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I wish I could tell you how many times I've watched this. Love it!

The Sweetest Little Town

So as many of you already know I spent the weekend in Pennsylvania interviewing at Penn State Milton S. Hershey College of Medicine. The interviews went great and I fell in love with Hershey (yes, Hershey is the actual name of the town). The total population is only 20,000, and smells deliciously of chocolate. The school offers many amazing programs and I would consider myself lucky to be accepted. Unfortunately, I have to wait to find out my fate at the school for 6-8 weeks when I will receive a decision in the mail.

One of the fringe benefits of interviewing for school was the experience of visiting the East coast. I am not so naive as to believe that visiting one little town counts as "experiencing the East coast," but I loved the idea of being in place that is so rich with U.S. and church history.

I spent a long day traveling yesterday. From Harrisburg I flew to the land of my birth, Chicago, where I haven't been in almost 23 years. From the busiest airport in the U.S. (O'Hare) I traveled to the largest airport (Denver) and then on to Salt Lake. By far the greatest aspect of the trip, beyond the smell of chocolate, the satisfaction of a successful interview, and the various metropolitan cities I visited, was returning home to S.L.C. where my beautiful wife surprised me by picking me up from the airport. I know that it sounds cheesy, but after being married for only 3 months it is amazing how much you can learn to depend on someone. There was nothing like walking out of the terminal straight into the arms of my lovely little wife.

I will keep the blogosphere posted on my other medical school pursuits as I continue to think fondly of Hershey, PA (for at least 6 more weeks, when my opinion of the town could be drastically changed).

My gift to you.

Sorry I'm queen of short (AWESOME) blogs, but I just wanted to let you know that Christmas music IS playing on the radio. Which makes me not such a crazy person. Thank you 100.3 FM for my holiday cheer.

And I also wanted to let you know that stores aren't selling Thanksgiving stuff anymore now that I'm getting all excited about that holiday.

Cheers!
K

Uh huh?

Does anyone know if the Distribution Center has a Black Friday sale? 'Cause I could really use some new garments at 10 for $10.

It's Christmas!

I waited as long as I could, I promise. Josh leaves for Pennsylvania tomorrow and I wanted to get the tree set up so I could work on other Christmas stuff while he's gone. We've been listening to the Elf soundtrack all day and enjoying our first Christmas together.

Adrie was here to help us put some ornaments on the tree. I hope her mother doesn't mind if she thinks it's almost Christmas...

And the almost finished product....

I also attempted something I've never done before in my whole life. I made gingerbread men cookies. The jury is still out on whether or not I'll do it again. I'm planning on having a Christmas party (feel free to schedule this in) and am considering having decorating gingie's (short for gingerbread cookies) on the activity list. As you can see, I made a lot of them, but they don't look so good. We'll see.

All in all, Christmas is a pretty big success. I feel kind of bad for Thanksgiving, but Thanksgiving should know that I consider it a very important holiday leading the way to Christmas. I love turkey (probably more than the average person) and I can't wait for Adam and Emma to get here and to celebrate the day with everyone else.

So anyway, welcome to the Christmas season. I don't care if you say it doesn't start until Thanksgiving ends, because it's here. And I'm happy. So enjoy it while it's here, and look at my beautiful house. Cheers,

KL