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Wishlist Wednesday

Filed Under: hawaii, love, travel, wishlist // March 20, 2013

I often want things I don’t need or can’t get ($1,000,000, a Chanel, a chauffeur, a pair Louboutins, etc.) but when it comes to actually making a wishlist I try to make it practical.

Here is my current wishlist:

Polar watch for workouts

A postgraduate job!!!

A Clarisonic Cleanser

To know which state’s Bar I’m taking … and where I’ll be living after the Bar so I can start planning

To visit the other Hawaiian islands besides Oahu (this is hopefully happening in August!!)

X’s and O’s from T … which I am off on a jet plane to get right now!!!!!

That’s right! I’m on my way to Timmy/ Hawaii 🙂 I‘ve scheduled posts and I will respond to emails but please forgive any absences! Feel free to follow my instagram, which I will be updating much more frequently 🙂

What Happens in Vegas … (Our Love Story)

Filed Under: love, love story // March 14, 2013

Doesn’t always stay there :)

I am finally breaking the ice and talking about how Tim and me came to be “we.”

Las Vegas, January 2011

The 14th of every month is special because Tim and I met by ~~chance / luck /~~ fate in Las Vegas (Koi Lounge in Planet Hollywood to be specific haha) on January 14, 2011. I was there with my cousin and her friend to celebrate my cousin’s 21st birthday. Tim was there with his brother – he was on leave following a 7-month deployment out to sea. His and his brother’s flight was set to leave Vegas the night we met … but we met and he thought I was someone he couldn’t pass up an opportunity to get to know so … he rescheduled his flight.
Now, I don’t believe in love at first sight (if I did, however, this would be the time for it!), but I do believe that when you know, you just know. I can’t explain how I knew or how it felt as I’m sure noone can whose felt that way but it is exactly what happened in the moment we met.

NYC, March 2011

So that night we met, Tim rescheduled his flight (unbeknownst to me), we hung out and spoke for a while, and then each went back to our respective hotels. The next morning, I woke up to a voicemail and text from him (apparently, we’d made plans to all hang out after we changed out of our club clothes but the girls and I passed out haha) and in acting completely out of character, I texted him back. The rest is history…

VA, July 2011

Tim wound up postponing his flight 2 more times to hang out for a few more days. (In retrospect, I am very grateful for his spontaneous decisions and those days together because I now know how precious just a few days with one another are.) When we each got back from Vegas, things were a bit hectic. I was involved with someone else but knew that had reached its end so I broke off the relationship. Tim also went underway for 3 weeks, during which we communicated via email and 2 phone calls. When he returned, he visited me in NYC, my hometown and where I am currently living and going to law school. That weekend was amazing; it was like we’d known each other our whole lives so we were excited to set our next visits up. At the time, he was stationed in Norfolk, VA so we went between VA and NY every 2-4 weeks until October 2011 …

DC, August 2011

Because Tim reported to his new station in Hawaii in October 2011. He received his orders in June 2011 and I was devastated. In August 2011, there was an issue and I prayed he would be kept in VA but as God would have it, his orders were straightened out and he was sent to sunny Hawaii. He made a brief proposition that I move and settle down there with him but I didn’t want to rush anything and I had two years left of study at a good law school. Deep down, we both knew I had to stay back on the East Coast.

Hawaii, May 2012

The distance between us therefore became 20x greater. But we manage as best we could and we do a pretty darn good job at it, if I may say so myself. We try our best to visit each other every 2-3 months – aside from when he was deployed to Europe June – December 2012. During that time apart, our longest stretch yet, there were rocky moments. But there was also much bonding and strengthening of our relationship. I looked forward to making care packages and receiving little packages and presents in the mail myself.

Detroit (Lions football game), December 2012

Tim’s ETS is in the summer of 2014 🙂 We hope to live together (temporarily) in late summer to early fall of 2013 and then to live permanently together when his military career is done. It’s nerve-wracking making big decisions and thinking about his life without the military but I think he is ready for the next chapter, as am I. Don’t get me wrong, I love and support the military 100%. But it has been difficult maintaining a long distance relationship and juggling the constant changes that come along with his active military career while I’m in law school.

NYC, January 2013

For now, we’ll be traveling back and forth over the 6,000 miles as the teammates we promised each other we’d be from the beginning… and we’ll be very busy finding a job and settling down somewhere (me), and preparing to get out of the military and joining me (him). Our situation is difficult but I think we’re walking proof that love prevails and that there is no such thing as mere coincidence (to me, anyway). God brings people into our lives for a purpose. I thank God often for bringing Tim into mine.

NYE 2013

This is us. People didn’t think our situation would work. And it probably wouldn’t for most. But where there is love, there is hope and so far, it’s worked just fine for Tim and me.

If you stuck with me and read this until the end, thank you. I hope you enjoyed our story and feel free to share yours, if even just tidbits 🙂

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What I’m L♥ving

Filed Under: linkup, love, loving, what i'm loving // February 20, 2013

What I’m L♥ving this Wednesday:

Family (won’t be pictured much on here yet), friends & my sweet T

Brother & I on Christmas morning in ’95. I miss Christmas season!

Photo from his first visit to NYC, March 2011

Working out & eating healthier

Motivational/Inspirational Quotes

Photo: Think you don't have time to get in shape? The time will pass anyway, use it to reach your goals and make yourself happier!

“I accepted it’s okay to not be totally sure about where you live. It’s okay to be somewhere with most of your heart when a piece of it is somewhere else. It’s okay to love and appreciate where you are while still knowing that one day you’re going to want to try to be somewhere else, and it’s okay to not know when that will be.”
— Amber Fox

Blogging and linkups, such as these 2 🙂

Happy Wednesday, Blogloves!

Fall in Love for Life

Filed Under: books, love, reading // February 17, 2013

One day soon I will tell you all about how my Timmy and I met.
Until then, this describes it (from my POV) pretty perfectly:

That was an excerpt from Fall in Love for Life by Cutie Cooper. I read an excerpt here and I’m strongly considering buying the book because Cutie’s advice seems so helpful and relatable.

This post was inspired by Army Wife & Company’s post “Friday Favorite: Fall in Love for Life.”

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Filed Under: love, valentine's day // February 14, 2013

In honor of today, one of my favorite holidays, I’ve decided to go down memory lane and give a synopsis of Timmy’s previous Valentine’s Day presents, which were each sent while he was out to sea and then in Hawaii. This weekend (not tonight thanks to his nights schedule :/), we’ll be sipping on wine and watching a movie together via Skype (thank goodness for technology). We probably won’t spend Valentine’s Day physically together until 2015 but that’s okay. (Gotta stay optimistic, right?)

2011:

The flowers came with a note that said something to the effect of: Happy Valentine’s Day Beautiful! What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay there. (Note: I will tell our interesting love story eventually!) I hope these brighten up your day as you do mine. Please don’t give up on me and I won’t give up on you.

I have slept with that teddy ever since 🙂

2012:

The ring came with a card that said this was “practice for the most important set of rings.”

Please excuse my messy hair lol! And yes, I did have on my “I <3 My Sailor” VS Pink tee 🙂

2013 (so far):

Valentines Day package came a day early …& I couldn’t help myself 😍 I love you baby … So lucky to have such an amazing valentine for the 3rd year in a row!❤#love #valentinesday #birthstones #l0veus

Beautiful infinity ring with our birthstones and date (1/14/11 inscribed 🙂

He says I have another present in the mail… not sure if it’s flowers that he wants to trick me about because he said he’d get me a present instead of them but Idk. I’m happy nmw it is, honestly. Plus, he just got me an iPad mini for our anniversary last month. The man was supposed to only get me something small for Valentines Day! Lol he’s too amazing 🙂 and I am smitten… can you tell? 🙂

I fall in love with T more and more everyday. I am truly blessed he came into my life.