Lesson learned the hard way...

Yesterday I discovered that a project I had completed a couple of years ago did not get backed up like I thought it did.  This project was something that I spent tons of time on and it was meant to be a resource that I could turn to and reuse in the future.  The time to reuse it has come and now it seems that it is gone.  The really lame part is that Trip had tried telling me to put it into Google Docs, and even offered to show me how to do it, but I was too proud, and convinced that using a word document would be just as good.  That was before I realized how smart and awesome my husband is...


Now that the computer it was saved on has crashed and there is no backup I am wishing that my pride and poor judgement had listened to reason!

Trip is famous!

Trip made his debut when he appeared on MSNBC with my dad a few years ago.  The irony of that still kills me.  For those who haven't seen these videos I have included them for your viewing pleasure. 

 

 

His acting skills are obviously in high demand since he was also asked to play a part in the new MBT promotional video.  I think people are drawn to the red hair and can't help but want it in their videos.  In this one, you can actually play "Where's Waldo" with Trip because he is in the background so much!


 
(Trip's part starts at 3:45 for those who don't want to watch the whole thing) 


Anyway, I was thrilled to find this on YouTube the other day so that I can now share it with all of you.  I am less than thrilled that I show up in the background, but not much I can do about it at this point.  Hope you enjoy watching some of these!

The Beginning of the End

Today marks the first day of the last semester of Trip's Master's program.  Yay!!  We are pretty excited at how soon he will be finished!  We are also excited because this means that our trip home is coming up.  It has been too long since we saw our friends and family and we can't wait!  Congrats luv!!  Hope this quarter is nice and easy for you  :)

Something New

It has been too long since I updated this.  Being busy isn't really a very good excuse either, since everyone who blogs is busy and they still manage to make time.  I guess I have just been lazy.  Anyway, we got back yesterday from a 5 day vacation in Thailand!  It was awesome and we took literally hundreds of pictures.  I haven't sorted through them yet, but I PROMISE to get pictures from both Penang and Thailand up here before the weekend is over.

Just some quick updates on what is new...

• Trip finished off the semester at the top of his class
• We got a new camera!
• Mom is in town
• We went to Chiang Mai (Thailand) and rode elephants bareback
• I got food poisoning for the first time in my life (and hopefully the last!)

I will give the whole Thailand story when I have the pictures to do it justice.  Oh, and we have to thank Nicole and Alma for being willing to sell us their camera...we love it!!  Thank you guys so much!!! 

Blah

There is so much to catch up on.  Need to upload pictures from our trip for one thing.  But after spending the last 10 hours in the office, on the computer, I just can't bear the idea of doing anything else "computer" related.  I think Trip feels my pain.  He is still working on home work and studying.  Finals are right around the corner.

We will post exciting stuff later.

The Routine of Life

Not much has happened in our lives lately.  You would think that living in Malaysia, we would constantly be having jungle adventures and new experiences.  This is not the case.  We have fallen into a routine and the new and exciting is requiring more effort on our part.  It is easy to become complacent when you work/ go to school most of the day.  Both Trip and I leave the house about 8:15 every morning and we get home between 6 - 6:30 every night.  The days are long and the evenings are over all too soon thanks to homework and housework.  

Even though our lives sound pretty boring right now, we both enjoy the fact that we work together.  We also have been loving the presence of Jack and Tigger.  Mr. B hit the nail on the head when he said the pets would force Trip to relax.  Jack and Trip have a little walking routine now and Tigger just loves sitting out on the balcony and watching the birds.  We were a little worried that she might try something stupid like walking on the ledge (we live on the 9th floor) but she has been really good.  Despite the long hours of studying he is putting in, Trip is loving school.  He gets all excited about what he is working on and loves talking to me about it, even though I get lost pretty quick.  It is nice to see him doing something he is so passionate about.  

I am being kept on my toes between my church responsibilities, work, and keeping our apartment clean and everyone fed.  By the time 10:30pm rolls around, I can usually be found passed out in our bedroom.  While it is good that I have so much to keep me busy, I am looking forward with anticipation to the Chinese New Year holiday.  Hopefully, we will have pictures and more ethnic stories after that.