Charleston, SC bound!

So here goes consecutive day #2 of my blog.  I think for the first while I'll be able to keep up to date with the blogging. I just hope that I don't forget about it or become too lazy to take the time to keep up with it.

So as some of you know and others of you don't, Brandon's really good friend from high school Beau, (he is the best man in our wedding) and his wife Alyse are coming out to visit us the beginning of March.  We are both very excited to have great friends out here to visit and take time away from school and work to just enjoy a week or relaxation and great adventures.  They fly into Charlotte, NC on Thursday the 3rd.  Unfortunately Brandon has a final that night so he won't be able to accompany on the 1 1/2 hour drive to get them, but at least I'll have great company for the car ride home.   The next day, Friday the 4th we are leaving for Charleston, SC for the weekend.  It's about a 5 1/2 hour drive.  Brandon and I have said many times that we want to go to Charleston before we ever move from here.  We have always talked about it but have never had the money or the time to do so, but its not turning back now.  The hotel is booked and paid for and we are more than ready for March to be here.

Here is a picture of the hotel that we will be staying at.  It's located in Isle of the Palms, SC which is just a short 25 min drive from downtown historic Charleston and the hotel is located right on the Atlantic ocean.  The pictures from the website look amazing and I'm sure its more beautiful in person.

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We don't really have any other definite plans set for when Beau and Alyse are here visiting, but I'm sure we won't have any trouble finding things to keep them entertained.  I'll make sure I take lots and lots of pictures of your mini getaway to share with you all. 

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the weather cooperates while they are here and that it does not rain.  According to the weather man, it's suppose to be 73* tomorrow!  I'm really hoping the weather man does not let me down with the wonderful weather we are suppose to have this weekend.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this is a sign of great weather to come.  I am more than ready for summer to get here.  

Before I end my nightly blog I just wanted to share a funny joke I came across.  It's called "DUI  - Southern Style." Enjoy a little dose of some laughter tonight!

DUI - SOUTHERN STYLE

(Only people from North Carolina could think of this. From the county
where driving while under the influence is considered a sport, comes
this true story.)

Recently a routine police patrol was parked outside a bar in Kinston,
North Carolina.  After last call, the officer noticed a man leaving the
bar so apparently intoxicated that he could barely walk.  The man
stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes, with the officer
quietly observing.

After what seemed an eternity, in which he tried his keys on five
different vehicles, the man managed to find his car and fall into it. 
He sat there for a few minutes as a number of other patrons left the
bar and drove off.  Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on
and off; it was a fine, dry summer night, flicked the blinkers on and
off a couple of times, honked the horn and then switched on the lights.
He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little, and then
remained still for a few more minutes as some more of the other
patrons' vehicles left.

At last, when his was the only car left in the parking lot, he pulled
out and drove slowly down the road.

The police officer, having waited patiently all this time, now started
up his patrol car, put on the flashing lights, and promptly pulled the
man over and administered a breathalyzer test.

To his amazement, the breathalyzer indicated no evidence that the man
had consumed any alcohol at all! Dumbfounded, the officer said, 'I'll
have to ask you to accompany me to the police station.  This
breathalyzer equipment must be broken.'

'I doubt it,' said the truly proud Redneck. 'Tonight I'm the designated
decoy

It's been awhile

Wow...it has sure been awhile since I posted my last blog. I guess you can say that life has been busy and hectic and I kind of took a break from the whole blogging world. It's my hope to jump back on the blogging wagon and hopefully NOT take forever to stay up to date with this. We shall see how it goes.

Work has been super busy for me. I got promoted to manager at the beginning of the year at the spa so that place seems to take up a lot of my time and my days off no longer seem like days off. If I'm not being called into work to cover a shift or take care of a situation, I'm taking phone calls non-stop and having to answer questions or deal with something. I absolutely LOVE the people I work for and work and wouldn't change it for nothing. You think working at a spa would not be stressfull but it sure does have it's days!

Brandon is wrapping up his last year of law school and will be graudating this coming May, YIKES!! I can't believe its been 3 years already and that I have lived here for just over 2 years. The time has really gone by too fast. I am so proud of him and the huge accomplishment has has made. I have seen the stress that Law School has put on him these last 3 years and he definitely should be proud of himself for all his hard work.

I have truly grown to love North Carolina and would be very happy and content if we stayed here (partially for the fact that I hate moving and it's too much work) after Brandon graduated. But, I am also very open to the idea of possibly moving somewhere else or back to Washington all depending on where Brandon gets a job after he graduates. I totally miss my family and friends back home so I would be very happy if we moved back, but I can't help but think about how much I'm going to miss this place if we do move. I have grown some great relationships with some amazing people and the weather is amazing which is always a plus. As of right now we are unsure of where we will be come mid-May after he graduates. We have talked about it amongst ourselves and our families, but we are not really saying much to anybody else because we are not 100% sure where we will be living or moving too come mid-May. We should have a definite answer of what we will be doing come and where we will be living at the end of March. So stay tuned for that latest news.

This blog could go on forever since I have been MIA from it for awhile, but I think i'll end it here before I bore you too much and I'll try to keep my promise to pick back up on my blog on a daily basis! I just hope i'm not setting myself up for failure.

Sunshine :)

Sorry everyone that i have been slacking on the whole blog thing with posting new blogs. I guess i'm just not the blogging type person. I will do my best to try and stay more on top of it.

Most of you already know but for those of you that may not, I finally found a job and am working at a Spa called LaVida. It's brand new and has been open for about a month now and things seem to be getting pretty busy here. It sure is a nice change from doing retail. I can offically say that my retail days are over and I hope to never re-visit the retail world again. All the people I work with at the spa are great and its nice to finally be doing something that keeps me busy. I was getting pretty bored at home with not having a job. Never thought i would ever say that, haha!

The beginning of this weekend oddly enough we got snow, AGAIN! This time though it was a lot and it caused Brandon's school to be canceled and my work to be closed. It was nice to have a snow day and an extra day off from work, but than again....i am more than ready for summer and was hoping the sunshine would be shining instead of white flakes falling from the sky. This weekend though it's been in the high 70's, low 80's and its been wonderful! Makes no sense to me how we can go from snow the beginning of the week to short and tank top weather the end of the week. I'll take all the sunshine we can get though.

So i finally have a visitor coming!! Holly is flying out here in May to visit for 5 days :) Thank goodness...i was going crazy not having some real girl time. Dallas has also talked to me about maybe coming out to visit this summer, so we will see. I am always up for visitors. Before i know it, July will be here and i'll be flying home for Holly's wedding. She is getting married on Saturday, July 18th and i'm planning on coming home on Wednesday the 15th and leaving on Sunday the 19th that way i have a little extra time to spend with family and friends since i don't know when i'll be making a trip back to Washington again after that.

Other than that, everything in North Carolina is going wonderful! I am soooo happy i decided to pack up my stuff and try something new. I love it here, minus the fact I miss my family and of course friends, and my kitty too but other than that i'm surviving! No complaints :)

Our Home!

So here is some pictures of our place that everyone has been asking about. These pictures i took when i came here in August to visit Brandon, so things do look a lot different and more decorated now that I'm here :) I'll put up more later! This is just very time consuming and get boring :)


The first set of pictures is a 369 view of our bathroom, thank goodness for a lot of counter space!







This set of pictures is a 360 view of our living room. Again....a lot of things have changed since I've been here! Brandon is not good with the decorating :)

RAIN!

So after finally getting use to it not raining here. It finally rained here for the first time since i've been here. Pretty nice to go without rain for 3 weeks. But than again, it was nice to have a change in the weather and at least it didn't snow, so i can't complain that much.

Nothing too new and exciting has been going on in the South, but....I did get that job at La Vida Spa. YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!! It will be so nice to finally get back to work and be busy again. I went in on Monday to the spa to pick up a bunch of paper work that i needed to fill out. And this Sunday, the 1st there is a staff meeting. The spa i will be working at is brand new and will just be opening on the 5th of February so its nice to know that I'm not the only newbie there. Sunday is just a gathering so all the different staff and people working at the spa can get together and meet each other before the big opening day. So this next week is going to be pretty busy for me. A lot of training and getting to know how the spa works. I think Brandon is just ready for me to finally be doing something other than staying at home and watching Dr.Phil and Soap operas all day, haha! Although he can't complain too much since i do have dinner ready for him when he gets home from school :)

I'll keep everyone posted on how the first week at the spa goes!! I'm sure I'll love it. At least it's something different than retail. I have had my fair share of folding clothes and picking up fitting rooms.

IT SNOWED!!! What the heck!

So I had a second interview yesterday with La Vida Spa and it went GREAT!! I'm pretty sure i got the position, but the manager i met with said she would contact me by friday to let me know forsure. I will just be happy when i am finally back to work. It's nice to have a little down time, but i have always been so use to being busy and on the go its hard to have so much free time.

As odd as it is, yesterday it snowed here. I was hoping i was leaving the cold blizzard like weather for some sunshine, but it has seemed to follow me all the way across the United States. Thank goodness it wasnt very much snow though, it was just a light dusting. But let me tell you....these North Carolinians have no idea how to drive in the little snow they get. The roads were clear as good be and all the schools here were cancelled, and even Wake Forest University was 2 hours late. I don't think they would stand a chance in a Washington snow storm, haha!

School is in full force for Brandon and still busy as ever. Since he did so well last semester and is ranked pretty high in his class he has been thinking about possibily transfering to a different school next year that is ranked better than Wake and that is better known. He is planning on going to talk with some professors and get some insight and see what there thoughts are on transfering. So we will see....who knows where i'll be next year, all i know is i'm not planning on making a drive back to Washington anytime soon, i'll fly, but no driving that far for awhile. He has tossed around the idea of Vanderbilt, which is in Nashville, Tennesse, or even stay in North Carolina and go to Duke, or even Virginia. He has a lot to think about and will definetly not be making any of these decisions without talking to me about them first :)

So as everyone in Washington has been enjoying sunshine, i have been freezing down here in the South, just doesnt seem right! I'm ready for some sunshine and to pull out the shorts and tank tops!

Gym Rats

So i'm officially becoming a gym rat. Brandon got both of us a membership to Gold's gym which is right down the street from us and we go every night around 7pm. Let me tell you....my body hasnt been this sore in a long time. It feels good to finally be getting into shape though. Thank goodness i've got him to push me every night to get my butt out that door to go. :) Today i had a meeting with a personal trainer and had me do some exercises that my body didn't like, haha! Oh man am i going to be feeling it tomorrow!

Brandon is still keeping busy with school. He requested a transcript today and his class ranking. He is ranked 14 out of 147 in his class. He's way to dang smart for me. He is very happy and is hoping that with his good grades last semester and a good ranking that he will be able to find a good paying internship this summer. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

So the job search continues. I have an interview next week with one lady. I'm not sure exactly what day yet though. She is currently in Michigan right now for work and said she would e-mail me back and set up a time and day. She complimented my resume though and said it looked really good, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed on that one. Still waiting to hear back from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. I e-mailed the HR lady today and got an automated response back by e-mail saying she was out of town. Hopefully she gets back to me soon, as i am most interesting in any of those jobs at the hospital, and they all pay well too, which is always a bonus! :)

Still waiting to hear if i have any visitors wanting to come any time soon, haha! Grandpa and Grandma Pike are saying they might make there way over here sometime in March or so as they are planning a big road trip. My doors always open :)