Patience... Not my virtue.

I am not a patient person. Period. I don't know how many of you have taken the "Christ-like Attribute" test in the back of Preach My Gospel, but every time I take that test I always score lowest in that section.
This unfortunate lack of patience makes life difficult. Specifically, driving, waiting to hear from The Amazing Race, and dental school.
I learned to drive in Boston, so driving in Utah may be one of the most frustrating things on the face of the planet. I seriously doubt that I can take a drive and not get annoyed at least once. I'm constantly yelling "GO!" or "Are you... Serious?/Kidding Me?/An Idiot?" I told that to one of my co-workers that told me that I was a very sweet girl. I'm not sure if he still has that opinion.
Waiting to hear back from The Amazing Race is also a struggle. I don't know when we are going to hear back from them, and I think that I am going to give myself an ulcer in the process. I am constantly thinking about it and hoping that I get an unrecognized number calling me letting me know that they are ready and waiting for Genie and me to come and WOW them. So fun! We anticipate knowing about everything by March.
Dental school has been interesting. This past week we had to let Roseman University (University of Southern Nevada, in South Jordan, UT) know if we were coming there. We were also waiting to hear back from Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts). So we played some tricky games, and called Tufts to see if they had accepted Dane. Technically we were supposed to wait and get the offer online or in the mail, but we had to let the other university know. (Patience is not one of Dane's qualities either.) Dane knows a girl that works in the office there so a phone call later... Dane got accepted!!! So now we have told Roseman that we won't be attending school there, and are now riding the Tufts wave. We are still holding out for Midwestern (on the waiting list), and our number one pick Colorado (interviewing there on March 12th). We are happy we have all these options, and are keeping our fingers crossed for March.

Amazing-ness

Life has been good to Dane and me lately. For Christmas we drove back to Colorado to spend time with the Swenson's for Christmas, a birthday, and New Years. The first few days we were back Genie, my sister-in-law, and I made our application video for THE AMAZING RACE!!!

That's right folks, Genie and I have applied to The Amazing Race and we should hear back from them for call backs between now and March. That entails a flight down to Miami and wow-ing the producers. No problem. Genie and I will dazzle them with our charm and grace and our ability to COMPLETELY DOMINATE in any and all competitions. I actually don't have a clue what the call backs will be like, we just plan on being the best at it.

I'm really excited about my news, but really I should have announced Dane's news first...

DANE GOT ACCEPTED TO DENTAL SCHOOL!!! Hallelujah! Dane got a call from the Dean of Admissions up at University of Southern Nevada (actually located in South Jordan, UT) letting him know that after a unanimous vote Dane was accepted. That sounded pretty cool, but we also think it's a ploy to get him to go there. We're still waiting to hear back from other top pick schools, but we are relieved and grateful that we have the first acceptance under our belt. We have a lot to be grateful for and now once Genie and I win The Amazing Race we'll have dental school all paid for!

It was a great Christmas Season and now we have to get through Dane's last semester of his undergrad. That may be the trick with him taking 16.5 BYU credit hours. I may never see my husband till the end of April... actually I won't see him for the next 4+ years soo.... We'll manage somehow. All in all, life is great!