What happens when you marry up?

So what happens when your spouse is a million-fold more amazing and wonderful than you? Well, more doors open for them. Let me explain.

Many of you know that for the last year or so, I've been trying to get a job within my field... something science related. I've check craigslist on a daily basis, talked with recruiters, have a fabulous resume, blah blah blah, the whole 9 yards. I must have applied to about 40 job postings on craigslist and other career websites, and I heard back from 1. I had a great interview. I thought it went really well and that I impressed the interviewers... I even did the ENTIRE interview in FRENCH because the lady I was being interviewed by was from Belgium. Anyway, the told me that I was just over qualified and were going to go with someone else. Bah!

Anyway, to demonstrate what happens when you marry up, Lianna just graduated from massage therapy school. After a quick perusal of craigslist job postings, she applied to three jobs, two of which are at chiropractic clinics, and another at a spa. She also interviewed with a medical massage clinic that came to her school and got the job. However, the medical clinic job may not be what exactly she is looking for after all is said and done.

Anyway, the result? Lianna gets not one, not two, but three job interviews from all three job postings she applied to. She has already had two of the interviews, and got called back for a hands-on interview (test your massage skillz) with both of them. So, im 1 for 42, and Lianna is 3 for 3 in terms of craigslist job postings. >:/

Lol, ok, so I'm not annoyed at all, but am very proud of my amazing and near perfect wife who can knock the socks off anyone. She's worked so hard and diligently while at school, both BYU-H and her MT school. She's so wonderful and I love her so much. So, with that said, I guess I'm just gonna have to get used to my wife being so amazing.

So, that's what happens when you marry up. I swear, I gotta be the luckiest man alive. =)

Ok... one more reason to privitize one's blog

Ya, so our blog shall soon join the ranks of private blogs. Take a look at this story:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,536294,00.html

They got the pic of the kid off the family blog. O.O

Ok, enough is enough.....

Lianna and I need your help. We are both jobless, trying to pay for our education. We are living with my parents because we have hardly any money. Our money is dwindling quickly. Our car just broke down and will need repairs that will cost almost as much as we paid for it. We need your prayers. We are living worthily, going to the temple, paying tithing, going to church, magnifying our callings, reading our scriptures and saying our prayers, both together and alone. We are worthy of the Lord's help, we just need it... and we're getting pretty desperate. So if you could keep us in your prayers, we would appreciate it very much. We are just running out of options quicker than, well, something that runs out quickly.

Harry Potter? More like Harry LAME!!!

Ok, anyone else think the new Harry Potter movie was ridiculously STUPID? I sure did, and so did my wife, so I know Im not out of my mind. Basically, the coolest and most exciting part was the music in the trailer. I mean seriously, who mysteriously abducted the previous director and replaced him with a mindless ape who has a knack for the uneventful and unimaginative (and not to mention disjointed)? Bah, I was waiting for some real action like in the first 5 movies, but alas, I waited, and it never came. Woe is me, woe woe is me.

Three Cheers for Missions!

Three cheers for missions!  Well, in this case, I guess there should just be two cheers.  But anyway, I recently applied to a genetics testing lab as a data clerk/sample processor.  I got called back for an interview, and I interviewed with two people, one at a time.  The first one told my that the only reason that my resume stood out was because he noticed that I lived in New Caledonia, and he remembered a TV show that he used to watch called McHale's Navy.  From what I understand, it is a old TV show kinda like M*A*S*H, but part of it took place in New Caledonia where they went to party often.  So, because of my mission, my resume stood out from the others!  Cheer #1

The second person that I interviewed with was a woman, and she was SO excited to meet me.  Why?  Because on my resume, I wrote I spoke French.  She is from Belgium, and therefore French is her native language.  She was so excited that I spoke French that she called the first guy that I interviewed with while he was going home, just to tell him that I spoke French and that she was excited to meet me.  So, as she comes in to interview me, she asks me if we can do the ENTIRE interview in French!  (I guess its a good thing that I wasn't lying about that hu?)

  So we had the interview, and it went quite well.  I was a little worried since it had been a long time since I had a lengthy conversation in French with someone, but I did quite well.  The only word that I didn't know was paysagiste which means a landscaper.  So that was great and I left a great impression on the interviewer, seeing as how she was so impressed to find an American who can accurately and clearly express how he feels in French.  Cheer #2.

So, I owe all that to my mission experience.  I really think that there is no end to the blessings you receive from serving a mission!

Petting Zoo Llama

Wow, two blog posts within one hour... and I've been in class for both posts. But, this is what happens to llamas at the petting zoo when they are touched just a little too much:

Courtesy of Katie's blog. This may also happen to pregnant ladies if you touch their belly. (Don't keel over on us Mikensi!)

For those of you who think universal heath care is a good idea.

Read this, and think, "Humm... free health care is great... if I want to watch my loved ones die a slow death." And, if you don't want slow health care... you could go to.... Mexico?

Here's the article:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/06/canadian.health.care.system/index.html