high five for friday!

It's Friday guys, whoo! We have survived another work week. I know it's a horrible way to look at it, "surviving". Just some weeks though...
My husband and I had a recent conversation about this. We are both really struggling with the day to day activities without each other. It seems to have gotten worse since his graduation we are just so close to being back together that some days I just feel like I'm not fully immersing myself into the day and everything is just automatic. Anyone else ever get like this? I know once we are back together life will feel more back to "normal"... whatever that is. :)

This weekend will be pretty low key and involve lots of packing and pricing items for a garage sale. I have far too much stuff and I am trying readlly hard to downsize.. doesn't really work though when you have more coming in then going out, whoops. Anyone else ready to start a group, Shopaholics Annoymous? Sign me up!

Highlights of my week

1. My husband finally reached phase 2 this week which means that he gets to start the paperwork for me to move down there and he can wear civilian clothes out in public. He was so excited that not even an hour after his briefing about phase 2 I received a photo of him in his civilian clothes. Adorbs.

2. I had an amazing work out Tuesday night but I am really struggling to start round 2 of 21 day fix and stick with it. (which I swear I will do a full post on). So I joined a facebook group that a beachbody coach started and I am very excited to have a small group of people for support and motivation.

3. I was able to stop by and catch up with some friends I haven't talked to in forever. It's always an amazing feeling to catch up and have adult conversations with great minds.

4. My husband gave me a genius idea for a new tattoo and my fingers are itching to start sketching it out. It involves dream catchers and a peace sign and my inner hippie is delighted. My tattoo inspiration board pn pinterest just got bombarded.

5. Tonight I am heading to Ottumwa to the hot air balloon races and I am beyond ecstatic. Expect lots of photos soon.

Scattered Thoughts about Texas and Dress Blues

One day till I get to see my husband. One freaking day and I am grinning ear to ear and the school girl giggles are becoming harder to hold back. I am very much looking forward to seeing my husband. I only just saw him in March but boy does that feel forever ago.

 I know I have already said this probably a million times but I am so proud of my husband. I know he has worked very hard to get to this day and I cannot wait to see him graduate looking all handsome dressed in his blues.

 It has been a very hard and long struggle and a million things has been happening but I know our relationship will become stronger and it blows my mind that after it is all said and done Aaron and I have spent a little over 2 months of our first year of marriage together. I hope the military appreciates that, haha. The way I look at it Aaron and I are lucky because we will actually get 2 first years of marriage together. There is an upside to almost everything, right? (I really can't decide which word should actually be crossed out).

I always swore up and down I would never date a military man. I hated the idea of tearing my family apart and being so far away from home but that's the funny thing about love, it turns you all around. It makes you realize that home is wherever your loved one is. Love means putting someone before yourself and making sacrifices to make sure they are happy. Love means being a stronger person. Love means loving that person with all your heart and knowing it won't fade even when you spend months apart. It means going through the bad to get to the good. But the thing is, you know all this. It's nothing new, sometimes it's just forgotten along the way. Bad days at work, stressful moments crop up in all different relationships, a person might cut you off on your way to work. This is what causes you to forget all the wonderful things of love. So stop, take a breath and remember.

I am  thrilled to be traveling to a state that I have never been to before. It will be very exciting to experience a different view of the world and I am hoping we get the chance to explore it a little. We leave bright and early Wednesday morning and won't be back till the following Monday. Whoohoo, Texas here we come!

I know it's absolutely horrible to be thinking this but I am already dreading the good bye. It's hard to not think about them when there has been so many and it seems each one gets harder instead of easier.

I am fully enjoying my summer and having no classes to be studying for. I have way too much time on my hands but I am trying to fill them with family, friends and catching up on some reading. I have also been enjoying a new workout routine from Beachbody. I'm hoping to get a post up soon. I've been pretty impressed by the results.