But, I'm here to recap the entire month of September because I haven't blogged in an entire month. Although I've done plenty of reading up on everyone else's blogs, done plenty of online shopping, baked more sweets than a household of two should ever consume in a year, and worked my butt off (not at the gym) but at actual work. Lame, I know. BUT, I've also done some pretty amazing things since I last wrote on this thing.
Let's begin with our trip to Chicago. We had an absolute blast. We went with Josh's friend/co-worker and his family and it was their first time to Chicago. Josh got to be our tour guide for the weekend. The past two times Josh and I have gone, we've done days of baseball, and nights of drinking. We've explored Chicago, but definitely missed a lot of what people come to Chicago to see. So it was definitely nice to explore Chicago.
Third time at Wrigley for us:
I seriously have the greatest time with that guy.
Side note: Transformers 4 was being filmed right by our hotel so we were able to see Optimus Prime, and his gang.
More randoms from our trip.
It was also Josh's birthday! He's 34, holy moly! Poor guy has been working non-stop so it wasn't surprising that he had to work on his birthday. He worked 17 days straight, including a few 16-hr workdays. But, we got to spend his bday night together having dinner and beer, but of course we hit the gym beforehand and went to bed by eleven. (Josh's ideal evening).
I also won girlfriend of the year award by surprising Josh with a birthday 'party' at one of Knoxville's Breweries. I had one of the CA ladies tell her boyfriend to get the word out about going out on Sunday after they got off work for Josh's birthday. He just thought we were doing dinner and going somewhere to watch the Bears game, and was completely surprised when his coworkers and their spouses were there to celebrate his birthday with him. Even though he was away from his closest friends and his family, I think he was pretty happy that he's made some great friends here that were willing to come out for him. (No pictures because I was trying to make friends, haha).
On to the most exciting part of September, my little brother came to visit!!! We had an absolutely AMAZING weekend! Josh and I were excited to spend a relaxing weekend on the beach, and doing close to nothing. Chris wanted to spend the weekend in North Carolina visiting Wakeboard Cable Parks, (yea, I didn't know they existed either)...Chris was in absolute heaven, and Josh and I were in heaven sunbathing. No, this chick did not attempt the cable park. As I've gotten older, I've gotten lamer and already felt the aches and pains before they happened. No thank you, I'll pass.
It is so refreshing seeing family, and I couldn't stop smiling all weekend. I miss my family and friends, big time and I wanted to lock him in our spare room so he couldn't get on the plane tonight. But, apparently he has to go back to school or something.
Just sitting here seeing how much we were able to do in one month is a great reminder of just how lucky Josh and I are. Although we continue to battle the sadness we get from missing back home, we are LIVING life and making some amazing memories.
that I suck at blogging... that I currently spend more time stressing about work then I get paid for... that I'm currently obsessed with my newest book because it relates to my life (true story)... that I got tipsy on a Sunday night and stayed at country bar until 2am. (only sorry that I had to work the next day and was reminded that I'm almost 30) that my online shopping needs to stop SOON (after KLR releases their fall clothes) In other news...back to my obsessesion on the book I'm reading...my life in a nutshell at the moment:
The other day I was talking to my bestie and was explaining to her my lack of desire (as I've gotten older) to make new friends. To put in effort. To get to know people. I love all my current friends. I don't need new ones. But as my social life turned into Saturday nights vegging out on CheezIts and Chips/guacomole while watching Say Yes to the Dress, I realized my I don't need new friends idea wasn't working. I do have friends here, don't get me wrong. Just none that I have met on my own, that live and breathe TN, and that weren't part of the CA to TN journey too. I have been fortunate enough to be introduced to some great ladies that have made this journey as well. And I am sooooooo thankful for them. We can vent about the same frustrations about living somewhere new, getting lost on a daily basis, meeting new people, work, etc. And our other halves have the same crazy work schedule that leaves us with more time to hang out with each other. BUT, they all have kids. I love their kids, and love being around family normalcy that kids bring. But that also means they don't have the open weekend schedule like me. I can't meet up for ladies breakfast at 10:00am while kids are at school because I'm at work. So our hangouts aren't as frequent as one would like when Josh is working two weekends a month leaving this girl with too much free time. I need that motivation, that drive to want to get out of my comfort zone and start meeting new people. I mean, five months in....I should have earned one friend on my own right? Or maybe not. People don't go hanging out downtown at bars alone to meet friends right? That sounds like a recipe for disaster. So for now, since that motivation hasn't shown up yet, I'll continue reading MWF Seeking BFF and nodding the entire time because I can totally relate. Or I'll sign up for the Beer Making Class being hosted at Univ. of TN that I kind of sort of seriously joked with Josh about taking. (Of course I couldn't end this post without mentioning beer). Until next time...hopefully that means sooner rather than later. Unless I'm too busy with all my new friends.
