This week has been crazy! First I said goodbye to everyone in Charleston. Then Courtney and I were hanging out trying not to cry when all of sudden Dan walks in through the door. What?! His grandmother was flying into town the day after so why was he here when his lieutenant said he couldn't travel with me?
I didn't recognize him at first and then I was confused and I then I realized it was actually him and I was being surprised. Then I jumped into his arms and started bawling my eyes out. All my restraint of keeping my emotions in, went out the window.
Dan and I started driving Wednesday morning and we drove through instead of stopping in Virginia like we originally planned. Jack was a good kitty and barely meowed. As soon as we got to our place, we dropped Jack in his litter box and he was off exploring his new house with me. We poked around in every closet and in every room, satisfying our curiosity while reveling being with our possessions again.
Yesterday Dan and I found a delicious diner and drove through town. It was gorgeous here! All sun and no humidity. I can't believe I live in the mountains. Downtown State College is awesome. I can't believe I'm going to live in such an awesome place. While driving around I missed my friend Jessie a lot. She just moved away from here so we just missed each other :(
So even though Dan and I are here together, it doesn't feel real that we get to live here. It feels like I am on vacation. Our house is nearly unpacked thanks to Dan. I have yet to start organizing but I know I'll start before the weekend is up.
Today is the Farmer's Market so we're going into town again! Yay! It's another gorgeous day so I'll take the camera out. Peace!
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Moving update
The movers are here and my house is nearly packed up! Im so freakin stoked! This makes moving so less stressful.
I am currently dying for some sleep. I napped around 6:30am before the movers arrived so I am so ready for some hardcore sleep. I hope tonight my insomnia will go away.
Since the router and modem are all packed, I have no internet or xbox live. Luckily my phone has internet but its crappy internet explorer. I can't wait to buy an iphone and macbook for myself.
Tomorrow the movers will move the boxes and furniture and it will be just six more days until I am in dan's arms. Then I return to finish classes and exams and then Jack and I start the drive up north to live with Dan.
Right now, I just hope to god I sleep tonight.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Top 7 Things I am looking forward to
Top 7 Things I am looking forward to:
1) Dan's Graduation next week - Two months does not seem like long but it feels like it.
2) Settling into our apartment in PA - I love the feeling of a newly unpacked house. It feels so invigorating and exciting.
3) Moving Day - The movers are coming this week and I could not be more excited! It will make this move feel more real and it is one step closer to getting to PA.
4) Leaving before summer - I will not miss the summers in the swampy south. When I was in PA last July for Meredith's wedding I couldn't believe how gorgeous it was.
5) Experiencing Seasons - Since living in Florida for most of my life, I have a skewed version of seasons.
6) My biology exam - I know, sounds weird but I hate this class so much I can't wait for the exam so I can be done with it! UGH.
7) Saturday mornings with Dan - These are the best! This is our day of no stress. I sleep in. We cook each other breakfast or go out for breakfast and then snuggle on the couch playing video games together or catch up on movies and TV.
1) Dan's Graduation next week - Two months does not seem like long but it feels like it.
2) Settling into our apartment in PA - I love the feeling of a newly unpacked house. It feels so invigorating and exciting.
3) Moving Day - The movers are coming this week and I could not be more excited! It will make this move feel more real and it is one step closer to getting to PA.
4) Leaving before summer - I will not miss the summers in the swampy south. When I was in PA last July for Meredith's wedding I couldn't believe how gorgeous it was.
5) Experiencing Seasons - Since living in Florida for most of my life, I have a skewed version of seasons.
6) My biology exam - I know, sounds weird but I hate this class so much I can't wait for the exam so I can be done with it! UGH.
7) Saturday mornings with Dan - These are the best! This is our day of no stress. I sleep in. We cook each other breakfast or go out for breakfast and then snuggle on the couch playing video games together or catch up on movies and TV.
Friday, April 3, 2009
I survived the storm!!!!!
After this week, THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!
My torture finally seized and I survived. Yeah, it's been a series of bad luck and lots of money out out the hoo-ha, but somehow I managed not to pull my hair out and I am still here. This was a test and I passed. I just wish it hadn't been a pop-test, a little studying might have helped.
Yesterday I did a little shopping, even in the rain. After the torrents of yesterday, today is beautiful!!! It finally feels spring-ish and I am so stoked to be wearing my cute spring outfits.
Today I am a social butterfly! After class I'm hanging out with Court, then dinner with Hillary and then some birthday cake for Ian! Tomorrow I am hanging out with the library crew. It'll be nice to spend some last moments with friends before leaving.
Speaking of which, I need to see if I can take one of my exams early so I can be with Dan sooner. I miss that husband of mine SO MUCH. It's amazing how he balances me. I am truly blessed to have him in my life. Thank you for being the calm in my tornado of life! :D The cat would be the flying witch cackling.
My torture finally seized and I survived. Yeah, it's been a series of bad luck and lots of money out out the hoo-ha, but somehow I managed not to pull my hair out and I am still here. This was a test and I passed. I just wish it hadn't been a pop-test, a little studying might have helped.
Yesterday I did a little shopping, even in the rain. After the torrents of yesterday, today is beautiful!!! It finally feels spring-ish and I am so stoked to be wearing my cute spring outfits.
Today I am a social butterfly! After class I'm hanging out with Court, then dinner with Hillary and then some birthday cake for Ian! Tomorrow I am hanging out with the library crew. It'll be nice to spend some last moments with friends before leaving.
Speaking of which, I need to see if I can take one of my exams early so I can be with Dan sooner. I miss that husband of mine SO MUCH. It's amazing how he balances me. I am truly blessed to have him in my life. Thank you for being the calm in my tornado of life! :D The cat would be the flying witch cackling.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Liz with Lady Luck
If I seem bitter lately, I am. This past month has been quite the adventure. I found a buyer for my car but I can't find the title. Of course. So I print out the forms and head to the DMV. While there I realize the car is in Dan's name and I need the POA (power of attorney) which is at home. I go home and grab and return except now the line is way too long and I'll be late to class.
So today I return and as soon as I get the DMV, I realize I do not have my purse with me. Great. So I head back home and grab it.
Then I get to the counter and I need a lien release so I have to call the bank and wait for that. Well they didn't date it or sign it so I had to call them again.
But I finally got the title and I am ready to sell my car!
BUT it gets better. Last night I noticed all sorts of black specks all over the carpet. I was about to murder a cat since I vacuumed the day before. But I look closer and it is not stuffing from a toy, they are bugs. I call my terminator blubbering (because it's after 6pm and my brain turns off at night). Somehow he understands me and tells me it's probably termites because of the shape and it's swarming season. Great. There goes my the rest of the sale from my car.
In the big scheme of things, these are small. I've handled worse but it just seems that I can't catch a breather inbetween. I want to play the lottery because I can't possibly have this much bad luck without something good but I know better than to play with chance.
So next week the movers are coming and then just a few more weeks until I visit Dan and then just a few more weeks until exams are over and I move in with Dan in PA. I'm so excited to be with him but I am seriously going to miss the people I've met here.
So today I return and as soon as I get the DMV, I realize I do not have my purse with me. Great. So I head back home and grab it.
Then I get to the counter and I need a lien release so I have to call the bank and wait for that. Well they didn't date it or sign it so I had to call them again.
But I finally got the title and I am ready to sell my car!
BUT it gets better. Last night I noticed all sorts of black specks all over the carpet. I was about to murder a cat since I vacuumed the day before. But I look closer and it is not stuffing from a toy, they are bugs. I call my terminator blubbering (because it's after 6pm and my brain turns off at night). Somehow he understands me and tells me it's probably termites because of the shape and it's swarming season. Great. There goes my the rest of the sale from my car.
In the big scheme of things, these are small. I've handled worse but it just seems that I can't catch a breather inbetween. I want to play the lottery because I can't possibly have this much bad luck without something good but I know better than to play with chance.
So next week the movers are coming and then just a few more weeks until I visit Dan and then just a few more weeks until exams are over and I move in with Dan in PA. I'm so excited to be with him but I am seriously going to miss the people I've met here.
Join me!
I'm trying 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. Read more about it here. It starts April 6th and I realize this month will be tough for me since I have exams and I am moving but I'm going to try hard! Try with me!
-Liz
-Liz
Saturday, March 28, 2009
During Dan's Deployment
Okay, he's not really deployed. But I like alliteration and couldn't think of a better word.
It's been awhile since I've updated. What has even happened since? Well, what HASN'T?!
Dan left for Rhode Island for two months and I opted to stay here and finish school instead of moving to PA and being bored while waiting for Dan. Besides, two months isn't too long, I am a strong independent woman right?
HA! I fell to putty. I had no idea how dependent and attached I was to Dan until he left. This absence has made me realize how much I took him for granted.
Since then I got my first speeding ticket. I was going 57 because I thought it was 60 but it was a speed trap and didn't realize it changed to 45. Oops!
I adopted a black cat from Dan's Aunts. I named him Davy and he bit Jack's butt. They are now in separate rooms. I love them both but I think it's in Jack's best interest if we allow another family to adopt Davy. It's heartbreaking. I feel like a bad kitty mommy. In the meantime, Jack is planning my death every time I clean his abscess and give him medicine while Davy cries to be let loose in the house. The good news is that since Dan is gone, Jack gave up on being a daddy's boy and now cuddles with me.
My biology class is killing me. I failed my midterm along with 98% of the class. I'm not even getting a 100% on my take home quizzes. I don't understand it!!! I should get every single question right if it's open book. I am so frustrated.
In the meantime, Dan and I found a house to rent in PA. It's not downtown like I would've liked but it is on a bus route and only 5 miles away from school so it should be fine. I'm really hoping they have some good grocery stores up there. I am going to miss Publix like whoa.
Monday I am selling my car to another Prelude lover! I am so stoked! I didn't want my car to go to any schmoe. She'll be going to someone who will appreciate her so I am glad. With some of the proceeds, I am going shopping! I am so stoked about spring and summer clothes right now. Then the rest of it will go to a moving emergency fund.
I have cruises on the brain again and really want to go on another one but the timing won't work this year. Dan said maybe next year and it may be an Eastern European one too!! I can wait a year if we go to Italy and Spain!
If you are military, Disney is doing a promotion for their parks, go check it out! It's very similiar to what Busch Gardens did a few years back. I'm not sure if we will go this year or not. I can't wait until Universal hops on the bandwagon. Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure were my favorite and Dan hasn't been yet.
Monday I have a research paper due for my English class and then the following Monday I have a research paper due for my History Class. I see Dan in three weeks and in a month are exams and then I leave for PA. I feel the fire under my feet but I still don't realize how much I am going to miss the people I've met here. I got a tiny glimpse of it at lunch yesterday but I pulled it together and will save it for when I leave.
In cleaning my office and looking for the title of my car, I got distracted and uploaded a bunch of photos to my facebook. Go check it out. If that isn't enough Liz for you, check out my twitter. I've been a bit twitter happy lately.
It's been awhile since I've updated. What has even happened since? Well, what HASN'T?!
Dan left for Rhode Island for two months and I opted to stay here and finish school instead of moving to PA and being bored while waiting for Dan. Besides, two months isn't too long, I am a strong independent woman right?
HA! I fell to putty. I had no idea how dependent and attached I was to Dan until he left. This absence has made me realize how much I took him for granted.
Since then I got my first speeding ticket. I was going 57 because I thought it was 60 but it was a speed trap and didn't realize it changed to 45. Oops!
I adopted a black cat from Dan's Aunts. I named him Davy and he bit Jack's butt. They are now in separate rooms. I love them both but I think it's in Jack's best interest if we allow another family to adopt Davy. It's heartbreaking. I feel like a bad kitty mommy. In the meantime, Jack is planning my death every time I clean his abscess and give him medicine while Davy cries to be let loose in the house. The good news is that since Dan is gone, Jack gave up on being a daddy's boy and now cuddles with me.
My biology class is killing me. I failed my midterm along with 98% of the class. I'm not even getting a 100% on my take home quizzes. I don't understand it!!! I should get every single question right if it's open book. I am so frustrated.
In the meantime, Dan and I found a house to rent in PA. It's not downtown like I would've liked but it is on a bus route and only 5 miles away from school so it should be fine. I'm really hoping they have some good grocery stores up there. I am going to miss Publix like whoa.
Monday I am selling my car to another Prelude lover! I am so stoked! I didn't want my car to go to any schmoe. She'll be going to someone who will appreciate her so I am glad. With some of the proceeds, I am going shopping! I am so stoked about spring and summer clothes right now. Then the rest of it will go to a moving emergency fund.
I have cruises on the brain again and really want to go on another one but the timing won't work this year. Dan said maybe next year and it may be an Eastern European one too!! I can wait a year if we go to Italy and Spain!
If you are military, Disney is doing a promotion for their parks, go check it out! It's very similiar to what Busch Gardens did a few years back. I'm not sure if we will go this year or not. I can't wait until Universal hops on the bandwagon. Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure were my favorite and Dan hasn't been yet.
Monday I have a research paper due for my English class and then the following Monday I have a research paper due for my History Class. I see Dan in three weeks and in a month are exams and then I leave for PA. I feel the fire under my feet but I still don't realize how much I am going to miss the people I've met here. I got a tiny glimpse of it at lunch yesterday but I pulled it together and will save it for when I leave.
In cleaning my office and looking for the title of my car, I got distracted and uploaded a bunch of photos to my facebook. Go check it out. If that isn't enough Liz for you, check out my twitter. I've been a bit twitter happy lately.
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