Weekends are supposed be a time for much needed rest, right? Well, most weekeds are exactly that for Tracey and me. We stay up late, and we sleep late. This weekend, on the other hand, was exactly the opposite! We stayed up late, REALLY REALLY LATE, and got up early. Well, at least I got up early. Friday night, after Tracey and I got off work, we went to Orry's 20th Birthday party. A keg party that turned out to be several beer runs instead of a keg. Lindsay, Tracey, Meghan, and myself were the designated drivers...Orry was wasted. He kept asking us if he could drive, because we were in his truck. So we decided to go mudriding at 12:45 a.m. It was a blast! Tracey missed most of the mud wholes...but hit some of them! Orry kept bugging us to drive, so we took him to an open field and let him have at it where he couldn't hit ANYTHING but mud! We got home around three a.m.
Saturday I woke up around eight and could not go back to sleep. I just laid there for a few hours under the warm covers. I finally got up when Adrienne started texting me telling me that she and Dustin were about to leave Powell to come here. It takes approximately three hours to get down here, so I had enough time to finish cleaning the house. . .or so I thought. I cleaned the kitchen, dusted, picked up and put away. Tracey cleaned the bathroom and mopped both the kitchen and the bathroom, and vaccumed. I was finishing up the bedroom when I heard a knock on the door. It took them longer than three hours to get here....but at least they got here safely! I was SOOOO happy to see them! I have missed them SOOO much! Adrienne and I got to catch up and talk about the things we don't talk about through text or on the computer! Gah, I miss having someone to talk to! They are the only married friends we have! I talked Adrienne in to getting her belly pierced. So, we looked EVERYWHERE for somewhere to get hers pierced. She has always wanted one, but she never got it because she was REALLY sick a few years back. But now, she has one! We ate at Dreamland, and watched Transformers, and they journeyed back to Powell.
Sunday, Tracey worked and I did laundry. ALL DAY. . . .Then I read a book and watched Harry Potter. It was actually a pretty relaxing day. All in all...it was an awesome weekend!
Monday, October 29, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Rainy Daze
It has seriously rained for the past four to five days. It is nice to finally have some rain and some cooler temperatures, but we have both been in sort of a daze lately. We have been working and he has been going to school everyday. Work just seems to fly by at times, and others...well, let's just say that rainy days make for long days. Today seemed to be never ending. My day started out with Tracey trying to wake me up at ten after seven this morning. That did not go over well. I just rolled over, looked at him, said "No", and continued my slumber. I was not about to get up before 7:45 a.m. He had class at eight this morning, and he also had more sleep than me. I stay up every night stressing about the next month, and he is in there snoring away! Yes...he snores. Not heavily though. Thank Heavens!
He had an easy day today and I had an irritable 3 month old to babysit. The baby that I watch normally isn't so bad to deal with, but I had a headache and he literally squilled from eleven to 1:45 this afternoon! I was ready to pull out every hair on my head! But, I just plopped him down on the couch, gave him his milk, and watched him fall asleep having taken a few sips of it! What a relief! Tracey, on the other hand, called me at ten during his four hour break, to brag that he was going to get to take a nap and that he would call me on his way to rehearsal. Talk about envy! I was SO tired! To top that off, he called me on his way to class....then about fifteen minutes later to tell me that rehearsal was canceled and that he was going to get to go back home. GROWL! I worked from 9-4:15 today, and by the time I got home I was exhausted. It makes me have a deeper respect for Aubrey and Josh to have three young children and still have a little bit of energy at the end of the day. But, I guess it will take some time to get used to. I am currently looking for a different job. I have two interviews tomorrow afternoon. Wish me luck!!! Maybe tomorrow will be a better, less rainy, or dreary day.
He had an easy day today and I had an irritable 3 month old to babysit. The baby that I watch normally isn't so bad to deal with, but I had a headache and he literally squilled from eleven to 1:45 this afternoon! I was ready to pull out every hair on my head! But, I just plopped him down on the couch, gave him his milk, and watched him fall asleep having taken a few sips of it! What a relief! Tracey, on the other hand, called me at ten during his four hour break, to brag that he was going to get to take a nap and that he would call me on his way to rehearsal. Talk about envy! I was SO tired! To top that off, he called me on his way to class....then about fifteen minutes later to tell me that rehearsal was canceled and that he was going to get to go back home. GROWL! I worked from 9-4:15 today, and by the time I got home I was exhausted. It makes me have a deeper respect for Aubrey and Josh to have three young children and still have a little bit of energy at the end of the day. But, I guess it will take some time to get used to. I am currently looking for a different job. I have two interviews tomorrow afternoon. Wish me luck!!! Maybe tomorrow will be a better, less rainy, or dreary day.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
How We Got Started...
In High School, Tracey and I were always really good friends. I could talk to him about most everything; relationships gone bad, problems on the homefront, school, random conversations, etc. He was always a really good listener and I enjoyed hearing his opinions and things he wanted to talk about. I knew I could always count on Tracey to be there when I needed someone to talk to.
My Junior year in High School, we went through a rough patch. I started dating a guy that Tracey didn't really approve of, and that didn't approve of Tracey. So...against my better judgement, I quit talking to Tracey after a few months of dating this guy. I still really liked Tracey, but I kept it to myself. I was in love with this other guy as well. We broke up towards the end of May and Tracey was dating one of my good friends at the time. I started hanging out with him again, after apologizing for being such a pain, and enjoyed every bit of it! Even though I still liked him, I knew that I wasn't ready to date anyone and wouldn't be ready for quite some time.
The summer ended and Tracey left for college while I started my Senior year. I dated a guy for about two months, then decided that he wasn't for me....I missed my friend. I didn't talk to Tracey until New Years when I was going to call and ask him to be my date at my Senior Prom. But, I chickened out and regretted it afterwards! I took a guy from my church, a guy that I dated shortly, to prom that year. I met up with Tracey again at Memory Day. The band held a concert in front of the school and I spotted Tracey with his parents and immediately went over to him and started catching up on all that had happened since I had last seen him. Later that evening we met with a group of friends at Sonic and went to Krysta's from there to watch a movie or two. He was the one friend that I was REALLY happy to see at my High School Graduation. We saw each other almost every night after that and became closer than ever before.
I will never forget the night that we decided to start dating. We had been helping our friend, Rachel, move in to a house that she and a friend were renting. Rachel and I went to Wal-Mart to get a few items for decorating and she kept asking me what was going on between Tracey and me. I had no idea that we had apparently been flirting for weeks....but it was brought to my attention that evening....and his as well. He was taking me back to my car at Lakeside Grocery when he asked me if I would be interested in dating. I said that I didn't know about dating just anybody. I wanted to date him. I was so nervous...but SO excited. We started dating on July 2, 2006.
Dating was a trial. In August, he moved back to Tuscaloosa to go to school while I stayed in Scottsboro to go to a local Community College. The long distance thing was rough, but we got even closer through the entire ordeal. In February, he asked me to marry him. I accepted and couldn't have been happier. We didn't tell anybody until March! It was hard keeping something so exciting, such a big secret! We wanted to get married in October, but decided to go with July 2007 instead because his mom's family was going to be in for a reunion...and she has a very large family. It was hard planning a wedding in 3 months and feelings got hurt and there were a few times where I was ready to pull my hair out! But, the day came and it went. The wedding was beautiful, from what I can remember!
We lived with his parents for a little over a month before we moved back to Tuscaloosa for him to finish school. We are currently living in an apartment that we want to get out of as soon as we can afford to do so. I will never try finding an apartment online again! That's for sure. We both work to make ends meet, and that in itself is really hard. Loving him is easy though. He still makes me smile on a daily basis, he makes life fun even when I don't think I can do anything but stress about finding a better job, and he loves me with all he has. We may be tight on money....but we are wealthy in love! That, my friends, is how we got where we are today!
My Junior year in High School, we went through a rough patch. I started dating a guy that Tracey didn't really approve of, and that didn't approve of Tracey. So...against my better judgement, I quit talking to Tracey after a few months of dating this guy. I still really liked Tracey, but I kept it to myself. I was in love with this other guy as well. We broke up towards the end of May and Tracey was dating one of my good friends at the time. I started hanging out with him again, after apologizing for being such a pain, and enjoyed every bit of it! Even though I still liked him, I knew that I wasn't ready to date anyone and wouldn't be ready for quite some time.
The summer ended and Tracey left for college while I started my Senior year. I dated a guy for about two months, then decided that he wasn't for me....I missed my friend. I didn't talk to Tracey until New Years when I was going to call and ask him to be my date at my Senior Prom. But, I chickened out and regretted it afterwards! I took a guy from my church, a guy that I dated shortly, to prom that year. I met up with Tracey again at Memory Day. The band held a concert in front of the school and I spotted Tracey with his parents and immediately went over to him and started catching up on all that had happened since I had last seen him. Later that evening we met with a group of friends at Sonic and went to Krysta's from there to watch a movie or two. He was the one friend that I was REALLY happy to see at my High School Graduation. We saw each other almost every night after that and became closer than ever before.
I will never forget the night that we decided to start dating. We had been helping our friend, Rachel, move in to a house that she and a friend were renting. Rachel and I went to Wal-Mart to get a few items for decorating and she kept asking me what was going on between Tracey and me. I had no idea that we had apparently been flirting for weeks....but it was brought to my attention that evening....and his as well. He was taking me back to my car at Lakeside Grocery when he asked me if I would be interested in dating. I said that I didn't know about dating just anybody. I wanted to date him. I was so nervous...but SO excited. We started dating on July 2, 2006.
Dating was a trial. In August, he moved back to Tuscaloosa to go to school while I stayed in Scottsboro to go to a local Community College. The long distance thing was rough, but we got even closer through the entire ordeal. In February, he asked me to marry him. I accepted and couldn't have been happier. We didn't tell anybody until March! It was hard keeping something so exciting, such a big secret! We wanted to get married in October, but decided to go with July 2007 instead because his mom's family was going to be in for a reunion...and she has a very large family. It was hard planning a wedding in 3 months and feelings got hurt and there were a few times where I was ready to pull my hair out! But, the day came and it went. The wedding was beautiful, from what I can remember!
We lived with his parents for a little over a month before we moved back to Tuscaloosa for him to finish school. We are currently living in an apartment that we want to get out of as soon as we can afford to do so. I will never try finding an apartment online again! That's for sure. We both work to make ends meet, and that in itself is really hard. Loving him is easy though. He still makes me smile on a daily basis, he makes life fun even when I don't think I can do anything but stress about finding a better job, and he loves me with all he has. We may be tight on money....but we are wealthy in love! That, my friends, is how we got where we are today!
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