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July 19th, 2010

Just keep swimming…

by Becca

I’ve been swimming a lot lately. Gray taught me (somehow) how to not breathe underwater and now I can swim without something holding my nose. It’s fabulous, actually. So I’ve been swimming… a lot. It’s been my only form of exercise, but at least it’s happening, right?

I’ve been in summer school for a week and if it all goes well, by the end of this week I will be done, with an A. :) Yes, that means that for the next three weeks I’ll be reading a ton for the 2-1/2 hours I wait for Gray M-R. I don’t think I’ll mind it one bit.

Plans for this week include: taking the truck to Nashville Tuesday to figure out why it’s acting up, True Blood with Trina on Wednesday, the Frist with Trina and friends on Friday, oh and Sunday birthday dinner with my girls… Monday I turn 25 and I’m excited. I’m officially ready for my birthday with a new driver’s license and everything. The fall will be here before I know it with some new challenges and changes. We’ll hopefully get a new car, I’d like to finally upgrade to an iphone (saving my birthday money up!) and of course, school.

I won’t say that I’m not disappointed about repeating Pathophysiology, because I am, but I will have a new and different professor so things might be easier. Everything works out for a reason in the end and I will just have to go with the flow about what has happened.

Last night I forced Gray to help me re-arrange the computer room a bit. It’s sad that we have so much stuff that we’d need another room just to have a spare room! I briefly looked at houses to rent the other day but nothing is in our budget, sadly. Well, the ones we could afford don’t allow pets, which is one reason why we’d want to move in the first place! Eh, we’ll probably wait until Gray graduates and gets a job before deciding where to move next. Only time will tell.

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March 4th, 2010

Contemplative Thoughts

by Becca

Wow, it’s been longer than I thought.

I’m officially on spring break from school, although I still have two days of work to go, but no studying makes all the difference! We signed the lease on the new apartment yesterday and took the first few boxes over. Already I am feeling down. The bedrooms and bathroom are smaller than I realized, but I guess it will be good to downsize some things, however not fitting the furniture in the room? Yeah, not entirely happy that I can only put the bedroom in one arrangement.

Regardless, I’m amazed by how much I think we’ll enjoy the new place. Renting has ups and downs but knowing that we won’t have anyone above us is awesome… not to mention that the apartment below is not always full of people, such a plus. I will definitely post some pictures when I have the time to take some, so probably this weekend.

On another note, I was thinking about jealousy today. I get jealous when I feel that other people have things I want: more money, a salaried job, babies, getting to hang out with their friends because they work with them, living in a house they own, getting to have a puppy… the list could go on and on. I have a hard time accepting the fact that the way my life is sometimes. Don’t get me wrong, I love my life, but I am not where I want to be just yet. I’d love to be out of school and working because I’m ready for a full-time job. I’m ready to move into a house and start a family with Gray. I’m just ready for more, but of course, we have to do all these steps. We need real, full-time jobs to afford a house or a baby or both. When I finally get that job, I know I won’t be perfectly happy, because I’ve had a full-time job before that I hated. I’m just ready to be through this school stage of life. I know I am where God wants me to be, but I’m just ready to move on with life.

I guess what I am getting at, is that we all want things that we don’t get to have at the moment. It’s hard to be satisfied, knowing that you desire something so strongly. All I know is that despite what I want, God knows exactly what I need, and if I truly needed it right then, I would have it. It’s all about timing, and God’s timing is perfect. Want to make God laugh, tell him your plans for yourself. No matter how great we thinks our plans are, his are always better in the end. Always.

So while I don’t get to see my friends nearly enough and I suck at keeping in touch with them, I have friends, and that’s awesome. I have a roof over my head, even if it’s not the house I want… and I have family, even though it doesn’t include my own children yet. It’s like the Robert Frost poem, “The Road Not Taken.” It’s one of my favorites. I took a path that most people don’t take, but in the end, it will make all the difference.

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February 28th, 2010

Moving

by Becca

So um, we’re moving in less than a week and I have a few tests this week, so next time you hear from me, I’ll be in my new place, hooray!

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March 17th, 2009

Thank goodness, because I was so not in the mood to move.

by Becca

Today we renewed our lease for another year.

The decision about moving/not moving was a hard one to make. We looked into two other places and came close to moving to one. In the end, we decided that it was better for our finances to stay where we are. We’re in a budget that is working for us and moving, even to a cheaper complex, would still cost money. It would take months to recover the costs and right now, that’s not feasible.

We were lucky to get the same rate when we renewed. Gray actually asked for a lower rate and the lady, point blank, told him that she almost raised our rates, but ended up keeping them the same. We are very blessed.

So for the next year we are going to be in Tennessee, unless Gray get some amazing job that pays us to move.
:)

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January 31st, 2009

Random Assortment

by Becca

It was a long week of school. I was thinking one of those days about why I wanted to come back to school. Seriously, working full-time is SO MUCH BETTER. However, I want to work full-time in something I love and will be happy at.

We got paid yesterday but I am the genius who forgot to setup my direct deposit. So I went over to Cope to see if I could pick up my check.

“We don’t do that anymore.”

sigh

I was told that is had to sign up for direct deposit. Now, I was planning to do this anyway, but being told to do something makes me not want to do it at all. I’m a stubborn woman.

I did it anyway. When I picked Gray up we headed over to HR on campus. The building we’ve been in a few times, mainly because I had to change my last name with them a month ago. Gray likes to press all the buttons in the elevator to make me mad, it works.

Did I mention that Thursday night I had my first “test?” Yeah, my treat for making it through was going to be a Sonic Valentine’s day treat and Grey’s Anatomy. Sonic didn’t have the treat and may not have it this year. Bummer. Oh and Grey’s was a repeat. Another bummer. I think we watched a movie and I don’t remember which one it was. We watched “Fireproof” this week and I cried. Gray got in “Memento” which I pretty much forced him to watch, but he really enjoyed it. I knew he would.

School and work are going alright. I do like the job and my coworkers so far. It’s nice to make more money than I used to on campus, but not as much as the real world.

We’re waiting on my W-2 to come in so we can file our taxes. I started using Pear Budget in January for our budget and I love it. I can’t wait to use it in the future for seeing what we spend on certain items. Before we were just using an excel file, which worked but didn’t let us know specific categories, just general ones. We had to change the budget around this month and I finally grasped the concept of moving money around to compensate. Yeah, I know.

Oh, we’re thinking about moving in April. We love our apartment complex, but the one Trina lives in has a little more space for less money. They offer a student discount and pay your water bill. We would essentially be saving, on average, around $50 a month! I’m all about that. However, we’re not entirely sure about it. We have to wait to make sure an opening will be there and everything. Who knows, we might stay where we are for one extra month and then move. I’m not sure if we can do that, but who knows. It would be easier to move at the end of May than in April.

So that is the random assortment of stuff going on in our lives right now. We’re looking forward to the Super bowl tomorrow, go Steelers!

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April 25th, 2008

Moving

by Becca

So Wednesday we were packing Gray’s room to get ready for the Thursday room. I told Gray he should call Gateway and see when they open their office. When he called they said we could come get our keys and sign our lease today. So, naturally, we did.

Yesterday was when we had to move Gray out of the apartment. He had to be out by today so that they could get his room ready for the next guy, Tim, who is taking over his lease this summer. We managed to have him moved out by 5:00 p.m.

This weekend we’re going to be parent’s house for a night to get the remaining furniture needed. They are giving us my old bookshelf and a chest and possibly more! Last night Gray and I purchased a computer desk/bookshelf combo so our apartment is coming right along. We’ll probably get a couch from Craig’s List or Goodwill, whatever is cheaper at the time.

We’re going home this weekend for another reason, to obtain our marriage license. It was one of the only times we could go, and I’d rather have it done than wait until the very last minute. We’re both excited and can’t believe that the wedding is in only 2 weeks!

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April 16th, 2008

Bills, Dresses and more!

by Becca

Today was soooo busy and was I glad! After spending Tuesday in the apartment all day, I was ready to get out today. I packed my day so I had plenty to do.

After checking the mail, Rachel and I headed over to the dress shop so she could get fitted for her bridesmaid dress. It looked beautiful and it turns out she’ll need the top taken in and hemline fixed, but it looked great. After 3 months of waiting on them, I was a bit anxious.

After the shop we headed over to Sonic because it was happy hour and I was thirsty. We spent some time checking in on each others’ lives. We had a “OH MY GOSH YOU’RE GETTING MARRIED!!” moment when I told her it was 24 days away. That seems crazy to me, but it’s becoming more realistic. What am I going to do when there isn’t a countdown anymore? It’s like life leads up to this big defining moment and then I’m married for the next 50 years… hmm.

Rachel dropped me back at my apartment where I proceeded to go with Gray to create accounts for our electric and water bills. We went electric first and discovered we needed our ssn cards. Great, those cards that are at our apartments? Hmm… So I convinced him to try the water department and see if we needed anything extra for there. Nope, nothing extra… good… that was now setup.

We raced back to the apartment, I ran up and got both of our cards (just in case…) and we went back to the electric department. We found out that the connection fee there is $58 instead of $30 but we don’t have to pay a deposit because of Gray’s great credit score, woohoo! So now are electric and water is setup for Gray to move in to the apartment next Thursday. In a week. Wow.

We stopped by the post office to get some change of address information and then headed back to the apartments where we swam, worked out and had dinner before I drug him back out to return a movie rental and go to Target. Poor guy, it was a busy day.

Tomorrow I’m going with Trina to get her dress stuff taken care of, packing for Memphis and finding time to relax. Friday we have a pre-marital counseling session before leaving in the afternoon. I’m just excited to get out of town for a few days and even more excited because my parents are going to be at my shower!

Life is a bit crazy right now but I’m enjoying it. I can’t wait to see what God has in store for us.

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April 4th, 2008

Showers of Blessings

by Becca

We’re in McEwen for the weekend. The main reason being that we have another wedding shower on Sunday afternoon but it’s good to take care of some details that need tending to. Tomorrow we’re going to one of my cousins’ houses for a 50th wedding anniversary party. I haven’t seem them in years so it’ll be nice to introduce Gray to some long lost family.It seems that countdowns are a permanent part of my life. Only one more day until the shower, 6 days until Trina’s birthday, 2 weeks until Memphis… and 19 days until Gray moves into our apartment… :)

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March 13th, 2008

Apartment Hunting

by Becca

 Apartment Hunting

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We found out today that we have been approved for an apartment in Gateway Apartments in Murfreesboro. We get to move into the apartment in late April and now we’re busy trying to find some furniture and of course, set up utilities, the not so fun part.

I don’t have pictures of our apartment, but when we toured, I took some pictures, so I can show you a basic layout, which may be mirrored of what you see. Just click the image, and view them!

We are quite excited and as much as I’ve moved in my lifetime, I’m excited to be moving into my own place… with my future husband. :)

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