Life Catch-Up & Bloglovin

Hi All!

I'm so excited to be back on the bloggersphere after a couple days hiatus. Sorry I disappeared but between moving and Mike's birthday I was on the go go go and am now just stopping to catch my breath (and share with you all!)

First off, the move went great. On Thursday Mike and I packed up his apartment and moved everything into the moving truck. It was just the two of us, so I was super proud that we got it all done. I even moved an all oak dresser down two huge flights of stairs- I felt pretty awesome. It really felt like the start to Mike's and my new journey together.

Then on Friday Mike drove the moving truck and I followed behind in his car. It was a tad hilarious watching him drive this sixteen foot monstrosity-but he did it in style. The moving truck couldn't go above 75 mph so it was a bit slow going, but we finally made it to Boston! Here's a few pics from the road and the bottom left is right when we got to Mike's apartment (can you tell I was a little excited?)

 

 

My parents came down to help move Mike in (thanks Momma and Poppa Fish!) Mom even brought some cookies and my all favorite buffalo chicken dip (I'll post the recipe on here soon).

Friday night we went out with some friends of mine from school and I had the most delicious cider. If you like cider try DownEast's cranberry cider. It's my friend Cambria's boyfriends company which I had no idea until I posted a pic on instagram-the power of social media at its finest, friends. :) So, if you like Cider, definitely give them a try-totally delicious!

Saturday was Mike's birthday! Happy Birthday, Huck! :)

We had a relaxing day. It started out by taking him to lunch where he literally had the largest nacho plate I've ever seen-both of our mouths dropped when the waitress brought it over. We then ran some errands at Target and headed back to Mike's for a much needed nap. For his birthday night we went to a Saint Patrick's Day shindig which was a ton of fun-check out my Shamrock ears! :) I bought him Red Sox tickets for a game in May-so I'm excited for that!

I am so excited Mike is finally in Boston. I keep waking up each morning excited and realize it's because he is so close by! But, alas, I'll stop gushing. :)


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Hope you all have a fab start to the week!

How were your weekends?

What did you do for Saint Patrick's Day?

 

I'm leaving on a jet plane...(Our LDR Story)

Don't worry, I know when I'll be back again.

Tonight I'm flying to Michael so I can drive his car back this weekend for his big move! I am so excited. No more constant traveling, no more tearful phone calls (on my part-if it gets past ten o'clock at night and I miss Mike a lot and talk to him, cue the waterworks) and most importantly no more long-distance!!

Mike and I have been long distance for a while now. He graduated a semester earlier than me and ended up finding a job in his hometown. After I graduated I had the big decision of where to go to grad school. Through many conversations Mike and I decided I should pursue my dream of moving to Boston and that he would eventually move north. It was a hard decision to make because I had been accepted to a graduate school near Mike. I knew I wanted to be in Boston, though, and Mike knew he would eventually want to move here.



It was painful to say goodbye after living the summer near the beach together. All of the sudden we were going to be back to long-distance.

Over the past few months (here in Boston) I have learned a lot about love, relationships, and us. I've learned to always have faith (even when it is incredibly hard to do so). There were so many times I broke down because I wanted to be close to Mike-he always reminded me, though, that every fairytale has a time in it when you're not quite sure if the couple will end up together and that that was the part of our story we were in now, but one day we would reach our happily ever after of being together. I am so glad I did, because that someday is finally here.

I believe long-distance really strengthened our relationship as well. Both of us went through some challenging things during the last year and we had to deal with them miles and miles apart. We got good at communication which has made all the difference.

I love this boy and can't wait to start our next adventure. For my LDR loves out there, if you ever want to chat about long-distance, let me know. Us gals have got to stick together! :)

So, I'm leaving on my jet plane tonight and finally getting my guy and bringing him home. Here's to our next adventure and hoping it will be full of love, happiness, giggles and lots of cuddles.

See ya'll in a couple days (I've got some boxes to move! :) )

Monday Inspiration

Mondays are always a bit rough, but this time change really confused my body! I couldn't get to sleep last night which meant I was a bit of a zombie all day. For you LOTR friends, I thought this was appropriate:

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I was interviewed this morning for a religious education video series-I'm hoping my acting career will take off and you'll see me at the Oscars next year, seated right next to Ryan Gosling...

Hey, a girl can dream, right?

In other news I am counting down the days until I fly to Mike and help him begin his treck to Boston! I absolutely can't wait! He's worth all the boxes I'll be hauling.

Here's some Monday inspiration from Pinterest for ya'll.

  

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Hope you have a great start to the week!

Do anything fun this weekend?

Any Monday inspiration to share?

Does anyone else feel like a zombie with this time change?

Linking up to GFC (yay for my first link-up!)

Gargantuan News!

Today marks the end of spring break.

Which in turn means classes begin tomorrow. I can't believe break is over, it simply flew by. I also can't believe I only have two months left and I will be done my first year of graduate school! Time flies when you're studying, eh?

I much rather be here:

Dreaming of the Bahamas...

I can't be too sad the days of sleeping in and doing nothing are done, however, because Michael is MOVING here!!! I can officially announce it to the world-and boy, does that feel good!
Mike and I have been in a long-distance relationship for the past year and a half. It's been both beyond challenging and an incredible growing experience. I moved to Boston knowing that eventually Mike wanted to move here too. We just didn't know when.

So after months of worrying it may never happen and I was destined to have a Skype relationship with my beloved, I am over the moon. :)

The biggest thing I have learned throughout this experience is to keep faith. A lot of times I doubted and worried about all the small details constantly (okay, a bit more than constantly- a gargantuan ton). When in reality, all the small details where working themselves out as they were meant to.

So, for all you LDRs, my best piece of advice is to always try and keep faith (and believe me, I know that is WAY easier said than done sometimes!)

I'm flying down to Mike's later on in the week to drive his car up and move him into his apartment.

Yip, Yip, HOORAY!

I hope you all enjoy your Sundays and they include lots of good rest and sweets!

(Ps. Isn't the word garguantuan simply awesome?)

 

How about all of you? Anything exciting going on?

Any good long distance relationship advice?

Any fun words of the day?

Anyone else ready for spring? Cause I sure am!