I just re-read my post-script from two posts ago. My cute little plants are still growing in their cute little containers (although I think I may have given them a little too much to drink for a little bit). But one thing has changed: it is COLD outside! Andy and I joked today about the fake spring, or "fring" we've been experiencing. Apparently that's normal here?

I got some exciting news in the mail yesterday: I was accepted to my fourth graduate school! It would be sweet to spend a couple of years in Boston, but we'll see where we end up. Andy's still waiting on several schools. Both of us have friends who are getting antsy about grad school and associated issues--funding/the lack thereof, acceptance/rejection letters/the lack thereof, etc.

For my Doctrine and Covenants class today the assigned reading was D&C sections 127 and 128, which contain revelations through the Prophet Joseph Smith concerning baptism for the dead. Section 128 quotes several verses from the Old and New Testaments. 1 Corinthians 15:29 stuck out to me because I saw it on a sign as I walked through the Draper Temple Open House this past Thursday. Baptism is an essential ordinance, and a just God makes it possible for everyone to have the opportunity to accept or reject it. This is accomplished through vicarious baptisms in behalf of deceased ancestors. This ordinance takes place in LDS Temples, and through this verse in 1 Corinthians, we can see that it was also practiced during the time of the Apostle Paul.