it's beginning to look a lot like CHRISTMAS!!

i put my tree up last week after thanksgiving. it is slightly pathetic since i only have 4 ornaments, but it looks really cool all lit up. zach & i put candy canes on it last night so it looks a lot better now. i will have to take a picture a post it. anyway it is now 5 days into december. right now it is snowing outside. it is cold, but i like the feel of the christmas with snow.
thanksgiving was really fun. the drive to southern utah was not the greatest, but zach & i made it and had a wonderful time. the food was amazing good and the company was even better. i love zach's family. they are fabulous people. i am excited to develop our relationships as zach & mine grows. the visit was too short but worth the long drive. i feel bad that i couldn't stay awake to help zach drive. he says not to worry, but i do wish i could have been better help for him. i drove most of the way back to ogden so i don't feel quite as bad now. he still loves me :) and i love him too! :)
school is coming to finals week for the quarter. i am nervous and thrilled. we get a two week break for christmas/new year. i am trying to figure out if zach & i can get all the things in that we want to do. erin & greg want us to come over for dinner some time. most likely that will be after christmas. we will see. scheduling is hard. my captain and his wife also want to go on a double date. i have a lot of people that have asked for massages during my break from class. i would like to go out to california, albuquerque, and perhaps even colorado. too many things to get done. not enough time. i would love to just be able to see everyone and make the rounds for a nice long visit/vacation. two weeks will fly by and then i will have to give up my weekends for clinicals.
i keep thinking about how scheduling is going to work around everything zach & i have going on. it is so crazy and i don't really want to think about it, but know that if i don't want the stress later, i have to plan ahead.
christmas is in two weeks. that is exciting. also scary...i have not done any sorts of shopping. i think i know what i want to get everyone, but i have no money at this time to get it all. bills and responsibility are no fun. i do prefer to be an adult though. i just wish that everyone would grow up sometimes. i don't mean that we can't laugh and have fun, but just accept that there are things you can't control. more specifically, other people's lives. let them announce their news, and not take it upon yourself to announce it for them. i won't name names, but i hope you know who you are. and i would like to you know that all things will come in time...and if it isn't on your schedule, get over it...grow up. and that is all i am going to say about that.
in funnier news....zach has taken it upon himself to tickle me until i can't breathe. he laughs harder at my giggling/gasping/attempt to tickle back and that makes me laugh even harder. then he starts pulling these funny faces and i can't not laugh. we play this game of "this is a serious moment" (brooke & essie do you remember this?) and i always loose. i think i won once and i did a little happy victory dance. this made zach laugh and that made me laugh. then he started imitating my dance and we just laughed even harder. zach makes me so happy. i love just being with him. honestly i just truly love my zacharoo! i am excited for the day that we will be our own family. he will be a good dad. not that we want kids right away, but it will be an adventure to see where our future will take us.
i laugh sometimes thinking about our conversations we have had about children and what we think we will do in certain situations. zach thinks our kids are going to be little firecrackers because we both have fiery tempers. and then other times we laugh because our kids are going to think their parents are the weirdest people ever. we shall just have to wait and see. first things first and that is the only way to do it. one thing at a time, one day at a time. i am looking forward to the future with zach. anyway....i do need to get going because i have a date tonight. zach gets off in a bit and i have to make myself all pretty and all. not sure what our date is, but i am ok as long as i get to spend it with zach.