Back on track

Hey everyone! After failing miserably with my time management the other day, I am proud to say I am back on track! I managed to finish all of my work without pulling all-nighters! Now that school is a bit more under control, I have a bunch of stuff to get caught up on, like cleaning and organizing my apartment (my mom so graciously did all of my laundry for me when I went home, and I have yet to put it away, AH!) and also fun wedding decisions (like the DJ and table runners, and on and on). Anyways, last night I posted on my facebook status of how hard being in a military relationship is, and I had a bunch of friends with significant others in the services "like" it. Seriously, if you haven't ever experienced being apart and out of touch, it is truly difficult to maintain a functional relationship. I am so happy to have such an amazing man by my side to spend the rest of my life with, and lord knows I miss him like crazy when he is gone! But somehow, even when he is out busy playing Army, he manages to remind me how much he loves me, and for that I am truly grateful. So to all my sisters and brothers in arms, thanks for being amazing! Ok, so on to to other things... below ya can see my outfit for the day and the workout we did this morning at PT. Hope ya'll have a great day!

Feb 1st, 2012 (holy cow it's February already!)

Workout-- This morning we did a circuit workout comprising of 5 different stations for 6 minutes each.... it was pretty killer! We did pullups (dime drill consisting of 5 regular, 5 chin ups,10 with reverse grips, 5 feet to bars; then sets of 5 regular pullups and 20 leg lifts....I couldn't do all of those without some help or modification though), overhead arm claps, partner assisted military presses, partner resistance pushups, regular pushups, ran multiple flights of stairs, box jumps and dips, and then 6 minutes of abs (crunches, side crunches, situps, mason twists, flutter kicks, 6 inches). To finish up we did 1 minute of situps/pushups/mountain climbers as an entire company! I was smoked by the end!

Outfit-- I have a presentation for my class today and thought about wearing a dress, but decided I was much more comfortable in jeans. I got this shirt and hadn't wore it yet, so decided today was a good day to! I really like pairing black and brown together too, and this shirt has a slightly lacey look to it, so I thought boots would be a good touch. Paired with my MK watch, a pearl necklace, and white stud earrings :)

Wedding-- I am thinking about booking our honeymoon for St Lucia and staying at the Sandals resort....I really want to wait to see what Casey thinks, but I am afraid rooms might be booked if we wait till March, and luckily they have a fully refundable deposit up to 2 months before your trip, so I feel like its a good idea. But, who knows, maybe I will just wait and if its available then its a sign! I also plan on booking the DJ this week.

Distance-- SUCKS. which goes hand in hand with Complaints-- I have really been failing here. I should stop complaining about missing Case and instead remember how lucky I am to have someone to miss.

OK lovelies... that's all for today. Until next time,"Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive, that is youer than YOU!" ~Dr. Seuss 

PS: a friend posted this on Facebook and I wanted to share...military members can get free calls via google voice! Got to remember this when Casey deploys! Click here for all the info!

School is getting very tiresome already!

Hello there lovelies! 

I am already slacking with my whole idea of trying to post everyday, but school is getting the best of me right now! While we only just began in the beg of Jan, I already have a ton of stuff due! But, thankfully this is my last semester :) So this entry will be a quick one since I need to do some homework, and I probably wont post again till next week (I am going home to visit my family and get some wedding stuff done, yay!). Anyways, here's how my Wed and Thurs have played out:

Wed Jan 25

Workout-- None; we had PT in the morning except we had to grade the PT test so no workout, and then I had to do some homework before class, and class went till 8pm; after that I ate dinner and it was already time for bed! Gotta make up for this tomorrow..

Outfit-- This was actually a good outfit day for me! I wore a shirt I received from Case's mom for Christmas with jeans, a scarf, and a cute pair of boots... see below-- the back of the shirt was super fun :)

I actually got a ton of compliments on my boots, which was awesome since they were under $10 from Kmart! (I bought them a few years ago though). To top off the look I added some super cute earrings I got from Aldo the other day and my Michael Kors watch. All in all, I think I did a good job on this resolution for 2012 today!

Complaints-- Still upset about the Army stealing Case, but I think I did a better job about not complaining about it!

Thurs 26 Jan

 This got me going today!

Workout-- I went on a 2.4 mile run today on this little loop I mapped out that has some small baby hills thrown in! I'm really glad I did this because I had such a hard time getting motivated... But, once I got out there I thought I would only do about a mile or so since I was feeling so "blah" but after I finished each "lap" of the loop I kept telling myself, "no... no quitting! You will stop when you stop, not when you're tired! You can run more!" So that's what I did, and I actually ran it in a pretty fast time for myself so I'm pretty happy :) 

 This is how I felt today while running!

Uniform today so no cute outfit!

Wedding-- 177 days to go! I found out our engagement photos *should* be done by tomorrow evening, so I am looking forward to seeing those (and posting some here!) and then getting my "save the date" cards sent out! AH!

Not a whole lot to say about today...had class and got fitted for my dress blues (only 90ish days left till commissioning, yay!) and now relaxing and trying to get some work done for both school and the wedding. I'm so excited to go home and see momma and faja and to check out my wedding venue again since its been a while, but I'll need to make sure I stay on top of my resolutions! Hopefully when I blog again next week I'll have lots of good things to say :) Hope you all have a lovely weekend...

Remember that today is just another day to forget yesterday and become the YOU that you have always wanted to be!

Day 2: I wanted to quit already!

Tuesday Jan 24

I've made it through the day doing most of what I accomplished to do! I will admit though, part of me really wanted to sit on my couch watching TLC and eating french fries this afternoon, but then I saw this picture and decided to be strong:

(from mmorris.webs.com )

So I got my lazy butt off the couch and did a short workout before I wrote a paper I have due tomorrow.

So my stats for the day...

Days until the wedding-- 179! I told myself today I would send off my deposit to the woman I thought may do my hair/makeup, but she has been sort-of unresponsive with emails so I am having second thoughts about using her (anyone in the Jacksonville, FL area have a good recommendation for this??). I also wanted to investigate which save the date cards I would use and narrow down my DJ choices, but I got frustrated with not having my engagement photos back yet to use with the card I chose, so alas that will have to wait for another day.

Workout-- 50/10 intervals (50 sec of work, 10 sec rest, continuously) of jumping jacks, crunches, dips, planks, pushups, and lunges. I did each of those exercises twice for a total workout length of 12 minutes...I like these circuit workouts, however I know my own personal weakness is running, so I really need to work on that too!

HITS-- I confess...there may be a hair somewhere in there today as I was in a rush to get to class this morning! 

Outfit-- uniform, blah! I have all these cute new outfits I bought on Sunday though, so I will probably wear one tomorrow, stay tuned for pictures :)

Complaints/Distance-- I have to admit on this one too, I failed. I complained about how the Army is stealing my fiance. He is SO busy getting ready for the training he has in Yakima the next month, and because we have a 3-hr time difference he is getting off from work when I am falling asleep, so I haven't been able to really talk to him. I know it's not his fault, but it still sucks! And there I go complaining again.... LOL, I knew this resolution would take a lot of work

Now I've got to go and search for plane tickets out to Washington for spring break, but I am having bad luck with that since all of the prices seem ridiculously high! Cmon, $450 when booking OVER a month out where previously I  had managed to pay only $424 two days in advance over MLJ weekend!?

Anyways, that's a wrap for today. Until tomorrow...don't give up on your goals, live life like you always wanted, and remember the best accessory you own is a SMILE! :)

And so it begins...

Hi ya'll! I am:

• a 24 yr old female
• a graduate student at FSU studying media communication studies; alumnus of UF (person divided!)
• a last semester of Army ROTC cadet; branched medical service corps 
• engaged to the most amazing man in the world who lives almost 3,000 miles away from me (he's Army too)
• born and raised in Virginia, lived the past 5.5 yrs in FL

Things I love: caffeine (diet coke/coke zero/coffee), chocolate, sunshine, the water, a big glass of wine, stupid girly TV shows, my country, my fiance, my family, and my friends (among other things of course) :)

I never thought of starting a blog before... and as if I wasn't busy enough, I decided to do it, but mostly just to keep myself sane, organized, and motivated as I navigate this last semester of grad school while planning a wedding! I made four new years resolutions for 2012 that I want to blog about (in addition to the rest of my everyday details of my "seemingly" little life):

1. Wear a cute outfit (anything that consists of something other than an old workout tee-shirt and shorts) whenever I'm not in uniform

2. Don't leave any hair on the shower wall (my lovely fiance decreed that one, ha)

3.Workout as much as I can and do NOT eat out as much (while workouts are mandatory at least 3 times a week for me, it doesn't mean I'm getting the best possible "sweat" going for myself, um HELLO wedding in 180 days!)

4. Stop complaining as much as possible

So to keep track of these resolutions... I decided to blog em. I can't promise these entries will be riveting, and who knows even who will read them (can't decide if I will post my new blog to facebook or not) but this is my life, and I am taking charge of it right now (yes, yes it is Jan 23rd and new years day was weeks ago, but better late then never right?)

So now that I have told ya my mission with this, lets get right down to it! What did I do to fulfill those resolutions today?

Monday Jan 23, 2012...

Days till wedding-- 180!

Outfit-- uniform for part of the day; workout tank top and shorts the rest of the day (I cleaned my apartment all day, ergo no need to dress up!)

HITS (hair in the shower)-- NADA! I cleaned up after myself haha

Workout--  PT this morning was minimal since the babies have a PFT wed, but we did a VERY slow 2 mi run. On my own I did the following workout (and for only FOUR minutes, it kicks your booty!) .

(from soon2befit.tumblr.com)

On top of that workout, I did another short circuit consisting of sets of 10 situps, 10 crunches, 10 crunches to each side, 30 sec wall sits, 10 dips, and 30 sec planks a total of 3 times. I think its a good little start!

Until tomorrow.... keep up the sweat, and love with all you are.