1. I thought it would take months to get used to everything, but being married to Thomas already feels like normal life...and a wonderful life it is! The house feels like home, and I'm starting to feel like I belong in this city and at FW Pres. I'm not used to the name change, though. A teenager at FWPCA came up to me and said, "Are you Mrs. Warmath?" and I almost said "nope."
2. I didn't expect to miss him as much as I do when he's at seminary. I start watching the clock around 3:00 even though I know he won't be home until 5 or 6. This is very motivating in my job hunt (as is the awesome lunch box Michelle bought me.)
3. Various women in my life led me to believe that serving a husband around the house was like doing favors for a black hole of gratitude. To the contrary, Thomas is wonderful about noticing what cleaning, laundry, etc. I have done. The other day he got home, went to go change, and came bounding out of the bedroom saying "The vacuum stripes look awesome in there!"
4. I make a lot of small trips to Central Market. As the future wife of T.W. I should have anticipated this.
5. I'm emotionally attached to the kitchen/cooking. I hated cooking in college so this is a very big surprise. When stuff turns out better than expected I get really excited about it. On the flip side, if it is worse than expected it makes me really sad. I also get a big sense of satisfaction when I turn out the light at night to a very clean kitchen. Having lots of nice, new stuff that just belongs to us (not lots of other roommates) also makes it fun. I have about 6 aprons and like to alternate them throughout the week.
6. I enjoy sleeping next to someone even more than I thought I would. I knew I was a big cuddler, but I'm beginning to wonder how I ever fell asleep before I was married.
That's all I've got. Maybe Thomas will come up with some.
Amy's new nickname: Carpet Stripes. Let's make this catch on.
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