Stella?

So... it's all I can talk about lately, so you have probably all heard about this, but I HAS A JEEP! I know, I know-- what happened to the reliable, efficient Corolla or Civic? We almost bought 2 different Corollas, but they both fell through, and because we had gap insurance on Saabrina (the car that was totaled), we had $1000 to use towards a car purchase but it had to be within 60 days. So after being frustrated about the Corollas falling through, I just for fun looked up Jeeps on KSL. Well, Joe and I found this awesome looking green Wrangler and we decided to go test drive (just for fun). Well, I loved it. And after consulting Uncle Dave and Paul Shelley, resident Jeep experts, they both said it sounded like a good deal. Well, we had pretty much decided on it, but not finalized anything (to my knowledge) when Joe surprised me with it and bought and picked it up. I was shocked! It was mine! All mine Buwahahahaha! Ehem. Sorry. Anyway, it's a 1997 Wrangler but it's in really good condition and only has 100,000 miles on it. It already has a 3" lift and new 31" tires, so Moab: here I come! It has a soft top which is fun, but it does make for noisy freeway driving so I may invest in getting a hardtop for it someday. And yes. It has bad gas mileage. But, I figure, if I'm ever going to own a Jeep in my life, now is the time because I am only driving to work or school or the store, which are all less than 5 minutes away, and I don't have kids that I am trying to fit and be safe in a car yet, and we live in Utah where I actually have opportunities to do some off-roading... Okay so maybe I am crazy. I think I shall name her Stella, but I am still thinking. Any opinions? Joe likes "Dexter", but it is clearly a girl, so any other ideas? I have also considered "Juke" and "Zuka"

School is good but crazy. I only have 2 weeks left before finals. I am working on 2 different (lengthy) research papers right now: one about the Nazi appropriation of Shakespeare, and the other about new media rental methods and business strategies.

Work is fine but stressful: one of the fill time managers is in Fiji for 3 weeks and so I have been working 30-40 hours instead of my usual 25.

We just found out on Sunday that our ward is splitting in half, effective the week after conference. So now all the Orem residents are in a separate ward from us Provo residents. Our ward is getting a new bishopric, but we still meet in the same building at the same time. It is bittersweet- I was just getting comfortable with our ward. But most of our close friends that we have made live at the Branbury with us so they are still in our ward.

We are hoping to be RA's starting in April for our building at the Branbury (the majority of our apartment building is single students), which would be awesome because we would get a discount on rent.

I am also hoping to do an internship this summer as a technical writer.

We also plan on going on many camping, hiking, and jeeping trips...

Many, many, many.

Okiloveyoubyebye!