sad halloween

I was so excited for all the little kids to come, in their cute little costumes and I was going to give them a lot of candy. And none of them came. I have a bowl full of kit-kats and crunch bars, which unfortunately now, Jeremy and I will probably eat, and we don't need that! These children will really regret not coming to our apartment, because they would have gotten a lot of candy!! But seriously, do people not come to apartments to trick-or-treat? Well, I, an apartment liver, am very dissapointed that people evidently do not come to apartments to trick-or-treat. The only person I have to say trick-or-treat at our door is Jeremy, oh and he does say it, over and over again, and takes a piece of candy each time :). So these are pictures of me, being lonley by my trick-or-treat bowl, and then me being happy, because I now have all this chocolate to eat. (Please try and not look at how I look as though I have gained 50 lbs in these pictures. Its not true :) ). And this also shows how I have to much time on my hands!

So obviously, there is not much going on here, but I thought I needed to update about something. Work has been going ok. Last night I had my first night there all by myself! I was the only nurse for our unit. Yea, I don't really like that. It was quite boring. I did finish the book I was reading. I guess no one wanted to have babies at the end of October. Work has been really slow lately. I was scheduled to work Wednesday, and Thursday last week and got downstaffed both nights, which means I didn't go into work either night, because they didn't need me, and I don't get paid for either night. So, this next pay check is going to be missing 24 hours, therefore there will soon be a Fredin fund started if anyone would like to contribute :) haha. But those two nights off were nice, because Jeremy and I got to spend some time together and watch our favorite shows :).

The one exciting thing going on is Jeremy is entering his music video that he did, into a contest. It is the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) competition. His professor suggested he enter it because he thought that he had a very good chance of winning. There is a music video prize, and then an overall prize. I guess his professor told him he was pretty sure he would win the music video one, and had a good chance at the overall prize. If he does win, he wins some money, AND the most exciting thing! A trip to Florida in Febraury. There is an NRB conference in Florida that we get to go to if he wins. They pay for traveling expenses and the school would put us up in a hotel for three nights!! So now, I told him the pressure is on, because I have never been to Florida and would love to go!! I hope to make into the world travelers like John and Erika were, their first year of marriage ;). These other pictures are when Jeremy decided to make our apartment into a movie set :). He was shooting a public service announcement for school and so we had all sorts of lights and cameras around here for a while. He is very very good at what he does, and if any of you haven't seen the music video, you should. I am going to try and figure out a way to get it put up on here.

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Well I do need to update on our latest trip....home! But honestly right now, the only reason I am on here is because I cannot sleep. Surprise, surprise. It is now 2:45 in the morning and I am finally off one night of work, and I can't sleep. And I am totally frustrated because I was so glad that Jeremy and I can actually go to sleep at the same time together, and now he is out on the couch. Due to my sniffling (the dang indiana cold weather), and moving around constantly because I CAN'T SLEEP!! So now the one night that I can sleep with him, and he is on the couch. And I just realized how pathetic I sound, and I know I am really going to regret posting this in the morning, when I have had some sleep. (I think I know how Mel felt posting those posts when she was high from her hives meds :) ). Well now, I am sitting in bed, with the lamp on. I finally gave in and decided to stop laying there, not sleeping, and to try and do something that might make me tired. I read my Bible for a little bit, and that always helps, and now I thought I maybe should update on here. SO! Now that that has been a huge downer for everyone!!

Really things in Indiana are going relatively well, besides me not adjusting to working nights very well. As I'm sure you can tell. I don't have any problem staying up at night, or sleeping during the day, I just have a HUGE problem sleeping at night (like a regular person) on my days off. And I feel like Jeremy and I don't see eachother much, because we are always sleeping at different times. Hence, why I am so frustrated that once again we aren't sleeping together (ok, I am really done with the feeling sorry for myself). I just keep trying to be really thankful for the job I have. I really do have a job that I do enjoy, and it pays the bills. And it was such a blessing to find one in the town we live in that is such a short drive from home. I just need to adjust to the hours :). Hopefully that doesn't take too much longer. Because I feel like it has already been an eternity. On another note, Jeremy is doing well. School is going well for him, and he was very grateful for his fall break, because he was starting to feel very un-motivated to do anymore school work. He is taking 16 hours this semester, so he is pretty overwhelmed most of the time, with his homework and stuff. Tonight, when I go back to work he is filming a short public service announcement. I'm not sure what it is about, but I know that this is a part of his school he is really enjoying.

Fall break was wonderful. We were home last weekend, praise the Lord. Seriously. It was time for us to be home for a while. We had a nice little break. We were there from Friday evening through Tuesday. The homesickness, was starting to get pretty bad :). But we had an amazing time getting to see all of our family and friends!! As many of you know right before we came home it got pretty cold here, and even snowed! So the morning we left, I was bundled up in my sweater, boots and jeans and we headed to the airport. Well our plane going through Chicago got cancelled (I won't go into why I now boycot the Chicago O'Hare airport, and will no longer fly through there), but luckily it was able to be re-routed in almost the same amount of time. But that meant we flew through Houston!! So yes, me in my sweater and boots were a little warm in the 92 degrees that houston had for us, versus the 30 degrees when we left here!! :) But we got home, and only about an hour later than scheduled!
Saturday was filled with family time, for the most part. We went to G&G Butch's for dinner and got to see everyone. Erika came back that same weekend also, so it was GREAT to see here! We hadn't seen her since our wedding. Which seems like forever ago. So we had a wonderful time out there. We also celebrated Dathan's birthday. Then Sunday we got a chance to go out and see mom and dad's house they are building, which is coming along very nicely! We loved it! It is going to look amazing when it is done. Then Monday, I got a chance to go up to Wesley and see some of my co-workers, and then I got my hair done, and then we had dinner with Jeremy's side of the family. We had ribs, which I can actually say I don't think I had ever eaten before. They were very good, and we had a great time with them. Amber was very excited to see her Uncle Jeremy. We had fun playing the Disney Scene It with them. Pretty sure, Amber could have been on her own team and beat us all. Jeremy and her were on the same team, as well as me, but I can assure you that I was absolutely no help to them :).

Jeremy and I went to go and see "The Prestige" tonight. It was very good, and I would recommend it. It is directed by one of Jeremy's favorite directors, so we had to go! :) But sometimes, I don't enjoy his taste in movies very much, but I can tell that this one was excellent.
Well I think I might try and sleep again. Love you all! Here are some pretty pictures of the campus trees. These trees are definitely way better than the ones in Kansas.

Weekend with my sister....

Jeremy and I had a wonderful weekend with Erin!! She got into Indy late on Thursday night and was here until this morning. She it was nice to have her here for two full days. Unlike mom and dad's trip which was extremely short! We had such a good time catching up. She is possibly the busiest person I know, and is so graceful and managing all of it! Since she only gets about 4-6 hours of sleep a night while she was here she got a full 8 hours both nights. Hopefully that caught her up a little on her sleep, because she will probably be up late tonight doing homework, since none of that got done while she was here :).

Friday we all got up about noon (since we didn't go to bed until 3), and very slowly got around. Jeremy had class at two , and Erin and I made a trip to Wal-Mart during that time. We went to buy stuff to make t-shirts for Jodi's game on Saturday. Jodi didn't know Erin was coming, so we were surprising her.......again :). So after getting all of our supplies we went on a shopping spree!! Jeremy had to go to some Jewish temple for a class, so Erin and I went to Ft Wayne to do some shopping :). Jeremy thought it was probably better if we went without him anyways :). So, our trip was very productive. We both came out with some very good deals. So we then met Jeremy back up at the apartment and started making our shirts for Jodi's game. We had such a great time, and it was another project that kept us up until 3 again :). But these were the best homemade shirts I had ever seen. As I'm sure you can tell by the pictures :).

Saturday, Erin and I went to Maurices, here in town, in a last attempt to find her some jeans. That was unsuccessful. So then we set out for Jo's game. We wore our shirts with pride, right in the middle of the Indiana Wesleyan cheering crowd. It was their homecoming, so there was quite a crowd. But it was definitely worth it, Jodi was really excited to see Erin. She had no clue, we were coming. So then we went out to dinner with her and the team after the game, and then came back to Huntington. Once we got back here, we had two intense rounds of "Friends, Scene It?" And then we watched "In Good Company", and went to bed.

So.....the weekend was full of stuff to do. We had an amazing time!!! We miss you sooo much Erin!! It was really sad to take her to the airport this morning. I threatned to not take her, but that didn't get me too far. We can't wait to see you in one week when we are home!! We love you and we miss you so much already! Come back soon!

Trip to Michigan

We spent this past weekend in Lansing, MI. Josh and Tessia had Tessia's cousing wedding, and since they were going to be so close, we went up on Friday and stayed until Sunday with them. We had a great time!! It was great to see them again. We miss them soooo much! Tom and Kristy (and the band) live in Grand Rapids, so Friday night, after getting to Lansing, we drove to Grand Rapids to see their house and where they live. We hadn't seen any of them since our wedding, so it was great to see them! We are really enjoying all the little mini vacations we have been able to take to the surrounding states. It is kind of fun being within an hour from 3 different states, especially since I have never been in this area of the US.
Saturday morning we had planned to get up early to Tessia and I could go shopping, but that didn't happen. So instead we went for brunch at Cracker Barrell with Tessia's parents. While there, Tessia and I were successfull in convincing Jeremy to stay another night, into Sunday. Originally we were planning on coming home on Saturday, but Jeremy couldn't say no to us :). So while Josh and Tessia were at the wedding, Tom and Kristy drove to Lansing and we got to hang out with them. Actually, Jeremy and Tom stayed at the hotel and played games on their computers (and we don't want to know what else), and Kristy and I went shopping! So that was fun, and pretty successfull. We both came out of American Eagle after getting very good deals. Then we all went and picked up Josh and Tessia from the wedding reception and went to eat at BD's Mongolian Barbeque. Why do we not have that in Wichita?!?! It is amazing! So eventually the night had to come to an end, and Tom and Kristy went back home, and then we pretty much just went to bed.
We had a great weekend!! It was great to hang out. I think we realized this was the first time we had all hung out as 3 married couples. So anyways, we really miss them!! Hopefully Tom and Kristy are going to come down to Indiana soon, and then we will see Josh and Tessia again in a couple weeks when we are home. And now, once again after an amazing weekend, we are back to reality, working and going to school again. But in just a few days Erin is flying in and will be here for a few days, and we are really looking forward to that! We can't wait to see everyone in just a couple weeks!!