Day 122

Well boys and girls....today marks the 122nd day of us staking our claim into Slidell, LA.  Crazy, huh??

Not much to report on our end since our last post.  It is hot, HOT, HOTT here....but from what I hear, not something we can really complain about when talking to our Nebraska friends/family.  It's really sad how dry it is up that way...and how badly the crops could really turn out this upcoming harvest.  Prayers go out to all you dealing with this!

The last few weeks have been spent adjusting, yet again, to the new schedule, we me starting my new shift of Thursdays 3-11pm, call, Friday 7am-11pm, call and then Saturday 7am-11pm, call.  It's been a little overwhelming to say the least.  So far, it's not so much the workload, or the radiologists, or the people I work with that is the overwhelming part of it......it's the adjustment to when I see my husband, feeling like we hardly see each other, and then overwhelming feeling of not having much of a "life" with basically working and staying home waiting for the husband.  I really didn't think it would be much of an adjustment....however, it seems I'm taking it harder than I could have imagined.   I'm trying to optomistic about it....and give it some more time before I make any opinions about it.  There's a lot of great things about the shift too.  I have most of the week off.  It's only a few days a week. It's right down the street.  And it's not forever.  Plus, I'm taking a physics boards at the end of August for my vascular certification I'm trying to achieve by the end of the year and I'll be wrapping up one more semester of school for my bachelor's....so those days off really lend to some great study time.  We'll just have to see....

Our 4th of July was pretty laid back.  We grilled/cooked some spare ribs and some munchie dips, drinks and swung by the Slidell fireworks at the end of the night.  It was great to just hang out and be lazy together!!

We finally booked our honeymoon!!!  And we are very much looking forward to having a week to ourselves and not have to worry about work or school or anything else!  We'll be making our way to St. Emerland Bay in the Bahamas!!!  All inclusive....all fun, adventure, golf and relaxation.  CAN. NOT. WAIT!! (37 days and counting)  Which also means in a little less than two months we'll be celebrating our 1 YEAR ANNSIVERSAY!  :-)

I joined the Slidell Athletic Club in the last couple of weeks.....and boy does it feel good to have that outlet during the week! I love it!! the classes are great, I enjoy going and forgetting about everything for an hour and leave it all on the treadmill or in the weights.....really feels good...and I think it's helping with the adjustment of my schedule of working on the weekends...and getting out of the house and socializing a little bit!

We're excited to have some visitors here in the next few weeks.  some good friends from Colorado Springs will be joining us for a weekend....and we can't wait to enjoy some time catching up with them.  Chad has known them a little while longer than I....having met them in Rapid City during college...and we've grown close to them over the years and enjoy their company!!  So we'll do some touristy things along with grilling and just enjoying each other's company!!

 Hope everyone's summer is going well!! 

Visit to the Good Life

Hey there, loyal followers!

As promised, I am posting our pictures from our trip back to Nebraska!  It was sooooo good to be back home, and honestly, very bitter sweet.  It was so good to see all of our family and spend some quality time together....and by the end of it, it was sad to leave and ever more sad to think of all the little things we miss by not being around all the time!  It really puts things into perspective and makes me count the days until we can move back and have random bbq's with our family, instead of having to plan out an entire weekend!

We enjoyed lots of eating, drinking, and golfing (27 holes :-) ).  Arriving in Omaha was great-we both looked at each other and said it FELT like we were home.  There's just something to be said about the Midwest!!  And best of all, we had a car load of family coming to greet us!!  Nothing like a big hug from Izzy and Easton!! First things first when we landed in Omaha was going to Pepperjax!!  Although it may not be many people's first choice....we miss it ALL the time!!

Once we got back into town, I was able to go enjoy some girl time and join Peggy at women's league and get in a quick 9!!  It was lots of fun--shots and golf and GORGEOUS weather!  (Nothing like the 90% humidity and HOT AS HELL of Louisiana!).  We got to see Dad on Friday and enjoy some lunch in Norfolk with him.  Then, we were able to get in a lunch on Saturday with my Grandma Koehler (it just wouldn't be a trip back without going to her house--she insisted we come eat with her....and to be honest....who can say no to Grandma's cooking and hospitality....not this girl!

Saturday afternoon Peggy, Alec, Matt, Chad and I went out to golf 9 holes and then were later joined by Bruce, Derek and Brandy for another 9.  We had a little best ball tournament--which was lots of fun....even if I was on the losing team (sorry Bruce you had to carry us!! haha)  I still stand by saying I would have performed better with my own clubs...next time the clubs are coming with us!  Congrats to Peggy, Chad, Derek and Matt on winning.

Us girls.

 The winning team....this is one of the putts that pulled them ahead of us.....

 I actually really like this picture........

Oh and I got a nice little souvenir...my dear brother-in-law Alec hit a nice slicer off the tee box on hole 1 and got me right in the calf! 

Saturday night was LOADS of fun, with a little "open house" BBQ with drinks by the fire and family and friends!!  It was another GORGEOUS night--we couldn't have asked for a better weekend!

Until next time....hope everyone has an enjoyable and safe 4th!!!  Love you all!!  (there are other pictures...but for whatever reason they are not uploading....but hopefully you get the jist of all the fun we had!)  I'll have to post some of the others on another post!