I'm buying a house!

Okay well it's a townhouse but still I'm actually buying it! I'm super excited and a little nervous, but I'm excited to take this step. The entire process has taken a little over a month, which I know when compared with the others experience is a little different. A friend whet through the process and it was not nice to say the least. I'm so exceptionally excited for the move forward and the changes it's going to bring. I've had the offer in for almost a week, but I didn't want to say anything until it was accepted. It wasn't the best of days, work tends to just blow things up for sure, but I saw the email and after a few phone calls it was mine :) Now reality sets in and it's time to get things cleaned up here and move out and up :)

My one thing

Eleanor Roosevelt is attributed with saying "Do one thing everyday that scares you." Today I think I sufficiently lived up to that statement. Most of you know the reason, but for those who don't sorry I'm not sharing at this point; not because I don't want to share with you the reason, but more to protect myself if things don't work out according to my plan. I will say it's is nothing dangerous - okay maybe it's a little dangerous because of the major risk associated with the long term repercussions of the decision, but one I'm willing to take because sometimes I feel like I'm stuck in a rut.

Completely how I feel!

 I know we all at one point or another in our lives feel like we are stuck in one of these kinds of ruts. We start to let the daily activities wear on us and before we know it we are walking and breathing the phrase "same crap, different day." I don't think we're always aware of being stuck in these ruts either until it's too late, until we've reached the point we're so embedded into them we need something drastic to shake it up for us. In this case mine was very much embedded in me and it's going to be a tough habit to break. You see I've been in college since 1999. No really- I've been in college for the better part of 14 years. Now I will say I have completed 2 undergraduate degrees and almost finished my master's degree, but still 14 years. Now I will say it hasn't always felt like a rut and I genuinely enjoy learning. However, the time has come to bid it farewell and get on with life, which leads me right back to my original thoughts.

I initiated the process not long ago and now it's starting to become real because more and more things are moving along with the changes. It's scary to me to think of making the leap because it's not one I imagined I would make for a few more years. Yet I made the decision and haven't really looked back. Even with more information coming I still feel at peace with the decision and move forward with having the full support of my family. For me that's a major aspect, knowing my family is supportive of the decision and how awesome they've been in giving me advice and encouragement. Eleanor was right, we need to do that one thing because sometimes we need that one thing to pull us up from the rut and back on our paths again.

And the next destination is....

 

 We're going to Ireland!!!!!!!!!!!! We've been kicking the idea around a for while and we finally made the decision to just jump in and go. :) We were originally planning on using the same company we used last time, but things have changed so we decided to go this around on our own. It's a tad bit nerve racking to do this without a plan and itinerary {I'm a MAJOR fan of planning and lists} up front like from London, Paris, and Rome; but it's going to be okay. We are still in the figuring out stages and finding plane tickets, but WE'RE GOING TO IRELAND!!!!!!!!!

It's the small things in life

 

Sometimes it's the small things in life that make us happy- like a new radio. When I bought my lovely little Hugo almost two years ago now I was happy to see there was a radio with a cd player and a USB port. Even though my drive wasn't terribly long {at the time I lived about six miles from work} I still needed music to make the drive a happy one. Eventually though I noticed there was something not quite right with the radio. Every time I hit a bump, thought about a bump in the road, sneezed, had a thought, touched the radio, thought about touching the radio, tried to change the cd, and the list goes one the radio would reset itself. It was so amazingly annoying! Long car rides were just a lesson in frustration because the stupid radio just reset itself every two seconds. Sure there were stretches where the radio actually did what it was supposed to do- play music without any interruptions - but those became few and far between. I've got a pretty short temper and I will admit there were times I would just give the stupid thing a few well placed smacks. Not a good move since my thumb kept making contact with the little lip on the compartment above the radio. 

Finally I reached a breaking point today and figured in the time that I've spent killing the other one I could have replaced it and been done with the trouble and the headaches. Considering I spend a fair amount of time in my car each week for work I need something that I won't feel such rage towards every day. So I made a phone call and made my way to get the issue resolved. Two hours and a few bucks later I drove away with the new radio and didn't have to worry about pulling over to the side of the road to kill my radio with my shoe. Oh the joy of driving away and not having my song stop five or six times because the stupid thing reset itself yet again. It's the small things in life that make such a difference! Here's to some happier driving time with the new radio that is also bluetooth ready and lets me answer my phone without having to touch my phone!