A Couple Weeks Later

Well it has now been a couple weeks since my last post...I know, I know. I'm trying to get into the swing of this but life is busy! Work is going well. Last week was crazy busy and I worked some OT on most days. This week so far has been a lot calmer, thankfully. I have been able to get some minor things done at work that have been stacking up because they aren't urgent of have time limits to when they can get done. Getting all caught up on everything is nice.

The weekend after Labor Day was fun! Saturday the 6th I went to a huge country concert. I went with Robbie, my friend Jessica and another friend, Delaney. We went a little early to tailgate and made it into the arena in time for all the singers to begin. The "Ten Times Crazier Tour" featured singers: Blake Shelton, The Band Perry, Dan+Shay, and Neal McCoy. It was a blast!!!

This past weekend was a busy one as well!! My old roommate and friend Brittany was in town visiting from NYC on Friday. We went out and BBQ'd with some friends and spent the night out in PB. Saturday night Robbie and I went out downtown with some of his co-workers to watch the boxing fight. After the fight we stayed out and downtown for awhile with everyone. It was a blast but a lot more weekend running around than I am used to these days. Sunday was our relax and do nothing day. Robbie and I watched TV most of the day and I took a nap. It was very relaxing and just what I needed to rest up for this week of work.

Me, Brittany (visiting from NYC) & Ashley (one of my current roomies)

Other exciting news I have is I joined a Military Significant Other Community page on Facebook called "Our Military Love Story". I have been thinking about starting a page and blog of my own for military girlfriends/wives as a place to share stories and connect and a way to meet others who are going through the same things. I came across the "Our Military Love Story" page just recently and have been enjoying it! Over the weekend they put up a posting saying they were looking for a new Admin to join the page and post along with the current girls who do so. I jumped at the chance and contacted them. I joined the team on Saturday night and started posting on Sunday morning. So far I am loving it!! It is exactly what I was thinking of doing on my own but with others and the page is already established. The page currently has 2,126 likes on Facebook. I post regularly every morning from 8:00am-12:00pm (CA time). So if you're ever on check it out! If you know of any Military significant others and spouses that are looking to connect with each other please send them our way! The links are below :)

https://www.facebook.com/OurMilitaryLoveStory

What a Great Labor Day Weekend

This Labor Day weekend was much needed and enjoyed! The whole weekend was beautiful weather, warm and sunny!

Closing out the work week on Friday was a busy day at work for me as we had company photos and lunch brought in. I spent the morning getting all caught up on my work and spent the rest of the day running errands, setting up for lunch, taking company photos, helping with the photos and cleaning up after all the days events. After getting off at 5:00pm, traffic was a little mellower than usual and I got home in my normal commute time. Friday night was spent relaxing, making dinner and watching TV with Robbie, then hitting the hay fairly early.

Saturday I woke at 8;00am and did chores around the house. Ate lunch about 1:00pm then Robbie and I headed out to the beach. We went to one of my favorite beach spots, Coronado Island and drove around exploring some of the parts I hadn't seen yet. We ended up going to a brand new beach to me south on the island called Silver Strand Beach. Robbie got in the water while I laid out, soaking up with sun. We walked around some then headed to Seaport Village downtown. We walked around the Port of San Diego, saw the famous World War II sailor and nurse statue, took photos and walked along the water looking at the ships. There were some festivals going on but by the time we got there they were closing down as it was getting dark. We never made it back to check it out before the weekend was up.

On Sunday we slept in, and tuned into church via live viewing online. After church we ate some lunch quickly and then headed to Seaworld. Robbie and I both love Seaworld! I hadn't been all year but had wanted to. Robbie had been wanting to go down to Mission Beach by Seaworld to watch their summer fireworks shows but hadn't gotten around to it either. Since it was one of the last days of summer we headed down and spent about 9 hours at the park. We watched some of the shows and made reservations to Dine with Shamu (something I had always wanted to do). The majority of time in the park we spent at Dolphin Point. I could've stayed there all day watching the dolphins swimming around. We got a front and center view of a group that were able to be in the water with the trainer for some time with the dolphins and I was able to rub one of the dolphins noises and fin during an interaction. It was a blast! We sat in the soak zone (Robbie's idea) for the nighttime Shamu show and then were able to see the fireworks right after.

Monday we had talked about going hiking and to the beach again at Torrey Pines but ended up deciding to stay at home and relax instead. We watched TV/movies and just hung out, enjoying our time off together. We were also able to skype with my family back in Virginia for a little bit and I took about a 3 hour nap late afternoon/evening.

Today it's back to the normal work routine for me while Robbie gets to enjoy one more day off of work as he runs errands and gets all his normal weekend things done before the work week starts. All in all, we had a great weekend and really enjoyed our extra time off work! Until next time, enjoy some of our pictures from this weekend :)