I'm Back

So now that I am back at school my regular postings will resume. I have so many things to write now as I have gone have a summer without posting!

First, I moved into my first apartment!!!!!! I am starting to feel grownup- thankfully, being an officer's kid, I knew the basics of moving and what I would need. However, now I am feeling the craziness- the changing of the electricity into my name, changing my billing address for my phone and credit card, trying to decipher the difference between basic cable, family cable, silver and gold cable... TOO MANY CHOICES, and who honestly needs 400 CHANNELS! I now go grocery shopping and I cut coupons (NOT in that order)! AND I now monitor the amount of electricity I use... Dad would be proud. For all who would like to know here is my new contact info:

Address: 13 Francis Ave. Apt. 3B
Nyack, NY 10960
Cell: 973.234.8861

Second, I just started my junior year! I am now more immersed in lesson-plan writing and field experience planning than I ever thought possible. One of my tasks for field experience is actually to change a diaper. They are obviously unaware of all the babysitting and childcare I have done in my day. I have seen all varieties of "surprises" in a diaper and I am not even a parent yet! That task should be a breeze!

Yesterday Matt and I celebrated our 2 year Anniversary and it really made me reflect. I look around and see so many relationships (NOT celebrity, they don't count) that are so fleeting. People are astonished when they see that someone my age has been in ONE relationship for two years- then you throw out the "waiting for marriage" fact and people are floored! It is so sad to see how easily that idea has been brushed off in our society. I am so blessed to have found someone who knows me for who I am and still loves me not in spite of my quirks but because of them. And a bonus- Matt got me an iPod and a car adapter! WOOT! No more fussing about which CDs are in my car and which are in the house!