Second Gem of the Triple Crown

Yes, I am posting again. But Big Brown's performance today deserves a CONGRATULATIONS! His jockey almost left the jockey room before the race without his whip, and it turned out that he didn't even need it. Big Brown did it all on his own, and barely even broke a sweat. After the Kentucky Derby, Big Brown was worth about $70 million. With a $1 million purse at the Preakness, you can add a few million to the price tag on Big Brown.

Good luck in three weeks at Belmont!

4 years.....already?

Well dang it! I missed the opportunity to write a wonderful reminiscent post on our wedding anniversary. I missed it by a day (that DOES NOT mean I forgot the anniversary itself) and I don't know of any way to back-date these posts, so now there is proof that this post is a day late.

At any rate, I just wanted to mention that as of yesterday, David and I have now been married for 4 wonderful years. In that time, we have had three different residences, plus two more that were only temporary. We were homeless for a couple weeks (when we moved to Lubbock ...thank heavens for the kindness of our realtor in letting us stay in one of his houses). We have lived in two states. We have earned 2 college degrees. Somewhere along the lines, we picked up two dogs. We have held jobs with 10 different employers between the two of us (and a new one for me starting on Wednesday...yay!). I have made somewhere around 1,500 pillows. We have owned 8 different cars/trucks, a scooter, a quad and a boat (I think this one is a little ridiculous...David gets the car-buying bug way too often). And thankfully, only one trip to the emergency room.

It has been a great 4 years. I wish I was better at expressing my thanks to David for moving to Lubbock with me for school. He is the best husband in the world. Here's to the 4 years already behind us, and to the rest that lie ahead of us.

It's just kind of a bummer that we didn't not get to see each other yesterday. Out of 4 anniversaries, so far we have spent 2 of them in different states from each other. For our first anniversary, David was in Reno, and I was in Socorro for my graduation from NM Tech. But that was okay, because the next day we met up in L.A. (me with our frozen top layer of wedding cake in hand) and left on a cruise. Our second we spent in Reno...probably went out to dinner. Our third we spent in Lubbock. I remember we went out to eat, and it was the first time we had a chance to go out in a long time. We had just been spending so many hours working on our house, late into the night. And for our fourth, once again we were apart. David is in Lubbock with Ruka and Riley keeping him company, and I am in Socorro.

I guess that's the way it goes. It really doesn't matter where we are. I still think I found a keeper, and I'm glad I have David to share my life with. HAPPY 4 YEARS TO US!

"Hey Elaine, what do you say, if neither of us is married in ten years, we get hitched?"
"Make it fifty."
"We're engaged!"
- Kramer and Elaine, in "The Wife"

1 Year Down, 2 To Go...

I have been terrible about updating the blog (obviously). Not really much going on around here, oh except.......................

IT'S OVER! I made it through my first year of law school.

I seem to think it's pretty exciting. However, that does not mean I get a break. This is going to be a marathon summer. Where David thought he was going to slow down a little at work due to the fact that it's summer (and schools don't need food over the summer), he has a huge new account that will be keeping him pretty busy. I, on the other hand, decided to take summer school. In between summer school sessions, I will be working with the DA back in Socorro (that's where I am now -- I had quite an interesting day in court yesterday, and set for another one today). Anyway, while I am in Lubbock, I will have school, and maybe a couple of other opportunities as well (yes, I know this is cryptic, but I will update if anything works out). Plus, there are many things on the list to get done this summer like finish painting the kitchen cabinets and rebuilding our dilapidated fence before the Lubbock winds blow it down and our dogs run away.

By the way, we had a fabulous end-of-the-year social for the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. Everything went well (I think it did anyway). We kicked it off with the running of the Derby on the big screen (Congratulations Big Brown!), had a bunch of wonderful side dishes brought by our guests, and David slaved over the grill making about 50 hamburgers. We have never entertained for that many people at once, so we had a lot of fun.

And thanks to my parents for coming all the way to Lubbock to help by making dutch oven peach cobbler and apple cobbler, (Mom had FOUR ovens going at once) and doing all the dishes! As soon as I track down some pictures, I will post them.

That's about all for the Torres household for now.

"So Puddy, this is a pretty good move for you, huh? No more 'grease monkey.'"
"I don't care for that term."
"Oh sorry, I didn't know."
"I don't know too many monkeys that can take apart a fuel injector."
- Jerry and Puddy, in "The Dealership"

Later in the same episode...

"Hey Elaine, have you noticed your boyfriend has developed an annoying little habit?"
"The squinting?"
"No."
"The staring?"
"No. He keeps asking me to give him a high-five."
"I thought all guys do that."
"Slapping hands is the lowest form of primate ritual."
- Jerry and Elaine, in "The Dealership"