Count Downs

I realized something this morning as I was feverishly working on one of my classes for my Instructional II cert.  I do a lot of thinking while I'm supposed to be working on that class, most of which has NOTHING to do with the class. 


Here's what I realized...

I am wishing my life away.

I constantly have a countdown going on whether I admit it to myself or not.  Currently I'm counting down to the last day of school (29 school days, 42 calendar days), our anniversary (51) and the vacation.  And those are only the dates I'm actually physically COUNTING to. That doesn't count the countdown to starting a family or to buying a house.  When my birthday starts to get close, as in 3 months or less, I start counting down then as well. I am wishing my life away.

So what can I do about this? I'm really not sure. I've tried to NOT count but it's still in the back of my mind.

:sigh:

On an unrelated note, the sun is shining today and I am very excited to go home this weekend. The boys have a trap shoot at Halstead, which means we can go to breakfast in New Milford on the way.  That is if I can convince dad to wait for us and Ian to get up early enough.  He seems to feel the same way I do about getting up early. I'd rather skip breakfast than get up 10 minutes earlier.

Brian and I have started the full plate diet (http://www.fullplatediet.com/ ) and it's not going too bad.  The goal is to have 40 grams of fiber in a day, we haven't quite gotten there on a consistent basis yet though.  It's only quarter of 10 but I'm at 9 grams right now. I probably won't get to 40 today just because I'm having pasta for lunch.  My recommendation if you're going to do a fiber full diet, AVOID FIBER ONE BARS AND KASHI UNTIL YOU ARE USED TO THE ELEVATED FIBER!! They will make you feel not so great if you rush it. (and then you'll be rushing to the restroom) Start with Arnold's Double Fiber bread and a whole lot of fruits and veggies.  You need to get your system used to the fiber first before you overdo it.

As we near the end of the year, I've started counting the number of kids I'll be seeing again next year... it's depressing.

Dates, dates and more dates!

It is officially official... we have dates set in stone for this summer's excitement!!

• June 10th-Roselyn's last day of work until August... woot woot!
• June 12th-Baby sister's high school graduation... tear :'(
• June 14th-Moving day!!
• June 19th-One year anniversary <3 and Emily's grad party
• And then two weeks of vacation!! :) (if you really need to know the dates, I'll tell you.  But my husband would kill me if I posted that on here. Did you KNOW that you can just read random people's blogs here?!)

There might also be an Adams family vaca in there as well :) Yay summer!

And we're off...

I've decided to start a blog to chronicle the adventures my darling husband and I will be experiencing over the next... well however long I keep up with this. :)

We've been married for 9 months now (see Facebook if you'd like to know the exact number of days), and things are fantastic. :) The honeymoon in Hawaii was AMAZING...

and we're going back this summer. <3  This year's trip will include a visit to Seattle for Cousin Thomas & Jessica's wedding and then off to the Big Island of Hawaii for a week.  Unfortunately, we won't be able to spend our actual anniversary in Hawaii, or even Seattle.  Instead, we'll be home at the parents'/in-law's houses for Father's Day and Emily Kay's graduation party. (I can't believe she's 18 already!)

Before we can hit the West Coast and beyond there are some things to be done... namely MOVING! We're giving up on finding enough space in the one bedroom apartment and getting a two bedroom. For now the second bedroom will be storage/office space.  That is until we find other uses for it. (I have some ideas... <3) 

Other perks of the new apartment include an actual laundry/utility room and a second bathroom.  As of right now when the maintenance guys come in to check the water heater or AC unit, they have to go in through our bedroom.  Not such a good thing for disorganized people! The utility closet is big enough to fit our washer and dryer and a dog bed, if need be. We've both always loved Great Danes and Brian has finally given in to the idea of having a dog. We won't be able to get said puppy until after the Seattle/Hawaii trip, but it is in the works. Great Danes need a place to call their own and since we won't want puppy sleeping on the bed/couch/chairs in the second bedroom, the laundry/utility room will fit the bill. 

The hope is to live in this apartment for a year and then find a house.  Right now would be the ideal time to buy, but we're not sure where we want to be permanently. The good thing about moving every two to three years.... reduced junk accumulation! :) We have realized that there are things in boxes still from when we moved into this apartment over two years ago. Eeeek. I'm thinking that after being out of college for almost 5 years means that we won't be using those textbooks and papers anymore... just a thought though. :)

Only 2 months until moving day... maybe I should start packing...