At Home with Heather

(Ok, B and Renee don't kill me for posting this blog...y'all should post a blog too, b/c way more people read your blogs than mine!!!! =)

Well, my dear friend Renee had a milestone birthday this year-30! Renee is just as fun and young and fresh as ever though and 30 is nothing but a silly number... So her great sister, B decided that it was fitting to take her to a spa for some pampering.

I took her for a pedicure the day before her birthday and that was amazing. We were all really looking forward to the spa as well. B came in from Alabama, just for the occasion (oh and a wedding, but ya know...=)

We went to Panera Bread for "brunch" first and had a splendid time chatting and laughing.

And then to the spa we went....

When we got there we had to fill out a bit of "odd" paperwork, but soon we were sitting in the "relaxation room" sipping on sparkling white grape juice and eating yummy treats (such as an amazing pound cake) while chatting away, the way women do when they are all together and having fun.

After "relaxing" for a bit we changed into soft, fluffy, white robes. Ohhh....ahhhh... =)
And our spa journey continued with facials and massages. I had never had either, so it was a very fun experience for me.

Details will be had perhaps by Renee's blog...I want to leave something fun for her to write about too. =)

I personally throughly enjoyed the day off. It doesn't happen often for me, so I was thankful! I felt the people at the spa did a great job making it an experience. I definitly cuold get used to massages and facials on a regular basis, but everyone knows I am trying to swing back to my "hippy days" so it may be a bit before I do this again!

So, YEAH for me for not writing for 500 years!!!! What can I say??? My life has been SUPER busy since Jan working three jobs. I have enjoyed my time being a workaholic, but the time has come for me to say goodbye to at least one job for now. I am quitting my job at the mall. this decision came about for various reasons, one top one being I just can't work 75 hours a week anymore, seven days a week with no brake!!! =p It really was fun, but I have realized I have neglected other important things in the quest to "make more money." Like going to church and organizing my house, grocery shopping, training for a marathon. Needless to say I am super excited to have a little bit more time to myself to relax and reflect.

I am thoroughly enjoying my nanny job, with the two cutest little boys ever (besides all the boys of all the people who read this blog... =) Spending time with Grant (the 5 year old) in the afternoon is glorious. I love the way the world looks through the eyes of a 5 year old. Grant is as boy as they come and he always asks about Sam b/c he is in the Army. And Grant wants to be in the Army too, someday so he can "shoot bad guys and drive a big truck." The other day he said, out of the blue, "did your husband find you or did you find your husband?" How totally cute is that??? So, I adore that job and plan on staying there for a while.

In other parts of my life, I was able to run the half marathon-whoohoo!!! And now I am hopefully going to start training for the Chicago marathon in October.

Sam has come and gone. We had the best two weeks ever! I am really looking forward to him being home for good in August, so we can get into a routine of normal living and the like.

In the meantime his shift at the airport has changed so we can talk on the webcam and skype almost every night for 4 or 5 hours. it's really, really nice and I am so thankful that we have had such great circumstances. I am also so thankful that our marriage has actually grown stronger through all this and we will be able to leap ahead when he comes home.

Hopefully, I will keep up with the updates more often now..........no guarantees though!!! ;)

So I am finally deciding to write another blog. It has been a significant "hot 5" since I have written because like my brother-in-law, David I was taking a "moment of silence" for a fellow blogger.

So this is what has been happening in my life. I have taken on a third job as a nanny. For now I am temping for a family with two boys and trying to decide if I am going to take the job. The kids are really good, but it is a 30 minute drive up to the Ballentyne area of Charlotte and the hours are 8-5, 5 days a week. So, in due time I will have to make a decision about whether or not I am going to stay with this family. I am still working at the mall and waiting tables on the side as well. I have actually become a work-a-holic, and I enjoy the rush of being stressed and hardly having time to eat between jobs. Ha! No, really I actually like it. Who would have thought I would WANT to work 24/7??? Honestly, it helps the days blur together and a teensy bit more bearable for me to wait for Sam's arrival home (47 more days). The countdown has started and it can not come soon enough. These 4 and a half months have been a bitter-sweet eternity. It seems these last 7 or so weeks are going to be torture waiting until March when Sam will FINALLY arrive home.

Having friends and family to distract me has been wonderful too. I took a great trip to Arizona to see my rad bro-in-law, David and had a blast with him. And then my adoptive "in-laws" came to visit this weekend and it was so fun to spend time with them and hang out. I enjoyed the chill time and deep conversations. The support Sam and I have received has really been overwhelming and we are forever grateful to all the amazing people out there that have encouraged and prayed for us through this deployment.

Ok, next update. I am steadily back in training for the half-marathon. I am really excited about it and get a great rush thinking about it when I am running on the treadmill at the gym. I am so excited to reach this goal in my life.

That's a pretty good summary of what has been going on, on this half of the Heather/Sam duo.
I hope all is well with everyone else in the blog-a-sphere!