Dynasty Living: the best thing, part V

Saturday through today has brought some welcomed monotony. Our days have consisted of Karl going to work while I'm still in the twin size bed, short work days for Karl (PRAISE THE LORD!!), renting movies and buying episodes on iTunes, grocery shopping together, Karl napping while I clean his room, cooking and baking for Karl & his roommates and friends... it has been perfectly normal. We saw Red Tails last weekend and it was good! Especially fun to watch among Airmen and hear their commentary- very funny. I've done a lot of laundry and loved every second of it. I've tried to cook Karl's favorite meals and bake lots of sweets each day. We've taken lots of walks, stocked up on things Karl has needed for his room, and enjoyed spending tons and tons of time together. We have laughed a lot, spent $41.00 on iTunes rentals (Hulu, ABC.com, etc- none work overseas), and bought Karl a bike after he depressingly told me that he is wearing holes in his boots from all the walking he does around here.
We enjoyed our 3rd "6 month anniversary" on February 21st, which we celebrate by each writing a list of "10 things I have learned about Hannah/Karl in the past 6 months." I LOVE this! I Love this more than anything Karl could get me for Valentines day or our real anniversary. It is so special to me to see that Karl & I are constantly learning about each other, growing in our relationship with each other, and paying attention to what each other is doing. And these past 6 months have been especially crazy- I have honestly learned more about Karl in the past 6 months than ever before. He never ceases to surprise me and amaze me in how dynamic and changing he is. So, needless to say, our twice yearly 6 month anniversary is the most special thing to me- and I am SO SO thankful we got to celebrate one of those together this year. I treasure 'the lists' and love looking back on them. Last night we rented two movies, bought a bottle of wine, snacks we were craving (pop tarts, cherry sours, pistachios, & popcorn) and enjoyed another night in while really taking care of my "movies I must see with Karl" list. A shameful list full of movies I will not disclose. One may or may not star Anna Farris. Today I got to see Karl & his roommate, Eric, rock climb- something they both really enjoy. Karl has enjoyed climbing for years and since he has been here, he has acquired all the equipment he needs and has been utilizing the climbing wall here as his primary source of exercise- he really loves it, so I too love it for him! We went grocery shopping so that he can be all stocked up this week... and I had a really sad moment at the grocery store. I honestly had such a strong urge to buy absolutely everything he may need for the next 8 months. It was like this really panicky, awful feeling. The thought of him needing or wanting and me not being able to provide is a horrible feeling- I'm a doer and a mover and a shaker and that has been stripped from me through this Korea stuff. I wanted to buy 8 months of toilet paper, cleaning supplies, vitamins, bottled water- my mind was racing trying to think of anything and everything he could need. Annnnd then God was like, "hold the phone. this is my show." So we bought a weeks worth of ramen noodles instead. And now Karl & I will enjoy the rest of our day together, and I shall blog again when I come out of my post-Karl depression in approximately one month. Just kidding, about the post-Karl depression part, probably not the blog timeline part though. Enjoy a myriad of pictures.