Back to School!

Well school started almost a month ago and has surely kept me busy (hence the lack of blogging)!  I'm taking 16 credits and I'm already feeling the heat!  Over the past 2 weeks, I've had 6 tests and 3 quizzes!  Sounds crazy, I know... but looking ahead on my schedule, I won't have that many quizzes and tests over such a small period of time again, so that's nice.

Despite the fact that I've been studying for HOURS upon HOURS, I'm still SO happy to be back in school!  Jake has long days and lots of studying to do so it's nice that I have something to occupy my time again.  And the fact that we both have lots of studying to do keeps us from distracting each other (at least most of the time). ;)

Here are some pictures of OU!  It's so beautiful here....I feel lucky to enjoy such green beauty every day!

So being a transfer student has made for a few awkward situations on campus.  Whenever someone asks me if it's my first year here and I say yes, they're always like "oh cooooool so you're a freshman?! what dorm do you live in?!".  And I'm just like uhhhhhhh.... Then I go on to explain, "I'm a transfer student, I'm actually an upperclassman..." blah blah blah.  But can I just ask, DO I LOOK LIKE A FRESHMAN?! I don't think so. I don't know. Maybe I do.

Anyway, almost ALWAYS people then ask "well where DO you live?" (which I think is weird but I guess it's a really big deal here--where you live as a student).  So I tell them where I live and how it's not within walking distance of campus and they're always so confused (they don't get why I wouldn't live right next to the party!!).  Haha so before they can ask any more questions I explain how I'm married and how my husband is a med student and how we wanted to live somewhere a little more quiet that wasn't next to bunch of undergrads.

Now this is where people's responses have differed.  As expected, some people are like "WHAT. THE. You're married?!! HOW OLD ARE YOU?"  Then, to my surprise, there are some girls whose responses have been "omg I'm sooo jealous, I want to be married.  HOW COOL!" and I just think, HAHAHA! go to BYU.  Oh and thanks for not freaking out.

It's funny how much I hated the normality of people being married at BYU and now I'm wishing I was back there so I don't have to keep explaining being married at 22 to people.

BUT, I wouldn't change a thing! I love my Jake and life here is GREAT.  We've even had the opportunity to go up to Columbus a couple of times since school has started.  It's great because we go to the temple & Costco, and Jake's family travels down so we get to see them too.  Thanks to my Nelson fam for always making me look forward to these day-cations. :)