A Short Wrap Up
Okay, I haven't blogged in a while so I thought that I would provide everyone with a quick wrap up of my life in the last two weeks.
- Ashley came and we had a wonderful time.
- Ashley left--not so wonderful.
- I spent a week getting caught up and I write two fairly major papers for my classes, and I missed Ashley.
- General Conference came and went--what a wonderful opportunity to listen and learn from the living prophet and apostles.
- I missed Ashley.
- I spent another week getting caught up on all of my classes.
- I decided to try and present a paper at the Association for Asian American Studies Conference in New York City in April.
- BYU won another game 47-17 against San Diego State.
- We had a nice get together for the male, LDS graduate students with Peruvian Chicken.
- I missed Ashley.
As you can see it has been a pretty eventful couple of weeks, but more than anything I just want to have my fiance and future wife in my arms. And if that isn't the cheesiest, most wonderful thing you've ever heard, I'm sure it will get worse in the coming weeks.
Understanding
"In the moral sphere, every act of justice or charity involves putting ourselves in the other person's place and thus transcending our own competitive particularity."
(C.S. Lewis,
An Experiment in Criticism)
We Won
BYU 31 TCU 17, Way to go BYU!! That's how you beat the #17 team in the country.
Rexburg Temple
The outside is almost completed!
Repairs
My roommates and I have a leaky shower. One day my roommate Phillip was in the shower and we heard dripping downstairs. We saw water coming out of the roof and we stopped using the shower. We immediately called our landlord, and she came to check out the problem. She was grateful that we noticed the problem before it did any significant damage. She told us not to use the shower and promised that she would get a plumber here as soon as possible. It has now been over a week and we still haven't heard anything from the plumber. Even more sad is the fact that we haven't heard from our landlady. My roommate Andrew emailed her a week after our initial call, and she responded that it would get fixed soon, but it has been several days since that communication, initiated by us mind you, as well. For this whole time, all of us have had to share my roommate's shower. He is kind of a germ-a-phobe and really dislikes this, but knows that it is part of the roommate experience.
My dilemma is: How nice is too nice? I know that the Lord will never punish us for being charitable, but how much responsibility do I have to try and help my landlord fill her responsibilities? Tonight I wrote her a genial, but urgent letter. I think if nothing happens tomorrow my other roommate is planning on writing a letter that will be not nearly as nice. It is just frustrating when you are paying for a service that you are not receiving. That is just bad business. So where do you draw the line? Patience is a virtue, but it doesn't mean letting someone step all over you. It just means that we should treat others like we want to be treated ourselves. So I wrote my nice letter, and I hope my landlady responds quickly. I don't want the cycle of trust broken.
Sunday
Sunday is rapidly becoming a day to tackle big questions about myself and the world around me. How can Ashley and I improve our relationship even more? What can I do now to prepare myself to become a good husband and father? Why must some people suffer so much more than others? What difference can I make? Why can't I stop smiling when she's around? How can I reach out to those around me? What is the best balance in my life?
She's Here
So I probably won't have much time to blog this weekend. I hope you understand:)
