35 More Freakin' Days

Wednesday, March 04, 2015 Katie & Cam 0 Comments

A few weeks ago (I know, I am so behind), we moved into our nice little apartment on Mercer Island.

We finished unpacking the moving truck around 7pm and then I heard Cam say the most glorious 

thing. "Hey babe, should we just order a pizza for dinner?" Like honestly, if you know him at all you 

know that "buying food when we have food at home" is a total waste of money in his mind, and the 

best idea in mine. Anyway, ten minutes later we find out that there is not one pizza place, in ALL of
 Seattle, that delivers to Mercer Island! What? The leasing agents sure forgot to mention that one!
Anyway, to avoid Cam deciding that we could just eat our leftover road trip snacks and Raisin Bran
for dinner, and after a little bit of a self-pep talk, I braved Seattle rush hour to go pick up my pizza
that was 5 miles away. 

We then spent the next few days walking around Seattle and Bellevue and 

Ikea. I swear we went in just to look but somehow we walked out with a new set of dishes, a 

rug, and a lamp. Haha oops. Later that day we were wandering around Mercer Island and found that 

we live 3 minutes away from this gorgeous greenbelt path! And of course the first thing that popped 

into my mind was to take a million pictures of Cam posing in the woods. Can you say, hawt?!

"Okay, babe, go peak out from behind that tree! Further. Okay, a little less. Oh, perfect!"

Usually he refuses to pose for pictures, and to be fair I ask him to almost every day, but because he 

knew that he was going to miss me soooo much, he humored me. And hallelujah because these 

pictures make me giggle every time I look at them, and then tear up because I STILL HAVE 35 

FREAKING DAYS!

"Look away like you're thinking about me. Now bite your lip because that's what all male models do. Oh, yeah. That's it!"

The morning that I left was also his first day of work. We woke up early and I followed him around 

like a puppy. Everything that morning was sad. But it was the kind of sad that I just had to smile 

because I know that in order for me to be sad like that, I must have a pretty dang good life. He let me

 try to tie his tie, smiled as he posed for a picture, and then wrapped me up in his arms 

and said, "I'm gonna miss you." Boy, I miss that man. 

Since then I have been busy with school and research and playing with our pup. I have started getting

 up with him at 7 each morning and taking him to the park to play fetch so that he isn't quite so hyper.

 The other day it had snowed and I was cold and it was early and etc, etc, and I decided 

that I would rather have a hyper dog than go stand in the freezing tundra for 45 minutes. And he 

decided that I was wrong. As soon as I sat down he came and threw his tennis ball at me. When I still didn't budge he continued to do it over and over again (literally nine times) 

until finally I gave in! He is so cute but so darn demanding at the same time!

Last weekend I went to the American College of Sports Medicine Northwest conference in Bend, 

Oregon and spent four days trying to focus on lectures rather than the text that I was waiting for from 

Cam. And sometimes it worked. My research idol, Dr. Steven Blair, was the keynote speaker and I 

learned some pretty neat stuff about hormones and metabolism and how long it takes Cameron to text

 me back while he is at work. Haha okay okay okay, it really was so much fun and I got to know 

some pretty rad people and I made some pretty great memories. There is something really cool about 

being surrounded by people your age that are so stoked about the same nerdy things as you. Listening

 in on conversations about "this cool genetics course" that someone is taking and about "the funny 

thing about neuromuscluar adaptations," was a pretty fun change of pace for me.

A little three generation picture of research. Eli's mentor, Steve Gaskill, Eli, and me:)

And now I'm back in Rexburg, going to work, trying to go to class, and giving up on trying to work

 out and eat healthy. Hahaha what a weird place to be in life. And don't get me wrong, I feel so 

blessed. Cam and I both have jobs, we are healthy and have the best support systems. I got so lucky

 with my little family; I just can't wait for us all to be together again.

One last one. I tried to get him to sit on the railing and he told me I was pushing it, HA. So I settled with another "pondering" photo:) Isn't he the best??