Tuesday, September 13, 2011

I Promise I Wrote 2 Full Entries…

Before my phone decided it didn’t like my blog username and password and deleted the entries. Hence my lack of writing for nearly ten days.

Basically, I haven’t done too much. I love the patio on the increasingly cool days (yes, guys, Texas is dipping below 100 some days!!) even though we got back up to 107 today.

Puppy day care for Murphy is going so well! He loves it and we love how calm he is during the evenings. Not to mention, this place loves him too. He’s spoiled. Everyone knows it. But we don’t care. We love him and treat him like our first child. Doesn’t every newlywed couple do this?

Phillip’s internship is going well too! He has had an interesting and unconventional first week but tomorrow is his first game and this week has been his first full week. He is definitely loving it and I am definitely loving that he is loving it.

Tonight we visited a new wine bar/bistro here in Bedford. What??? Bedford has class?? We thought the same thing. When we visited, it was a great surprise. The food is semi-pricey like you would expect from a wine establishment and the variety wasn’t all too impressive. But the food was delicious and the wine selection was pretty good. Not too shabby for a local venue!

Also, my birthday planning is already beginning. I am ready for this one to be the best and most relaxing birthday yet. Am I doing anything outlandish or super over the top? Absolutely not. But I am only doing things I want to do. I am taking off Thursday and Friday from work. Thursday I fully plan on sleeping in, having a good breakfast accompanied by a cup of coffee or two or three and laying around the apartment while catching up on the Netflix instant queue. Thursday night, Phillip will be creating a surprise home-cooked meal for me and I can finally watch my birthday present that is currently taunting me on our tv stand since it came in a week early (Time Traveler’s Wife on blue ray… Phillip won’t let me watch it until it’s actually my birthday). Friday will be more of whatever I want to do with sleeping in and breakfast. I might decide to actually get some things done that day but we’ll see. Did I mention that Murphy will be going to day care both days so I will have the entire place to myself with no responsibilities!? This might get out of hand with the amount of freedom I will have. That weekend we don’t have huge plans or anything but I’m leaving it open for anyone that wants to do anything. I will still be celebrating all weekend, but it’ll be more of the spontaneous it’s-my-birthday-weekend activities. I’ll let you know what that means when I know.

Alright, back to job hunting (more intense now since I’m about ready to move on from the bank) before an early night to bed. I need my rest if I have any hope of making it through the rest of this week.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Five Hundred

Happy 500th post!!

I can’t believe we’re already up to that large of a number. Can you believe it!? It seems like just yesterday I was starting this thing up.

My posts have changed so much over time and I think you will agree. From being in a relationship to being engaged to, now, being married with our first puppy. It’s crazy how much our lives have changed in 500 blog posts.

Here are some of my favorite (and most memorable) posts:

"The Story of Us" February 3, 2009 (First Post!)

"I Said YES" September 14, 2009 (The Post After Phillip Proposed)

"Success!" January 7, 2010 (Officially Booked the Ballpark)

"News! :D" January 21, 2010 (I Found Out I Was Graduating Early)

"So Loved" April 25, 2010 (Engagement Party Recap)

"THE Dress" July 17, 2010 (I Found My Wedding Dress)

"Engagement Pictures!!!" September 1, 2010

"And NOW, For The Moment We've All Been Waiting For..." September 15, 2010 (We Found Out Our Wedding Date!!!!)

"Does It Have to End?" September 19, 2010 (I Got my Aggie Ring!!!)

"Honeymoon!" September 20, 2010 (We Booked our Cruise!)

"Beautiful Wedding" October 3, 2010 (Samantha and Gary Got Married)

"Decisions, Decisions, Decisions" October 15, 2010 (I Decided My Future Career)

"Mission Bridesmaid Dresses: COMPLETE" October 25, 2010

"Back in Bedford" December 19, 2010 (The Long-Distance Relationship Was Officially Over)

"The World Has a New Princess!" January 19, 2011 (Jaquelyn Maria Regalado Was Born!)

"Hate Mail" March 8, 2011 (The Day Our Church Cancelled On Us - 3 Months Before the Wedding)

"Bridal Shower Pictures" March 28, 2011

"The Long Apartment" May 21, 2011

"Twas the Night Before Wedding" June 10, 2011

"Honeymoon Breakdown" June 20, 2011

"We Got a Puppy!!!" July 29, 2011 (Welcome, Murphy!)

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Economic Depression

So lately I have been in quite the funk. Well, that kind of puts it mildly. Basically, I’m going crazy over here!!

Poor Phillip has gotten the brute of it, but to those of you caught in my line of fire here recently, I do apologize. The fact of the matter is, I am not meaning to be a complete and total nutcase.

I’m beginning to realize that I need a different job. I am so grateful for where I work and the nice paychecks I get. However, I am suddenly feeling like I am wasting my degree away to nothing. I paid too much money for this degree to end up hopping from temp job to temp job for the foreseeable future.

I wake up super early to drive a super long distance for a super irrelevant-to-my-field jobs to drive a super long distance home to have a miniscule amount of time to do things during the week before heading to bed so I can get at least a little sleep before starting the whole routine over again. It is getting so monotonous.

Before the wedding, I was able to focus so much attention on planning and avoid the thoughts I am thinking now. Will I quit this job? No. That’s not an option. I need this job. It’s better than other opportunities available.

So what is my solution? Well, I am stepping up the job hunting even more than I have recently. I am applying to several jobs a day now in hopes of landing something more relevant closer to home.

All I ask of all of you readers is to be patient. I am trying to give myself an attitude adjustment but it’s hard when the majority of your day centers on the one thing that needs the most improvement.

We’ll see how this goes…

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Vet Check. Eye Check.

Yesterday we took Murphy to the vet to get his second round of puppy vaccines. Success!! He is all ready to go until we go back in a month for the third round and the rabies vaccine (if we don’t take him sooner). He is now on heartworm prevention and has a Bordatella (kennel cough) vaccine. The vet kept saying he is “absolutely perfect” and “handsome”. Like a spiffy puppy!

Today I missed work because I woke up with excruciating eye pain. Yesterday it was bothering me all day and watering. Last night it got a little pink. This morning I couldn’t open it without being in pain.

Turns out I scratched my iris (the colored part). This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it’s painful and could potentially get worse and/or infected. So I’m just on the lookout for any changes. Plus, I have a cool eye patch on right now and have to go back to the doctor tomorrow morning. Sounds traumatic, doesn’t it? It’s not too bad. Just painful.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

FC Dallas!!

Blowing up the bloggosphere this morning. Blame it on the big things that have happened in our lives this week or the fact that I am on my second cup of coffee this morning, but updates are coming!

Phillip was offered an incredible internship this week! I am so proud of him! This is HUGE NEWS!

He will be working for FC Dallas (a major league soccer team up here) starting on September 1st. He will be interning in their digital media department doing basically what he was doing for UTA’s athletic department. This will give him a HUGE resume boost and will hopefully turn into a job in December. Wouldn’t that be awesome!?

He is going to love it and everything that goes with it. He will be on a full-time work schedule with occasional night game commitments. So I get to have him here instead of working nights at CVS! Yeah. Another perk. He gets to quit CVS!

He got an iPad this week to help him with the job and because he wanted one anyway. I think it’ll give him an edge that will impress the team. Again, so hopefully he can get offered a permanent position after school.

Tonight we are going to a game (c/o the department) and get to tour the press box. It’ll be loads of fun and so exciting!

I am way too excited about this opportunity!

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