Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!

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I'm going private on Wednesday people!!!

No pictures-- David was out of town and I'm not a very decorative person in apartment living. I'll try harder when we have a house someday.

My extent of decorating-- I printed out an image of a Christmas tree and taped it on our wall and put the Christmas gifts we've received under it. Woohoo!

EMAILS-- give 'em!

Milestone compromise #2

Well, here I go again, talking about another accomplishment we've made together. This one is another finance one.

David and team are going to be in Hawaii for a tournament over Christmas break. They actually have a game ON Christmas. Well, as this is our first Christmas and I've never been to Hawaii we were doing all we could to figure out how to get me there. We found the same flight that the team was on for $825 round trip. We talked to his uncle about possible donating some frequent flier miles for the trip. He was willing to help. So the flight wasn't going to be much of an issue.

On to the hotel...

I just found out yesterday where they're going to be staying. For security reasons I'm not going to list the hotel but I will say that it is REALLY nice. And WAY WAY WAY out of our price range if I were going to stay at the same place. You'd think I could stay on someone's couch right? SO against team policy.

Then to add in other costs:
rental car
food
memorabilia

Flight: $825
Hotel for 6 nights (if I stayed at the same place and got the most basic room): $2880
Rental Car: $366
Food: approx $200
Memorabilia: approx $100
Grand Total: $4371

Yep, that would have drained us of ALL our money. Needless to say we decided last night that our Christmas this year is going to be Dec 27th.

Making a decision together to forgo luxuries and preserve sanity: priceless

It is going to be a HARD week without him on Christmas, but after knowing we can get through this, we can get through that too!

Thanks Babe!!

David has been so awesome while I've been a bit down and out with whatever is going on inside me. He's made dinners, cleaned the apartment, tells me everyday how beautiful I am. Isn't he great??

Right now since I don't have insurance yet (Nov 1st) I'm on a prescription for a parasite. If it works, we know it was a parasite. If it doesn't, then more testing needs to be done. Lets hope it is a parasite so this is the last thing I have to do before I'm well.

I'm doing OKAY today and we're taking advantage of it :)

Special Shout out to my Sis and her family-- Thanks for coming over last night and making dinner and cleaning the apartment and going grocery shopping for us. We love you MUCHO!!!

Don't ever...

Don't ever get a parasite in your system 3 months before your health insurance starts. I don't recommend it.

3 months later and it has only gotten worse.

Sorry I'm not sociable but this thing has basically taken over my life. I'm just trying to stay alive and sane at this point.

Check ya later!

Quick Request

Hey All,

With basketball season coming up and likely new fans for David, I'm going to be making our blog private.

I will do that in the next couple weeks or so. Please send me your info so I can add you to the special list. :)

Thanks!!

Milestone compromise #1

Well I think David and I have hit a milestone recently. We have been down to 1 car for many reasons, most of all budgetary. We were planning on getting a second car sometime around next month (mid-October) so David wouldn't have to ride the bus or trax everywhere with me getting the privilege of driving the truck. With some unexpected hitches coming up in our plan, we had to start looking around again at what we wanted. If you have met David or know how long his legs are I'm sure will understand that we can't just have any car. After looking through available cars that we were interested in I started worrying a lot about expenses and when that happens I tend to get emotional. David is still learning how to cope with me when I'm like this.

Anyway, yesterday David told me that he doesn't think we need another car. He said he was okay with riding the bus and trax. He knows the schedule down pat and he would rather save the money and avoid the stress. He said that we can look again in a year and see what our situation is like. I had to really ask him if he meant it and it wasn't just a response to my emotions, he was sincere.

When he said that, it was like I had a screw in my head that was pulled out and it was so relieving. I think this is a big milestone for us. We're learning how to make big decisions together and give and get until we are at an understanding. I could tell that this experience only made the love between us grow. We had one of the best nights just being stress free.

I don't know about you, but I'm pretty happy right now.

Things are changing

I'm not quite sure how to start this post so I think I am going to have to wing it.

I'm not 20 years old anymore playing water polo in college, burning over 3-4k calories a day because I'm working out at least 4 hours. I have to keep telling myself this.

I'm 25 years old, I work 8-5 at a great job that is very busy making me very tired by the time 5pm rolls around. I don't have the motivation and time like I used to to go to the gym. I've never been a health freak, and even more now that I am feeding a very large man who finds it hard to keep weight on, it is hard to cook low-calorie with him around. Needless to say, my body is changing. Sometimes I look at myself and think... I probably won't look much different if I was 3-4 months pregnant. Some things I don't mind... well maybe just one... with the changes. The other things get to me sometimes.

You're probably wondering where this post even came from. Well, I was walking around work today and I walked past the conference room which always shows a reflection of me. All I could think was... it could be worse. I really don't look so bad.

This post is so unfocused...

Sometimes I worry... what if David does get into the NBA, a business notorious for infidelity and immorality. He's going to have girls trying to flirt with him that have seemingly more attractive physical characteristics than me, even if they do know he is married. This is just an insecurity that gets to me now and then, but I have to realize... he married me for a reason and it isn't just my physicality. I need to give him more credit.

Anyway... here is to confidence, happiness, health, and love! Today I don't think I look big!

Oh man...