New TV

When Eric and I were engaged we decided that one of the nicer things that we would buy for ourselves would be a TV. Then his mom gave us an old TV that use to be in Eric's sisters' room. After that we decided that we would wait to buy a TV. After all this one worked just fine and we really didn't need anything more.

This year we decided that we would start saving for and researching TVs and that we would ask Santa to bring us one big present instead of bringing both of us smaller presents. We were really excited about this. Then during the Olympics our TV started to break. It would randomly turn off. Sometimes it would turn right back on with out a problem (this became less likely as time went on), but sometimes you would have to wait FOREVER. Seriously it took almost two hours once.

Now, normally this wouldn't be a problem and we would have just waited Christmas and dealt with, but football season starts on Thur day. I can see it now watching U of U football. The Utes have possession. Its 4th down and goal. There's the snap and then ... the TV turns off and won't turn back on. People in China would be able to hear Eric and I yelling and screaming. Rather than have that happen we decided that it was time, and that we would have to ask Santa for something else. We went to Best Buy...twice.

The first time we went went. We asked a lot of questions got a lot of advice. We payed attention to some, and ignored some (like the all the wonderful they said about 3D TVs). Finally we chose a TV. We told the sale person the one we liked and he went to the back to get it. He came back empty handed. The TV we wanted had been discontinued, but if we wanted we could take the display TV and they would give us deal on it. We weren't really comfortable with that because we had no idea how long the TV had been on display. So we told him our second choice. He went to the back, and came back empty handed AGAIN. This time the TV was out of stock but we could pay there and pick it up at a different store once again we weren't comfortable with that. So we left the store empty handed.

Last Saturday we went back to Best Buy, but we went to a different one. This one had way more choices in the size that we wanted. We asked a few questions, but not many. After a while we found one we liked, and then we discovered, it was ON SALE! We got it, brought it home and set it up.

This is our old TV. Eric decided to name it Dinky after we brought home our TV.

This is the new TV.

When we were in the store it looked smaller than it is. When We got it home it looked was way bigger than it did in the store. That's a plus though. 

We still need to do a few things like buy a blue ray, and some HDMI (I think that is what they are called)cables, but we are so happy with our new TV, and we are excited to watch some football on it.

Back to School

Eric and I were both weird as children. We were both excited to go back to school. We were both excited to get back on a schedule, to see our friends, and to learn.

The weird thing now is that neither one of us was really that excited to go back to school this fall. We both have different reasons.

Eric just got done with summer school. This summer semester may have been one of hardest yet. He basically had a two week break. Of course he isn't ready.

He also thinks that he's not excited to go back to school because now he isn't getting back into a schedule. He is just adding to a schedule. He thinks this might be part of my problem too. We both worked this summer so we were on a schedule.

I think my problem is a little more psychological than Eric's. This starts my sixth year in college for my first bachelors (in know its a lot). I think some part of my mind is going, no you aren't suppose to go school, your are suppose to be done. Knowing that I could have and maybe should have been done by now is making going back harder.

Even though going back to school is very hard for us, I think that we are both extremely motivated to do well.

This is Eric's last semester for his bachelors. During this semester he is applying for internships for the spring, applying to the masters program next fall, and applying for scholarships for his masters. This is not the time to slack.

I'm so proud of all his hard work and I know it is going to pay off.

I'm motivated for the same reason that I didn't want to come back. I should be done with my bachelors so I'm going to make sure that I'm not coming back next year and go out with a bang.
This school year is going to be amazing (even if we weren't thrilled to start it). Good luck to all of those who are starting school and to those of you who have a loved one starting school.