Ok, i'm back! and still very tired..
fist off, I got married on feb. 20th to Jacob and I couldn't be more happy!!! We spent almost 11 days in Hawaii and it was AMAZING!! We moved into our apartment last weekend and we are finally starting to settle in to our own place.
The hips actually did pretty well in Hawaii. I was happy I didn't have too many problems on the plane like I thought I would, esp. since from LA to Oahu we were on the plane for.. oh.. over 10 hours. We had a medical emergency an hour into the flight and had to return to LA, only after we got there did we realize the 12 firetrucks waiting there were for us because they thought we were going to blow up because we were leanding "hot" (with so much fuel) then they had to do all these inspections and we were not allowed to leave the plane.. it was a long night!
My left hip became sensitive to the touch close to the end of the trip, not sure why but the next day it was fine. I'm hoping I don't need to go back before next January.
Jacob planned a suprise activity for us on Oahu but because we got in late (3am!) we switched from Friday to Saturday. He spent months planning a suprise all day jet ski tour of the island with this company, them making us lunch on the beach then taking us on a drive to the north shore and exploring the island more... but come Saturday we got a message that the day before, 2 teens crashed the skis and they had to cancel on us :( We were both very sad and dissappointed but we looked around and went sailing, saw whales and dolphins, we went kayaking, swimming at the resort and went to happy hour at the Rum Fire. ;-) yeah the Mai Tais we're a-m-a-z-i-n-g! I can't remember how many we had the whole trip!
we also went to pear harbor and just enjoyed the beach. On maui we had a condo and went wave jumping (such fun!) drove to south maui a few times, went whale watching, snorkeling, shopping, we went to a Luau, eat a LOT of amazing food (and fish.. yes ME, I actually ate fish! hahah!) We also did part of the Road to Hana, golfing, and just RELAXED!!
the boxes are finally starting to go away from the apartment and it's actually starting to look like a real place to live in :) (but we do still have a grill in the middle of our living room!)
i'm missing my family a lot and it's been a little harder than I thought it was but I know this is a part of the growing up process and it's just something i had to do at some point so i'm dealing with it now. Jacob and I are hoping to be back in Indy within the year (but like we have already learned, we can plan for one thing and have something totally different happen so we will leave it up to God :)
The job is nice but there are different rules and ways of doing things than at the Fishers store so it's just getting used to doing a job differently, than i've done it for 2 years before.
Just a few prayer requests:
1) That Jacob and I would find a Church that is a right fit for us and where God wants us to be. We are trying out Wheaton Bible Curch tomorrow.
2) We would continue to seek God DAILY and in every aspect of our lives and not get caught in up the new aspect of life together and in a new city that we don't put that part of our lives on the back burner.
3) That if and when the time is right, we would find a job offer or promotion to get back to Indy. Hopefully as soon as possible.
Ok enough for now... love to all my family and friends back in Indy!
*xoxo*
