It is Sunday night. Tomorrow is Memorial Day. Tuesday is work day. I don't know what to do with myself. Emily is in Colorado and I'm tired of her being gone. I don't like it at all :-/.

THE HOUSE

Hi everyone!

The house closed on March 1st, and it's been a whirlwind trying to get it livable by the time Emily and I are married. But it helps that as of Wednesday, the 15th, I graduated from North Central College. No more class!

Chris, Emily, Jesse and Tim Tully (who's doing marriage counseling for us) helped out last night laying tile and doing miscellaneous odds and ends. It was a big help. But it seemed like there was something wrong with everything we did. Oh well :). In the end we nearly finished the hardwood floor and the bathroom tile. Jesse and I laid some durock (sp) in the laundry room and Emily painted all the kitchen cabinets (and they look much better).

Tomorrow, (Saturday), Emily sent an email out to everyone we know in the area asking for help painting. Even though painting is important, I'll probably need help tiling tomorrow and maybe some other stuff. I'm hoping to get a lot of the tile work done today. The whole front door needs to be raised 3/4'' because of the tile floor and the subfloor beneath it. Unfortunately, it can't really be cut because it's a metal door (or fiberglass or something).

Anyone is welcome to come over any time today or tomorrow if they want to help me! cell: 392-1185. I'd love the company.  :)

I think we're all looking forward to ultimate frisbee again and warmer weather. We had a nice taste of what's to come last weekend when it almost reached 70 degrees....can't wait.

All for now,

Brooks

Hello. Yes, Kaitlyn, I'm still alive. It's very cold today. I'm spending most of my day learning how to use a financial calculator. I have a test on Friday night (blah) where I have to use it. And I have an interview with a financial company next week, so I want to understand this stuff.

BTW, I told Emily to post more on her site, but she's just really busy right now with stuff. I think she posted our story on there...What she didn't tell everyone was why I decided to tell her that I was going to give her a Christmas present ahead of time.....she was kind of sad on the way to Chicago. And tired, too. So, I was trying to help her into a better mood, so I showed her a wrapped box and said "don't get too excited, but this is your Christmas present."

haha - how's that for lame. Oh well. I probably would have skipped that if I could do it over again...but whatever . The pictures are fun - especially the girl in the pink coat.

That's all for now - four more weeks until my last week of classes! whoohooo!

Brooks

It's exactly 6pm. And there's snow outside. And I just finished playing football with my cousins and Greg & Michael. Fun times :)

-Brooks

FINAL TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL ARE OFFICIALLY HERE!

I am going to be completely buried in school work for the next two weeks. 20pg paper, 10pg, and six 5pg papers. Lots of tests and classes. And work at home. Plus, this courting thing takes up time, too....