Catching up

I see I have some catching up to do. Things have been busy here over the last few weeks. Matt got a permanent offer from his law firm, and has since accepted. He's working hard and enjoying what he does, which is terrific. The cats are still great fun. We've been rather socially busy recently, too, which is sometimes a little stressful but mostly fun. We even joined a gym, because we've both been getting quite lazy lately.

That's a lot of we statements, isn't it? Matt and I have both been working hard to maintain our separate identities in this marriage. We've known a few people who, after getting married, have all but disappeared, and we wanted to make sure we didn't turn into them. I think we enjoy our time together more because we have a little time apart -- he has Tuesday nights playing trivia at the State (his team won first prize recently!), and I have Wednesday nights hanging out with a few girlfriends (we... watched the finale of Project Runway together!). I know these things will be harder when we someday have kids, but for now, we're each doing our best.

This morning, while shopping at the World Market near our house, we saw a girl who we thought was Heather from America's Next Top Model (season 9). Skinny? Check. Long dark hair? Check. Tall, but slouching? Check. We couldn't figure it out for sure, though, so we attempted to browse the store while discreetly sneaking peaks. By the time we left, we were about 95% it was her, and I had identied a few key moles on her face. When we got home, we pulled up her picture online, compared the moles, and got our proof: it was her! A little Googling shows that she lives in Chicago and apparently goes to school at the Illinois Institute of Art. Nifty, eh?

Next weekend Matt and I will be out of town for my dear friend Kate's wedding. I have known Kate since we were seniors in high school, when we met at the state math competition (yes). We quickly became friends, and took many a road trip from our Iowa hometowns out to Notre Dame for school. We were RAs together in Lewis Hall and she started dating Austin that year, and they are finally tying the knot at the beautiful Basilica in South Bend. I even get to be a bridesmaid :) and I am so excited to see them get married and to celebrate with all of our friends. Also, their rehearsal dinner is at the College Football Hall of Fame. How cool is that?!