Jake graduated (with honors) and completed a senior design project involving prosthetics, an area of interest that remains with him even now. In May, he started working as a process engineer with a great company in another state.
Jake and I got engaged--and married!
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| A favorite pic from the wedding (and the only one on my laptop at the moment). Don't worry, I'll do a separate wedding post and attach ALL our favorites there! |
I completed 21 hours of classes in order to graduate in December. I ended up with all A's and successfully completed my honors thesis, earning departmental and university honors in English. I give God all the glory for a successful semester. There were so many times that I didn't think it would be possible for me to complete all the work I had to do, but He made it happen!
I was completely blessed by my understanding roomies (Mary Ann, Emilianne and Tara), who kindly allowed me to live with them, even though I was married and would be gone after the first semester, leaving a vacancy that any random person might have filled.
Our year included lots of traveling! Jake and I met at a halfway point (the city where we got engaged) for weekend rendezvous, and I skipped a few classes here and there (something I had always avoided in the past) in order to create long weekends so I could be with my husband. I'd leave my vehicle in my college town and ride the shuttle to the airport (a 1.5 hour drive). Most of the time, I flew into a big city near our new home and Jake came to pick me up there. Just before I finished school, our town started offering connection flights to and from the bigger cities nearby, so I took advantage of that my last few trips home.
When I finished school, Jake came to our college town to help me load up my stuff. I was shocked when I stepped outside and realized that he had rented a HUGE Penske truck to get me. How much stuff did he think I had?!? My belongings couldn't have taken up more than a quarter of the available space. The vehicle seemed like something that should require the driver to have a special operating license, but alas, Jake was allowed to drive it without any special training. I was nervous about the ride home, especially since we had my car attached to the back of the massive vehicle, but Jake absolutely loved driving the big truck. He was proud to park alongside professional drivers to fuel up with diesel. Now, every time he sees someone driving a large moving vehicle, Jake says they are his people. Well, I guess if the whole engineering thing doesn't work out for him, Jake may have a future as a truck driver!
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| Jake in his element. : ) |
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| Jake drove this big ol' thing for 14+ hours all together... and he loved every minute of it! |
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| This picture was snapped after several loads had already been taken inside. Still, not a lot of stuff if you ask me-- look at all that empty space! |
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| A cheerful mover. |
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| King of the hill--of stuff! |
After we made it back home, we unloaded my stuff and started settling into "real" married life. Jake's days as a "married bachelor" (as he liked to say) were over!
And now, for a few pics of our first apartment...
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| The view from our balcony on a snow day. |
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| Our living room. |
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| Dining area. |
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| The "office." |
Our one bedroom apartment was tiny (not to mention overpriced), but it was a great first place! It was certainly a step up from the four years of dorm rooms we both had previously endured. Looking back on where we have been helps us appreciate all the space we have now. : )
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