What have the Wight's been up to you ask? Quite a lot! I'm not at my home computer so sadly you get no pictures but at least I can tell you what we've been doing....
- We went to my parent's in NC for Christmas. We had a really good time. Quite possibly the coolest thing was that my whole family went to the "Beast of the Southeast" a.k.a. Lowe's Motor Speedway to see the Christmas lights that they had up on and around the track. It was really fun to be able to walk through the pit-crew areas where the cars are parked before the events. The most fun was that WE DROVE ON A NASCAR TRACK! At the very end of the lights (during which you drive on the road in the middle of the track where RV's are usually parked during a race), each car was able to drive about 1/4th of the track! Let me tell you, car's were peeling out (is that how you spell the expression)? My dad had the privilege of driving all six of us (plus cute little Chloe- our dog) in our 1995-ish conversion van. It was SO MUCH FUN! I convinced my dad to "punch it" as soon as he got on the track and "punch it" he did! All of us (except for dad) had our hands over our heads like when one is on a roller coaster as the road was banked so steeply it felt like we were going to fall over. He was able to get the car up to 65 mph before we had to leave the track. SUPER FUN. Now I know why Ricky Bobby wants to "go fast", I sure did too!
So I know I said no pictures, but I found some on the internet of what our van looks like (kinda) and the track so you can see how awesome it was that we drove that crazy van on the track!
- The rest of our short, short trip to NC was great. We just basically hung out, watched movies, and played games (my favorite). Andrew and I made sure to take our little Chloe on a walk every day to keep us fit in trim. She has found a new love of running which sure wore Andrew and I out. Sadly, we had to leave her in NC as we didn't feel it fair that she had to be home alone all day while Andrew was at work and I wasn't there, but we will get her back in May!
- Andrew and I enjoyed our last week together by watching lots of 30 Rock (I got him all the seasons for Christmas) and playing games.
- Sadly, I had to leave to go back to Utah on January 3rd to teach a class at BYU. That's been hard. THANK GOODNESS for FaceTime via our phones! It makes the separation not seem as horrible!
- Luckily Andrew will be in town this weekend!!!! Hooray! So we will have 2 1/2 glorious days of being together before he has to go back to Florida (I'm jealous) and back to work :(. We are planning on snowboarding, hanging out with friends and family, and spending every second with each other!
- Andrew went to DC for a business trip last week. He learned a lot and was able to hang out with some of my family! He also stopped by the Academy for fun.
- I am REALLY ENJOYING teaching here at BYU. I only wish there were a position I could work at in Florida after this is all over. There doesn't seem to be one. Hence, my frustration and therefore this blog post which has really helped me de-stress (thanks blogger!). I am currently amp'ing up my resume and getting ready to apply for some jobs in the area, so keep your fingers crossed!
I hope all of you readers are happy and healthy!
- M.
