Hello all :)
It's been quite a few months since I've blogged (obviously) so as you know, this will be an update post on my life and what's been going on since then...
After being on family medical leave (FMLA) for about a month, I decided to return to work and try [keyword: TRY] to get back into the swing of things. I spent those 4 weeks thinking.... a lot.... about my life... about my family..... about my friends... and I just really, really, really wanted to be able to feel normal again. To put myself back on track. Plus I wanted to be able to stay busy so that I couldn't spend my days cooped up inside my house feeling sorry for myself.
I'm sure you all understand.
For those of you who don't know, I work in the apartment management industry as a leasing agent. My job is pretty simple..... to lease apartments to prospects who are in search of an apartment home. There are lots of other duties that would apply to me as well, however, I will save that for another time. haha. So anyways, I started back at work at a brand new property which, I felt was sort of a relief for me. I had gotten to know a lot of the residents at my former complex and going back to that property after everything that happened would've put me in a situation where I would've had to explain myself to everyone.... and that was something that I honestly did NOT want to do. So this gave me a chance to start fresh at a brand new place with new people and a new mindset.
Once again, the Lord was definitely on my side. [insert thumbs up]
Once again, the Lord was definitely on my side. [insert thumbs up]
It's been 6 months since and for the first time I actually feel like this is where I need to be. I love and am so grateful for my job. Yes, it could be very stressful and I always be swearin' up and down that I'm gonna quit tomorrow (lol)..... but y'all know I don't be saying anything once payday rolls around. hahaha.
As for me and the husband...
we just recently celebrated our 4 years of marriage :)
Last year we spent our anniversary in Park City for the weekend at The Waldorf Astoria which was crazy expensive..
[see picture below]
Talk about fancy-shmancy....
It was beeeeeautiful inside and the rooms were amazing. But again, very expensive and probably only something we'd do once in awhile and if we were able to stay longer than just two days.
This year we decided to stick with our "staycation" idea but instead of spending the big bucks on the hotel, we decided to go cheap on the hotel and use the big bucks on our activities (a.k.a dinner and shopping... for me! haha).. which ended up working out for us since my mom works at a hotel and got us a honeymoon suite for a lower price.
We ended up staying on the east side of Salt Lake City closer to the canyons and spent 3 days just enjoying each others company and making the best out of our time together before going back to work.
I was seriously on cloud9 the whole time and I absolutely loved it.
My husband is a very simple man... and I love that it doesn't take much to impress him...
I guess another year married to him wouldn't hurt.. ;) lol -
But every single day is a new day for the both of us to become better people and better spouses for each other. The end of the year is drawing near and I'm just about ready to see what 2016 has in store for us.
Also, not sure if I mentioned it before, but the he's also been enjoying his job as well. He is a counselor for juvenile kids working full-time for the state of Utah :) It's seriously still so crazy to me that he wakes up every morning and goes to work instead of school..... only because 99.9% of our relationship was mostly spent with him doing something for school and/or football and me..... well.... shoooooooot just doin' me I guess! Lol. But now that that chapter has ended, it's really so awesome to know that he'll be coming home after work is done.
........and now for the star of this post.
My favorite missionary
It's been a little over a year since my brother has been out on the mission field and his weekly e-mails are my constant reminder of how much the Lord loves me. He's matured so much since he's been out there and you can tell that he's fallen in love with the Lords' work and the people of Tonga. On days where I don't feel like myself, I refer to his emails to comfort me and remind me why it's important to not give up.
I am one proud sister.
Elder Lolohea is more than halfway done and I am more than excited to welcome him home this time next year!
Nope, not me! haha
....my older sister Maile is expecting yet another baby girl this upcoming November! And since that's my birthday month (a.k.a thee best month in the whole entire solar system) I told my sister it only makes sense to name her after me. Lol. Duh! haha
I'm already overly obsessed with all my nieces, so I cannot wait until this little diva makes her debut so I can spoil her rotten.
As for me, I think that for right now I just want to focus on being a healthier me. Or at least motivating myself to actual look like how I feel like on the inside. haha. I was thinking about possibly documenting my journey with my blog but........ I'll just keep that in the back of my mind for now. lol.
So as you can see, i've just kept it pretty mellow these passed few months. Rob and I are anticipating another big trip soon.. hopefully to Australia to visit my other sister and her family.
So we shall see.. :)
until then,
XOXO
-Nikki
