we used to share a bunk-bed

Carissa came to town. I love her. Hopefully we'll get to hang out again soon (husband's included) when they travel through in August.

City Folk

Last night Christian taught me how to ride the light rail. We rode it downtown and back. He taught me because I had an interview this morning downtown and I wasn't sure how to get there by train.

Sooooo....

This morning, all by myself, I walked to the train station.

Put in my card.

Waited for ticket to print...what?? Card rejected? This can't be right. Tried again. Rejected. Take 3? Rejected.

The train then announced, (yes..the train can talk) "Leaving in 1 minute." Curse words. Now I'm freaking out. I called Christian twice. He didn't answer. So I screamed (quietly...but kind of loud) "Answer your damn phone Christian!" Then he called back. "Calm down Ryann. Try the other machine." Tried it. Ticket printing.

Sigh...that was a close one...ohhhh shizballs. The train is now leaving. Hurry and print you stupid ticket machine. Now with tears running down my face, or maybe it was just sweat, I blubbered "The train is gone now! I'm going to be late for my interview!"

At some point I even think I said, "I'm losing it Christian! I can't keep it together!"

Christian said, get on the other train. The one on the other side of the platform. It goes to the same place and leaves in 5 minutes. This is just one reason I like him so much. He's ALWAYS calm no matter how stressful the situation.

So I got on and 2 stops later, guess who jumped on? Christian did! He was on his way to school and quickly rode his bike to the next stop to get on with me.

He jumped off at school and I continued on my journey. From there, everything went great. And I didn't even have problems coming home!

I love the light rail now. It's fabulous and I don't have to worry about parking. And a summer pass is only $25! Woohoo. I'm really liking this city stuff.

OH, and PS, don't sit backward on the light rail. When I got to my interview, I almost barfed.

Christian the Architect

This week, Christian had to make a nature sculpture after learning about artist, Andy Goldsworthy. Christian couldn't use anything except things found in his assigned area. I tagged along with Christian to take photos and look out for rattle snakes. The only animal I saw was that dumb bird that kept squawking at me thinking I was there to steal its eggs.

Christian in the zone.



The finished product.


I was trying to air out my armpits...but I got caught. I tought he was busy taking pictures of his sculpture.


Here are some examples of Andy Goldsworthy's work:

the new place in az

We have been living in Arizona now for about 2 weeks, and we love it! Christian started school on Tuesday and goes M-F 8:15-5:30. Did I mention there's only 3 classes? Yeah, it's pretty intense, but he's loving it. I'm just searching for a job and still unpacking the new apartment. My family has been down my back wanting to see the new place so here it is.

Walking in the front door:


Off to the right is the kitchen. I didn't feel like cleaning just for the picture, sorry.

To the side of the kitchen is a huge pantry room that also has our washer and dryer in it.

The living room. We have a little patio/deck area right off the living room. Someday I'll put some cute furniture out there. I LOVE that we're able to paint in this complex. So we painted the living room walls. It's a really cute grey that makes it feel nice and cool inside.



I love my grey stripe wall!

Close-ups of things in the living room.

The newly repainted tv stand with beautiful knobs:




My teapot lamp. Doug & Stacy helped me make it and I love it.



Master bedroom with master bath attached.



Guest bathroom. Pictures of the guest bedroom coming soon. Well...once I unpack it.


As you can see, I have a lot of things left to do. And even though it's a little dated, we are really enjoying it here.