My Birthday Poem and Trivia

Nate proved himself once again as the perfect husband. He surprised me throughout the day with gifts and activities. He made a trivia game, and also wrote and recited the following poem:

Janae is the best

She'll out-run anyone

in the Wild Wild West

And still won't be done

She loves to eat

Anything that's fruit

Or anything sweet

But she's not a brute

Janae's eyes always glisten

When she talks of her interests

So long as you listen

You'll be in her friends-bests

I love her more than ever

An am excited for the privelege

To be with her forever

And continue increasing in knowledge

Some the trivia questions included:

1. Who was born in 1977?
2. Whose favorite sport is football?
3. Who took dance lessons?
4. What is Nate's favorite color?
5. What is Janae's favorite car?
6. Why is the sky blue? (I missed this one)
7. What is Janae's favorite food?
8. How many Chinese people does it take to screw in a lightbulb? (I missed this one too)
9. What is Janae's favorite sport?

Thanks, Nate, for making my day a great one!

My First Bee Sting

I remember when my sister stepped on a bee as a kid, and just thinking about it brings me pain, but somehow I made it all of these years and have never been stung. That is no longer the case. 10 minutes into my ride yesterday, a bee - or perhaps a wasp - flew directly into the neck of my shirt to my sleeve, and then as expected, it panicked! And so did I! I'm lucky I didn't crash. The thing bit me so I was bleeding AND stung me on another part of my arm. And it hurt! I have so much more sympathy now for those who have been stung. I tried to remember how to treat bee stings, and poured a bunch of water on the hard dirt to make mud and covered my arm in it. And then I called Nate and he said I had to get the stinger out, but it was on the back of my arm so I couldn't see it. Lucky for me, he came to the rescue. I went home, washed off the mud and put the baking soda/water paste as instructed by the husband, and then when he got home, first he laughed because my arm was covered in that baking soda paste (because I wasn't exactly sure where the stinger was so I covered a large surface area) and then carefully pulled out the stinger, which was maybe 1/16" - much smaller than the tiniest eyelash. My arm throbbed for a few more hours, but I survived. Now I can join the rest of the world of you who have been stung!

Nate learned how to play tennis overnight

One of the best things (in my opinion) about our marriage is that we basically love to do everything together. This includes cleaning, shopping, and everything fun. Nate loves soccer, and while I definitely have a lot of room for improvement, I play with him whenever I can.  And I love tennis, so Nate willingly plays with me, though he never really learned (although he's a superstar at ping-pong). We've played together now for a few years, since we started dating, and well, I pretty much always won. I was just glad he'd go with me. We played this spring with my dad, and I think Nate was relieved that I had someone else to play. And then the last two times we've gone Nate started winning! I have no idea what happened, but now he's good. The first time I thought maybe I was just tired, but this last time, we played for nearly 2 1/2 hours, and he continued to beat me. I asked him what happened, and he replied "I just decided to be good." Strangely, that's probably true to a great extent. He finally started getting his head in the game, and now the competition is up. Watch out, we're looking for some friends to play in doubles...