I didn't get a chance to put in another entry last night so I guess it will have to wait since we don't have internet at the apartment yet. I got caught up last night calling in and ordering our cable and our internet; then Seth and I watched some movie on HBO.
I am so excited that by tonight, we will be in Tucson and in our empty apartment!
Friday, May 21, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
First Leg.....
Seth and I departed from Madison this morning at approximately 7:10 am. It was sad to leave Madison, but I am sure that we will try to go back when we have a chance. I am going to miss the greenery and the lakes of Madison when I think about living in the desert of Tucson.
Anyhow, Seth and I made good time and we were in Wichita Wisconsin by 6 pm. After a delicious dinner at Bonefish Grill, we went to the hotel and caught up on the episode of LOST that we missed last night. The picture on the left is the picture of a sign that I put up in the back passenger window. Seth wanted me to make it since my poor Camry is so full of stuff that we're scared of bottoming out. So, pray for us that we make it safely and with all of our belongings!
Missouri
This roadtrip is certainly exposing me to the heartland of the states. I think that roadtripping is really fun and I can't believe that I've driven from Virginia to Wisconsin and now from Wisconsin to Arizona. We drove through four states today! Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas. I had the honor of seeing the Mighty Mississippi and the Mighty Missouri today as Seth likes to call it.Mississippi
The weather started out beautiful today and then it just rained all through Kansas. However, the heartland was not as flat as we thought it would be. There were quite the rolling hills and it was nice and green. Can you tell that my theme is looking at greenery since it doesn't seem like there will be much in Tucson? At least our apartment complex has greenery. =)
Another funny sight that we saw in Iowa was this casino called the Terrible Casino. I just liked how it was this large cowboy..it was quite entertaining to see something like this in Iowa after just driving through farmland. It's funny because no matter how many fields of cows I saw today, I still thought that they were really cute and I loved seeing calves in the field also. I asked Seth if he would ever want to have a farm and he said that it's a lot of work and I asked him if we could just have farm animals for pets. He didn't answer me....
And of course, the milestone of this trip is that my Toyota Camry hit 100,000 miles!!! I've put a lot of miles on my car over these past two years and I can't believe that it's over a hundred thousand now. We made sure to take a picture of this momentous moment for the Green Hornet, Seth's nickname for my car.And some silly pics from graduation....
Seth and I are holding the tulip to support its growth.
Seth pointing at a map of Downtown Madison.
And of course...the boot of Essen Haus!!Ok, till my next posting!! Miss you all!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
The night before the drive....
It is five minutes until the morning that Seth and I are about to embark upon our journey to the smoldering hot desert of Tucson, AZ. After a long night, I just can't bring myself to sleep yet without first blogging. Seth is of course in bed after a long day and I just needed to get some thoughts down on the blog.
The whole day was spent packing, shipping, and running random errands. I had my car battery checked out this morning after the people at Midas told me that my battery was not doing so hot. After a second opinion at Advance Auto Parts, it appears that my battery is good, which is good for me, and I hope it will prevail on our trip out to the wild wild west.
After finishing packing, we went out to dinner with the Baggott family and Seth's mom. We went to Mama Mia, which is always delicious and as always, I ate too much. It was a great time and it reminds me how lucky Seth and I were to have the friendships and relationships that we did during the time I lived in Wisconsin. Truly, Seth and I have lived an incredibly blessed life and I will always be so grateful for the family and friends that God has provided in my life. I know that Seth will miss his dear friend, Chris Baggott a lot as Chris is to Seth as Briana is to me. There are just some friendships in life that will always be so special because of the timing of these friendships. I just hope that Seth and I will always be able to keep in touch with everyone and that our paths will cross again in the not too distant future.
As I think about Arizona, this will be the fourth state that I reside in. It's crazy to think back to high school, I never imagined myself in this position of moving all the time, but so goes life. Adventures are great, but I am excited for when we settle down and have a permanent home. I am excited to set up home in Arizona and it has been fun picking out items with Seth for our new apartment.
My next goal is to somehow set up video g-chat so that Seth and I can chat with our family and be able to see the kids when we're chatting. I know that they will just grow up so fast. Anyhow, better head to bed now since it's officially May 19th.
The whole day was spent packing, shipping, and running random errands. I had my car battery checked out this morning after the people at Midas told me that my battery was not doing so hot. After a second opinion at Advance Auto Parts, it appears that my battery is good, which is good for me, and I hope it will prevail on our trip out to the wild wild west.
After finishing packing, we went out to dinner with the Baggott family and Seth's mom. We went to Mama Mia, which is always delicious and as always, I ate too much. It was a great time and it reminds me how lucky Seth and I were to have the friendships and relationships that we did during the time I lived in Wisconsin. Truly, Seth and I have lived an incredibly blessed life and I will always be so grateful for the family and friends that God has provided in my life. I know that Seth will miss his dear friend, Chris Baggott a lot as Chris is to Seth as Briana is to me. There are just some friendships in life that will always be so special because of the timing of these friendships. I just hope that Seth and I will always be able to keep in touch with everyone and that our paths will cross again in the not too distant future.
As I think about Arizona, this will be the fourth state that I reside in. It's crazy to think back to high school, I never imagined myself in this position of moving all the time, but so goes life. Adventures are great, but I am excited for when we settle down and have a permanent home. I am excited to set up home in Arizona and it has been fun picking out items with Seth for our new apartment.
My next goal is to somehow set up video g-chat so that Seth and I can chat with our family and be able to see the kids when we're chatting. I know that they will just grow up so fast. Anyhow, better head to bed now since it's officially May 19th.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
A New Beginning
The title of my post is "A New Beginning" because I am officially going to be closing out another chapter in my life in the next couple of weeks. As I look back on the two years that I have spent in Milwaukee, I am shocked at how fast time flies and how important relationships are. I have had many definitive chapters in my life: graduating high school, graduating college, getting my first job. Now that I'm moving onto my second job, I am really anxious to see how things will turn out and how living Seth, my husband of almost a year, will actually be! I am so excited to just have a new beginning with him in Arizona and I think it will make us a stronger couple for having this opportunity.
Yesterday was my last day of work at EY...well, technically my last work day was Thursday and I just went in on Friday morning in order to turn in my computer and my paperwork. It was very bittersweet because I had had a great last two weeks at the firm. I left on a high note and so it made me sad to say goodbye to my desk, the supply room, etc. knowing that I will most likely never return to Big 4 Public Accounting. I posted on my facebook wall that it was bittersweet and my friend, Phil, a former EY'er said, it won't be bittersweet come Monday and I thought about it and I think I agree with the sentiment.
During the day, I packed up items and just relaxed and then I had a little going away happy hour in which I got to see the people that I had gotten to know over the past couple of weeks. I was really happy that I got to spend time with my favorite people at EY. For dinner, we went to Barbiere's and I just love this pizza joint. Our friend, Chris' parents have been going there since they were young and they have the best garlic bread ever. Chris has been talking about it forever, but we didn't make it out for our first time until a couple of weeks ago. I'm definitely going to miss it when we are in Tucson. However, there will be no shortage of good Mexican food which makes me very excited.
I am writing this blog while I am at the airport and I decided to just snap a picture of Seth with his one leftover breadstick from Sbarro's. I love the episode of the Office where Michael is in New York City and he says that he loves this awesome neighborhood pizza place and he walks up to a Sbarro's. I decided to pack my own lunch as I have been eating pretty poorly lately and I packed a PB&J sandwich, strawberries, and veggie booty..which reminds me of Cheetos, but they're smaller and supposedly healthier.
For those of you who have started reading this blog, know that writing is a hobby that I'd really like to pick up and so this blog is going to include thoughts on people, travel, and life itself. It's always nice to write things down and get your thoughts and feelings onto paper or a blog. I used to journal every night as a kid and when I go back to my parent's place, I laugh at the thoughts and the things that I wrote. It's something that I can one day show my kids and they'll think, mom, you were ridiculous.
And to end my first post, I took snapped a picture of what Seth is doing while I am blogging:
Yesterday was my last day of work at EY...well, technically my last work day was Thursday and I just went in on Friday morning in order to turn in my computer and my paperwork. It was very bittersweet because I had had a great last two weeks at the firm. I left on a high note and so it made me sad to say goodbye to my desk, the supply room, etc. knowing that I will most likely never return to Big 4 Public Accounting. I posted on my facebook wall that it was bittersweet and my friend, Phil, a former EY'er said, it won't be bittersweet come Monday and I thought about it and I think I agree with the sentiment.
During the day, I packed up items and just relaxed and then I had a little going away happy hour in which I got to see the people that I had gotten to know over the past couple of weeks. I was really happy that I got to spend time with my favorite people at EY. For dinner, we went to Barbiere's and I just love this pizza joint. Our friend, Chris' parents have been going there since they were young and they have the best garlic bread ever. Chris has been talking about it forever, but we didn't make it out for our first time until a couple of weeks ago. I'm definitely going to miss it when we are in Tucson. However, there will be no shortage of good Mexican food which makes me very excited.
I am writing this blog while I am at the airport and I decided to just snap a picture of Seth with his one leftover breadstick from Sbarro's. I love the episode of the Office where Michael is in New York City and he says that he loves this awesome neighborhood pizza place and he walks up to a Sbarro's. I decided to pack my own lunch as I have been eating pretty poorly lately and I packed a PB&J sandwich, strawberries, and veggie booty..which reminds me of Cheetos, but they're smaller and supposedly healthier.For those of you who have started reading this blog, know that writing is a hobby that I'd really like to pick up and so this blog is going to include thoughts on people, travel, and life itself. It's always nice to write things down and get your thoughts and feelings onto paper or a blog. I used to journal every night as a kid and when I go back to my parent's place, I laugh at the thoughts and the things that I wrote. It's something that I can one day show my kids and they'll think, mom, you were ridiculous.
And to end my first post, I took snapped a picture of what Seth is doing while I am blogging:
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