Dedicated to Kirsti's comment on the previous post...
Number of times I cooked dinner for myself/anyone when I was single: Somewhere between 0 and 5
Number of times I've cooked dinner for Matthew and me now that I'm married: Somewhere around 50.
Reasons I had for procrastinating homework when I was single: I'm tired, I want to read, I want to watch a movie, I want to INTERNET!, I'm bored.
Reasons I procrastinate homework now that I'm married: I need to clean the bathroom, make the bed, clean the kitchen, cook dinner, spend time with Matthew, exercise, etc.
How I exercised when I was single: Woke up around 5 or 6 am, ran to gym, lifted weights or ran, ran home
How I exercise when I'm married: Um...climb the stairs to campus? Wrestle my husband? Sweat off the calories in our oven-esque apartment?
Sundays when I was single: So. Boring.
Sundays when I'm married: HOORAY! TIME WITH MATTHEW!
Pretty much every spare evening when I was single: So. Boring.
Pretty much every spare evening when I'm married: HOORAY! MORE TIME WITH MATTHEW!!
Number of cute guys on campus when I was single: #2,687 - approximately 9/10 of whom were already married, engaged, or in a relationship.
Number of cute guys on campus when I'm married: Just one for me - his picture is on my phone :)
How I viewed married students when I was single: feelings of jealousy that they were married and I hadn't been on a date in two years/shock and surprise that they weren't always breathtakingly beautiful and skinny/knowing and cynical when they were breathtakingly beautiful and skinny/felt that they must be older than they looked/pity that they would probably be taking finals while they were pregnant, etc.
How I view married students now that I'm married: feelings of belonging to a club of some sort/mutual acceptance and congratulations/excitement that we probably have a number of experiences in common/happiness that there are other happy people/feeling that marriage is perfectly normal and so am I, etc.
How I viewed single students when I was single: Either cute or not cute/smart or not smart/date-able or not date-able
How I view single students now that I'm married: Aw....they're all so little and naive and single. So adorable!
Number of times I've been asked "When are you going to have a baby?" when I was single: 0.
Number of times I've been asked "When are you going to have a baby?" now that I'm married: About once a month by Aimee, Matthew's 6-year-old niece.
Luxuries of being single: A new dinner every night!
Luxuries of being married: When we have enough food that we can have LEFTOVERS the next night!
Number of times I wished I was married when I was single:
9,760,548,345.
Number of times I wished I was single after being
married: 0.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
Grad vs. Ungrad
After being an undergraduate student for five years and a graduate student for five days, I have concluded there are a few differences between being an undergrad and a grad student.
1. As an undergrad, I did most of the reading for most of my classes. As a grad student, I do all the reading - but don't understand half of it.
2. As an undergrad, I thought periodically about adding another class now and then, because, you know, it might be fun and interesting. As a grad student, I wonder if I could get away with just taking one course each semester.
3. As an undergrad, I started to get sleepy around noon. As a grad student, I start to wake up around noon.
4. As an undergrad, I would study vigorously before quizzes in my classes. As a grad student, I study vigorously before class so I can make clever, insightful comments.
5. As an undergrad, I would often bring my lunch to school and stay at campus all day, sometimes into the wee hours of the night. As a grad student, the thought of staying on campus after 5 pm is appalling. And my schedule prevents me from having lunch.
6. As an undergrad, I defined "social life" as going on dates, dancing, spending nights on the town, and attending as many free-food-and-fun fests as feasible. As a grad student, I define "social life" as reading a book I have not been assigned.
7. As an undergrad, I would read the syllabus forward and backward for each class. As a grad student, I only read the reading schedule.
8. As an undergrad, part of my motivation for going to BYU was to meet cute guys. As a grad student, I'm only interested in one cute guy . . . and he goes to UVU.
1. As an undergrad, I did most of the reading for most of my classes. As a grad student, I do all the reading - but don't understand half of it.
2. As an undergrad, I thought periodically about adding another class now and then, because, you know, it might be fun and interesting. As a grad student, I wonder if I could get away with just taking one course each semester.
3. As an undergrad, I started to get sleepy around noon. As a grad student, I start to wake up around noon.
4. As an undergrad, I would study vigorously before quizzes in my classes. As a grad student, I study vigorously before class so I can make clever, insightful comments.
5. As an undergrad, I would often bring my lunch to school and stay at campus all day, sometimes into the wee hours of the night. As a grad student, the thought of staying on campus after 5 pm is appalling. And my schedule prevents me from having lunch.
6. As an undergrad, I defined "social life" as going on dates, dancing, spending nights on the town, and attending as many free-food-and-fun fests as feasible. As a grad student, I define "social life" as reading a book I have not been assigned.
7. As an undergrad, I would read the syllabus forward and backward for each class. As a grad student, I only read the reading schedule.
8. As an undergrad, part of my motivation for going to BYU was to meet cute guys. As a grad student, I'm only interested in one cute guy . . . and he goes to UVU.
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