yay for me!

i submitted a book review as a guest reviewer for a blog..check it out..i am super excited....

http://thebluebookcase.blogspot.com/2010/09/guest-review-girl-with-dragon-tattoo-by.html


that's all for today!!

i am still me...

Some people in my life seem to have the opinion that I am no longer myself..I have heard such things as "all you ever do is spend time with Rex," and that I am 'just different,' one comment was so brazen as to suggest that I am 'not happy anymore.' So let's here and now put this thoughts aside. I am here to dispel the rumors. I am in fact still me. Happy?...very much so (though if you catch me when I am tired or frustrated about work..I am STILL likely to be cranky). My life is so great right now. Rex and I love spending time together and being the best of friends. I still do the things I love to do. In fact, I am dragging everyone in the house along for the ride. I am currently watching 2 TV shows (past seasons) Friday Night Lights which I watch on Netflix Instant (mostly at Jarrod and Kandi's while Rex plays xbox), and Mad Men which we get on Netflix (DVD sent to the house) I made Mom and Jordan watch too. We are hooked (Mom is now boycotting, but Jordan is a faithful follower..season 2..on its way!!). I am also still avidly reading books. I just finished the third and final book in The Hunger Games series, Mockinjay (it was AWESOME) and am SOOO excited that I am going to be doing a guest review on a book review blog about the book The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo. I really liked the book and am very happy. I started taking a class to become a breastfeeding counselor and a childbirth educator so I can bring some more knowledge to the pregnant women and new mother's in our small town, and I am very passionate about that front thanks to my sisters. Still me. Just fyi. :) Much love.

one of those days

so..about two weeks ago I was just having one of those days were it seems everything and everyone is against you. I got treated badly at work by someone who thinks that they are my superior, and I was trash-talked by some other nurses for absolutely nothing (other than being awesome) and I was feeling a bit overwhelmed by all of it. We are trying to get everything ready to move into the apartment, and at that point there was still alot to be done, and with all that had gone on at work I was not really feeling like I could handle the apartment too. On the way home from work I was so frustrated and cranky, but when we got up to the apartment, Rex had cleaned and swept and taken care of a ton of stuff that he didn't tell me he was going to and it was such a pleasant surprise. So being in a somewhat better mood we decided to put our Klippan love seat from IKEA together (229..what a steal!) and while putting the arm/back piece on the base it broke and I dropped it (or I dropped it and it broke..really that is not the point) and it landed on my finger and broke the nail almost off in the middle of my nail..I started crying and held my hand over the floor and even though it was bleeding, I kind of just sat there crying. Yes, I am a nurse and know I needed to apply pressure. Yes, I do realize that even though it hurt, it wasn't THAT bad. Apparently all the emotion from the day needed to be released at that moment. Meanwhile Rex is a little flabbergasted as to what to make of the situation. Here I am sitting on the floor bleeding and crying, he then told me I needed to go downstairs to the bathroom and I told him I didn't want to bleed on the stairs (I got a funny look for that one, probably because there was a pool of blood beside me). After washing it off and looking at the damage (pretty ugly, and it hurt, but the nail was still partially attached) Rex wanted to put alcohol on it to 'clean' it..this brought on nausea and I told him no, which he did not appreciate. It was a pretty dramatic 3 minutes. He then goes upstairs to finish putting the love seat together, and proceeds to find out that it is broken (icing on the cake really) and that no we cannot take it back...because I bled on it. HAHAHAHA! At this point, all I could do was laugh. Side note: Rex fixed the broken love seat while I was no where in site. He has also ban me from putting things together. :)

four months

Today Rex and I have been married for 4 whole months (long time..I know!!) and it has been fantastic so far! We have gone on some very memorable road trips together. Spent 9 very long (but beautiful) days apart. And grown into the very best of friends. I am so happy we decided to get married when we did..as his original idea for a wedding date wouldn't have been until this month..to think we could have missed out on this special time together!! ;) Anway...mostly just wanted to say that I am very much in love...and that we are going to IKEA tomorrow to buy stuff for our new apartment...hopefully there will be a post in that!

rolo

I am sitting here at my desk (in a very lonely hallway back in the haunted surgery wing) waiting for this day to be over and eating Rolos. No, I do not NEED to eat the Rolos. This is not the point. I am in fact, eating them, and thinking about the last time I did. Rex and I were driving from Utah to Texas on our "honeymoon" and in our snack bag were chips, pineapple pieces, sunflower seeds, and rolos. I am instantly taken back to the moments we shared on that journey and how I was so at ease being with him, but still unsure of my role as a wife. I do not think that I felt the gravity of the situation yet, and was just in a cloud of happiness. ( note: I remain blissfully happy, but the day I FELT like I was a wife had not come). Sitting next to me on that some 24-28 hour trip was a guy that had driven the same said distance to load all of my crap, marry me, and drive me back ..all within a weeks time frame. He was amazing then, and continues to amaze me with his love for me and all of the cute things he does or says throughout the day. I know that even though times of struggle do await us, I am overjoyed that I have a partner to shoulder the burden with me.

drum roll please....

after 3 months of wedded bliss I have finally gotten enough gumption to make a blog about me AND Rex. Every day is an adventure in learning how to be a wife and a partner for me. Sadly, there are no pictures of the endeavor, but as we may be moving into an apartment this next week (we have been living in my parent's spare bedroom) and I can decorate and make a space all our own, perhaps then I will post. Also, as we did not have a wedding/reception of the traditional nature, and have hurt feelings (jk) that you did not recieve an invite/picture. I will hopefully be getting the pictures together and printed, so IF you do want one..let me know. Otherwise, you will have to be happy with ones that get posted to this lovely blog.

Being married is fantastic. Having Rex by my side everyday no matter what goes on is pretty awesome. He is so loving and caring and takes care of me. The other day, while being insanely frustrated that he could not get our pump working after the power cut off our water supply, I was sick on the couch with gross girly cramps (*ATTENTION* this means for those who had their doubts..I am not preggo) and he came inside and got me a sprite, crackers, tucked me in with a blanket (yes it was 95 degrees outside and super humid, and yes i was cold and shivering) and sat with me and made me feel better. I love him. Figuring out how to make every day count and finding the balance in our lives is a challenge sometimes, but I love it. Hopefully I will be more diligent in posting and will have pictures and anecdotes of married life forthcoming. A quick shout out to Cassie (and Craig and Riley) and Lauren (and Steve)..Welcome to Texas..hopefully we could meet up at some point (think IKEA Cassie...) and have a grand time in this super hot, but great state!! <3