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!