New Blog Address!

Its been FOREVER since my last post, mostly because school and my senior internship took over my life.

I'm happy to report that I have graduated with my bachelor's degree in Exercise Science, I have moved into a townhouse with my husband (after 5 years apart!!!), we now have a puppy named Pickles, and...
....we're expecting our daughter in April 2015!

 I have crossed my finish line at KSU and have now begun the marathon of parenthood.
Wish me luck!
Also, I'm combining my blogs into one big one at
<http://celticxangel88.wix.com/live-on-purpose>

Mickey Mouse, Spring Break and Krav Maga

I finally found some time to sit down and touch base with you all!

Okay, so over the past 3 months, I've doubled up my course load because I am thisclose to graduating with a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science and I'm trying to get things done before my senioritis kicks in.



Here's a recap in case you don't know:

1. My husband has re-enlisted and transferred here to a base in Georgia (which makes him available to visit on the weekends)!


2. I've managed to stay ahead of the game academically by obsessively writing lists in my day planner, doing assignments freakishly early and completely neglecting to bother with a social life of any kind!




3. To counteract this hard work (and possibly just to watch my face explode) my husband decides to use our tax refund to take me to Disney World for my spring break/Valentine's Day present....





(Me losing my mind with excitement)



4. Day 3 of that trip, we were both so exhausted from all the walking that his back went out and we spent the majority of it in the Orlando ER getting him shot up with meds.

Needless to say the rest of that evening was quite interesting...



5. I managed to get tons of great pictures and some autographs I've wanted since I was 4!




6. I joined a Krav Maga class to get a work out, channel my anger and pick up an awesome new skill!



I recommend it for weight loss, a handy skill and to have some fun beatin' guys up.


So that's been my spring so far with some drama, music, laughter and binge eating thrown in. Hope everyone's semester is going well (or is at least manageable) and that your winning extends to your grades and your social lives!!!

Love to all my sweethearts!!!

Courage in the Meantime

This is a blogpost I found on pinterest. I found her words both inspiring and practical. I just hope I can live up to them.

http://herwarhervoice.com/blog/?p=1313

I'll have another post up on here soon. Life's been a little crazy and there's alot to update you all on!
Until then, if these words touch you to your core, keep in mind that we're all in this together...

New Year, New Semester, Challenge Accepted!

Hello My Sweethearts!!!

Been a minute since my last post, but its been a crazy holiday season. Hope all of you had a wonderfully blessed holiday with lots of justified pigging out, laughter and loved ones!

Once finals were finished, I crawled under a proverbial social rock. Primarily because the hubs and I took December off to move him back to Georgia!!! He reenlisted, got new orders and is now just a half day's drive away from our family and he'll get to see us just about every weekend!


So it started out with a plane ride to California and then a leisurely 5 day drive across the country (which I would have shared with you, had I not forgotten my computer at home). Once we got across the first state line, the rest was pretty much gravy.
Bring it on...

I believe that the best indicators of compatibility are either home renovations or cross country road trips. If you can withstand either one with your sense of humor intact, you stand a pretty good chance at forever with that person. If you're wondering how you got through it without committing a crime or yourself, might want to see if you're on the same page before moving forward.


Thankfully Joshua is one of the few people with whom I can enjoy long comfortable silences with, as well as enjoy intermittent laughter at the sharp turns that topics of conversation may take at times.


After 5 days on the road, it was a relief to face plant into our bed at home. Granted, "home" is still our parents' houses respectively, but familiar faces and southern food beat the gas station/Denny's experience on which we'd sustained for a week.
 (totally NOT because I just saw the movie or anything...)***


The only thing that would've made the whole vacation absolutely perfect is if we were both disgustingly ill the whole time....
....oh wait. We were...

(can't tell you how sexy it is to watch each other sneezing and hacking up snot all night long.... ah, romance)

With as much Nasal spray, Sudafed, Vicks products and Puffs tissues we went through, we oughta be endorsed for an ad deal....

But, after all was said and done and even though we were sick as dogs, I have never felt truly married until now and I wouldn't trade it for anything. He really is my best friend.

Thanks to my OTHER best friend, Christine, I am now stocked with pants that accomodate my post-holiday posterior without resembling a busted a can of biscuits, the backpack is stocked with fresh and pretty school supplies and I can face what will be the busiest semester I've had in a long time.

1 more year and an internship left before I can moonwalk outta here! Good luck, Sweethearts!

Cake, Champagne, Dance Parties & Cartoons!!!

Happy October my loverlies!!!

So the bff just threw me a small albeit ka-razy girls night for my birthday and currently, my head is pounding, stomach turning and I can't take bright lights so I'm right on schedule for what I drank last night.



We stocked up on drinks, made double fudge cupcakes, spinach/artichoke dip and danced to songs of the 90's
 

(how I dance to 'Bye Bye Bye'....like a friggin boss)

After learning how to "wobble" in the kitchen, we asked ourselves what kinda craziness can we possibly get into on a saturday night with no money?..... STARSHIP! So we got the only sober one of us to drive her 3 loud, rambunctious friends to the store in the middle of the night.


Best....friend....EVER

We wind up getting back to house at 1am at which point we're all so tired, after being up for almost 24 straight hours, finishing 2 out of 5 bottles of our beverage arsenal, one by one we all start to get horizontal until...



All in all I'd say this has been a most successful celebration and my chicas are the most awesome friends a lonely Navy wife could ask for. Thanks for keeping me sane, guys!!!!!!!!

Now we're enjoying mimosas and watchin' cartoons. Shamlessly.


"Oh Daffy, you silly, its DUCK season!"

Daydreaming to the Finish Line

Hello my Sweethearts!

So the hubs and I recently celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary. 4 years ago I met the love of my life and 3 years after the wedding, we have yet to ever actually live together.


"No really! I always burst out in profanity when I'm HAPPY!"

Everyone always says "OMG how do you do it!?" and I never have a solid answer so I just shrug and give a different one every time.


Regardless of the answer, even I don't know what the secret is yet. Everyone seems to have their own. I just know I wake up alone, go to class, work, do housework, talk to friends and then I go to bed....alone.

Really the biggest thing thats kept my marriage in one piece is talking on the phone at least once a day. Even on days I'm not very busy, I make it a point to keep my phone handy, but not obsess about it if he can't talk because of duty or some other military obligation. But if there's no communication at all, there's no relationship.
 Remember there's more to you than your relationship.

I needed intimacy to feel validated and once that was taken away, I had to adapt. The hallmark of a successful long distance relationship (aside from mutual trust/respect/communication) is learning to be happy when by yourself. This is something I had alot of trouble with in the beginning.


MY favorite thing to do when its quiet is daydream/create. I do things like play the piano, write, draw, listen to pandora, go for a walk, whatever I feel like.

There is practicality in daydreams. When you actually let yourself do it, whether in class, at work or
grocery shopping, it does wonders for your mind.



(Granted that you don't do it while driving or watching your kids but just when there's a lull in the day)


But, my situation has now intersected with what feels like a "quarter life crisis" (if there is such a thing). Because now, I am elated to report that my husband has re-enlisted and is PCSing back to GA.


He's not officially "back" until December so the excitement won't set in until it gets closer to then. Don't wanna jinx anything... We're both so busy we actually forget to be excited.

Thats the good news. The bad news is that it'll take me at least another year to graduate from KSU... and since my major has limited online classes, that means that despite my husband buying us a house in the next 3 months, I still have to postpone moving in...for the 4th...friggin....year.


Hence this blog and my recent insanity. I've gotten too far to quit or transfer so I'm about to double up my course load and sprint my happy ass to graduation (for the love of God).

There's no time to be 24 with all this going on. After graduation, hopefully there will be some kind of pause before we dive right into the parent pool. I'd like to do something impulsive like buy an RV and drive cross country or go on a cruise...


I'd also like to get the hang of being a full time wife before becoming a mother. But the best way to make God laugh is to make plans of any kind, so right now, we're just taking things one step at a time and hoping for the best. *sigh* This next year will be a long one.