging rights go to me!

We spent a few days in Texas with my sister. It was a much needed few days away from our everyday lives. Zack spent one night really sick after unknowingly drinking a whole bottle of wine and smoking a bad cigar, but otherwise it was a delightful trip. We relaxed, drank wine, made food, went shopping, and enjoyed the botanical gardens in Dallas.

The end of November was thanksgiving and as it was our first one living together, we went all out. We had the turkey, green bean casserole, mash taters (what I call mashed potatoes), rolls, corn on the cob, and wine. A  lot of wine. After we finished gorging ourselves, we promptly fell asleep. It was about 8 pm. At 3 am we woke up to go Black Friday shopping, this would be my first time doing so. Best Buy and Walmart were the only stores open when we left the house at 4. We purchased our necessary goods at Best Buy and headed to Walmart. This was the best time to shop at Walmart because their sales started at 10 pm, 12 am, and 8 am. If only I slept during the day....

We also decorated our Christmas tree from head to toe in giant microbes. Now, our tree is only three feet tall, but 9 diseases are on it. These diseases include mono, hay fever, acne, giardia, diarrhea, ulcer, bad breath, athlete's foot, and chlamydia (and most recently stomach ache, but he is not in the picture). As Zack says, It is BAD ASS!

December has already been a month full of adventures and work, lots of work. In early December we ventured to Lawrence for Zacky to take the GRE. Yes, he is planning to attend graduate school in the fall of next year, so we will be living in either West Virginia, Texas, or Minnesota. He did really well on the test so I know he will be accepted into all three schools, which in reality means we will be living in West Virginia this time next year.

We also have ventured to Wichita on two occasions this month. The first trip was for the K-State basketball game against West Virginia. Zacky is a hard core West Virginia fan as many of you already know. He had never been to a West Virginia game prior to this, so this was an epic moment in his life. It was even more epic when West Virginia won in double overtime. For me, this was quite the sociological experience. Zack and I were the only people in our section openly rooting for West Virginia and the K-State fans were not so happy about that considering they have a profound attachment and love for K-State basketball (and football). There were maybe twenty other West Virginia fans in the crowd and I was a little worried that the guy next to us was going to have an aneurism from the angry comments coming out of his mouth every time the referee called a foul on K-State or West Virginia scored.

Our second trip to Wichita was for the Staind concert. Zacky got me tickets to see them for Christmas and it was one of the best gifts I have ever gotten. I have wanted to see Staind in concert since I was a teenager. I did see them briefly once, but they were opening for Creed and I missed some of the opening. This was the real deal. The three opening bands took forever to play, but when Aaron Lewis finally took the stage I was in heaven. He has an amazing voice. Even Zack agreed. We both had an enjoyable time singing along. Needless to say it was AWESOME! Thanks babes.

A few days ago Zack celebrated his 26th birthday. He claims he is old, but technically I am older so I have no sympathy for him. We went to see the newest Sherlock Holmes movie. It was pretty good. We are both readers of the Sherlock Holmes stories so we were happy it followed the books to a degree. After, I took him out to dinner. He wanted steak so we went to one of three steakhouses in town, Whiskey Creek. All in all it was a wonderful day.

Finals are over for me. I am officially on winter break, but, as Zacky reminds me, I have a thesis to write. My winter break will be compiling information for my thesis and writing a literature review for it. Yay to breaks! But it must be done. I will do my best not to complain about it.  

With all of this time living together gone by, a few habits have developed over these four plus months. One habit that Zack has developed is humping me every time I bend over. The below comic sums this up perfectly. It should be noted Zack was the first person to show me this comic and admit that he does this. I happened to agree. In his defense I often grab his ass whenever it is within arm's length. :)