Can I Keep Up?

That is the question! I need to get back in the groove of this blog.

Leave me some motivation maybe?

SO SORRY!

I haven't updated my blog in so long, goes to show what a full time work schedule and a little extra work on the weekend will do to your free time!

As for the last few months... things have been AMAZING! Sean and I got through our little funk of getting used to living together and our relationship has been better than ever. He's such a sweet and loving guy and I'm seriously the luckiest girl int he world to have him. We both do a good job of cooking at night, I usually cook during the week since Sean works late and then I get treated on the weekends. This past Sunday Sean cooked amazing salmon fillets with rice and green beans. For being two college student we eat pretty well each night ;).

Work is pretty much the same..same people every day and the same little issues that I have to deal with. I can't wait to be done with school so I can do something besides scanning gym cards each week. My mission is to get back to school and really focus so I can finish.

Well, as much as i have to update on, I just can't get my mind to focus on one thing! One of these days hopefully I'll have a new camera so I can post pictures!

SAAALSA!

With each passing day I am surprising myself more and more with my cooking abilities. Okay, sure - salsa involves absolutely no cooking whatsoever but I still am amazed at how good it turned out! Sean's dad John brought us over some tomatoes and peppers, so I threw in an onion as well as a couple cloves of garlic and after a few moments in the cuisinart I had done it!

Fresh salsa with good tortilla chips is by far the best snack on earth!

Working Out and Working Girl

SO! FINALLY! I have started my job at the new gym in Omaha. I've been there for about two weeks now and I realized that I will never forget how to enter in codes for different things as well as never forget how good this company has been to me. I must say, that although this gym is much larger, I am bored already. It's just like being at home except the members wear NEBRASKA t-shirts and not SDSU ones. I miss my old managers and my old coworkers but I've started to make a few friends at this new gym. I don't know what to really expect out here since it seems a lot of changes have been going on, but let's hope I can impress them enough like I did at my last club and hopefully finally swing a promotion!

Sean and I are doing well otherwise, last week I was just not feeling that great and I needed an escape and that is what this blog is for. I feel like I can open up my heart to this and not feel guilty for it.

And on a completely unrelated note, I've found out that I love this new beer I've been trying! Unfortunately it is only seasonal and witht he end of summer creeping up on us (Can you believe its almost AUGUST?!?!?) I will have to wait another year to have it again. It's called Skinny Dip and it is brewed by the same people that make Fat Tire! It's lighter like a pale ale and it keeps you cool on hot summer days! I hope you enjoy it if you decide to try it!photo provided by dankit

My Head is Spinning

I am going through all of these crazy emotions. I miss my family so much and I want to go home, but I know I have to be strong and work through this. I kow that everyday isn't going to be perfect, but when it ends up like this I feel so helpless. I wish I had somewhere to go when I am feeling low and I could be around people I trust and care about but right now I've never felt more alone in my entire life. I sit around in this empty apartment all day long and I don't always feel happy. I wish there was a manual to this whole living on your own thing but I just have to experience it for myself.

Where is that pair of red ruby slippers when you need them?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA

I LOVE YOU U.S.A!!!

Care Packages

So far I have been blessed with two care packages from San Diego c/o my wonderful and amazing mother. Yesterday I received the second one that literally made my knees buckle and brought tears to my eyes. I am finally starting to realize the gravity of the situation and that it will be a very long time until I see my friends and my family. I do not regret this move whatsoever, I am so happy and feeling so fulfilled and proud of myself for actually following through after years of making less than an ounce of effort to get off my butt and get out.

I am just realizing how special everyone in San Diego is to me and how much I love them. I left in a hurry and most definitely did not tell the majority of people where I was going because I needed this escape. I feel at peace now with everything that has happened with friends and not so great friends in the past few years.

I will be back in California, I will return but for now being in the midwest isn't as bad as everyone thought it was going to be and I am very happy to be with Sean.