It's official

I'm getting rehired, Steve got a raise (and a bonus)

We are officially trying to get pregnant. We started last week. It's so exciting actually thinking that this is it...

We're hoping that it won't take long because we're trying to time it with my vacation time from school.

Since I'm trying now, we've been reading a lot about the things I should and shouldn't be doing/eating. Of course no more alcohol, cutting back on fish, no sushi, lots of leafy greens and prenatal vitamins.

More fun to come...

I rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints... the saints are much more fun...

This weekend was amazing! It was nonstop fun and I really needed it. We went to Cypress Gardens, the Central FL Fair, and tubing down at Rock Springs. I am tanned, exhausted, and content.

The past couple of years have been difficult for Steve and I here in Orlando. We moved back because we wanted to be near our friends. I remember being up in Jax while he was on deployment and all I wanted was to come back to Orlando to be with my friends. Then when we moved back it seemed like everyone went their own way and/or grew apart. I understand though, that is what happens when people graduate and move on with their lives. It has taken us a while, but I think that Steve and I have finally found a good core group of friends to hang out with here. We've toyed with the idea of leaving Orlando, but I've noticed that we're both feeling much more content about this place lately.

I have to admit that there is A LOT of stuff to do in Orlando. If you make the effort, there's a ton of stuff to keep you busy.

The only thing that we're not thrilled about is our house. We want a nicer place but mostly we want to live in a safer area. It would be nice to just take the dogs out for a walk and not have to worry about being alone outside. Hopefully things will look up soon and we can roll out of the hood...

In other news - STEVE GOT A RAISE TODAY! After only 90 days of employment. OH and he got a bonus also. Things are going well for me at work also... I don't want to get ahead of myself, but it looks like I'll be rehired.

It seems like things are really setting themselves up for us. Maybe it is the right time for Baby Heydorn? :)

Music is the script of life

I always have associated certain songs with trips that I've taken. Just like the smell of coffee and cigarettes takes me back to Madrid, there is music that makes me feel like I'm on the train again... or that I'm sitting in my seat 30,000 miles above the ocean on my way to another place.

Yesterday I was driving home from a particularly shitty and trying day at work. My eyes were bloodshot and my throat was hoarse from yelling all day. Head throbbing, I plugged in my iPod to try and escape. Clocks by Coldplay came on and I instantly remembered listening to that song on my return to Madrid to study abroad. It was ridiculous how much it made me literally ache inside.

If I ever hear Drops of Jupiter by Train, I feel like I'm driving down a winding road in Iceland... having to stop to avoid a herd of really huge Icelandic sheep.

Voce me Apareceu by Kaleidoscopio (look this one up, it's hiliarously fun) - I'm in a bathtub in Sicily relishing in my first bubble bath in a couple of months and resting my aching travel-feet.

I daydream of standing on top of the Emmanuel Building in Rome with my husband (fiance at the time) everytime I hear City of Blinding Lights by U2.

The list can go on forever. Travel and Music go hand in hand for me. How about you?

Blech

I'm having some kind of personal crisis.

Turning 27 effed with my head, like majorly.

I'm sad because I know that I am getting older. I feel like I need to reclaim some of my youth by getting drunk and going out to party. But when I do these things, I just feel like coming home to read a book.

Is it time to stop fighting the inevitable?

We all get old, college is over, let it go.

BLECH.