ABC's with Morgan and Derek

This sounded fun, so I thought I would do it.

A. age: Morgan is 20 (almost 21!) and Derek is 22

B. bed color: light green and white sheets with matching comforter

C. chore you hate: Morgan hates cleaning the bathtub. Derek hates making the bed.

D. dogs: Morgan absolutely needs a dog. Asap. Please. Derek wants a dog that doesn't slobber or shed or disobey or bark. So basically a turtle. 

E. essential start to your day: Morgan has to have her ipod charged so she can jam whilst walking to class. Derek sets his alarm 10 minutes early so he can sleep longer after his alarm goes off the first time.

F. favorite color: Morgan's favorite colors are aqua blue and coral. Derek's favorite color is blue.

G. gold or silver: Morgan likes silver. Derek likes silver also.

H. height: Morgan is 5'1''. Derek is 5'8''. We hope our kids aren't 4'3'' their whole lives, but they may be doomed with our genes. 

I. instruments you play: Morgan plays piano. Derek used to play guitar.

J. job title: Morgan is a personal assistant for a teacher on campus.

K. kids: Morgan thinks some kids are cute and hopes hers turn out to be the cutest but doesn't want any until she graduates. And she wants to practice on a puppy first (cuz it's not as huge of a deal if you screw up). Derek thinks kids are cute and awesome when they are not fussing or whining. So basically a turtle again. 

L. live: Rexburg, Idaho. Yuck. 

M. married: Derek and Morgan have been married for almost 2 months and we love every minute!

N. nicknames: Mo, Mordan, Momo, Morgie, D-rock, D- money, Dewek, Polka Dot :)

O. overnight hospital stays: Nope

P. pet peeve: Morgan's pet peeves are stupid people, people that smack their food when they eat, attention whores, people that drive slower than the speed limit, stepping on wet floors in socks, unmade bed, dry knuckles, and extremely cold weather with no snow. Derek's pet peeves are sticky floors, stupid people, crappy drivers, know-it-alls, dirty homes, flat billed hats, slightly long nails, and he can't study with gubby teeth. 

Q. quote: Morgan: “The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.” ― Marjorie Pay Hinckley (I just love her) Derek: "Big Gulps huh?..... Welp, see ya later"-- Dumb and Dumber

R. righty or lefty: Both are righty

S. siblings: Morgan has 3 younger sisters and Derek has 2 older brothers and 6 older sisters.

T. time you wake up: Morgan wakes up at 6:22am most days and Derek wakes up around 8:00am

U. university: Both at BYU-Idaho

V. vegetables you dislike: Morgan dislikes cooked carrots, eggplant, squash and cauliflower. Derek dislikes squash and cauliflower.

W. what makes you run late: Morgan takes a while to do her hair if she is really trying. And sometimes outfit choice takes a while. Derek isn't late very often. But shaving makes both of them late.

X. x-rays you've had: None for either of them. 

Y. yummy food: Morgan loves Original Pringles, tangy filled Twizzlers, Mexican food, calamari, and cheesecake. Derek likes steak, quesadillas, german pancakes, and bacon.

Z. zoo animal favorite: Morgan likes tigers and horses even though they aren't at the zoo. Derek likes venomous snakes (ew.) and monkeys.

P.S. Why does this happen? Bleh.

Have a great long weekend! 

It's Monday Again...

...which means it's Bachelor night! :D

And a week from today there is no school, which makes this week a little more bearable.

Y'know, I hate tests. Any and all. Even if I feel prepared. Why don't they just trust you know the information? I have a love-hate relationship with multiple choice tests. It just frustrates the heck out of me when I know I am staring straight at the answer, like it's gonna come out and bite me, but somehow, I sometimes still manage to get it wrong. I don't feel so dumb when I get fill-in-the-blank answers wrong cuz it wasn't RIGHT THERE.

I feel bad watching people trip or slip on ice. Or stairs. Or the ground. It's like, "I feel ya, I did that last week and it was embarrassing." When I get to the next life and I get to be an angel, I am designating myself as the "picker-upper angel" to lift people when they fall. Literally and figuratively.

This weekend was a much needed weekend. Friday I ate din din with some beloved friends and we chatted each other's ears off. I sometimes forget you still need friends even after you are married. So that was quite enjoyable. Then hubby and I tried to watch Hunger Games, but couldn't make it all the way through it cuz we were exhausted, so we paused it at the climax of the movie and slept (haha that's how tired we were! "NO RUE, DON'T DIE--zzzzzzzz"). Saturday was the best lazy day ever. We slept in later than we should have, we both had things to do, but it was a procrastinating sort of day. We finished Hunger Games, watched up to our ears in special features of the movie (ask me any question on the making of that movie and I could tell you. We're pretty much experts now.) And ate waay too many sugar cookies sent from my mommy. They were delicious. Derek even taught me how to flatulate properly. It was an eye-opener. We both got way hyper (not sure if correlated to the cookie consumption) and decided to go to Applebee's, where we proceeded to be slightly obnoxious and comment on a group of high school kids going to a formal dance. We both agreed we did not miss high school or dances and went through both our archives of past crushes and love interests up until we met each other. Looking back, I can't believe I put up with some people in relationships for so long and didn't know what I was missing until I met Derek. And I liked hearing about his past crushes a little too much, knowing that I had beat them all, haha. Then we watched Taken 2, which may or may not have caused me to be a little freaked out when we were going to bed, and it was dark, and the heater was making weird noises. Sunday was great, (but any day is great when you get to sleep in) we went to our friend's mission farewell, followed by a meal epiphany for me--Taco salad-- wait for it....IN DORITO BAGS! No dishes! So yummy and an ingenious idea. Wish I thought of it. So there will be many meals to come that are served in a chip bag, because I love chips and I love no dishes. Woot. So that was delish. And then home again, chillaxing and then D had to leave for volunteering, which is always a bummer, but especially when you had just spent 72 straight hours together. But I was rather productive while he was gone, and got some homework done. All in all it was a great weekend. And after today, it will be a great week as well. And Valentine's Day is this week! Tell people (and pets) you love them! My dog was the best valentine ever for the past few years of my life, so don't underestimate the power of love from things other than people! A carton of Ben and Jerry's or a fuzzy kitty can love just as wonderfully as a significant other. So find something to love and LOVE THE HECK OUT OF IT!

Happy Bachelor Day! :)

Commentary On [random] Things in Life

Hey folks.

I just bought my weight's worth in classical hymn music. I prefer most hymns without people singing it. There is something irritating about everyone singing together trying to impress everyone by trying to outdo one another's vibrato and sing louder than everyone else at church. *cough cough girl that sits in front of me in Relief Society*.  It kinda ruins it for me. Unless your name is Linda Rowberry. Then you bring me to tears with your voice. (Look her up on Itunes. Holy choirs of angels.)

However, this piano music is making me miss playing. A lot. I don't have the time or energy to go around campus and find a piano that's not either occupied, has squeaky overused pedals, or too close to a classroom and get 'shushed'. (It's happened to me before. 'Bah-humbug Hymns!') Maybe I'll get a nice Steinway for my birthday in a few weeks :) And we can keep it in the bathroom of our walk-in closet of an apartment. I'll serenade my husband with Mozart as he brushes his teeth before bed.

Y'know what's weird? When your favorite class from last semester is your worst favorite class this semester. Anat and Phys was nice to me last semester. Well, structured, outlined clearly, and lab quizzes that saved my grade. And this semester I'd rather not go to that class anymore. Disorganization, foggy guidelines on course structure, and doomsday lecture exams could make any dedicated student feel like changing to a basket-weaving major. But, today's lab was pretty cool. We got blood samples from ourselves to determine blood type, hematocrit levels, and lipid profiles. What I learned: If you want your finger pricked right, you have to do it yourself. And I'm O+ blood type :)

Speaking of, this quote is fairly relevant. "Whatever you do, give 100%. Unless you're donating blood."

My hubby is donating plasma currently so we can have money to buy milk. And I feel bad cuz I couldn't :(. Ah, the life of a poor college student. Nothing like donating your body for money.

So I saw this pretty girl flipping her hair around in front of the mirror in a bathroom on campus today. She kinda glared at me (I don't even know her) and I couldn't help but think of this. Haha Taylor showed me that vid, she is a plethora of funny youtube videos, so if you need a good laugh, contact her :)

Does anybody else save cute/funny texts from people in their phones? Well, I do. But, I do like to keep my text inbox clean with only those important texts from people and erase irrelevant ones. Well, in a fury of erasing an unimportant conversation, I accidentally erased ALL my texts received from Derek from before we were dating almost a year ago :( I about cried. I know they are just texts, but it was kinda like a journal and I loved to look through and see how our relationship had changed over time. Gaaah. I'm mad at myself for that. I guess I do have eternity to look forward to many more experiences together and I can write down in a safer place.

I think this year will be the first Valentine's Day I'm actually looking forward to because it's not Single-Awareness Day for me anymore! Somehow, I always managed to be single on valentine's day every year up to this one. So I'm quite excited for what this holiday will bring :) And to all you readers who are still single, I feel ya. It sucks, but you will all find someone perfect and then you can look forward to it! Promise :)

Did you know parking lots in Rexburg can spontaneously turn into an ice skating rink overnight? This morning I found that out. You couldn't even see the ice! I didn't trip with my huge backpack on, but I came dangerously close about 50 times. I had to hold onto trees and cars and grass and anything I could get my hands on to stay standing. I felt like this. No joke. But luckily it was an early class so not many other people were outside to see my idiocy.

The Bach is starting! So stoked! Happy Monday! :)

I suck at blogging

If you couldn't tell.

Sorry folks (all 3 readers haha).

Well, I don't need to blog about The Bach, cuz Emily does that already for me. :)

So you may be wondering why my url is so random? I'll explain.
MAT is my initials (Morgan Alyssa Titus)
DOT is his initials (Derek Oliver Titus)

The end. He hates it when I call him polka dot. He says it's too cute. Nonsense.

Some secrets from this week:
-I love living with a boy. Especially since I never have considering I grew up with all sisters. I don't even mind when he leaves the toilet seat up. (I know, you longer married couples are scoffing right now)
-I hope our 'newlywed' attitudes never wear off.
-I wish we had more movies. Nacho Libre and The Notebook are getting old.
-My love for skiing has recently been awakened. It's taking a lot in me to not drop out of school and become a ski bum. Just kidding. But not really.
-Cooking is a big, long mountain to climb. And I just passed the Entrance sign.
-Panini's (sort of) work on a George Foreman
-Not all Pinterest recipes work
-That being said, don't try pizzadillas. They're gross. Just have pizza. Or dillas.
-We're both really bad at eating healthy. Pringles scream at me to buy them when I go grocery shopping
-I hope I want kids in the next 20 years. It's not looking too bright right now.
-"I'll text you so we can hang out!" never happens
-Although being with the hubby 24/7 is great, being apart makes it that much harder
-Rexburg is a moisture sucker of a city
-We might graduate a year from this semester!
-I'm scared for the uncertainty of what will happen after that
-I want a puppy so so so so so so so so bad. Like so bad.
-How can you be sweaty and cold at the same time??
-Don't buy $0.99 chocolate cake.
-Farts are funny in Macy's
-And everywhere (we aren't mature enough to be parents haha)
-Sometimes a hug is all you need to make a day better
-I love this Gospel
-My husband says the cutest prayers. (Even if he does say 'skewl')
-New pet peeve: socks that fall down in boots after 5 steps.
-Walking all over campus with a heavy backpack actually counts as exercise
-Relief Society activities can be fun
-Sometimes I get claustrophobic in jeans
-I hate driving in snow. Or rain.
-I can't wait to get our wedding pictures back!

Mwah!

Because I Can

You want to know one of my favorite things about college, but also marriage? Doing whatever the freak I want! It's seriously so awesome.

Guess what I had for dinner? Twizzlers.
Why? Because I can!

I have homework to do. But I'm blogging first.
Why? Because I can!

I don't label any of my food anymore!
Why? Because I can!

Guess what food I buy more than anything else? Pringles!
Why? Because I can!

Why, do you ask, do I have a Periodic table shower curtain?
Because I can!

Why do I get in pajamas as soon as I get home from class? (even if it ends before noon?)
Because I can! (If being in your pj's before 7pm is wrong, then I don't want to be right.)

I love the freedom of running my own home, if you couldn't tell. And I can't wait when I have kids and they say, "Mom why do I have to eat vegetables and go to bed early?" And I can say the phrase that has so many times been said to me, "Because I'm the mom"and that constitutes as a valid enough answer for the first 18 years of their lives.

However. I did get a "because you can't" this week. I went to donate plasma to do a good deed (and get some ca$h) and I waited a whole 2 hours in line and got a finger prick and blood pressured and even urinated in a cup. And guess what? All that hulabaloo for nothing. Once the nurse lady asked me a bajilion questions about if I have traveled to Kenya or Djbouti or done injection drugs or had sex with a gay man before 1977 (what the random?) they asked about past blood disorders and-- BOOM. I was done for. So because I had wimpy blood when I was 12 and got cured and have been fine ever since, I am permanently labeled with sucky blood forever. So that was kind of a waste.

I only have one class tomorrow- HALLELUJAH! 'Cept because I am only taking 12 credits this semester (stupid online class won't add me off the waitlist -__-) I kinda feel like a leech on those tithe-payer's moneys on days like tomorrow :/

Things I learned today:
-There is such thing as a snow day in Rexburg (but it has to be -20 degrees and freeze all the power out of the city.)
-I feel B.A. when I walk around outside and its below 0. But then my ears about fall off and I can't put my hood up cuz it was a good hair-do day.
-Anat and Phys lab isn't as scary as I thought it was at 11:30 last night.
-I love D&C. Like alot. The class, the teacher, and the scrips.
-I suck at journaling. And remembering when to take out my laundry.
-Any day with no tests is a good day. Even if you slip on ice and *almost* fall on your bum. Multiple times. (Slipping is an accomplished art here in the burg. I would hope I would be good at it by now.)
-Ipod headphone wires freeze in funny shapes 3 seconds after going outside.
-It bugs me when people complain about the cold. Yes, its cold, captain obvious. No, nobody likes it. So stahp whining and put on your big girl panties.
-I'm on a massive Mexican food trip. I like burritos. Everyday. No, it hasn't gotten old yet. Maybe never will.
-It's not fun filling out name change forms
-The post man becomes Santa Claus when you are waiting for an online order :D
-My blog posts are so random. whoops.
-I'll try and get better at that.

I might make brownies tomorrow. Cuz I can.

P.S. I love this dapper young fellow. He makes my day.

Marriage is Awesome

Hey there.

So I've noticed that all the trendiest of newlyweds, or not-so-newlyweds have a blog. And I always thought to myself, "that would be cool, but I just don't know how to blog or even where to start. I'll do it when I'm married." And lo and behold, here I am- married. So thus begins a new chapter of my life and I'm going to try out this new thing and see where it goes...

I'm Morgan. Spontaneous, crazy, determined, go-big-or-go-home, contemplative, sometimes outspoken, easily distracted. I want to love cooking. I don't yet. I want to learn to sew. All those neat, house-wifey things that a married lady should know (and I thought would come automatically with the husband, home, and responsibility-it didn't.) I want to learn and perfect over time. School is pretty much the main priority right now, though. Which I'm okay with, I'm getting better at that too. When I'm not in the study-till-your-eyes-fall-out-and-still-fail-the-test-anyway classes. *cough cough Chemistry* But I'm so glad I did go through that because:
a. It gave me a better appreciation for the difficulty (or lack thereof) of other courses I'm taking.
b. It gave me better study habits
c. I met the man of my dreams there.

Yes, folks. The man of my dreams sat next to me. And got me a stool when I was too short to reach the top of the test tube in lab. It was just like in Twilight. The lab partner scene where Edward and Bella were sharing a microscope. 'Cept less creepy, I actually had facial expressions and my lab partner was way hotter. Small talk of hometowns, (a 30 minute drive away from each other! how convenient) favorite foods, and how much we despised the class were my favorite part of the 3 hour time block from H-E- double hockey sticks. With some sticky relationship mixups and mishaps, we eventually came to the conclusion, that, 'hey, we're a pretty good match and we should maybe possibly start the most epic family ever together.' Just kidding. But we did decide dating was a pretty good idea. And with that, some bacon roses, and some of the funnest dates I've been on-the rest is history.

So yes, being married is awesome, wonderful, and still new. But I'm getting the hang of it, day by day. We just decorated out apartment last night, and it is now furnished with light up fake flowers, candles galore, and a little birdy toothbrush holder. It's not the most sophisticated, but I love it. It fits perfectly with where we are in life. Marriage is awesome, folks. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. What could be better than a sleepover every night with your best friend?
:)