I got married to the love of my life and high school sweetheart about a month and a half ago on June 11th. AKA, the best day of my ENTIRE life! :) :) :) We'd been together for just more than 7 years when we got married, so it was about time. ;)
We honeymooned on the UHHHHMAYYYYZINGGGGG island of St. Lucia and stayed at the all-inclusive Sandals resort. OMG- if you've never been to a Sandals, GO! If you HAVE been to a Sandals, GO (again)! It was such an amazing place, and the fact that it was all-inclusive was soooo nice! St. Lucia was gorgeous, the people were phenomenally friendly, and the food was delicious! I can't wait to go back! :) Maybe for an anniversary or something?! :)))
Since then, we've been trying to get settled in and enjoying every minute of newlywed bliss! My husband, Chris, just finished up his master's in accounting in May and will be starting work at a big accounting firm in October. He had the choice to start in July or October... and he definitely chose October. Who can blame him? After 5 years of non-stop, grueling work towards his degrees, the guy deserves a little break! Besides, he has the rest of his life to work! In the meantime, I'm working towards my teaching certification. I graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism and have absolutely no regrets! I LOVE journalism and always dreamed of being a reporter. I was lucky enough to intern at a big TV station in my hometown a few years back, and I learned soooo much! Then, I was even more privileged to have landed a job at another TV station right out of college. I met some incredible people and learned more than I possibly thought I would. It was truly an experience of a lifetime! I realized, though, after working there that as much as I loved the profession and as much passion as I had for it, it wasn't something that ultimately fit into my and my husband's long-term goals of eventually settling down and having a family. So... feeling a bit overwhelmed and unsure of what would come next, I decided to go down another road and fulfill a different passion that had, for awhile, been in the back of my mind... teaching. I am currently enrolled in an alternative certification program and am hoping to start student teaching soon! I'm SO excited and can't wait for what's to come!
Chris and I are ALSO in the process of buying a home! Eeeeee! We had gone back and forth between many different options- renting an apartment temporarily, renting a condo/townhome, buying a condo/townhome, buying a house... we were overwhelmed and didn't know what the best option would be for us right out of college and newly married. We ultimately decided to buy a home and were very pumped when we came to that decision. We started looking... and looking... and looking... and found some that we really liked, when we were hit with, yet, ANOTHER big decision. My parents have some rental property and offered to sell us one of the homes because the tenants that had been living there had just moved out. Our first thought was, "Thanks SO much, but no thanks..." because it wasn't at all what we pictured- we had hoped to live a little further from our families, maybe a little closer to the city, and in a newer home; this was about 1 minute from my family's house (and 3 from Chris'), in the heart of the suburbs, and about 20 years old. But... it was a GREAT little starter home and would really help us get on our feet. Besides, we figured we'd only live in it for a couple of years and THEN would be able to buy our "dream" home. So... we accepted their offer! We're waiting right now to get in touch with a broker and what not to start the paperwork to change the titles from my parents' names to ours, but my parents have said that it's already "ours," and we can start working on it and fixing it up whenever we'd like! So, we have! I'll post some pics very soon, but my goodness... things are happening so fast, and we couldn't be happier or more excited! We're living with my in laws right now, so things are a bit crazy, but we feel VERY lucky and fortunate to have such loving, generous families who are so willing to help us get on our feet. We are TRULY BLESSED!
Well... now that I've written a novel, I think it's time to go. Gotta go work on some more teaching stuff, anyway! ;) Hopefully you (whoever "you" are... because no one's currently following me at the moment! :) ) have learned a little more about me, who I am, and what's happening right now in my life. Lots and lots of love!
Xoxo,
H
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