Reenlistment

So this past Friday Adam reenlisted for another 4 years in the Navy. It was a nice ceremony. I don't have any pictures because I forgot my camera. I'm kinda bad about that. Our weekend has been pretty mellow. We bought a grill on Friday with our tax refund. Adam had duty all day Saturday, so we couldn't do anything real exciting. Today he starts working nights so our weekend is pretty much done. I don't know if he's going to like working nights, but we'll see how well we adjust. I guess it doesn't matter much right now because I still haven't found a job. Hopefully I'll find something soon, but then we won't be seeing much of each other. Maybe he won't be on nights for long. We'll have to wait and see.

Wow! So it's been a while since I've posted anything. In my defense though, we were in the middle of moving. We are finally starting to settle into our place in Washington. The area is so beautiful out here, and I'm thinking that Adam really wants to stay as long as he possibly can. He's decided to re-enlist for another 4 years. That is kind of a relief that we'll have a steady income for that amount of time. I've started the job hunting process. Hopefully it doesn't take me forever to find something.

I don't have pictures yet. Our house is still in the putting things in their proper place stage. It's going slower than I had anticipated. Hopefully it won't take too much longer to put things away and then I'll have pictures up. I really like our house, but then again anything is an upgrade from where we were in Hawaii.

Thanksgiving

Adam and I had a good first thanksgiving together. We went over to a friends house for dinner. It was really nice. I went to the mall on black friday (not at 5 a.m. like all the other people in the world, it was noon-ish), and got some xmas decorations at the 99 cent store. Adam was really surprised when he came home from watch. I must say that I'm actually excited for xmas this year. Tonight we're going to see Dane Cook which should be a good time.

Update

Wow I haven't been very good at this! Things are going well for Adam and I. My parents are coming to visit in December for Christmas, so I'm definitely excited about that. I'm a little bored not having a job, but I have things that I could be doing in the meantime to keep me busy. Right now I'm trying to design my wedding album, and keep the apartment clean. Because it's so small, it gets dirty fast, or so it seems.

We are still waiting for orders. Adam has been in contact with his detailer though and he's getting a time frame narrowed down. We are looking at February sometime to leave. But with everything with the military, nothing is for certain until we get the hard copy of his orders. Adam thinks we'll be getting them soon because they were just waiting for funds to release them, and apparently the budget was signed last week sometime. We do know that we are going to go straight to Whidbey Island after this. There was a time when we thought that he would go straight to school and then I would have to go home for that time before we both to to Washington. This is nice because we can put our names on the housing list and get moved in sooner (hopefully). I am just so excited to move out of this place and live with our own stuff. There's just something about using other peoples belongings.

Halloween was pretty mellow for us. We spent the night at the Hale Koa (a military hotel in Waikiki). Adam dressed up for work on Friday as Michael Jackson, but neither one of us dressed up Saturday night. It was a very nice evening. We did a little swimming, then went to dinner and drinks, then we sat on the beach and listened to the entertainment at the bar for a while. We are thinking of going back for Thanksgiving weekend. We have tickets to see Dane Cook that weekend and thought we could make a whole weekend out of it.

Moved

Well we made it to Hawaii! The apartment is a little small, but it's perfect for just the two of us. We do have an amazing view from our living room and front deck. Adam told me what the name for it is in Hawaii, but I forget. I most likely wouldn't know how to spell it anyway.

Our plane ride here wasn't too bad. It was about an hour and a half from Midway to Atlanta and then it was a 9 hour flight from Atlanta to Honolulu. At least on the plane there were mini screens on the back of each seat so we had control of our own entertainment. so I slept, read, and watched 3 movies on the flight.

The weather has been perfect, low 80's everyday and mostly sunny. This morning I realized that I really wasn't in IL anymore because I was in the shower and all of a sudden I spotted a gecko in there. It definitely startled me. Adam said that I had to be nice to it because it saves us 15% on our car insurance... I just wanted it out of my shower!

Adam's Home!!

Adam finally made it home yesterday. His flight got in about 3:30 pm and they made it back to town a little after 6 pm. They made excellent time! I wasn't expecting him back until at least 7 because I was imagining rush hour traffic to be much worse than what it was. It was a nice visit last night though. My parents came down and then friends came over to visit. Adam was really tired by the end of the night though cause he had been up for over 24 hours with all the time change and traveling he did. Now we just have to get the wedding plans in order cause we get married in 11 days.

Orders!!

Friday, Adam looked at the orders list and he got selected to go to Washington State in January. I'm excited that we now have somewhere to look forward to after our time in Hawaii us up. I was hoping for someplace a little warmer to move to in January, but I guess I'll take whatever. It'll be nice cause people will now be able to afford to come and visit us, and hopefully we'll have the room to have people come and stay with us!!

Adam comes home on the 17th!! I can't wait to see him! It's been 13 months since I've seen him last, and I can't wait to start the rest of our lives together!