When The Hell Did We Grow Up?

So Matt and I made it to New York safely. The drive up here was very intense. We went through a record breaking storm in Virginia. Snow was pilling up on the roads, and the snow plows haven't gotten around to plowing yet. The speeds were very slow, and it felt like we were just crawling along the high way. At one point, I hit a patch of ice, and lost control of the car. Fish tailing all over the road, and finally bumping into the guard rail. I did little damage to the car, and no harm done to myself, or the cats, thankfully. I was shaking all over, and when Matt came running over to me from the Prius, I just started crying from the fear. I was able to climb back in however, and drive another 60 miles until we needed to pull off for gas and food. Other than that, the drive was long, tiresome and uneventful.

Once we got to Saratoga Springs, we apartment shopped. We looked for 3 days, and finally found a place we both loved, and agreed to. It's a three bedroom, two bath apartment with an attached garage. It's brand new, so Matt and I are the very first tenants! Our furniture was delayed getting to us, so we had 5 horrible nights of sleeping on the air mattress, but yesterday, the movers finally showed up, and we were able to sleep in our own bed last night. I didn't sleep as well as I would have hopped however. Maybe it was from all the unpacking I did throughout the day. I was able to get the kitchen all unpacked and put away, as well as the master bedroom. Maybe it was my body used to waking every hour and repositioning myself on the air mattress. Whatever it was, it is making for a long day today.

Matt started Prototype yesterday. He was gone a full 14 hours. from 5:00am to 7:00pm. Today and the rest of the week will be shorter however. From 7am - 7pm... ooo a full 2 hours. That will be his hours for the next 5 weeks. Then he starts the oddest hours. One week will be 6am - 6pm then the next week will be 9pm - 9am and the third week will be 12am - 12pm. 7 days on, 2 days off rotation. Can't he just have day shifts and swing shifts? make it at least some-what easier to make a schedule off of. Oh wait, it's the military... why would they make anything easy?!

I am so sick of unpacking all these boxes. To make it worse, knowing that it will all be packed up again here in 6 months! Very un-motivating if you ask me. I still have to straighten the master bedroom, and crush the boxes, and then move on to the spare bedrooms. I believe there a total of 13 boxes left, and i may not even unpack all of them. The things that we don't need, I will throw into a closet, so it can be easily moved next time. Only getting out the essentials at this point, because we are moving again so soon. I hate to move so soon, it makes finding a job so much more difficult. I would love to get a job, because the next 6 months are going to be very lonely. I would like to have a purpose each day, and bring in money. So I can afford to buy Matt a gift when special occasions come up. Like Valentines Day and our Anniversary.

I can't believe Matt and I have been married for almost a year now. It still blows my mind how fast time flies. Even crazier, my best friend Caitlyn is coming up on 2 years with her husband! It doesn't feel like is has been that long. It feels like just a few months ago, she was packing up all her stuff in CO to move to Missouri to be with Seth, and here she is living in a house in NC, for over a year! ... When the hell did we all of a sudden become adults?

Anyway, my goal for the house is to have everything I want unpacked, unpacked by tomorrow evening. Trash picks up early Thursday mornings, so I hope to get rid of all the boxes and trash bags, and then straighten the house, and have it look presentable. Not that we will be having much company, but you never know. So off I go to continue with more unpacking. Wish me luck!

~Live, Laugh, Love