Day 1

Day 1: A Photo of Yourself and a Description of How Your Day Was

This photo was taken by my wonderful husband when we were on our 5th wedding anniversary trip to California. It's probably my favorite picture of myself!

My day was pretty lazy today (I've got to stop doing that)! I watched the latest episode of Sons of Anarchy and watched some of Season 2 of Scandal (my new favorite show)! Then I talked to my best friend for a bit, which was super nice. She also distracted me from wanting to take a nap. I also worked on homework today, although not as much as I should have. Ah well. I'll do more tomorrow.

It'll be bed time for me soon. I'm going to try and get in bed earlier tonight because I would like to try and start getting up earlier in the mornings. Right now I'm sleeping in until 9 or 10. It will be hard for me get up earlier in the mornings because I am not a morning person whatsoever; although, would be nice to be productive in the mornings right away.

OH! I received my field experience placement today for teaching. The teacher I'll be working with seems super friendly (it would be nice if she's closer to my age too)! My first day with her and her classes are in a couple weeks. I'm super excited for this!

Well, I need to go, blog universe. Until tomorrow . . .

xoxo,
Megan

Almost a Year and a Half

It's been a year-and-a-half since I've written a blog post. I just happened to log on here today because I was bored. I started looking through my past blog posts and couldn't believe how much I used to blog. The posts were a great way to go down memory lane. It is obvious that I used to have so much fun doing it. Therefore, I think I'll try to get back into it.

So much has happened since my last post in May of 2012. At the end of 2011 my husband and I moved to Arizona from Alaska. We purchased a home in Arizona and like it here (most of the time anyway). I am quite surprised at how much I miss Alaska. While I lived there I never imagined I would say, think, or feel that way. I miss the snow and I would much rather be super cold any day than super hot. But Arizona has its perks. Better shopping, more to do, and it's sunny ALL the time. So I hardly ever feel groggy!

In the past year I've also lost almost 30 pounds.  At my heaviest I weighed 174ish pounds. I'm quite proud of myself. I only have about 20 or 25 more pounds left to lose. I can't wait to get there!

Another major achievement of this year is that I've (finally) received my Bachelor of Arts in English.  It was a LONG journey but I'm so proud of myself. I worked my butt off. While I was finishing up this degree, I worked as a Customer Service Representative for State Farm. I realized during this time that what I really want to do with my life is teach. So I quit my job at State Farm and am now attending Rio Salado's teacher preparation program.  Although, I'm quite nervous about becoming a teacher, I'm really, really excited for this.

This year Eric and I also celebrated being together for 7 years, as well as our 5 year wedding anniversary. It was been quite the ride. I have enjoyed every minute of it and I wouldn't change it for the world. He's still my person and I love him more than I ever thought I could. I look forward to many more years with this incredible man I call my husband.

I still struggle with my anxiety. In fact, it's been pretty bad lately. I'm currently seeing a counselor so that I can hopefully avoid having to use medication to help my problems. Most of my anxiety is manifested in the form of hypochondria. I also haven't been honest with my therapist on how bad my anxiety really is. But come Wednesday, I'm definitely going to let my therapist know. I NEED for this therapy to work.

Anyway - I guess that's enough for tonight. Eric and I are going to go walk Chevy and Kahlan. =]