Goodness, it's been a while since I've had time and words to sit down and write a blog. The last 5 months have been C R A Z Y! When this semester started I told myself that I wasn't going to just glide through the semester. I was going to put my nose in my books and do my very best to get through the second to last semester of my undergraduate degree. I am happy to announce that I will be graduating in May with a Bachelor's in English with an emphasis in literature. It has been a long and rough journey with a degree change, so many moves I can't even count, a divorce, and a whole hell of a lot of tears. I FINALLY see the light at the end of the tunnel. The spring semester I will be taking 18 (possibly 21) credits of upper division English classes to finish out my degree so that I can take my certification courses over the summer and hopefully find a job for the fall and start teaching! Dallen will also be graduating with his masters in school counseling. I am so incredibly proud of the dedication and hard work he puts into finishing his masters. Dallen has been in school for 6 years straight! My admiration for his dedication is fierce.
For our present to each other for finishing this semester and our Christmas to each other, we decided to take a trip to Las Vegas. I had never been before and wanted to see what the hype was all about. It was fun trip! We saw the Bellagio water shows, went up the eiffel tower, and saw a Cirque Du Soleil show. We gambled all of 5$ and lost it all and gave up! We did Vegas pretty cheap, you know being poor college students and all. After it was all said and done, I don't think I'd go back. It was a fun trip and it's nice to say I've been to Vegas rather than people looking at me like I'm crazy when I would tell them I had never been. Overall it was a fun trip, but we were glad to get home.
For Christmas, like last year, we went to Inkom to his mom's for Christmas Eve and did Christmas with her and Dallen's brother. Then last night we did Christmas with my family because my step-dad had to plow snow all day. Surprisingly it was a decent visit and there wasn't any crazy drama only because I set the ground rules that if any of the family drama was brought up we would leave immediately. Everyone abided by that it was nice. We ate dinner, and played mexican train. Then of course I got glutened and felt like garbage so we left and came home and crashed. Dallen and I had talked about how this year it really didn't feel like Christmas. Perhaps because we are dead ass broke or because the Christmas spirit just wasn't there this year. Either way this year was very different from previous years. We appreciated the time we spent with family and the gifts that we received, but we are quite glad it's over.
As 2015 quickly comes to an end I have been looking back on this year and think about the up's and down's. This year has been one of the best and one of the worst years yet. I started this year with Dallen and we are ending it together and starting a new year. We have grown so much over this year. I have slowly healed from the deep hurt of my divorce, I accomplished a H U G E goal of training for a figure competition and fighting through a undiagnosed Celiac disease. I stepped on stage and smashed that goal! Dallen and I have struggled through financial issues, a few moves, a very hot apartment, and stress of school and work. Despite the struggles, we have had more amazing up moments than down. Our relationship has grown over this year so much. I am so incredibly thankful to have this loving man in my life. He takes me as I am and loves me despite my craziness and illogical thinking at times. He sets me straight when I need it and motivated me to push through tough times. Our relationship is not perfect, but it is wonderful none the less. I love this life I live and the people I live it with.
Until next time,
xoxo
-S
