My roommate from BYU-Idaho

I was in Boston this weekend for a convention and as I was walking around the exposition center I saw someone that I recognized. I immediately knew her name was Erin, I just didn't know how I knew her. As I was scrolling through all of the options she looked at me and said, "Is your name Abby?" She was my roommate at Ricks from 2001 to 2002. She was there with me when I was applying to be a YPM in Nauvoo. She asked about Phil and I told her that he and Roxy got married and have two kids now. It was very exciting to see her. She is such a great girl. I hate losing contact with people so hopefully more people will randomly come back into my life again!!!

Halloween 2007

A month ago was Halloween and I wanted to post some pictures of the event. First, a word of caution. Never leave a carved pumpkin on your mantel over a long weekend. You may just come home to a sea of mold dripping out of its mouth. Not to mention the pumpkin had collapsed on itself. GROSS! Second, our Halloween party was a huge success. We invited the Bartlett's and the Adamson's over for dinner in a pumpkin. We also had dry ice creating a misty effect with our root beer. It was a lot of fun. I can't find a picture of all of us... We hang out with the Bartlett's and Adamson's all of the time. It has been a lot of fun living here in Detroit with such great friends!

A little too much pink!

Well, I had been trying for a long time to change my blog's background. I found a cute template online but never figured out how to apply it. So I have officially gotten rid of the pink and hopefully this will be better until Erin teaches me how to make my background cute and have songs play when people come read it!! Help please!! Suggestions are welcome...

Missing My Wife

My wife has been out of town this past week. She's with all of her speech-language pathology friends in Boston for a yearly SLP conference. From talking with her on the phone, it sounds like she's having a blast. She's gone to Fenway Park, got tons of free stuff at different booths, and going out to eat on a nightly basis. What a life!

As for me, I've been working like crazy. I'm working three jobs right now: at a neuroscience research lab, at the local Children's Hospital doing research, and at a home health care facility working on business development. Although I have long days, I enjoy working and being productive. I'm also finishing up my applications for business schools and health care management programs. The goal is to have the process done by the end of the month.

I went wall climbing with the young men for an activity on Wednesday. Salomon, Aramis, and Bernardo showed up, and we enjoyed climbing a lot. We got the chance to go up about three or four times a piece, and by the end of the evening we were exhausted. My arms hadn't had that type of workout in a while. Si se puede!

Tomorrow's the big U of M/Ohio State game. I'm rooting for Michigan to win, of course. It should be a good game, although a lot of the Michigan starters are banged up. Go Blue!