Well, yes. Once again I have failed at keeping this thing updated. Mainly because I sort of forgot it existed...why? because I sat at home all summer doing nothing but laying out by the pool and pinning things on pinterest. I'm addicted. But in other news, we are Done and DONE with that stupid four months! It went by slow yet fast at the same time. Probably because once I graduated school i had NOTHING to do. haha. and I was definitely not used to that at all after working and going to school and being non stop busy! I received letter after letter and then before I knew it those letters became phone calls! weeks before I was to be reunited with the love of my life it surprisingly became almost unbearable to be separated any longer. the goodbyes seemed so much harder than before. All because we were SO close, but not close enough for our liking. Finally came the long awaited day for me to fly to Missouri. Luckily I have awesome in-laws who came along the lovely little trip. Well, once we got there in the glamorous humidity it didnt seem real. I couldnt believe it. I was 30 minutes from where my husband was sleeping, hours away from seeing that wonderful man of my dreams that I havent seen in four long months. I felt as if I indeed was dreaming. it had been so long. I didnt think i was going to be able to sleep, but from all the traveling and waking up early in the morning, I was exhausted by the time we got to the hotel! Thursday was "family day", where we basically got to spend all day with Steven while he showed us around Ft Leonard Wood (aka : "Fort lost in the woods") ya It lasted maybe 10 min. We went to the Military Police museum which was pretty cool, but after that we ate and....welp theres FLW! haha We didnt know what to do and it was only 2 o'clock. We had until 8pm. So we went off base to one of the few cities we were limited to and saw a movie, Captain America. Which I thought was appropriate for the occasion. haha. We didnt really do much else, because we didnt want him to get in trouble for being late and he still had to pack. This day was like a tease because Steven technically wasnt done yet. It was our last night apart! Friday morning came and the graduation ceremony was great. Although I couldnt help but giggle a few times watching Steven be so serious..haha If you know him, you would do the same :) But it was a short and sweet ceremony, we snapped a few shots, and off he went in his cattle truck (yes a real cattle truck) to be transported back to his "pod" or apartment that they stayed in to pick up his bags. We met him there, he literally ran out of the place to the car because he was DONE! ok and maybe the bags where kinda heavy too ;p Welp, off we went! We wanted o get the heck out of FLW so we hopped on the freeway after a quick lunch and headed to downtown St. Louis where we were to stay for the night until our plane left Saturday evening. We were both so tired that we slept pretty much the whole way there. It was ridiculously hot and humid! Thank goodness for AC! we relaxed in our hotel room and cooled off before we headed out on the town. For dinner we walked (alot more blocks than I had expected) to this restaurant called Misu, it was a japanese restaurant with delicious sushi and noodle bowls :) Later we soaked in the hot tub on the rooftop of the hotel and got some ice cream for dessert. A perfect first night together! Saturday we met up with his parents and had some breakfast and went on a little hr cruise on the Mississippi River by the famous Arch in MO. It was nice...eventhough it was raining! haha dont worry it was still hot and humid :) but MO is just as bipolar as Utah, and it cleared up just as we were leaving the river. perfect. We had some lunch and tried the famous goey butter cake in St. Louis. (I cant remember the exact name) but basicallly it had the consistency of a lemon bar, but...no lemon, just pure sugar and butter! good but i could only handle one bite haha ;) The time steven had been waiting for for four months has finally come, to fly HOME. He was sooo excited to get the heck outta Missouri. We quickly caught on to the many perks of being in the military as he had his uniform on. His 2 bags were far to big to carry on so we checked in and they were for free, and I asked if we could be seated next to each other because I booked them separately and knew we weren't sitting next to each other. Well, we got 3rd row seats next to each other, more leg room, and FREE TV. because with frontier you have to pay $6 extra to get tv. haha so awesome :) the only downside about our travel home is that our next flight was delayed ...but at least we made it home!
Since we've been home, we have been running a million errands between grocery shopping, schools, his army unit, and job interviews. We have been glued at the hip almost every day except for when he has class or I've had my interviews. Unfortunately on Monday I woke up with a sore throat. I thought oh maybe its from sleeping with my mouth open. we woke up early that day to go for a fun in the mountains with our good friend mark. I first thought maybe I shouldn't go..but I brushed it off and sucked on a few cough drops on the way there. Half way through the run, i couldnt breath, stupid elevation. haha So i jogged a little here and there on the way back up to the car. my body started to hurt all over by the time i was stretching next to the car. we went and got some jamba juice and I thought I would feel better once I got some food in me, even though I felt I could barely stand up in line to order. I didnt know what was wrong. A shower always helps an achey body. So we carried on with the day and gradually it came back worse and worse as the time flew by. All of monday and tuesday my throat hurt even when I wasnt doing anything and I was so scared to swallow because I knew it would hurt. we went to the dollar theater Tuesday night and I thought it would be fine because all I would be doing is sitting there, just like at home. I hurt all over and could barely sit still. When we got up to leave I could barely walk, every step was painful, my joints and muscles hurt. I still have no clue why. Steven gave me a blessing that night and as of today no more achey body but still have a terrible sore throat and no matter how much tea I drink or nyquil I take, it doesnt seem to work. I've been hoping that slowly this will go away so I wont have to go to the dr. But I don't think I have a choice at this point. I know for a fact I have strep throat, I've known since Mon/Tues, just didnt want to believe it because our military insurance ended when steven left basic, so we are in between getting our insurance back again. of course I get sick the week after right?! sheeeesh. well that pretty much sums up our life right now! Its been good yet stressful at the same time with starting school, trying to get a job so we can live and figuring out all of his military benefits and when they start...but thats life right? haha I'm just happy I have my Steven back, life is so much better with him next to me :) Enjoy the pictures below!!
Our first kiss in four months :)
Staring into each others eyes....we've been waiting for this day for soo long!
So happy to be together again :)
My handsome husband in his dress blues
Steven all serious getting pinned...haha
After the graduation ceremony
Military Police Memorial Grove
Last but not least...the cattle truck they were transported in! hahahah
