Day one of Honeymoon Adventure...

Well I got in to DC Wednesday night. I met Derrek in the airport and it was GREAT! He picked me up in a big hug! We went and rented our car and then started on the road to the hotel we had booked. We got lost and then got to the red roof inn which was crappy. Anyways it was a great night with Derrek. We made a Slurpee run at like midnight and it has rained so I jumped in puddles in the parking lot. Derrek was too "cool" to do it with me. He missed out. hehe I slept dang good!!

Today we decided to go to the Baltimore Aquarium. It was AWESOME! So worth the money. We decided what fish we were going to steal from there and make our own aquarium in the mansion we have when we win the lottery. We even named them. We also paid like $10 extra for the dolphin show. It was so worth it! It was awesome to see dolphins and be so close. After the aquarium we went to the hard rock cafe and shared a grilled chicken sandwich that was amazing!


This is the type of Dolphins we saw at the show. I want one of my own!! Maybe for my next birthday ;-)


After that we got on the road and headed towards PA and decided to drive and we would stop where ever we wanted to. So we stopped at the first exit in Delaware! We both had never been. So we are in the hotel and enjoyed pizza for dinner and some Mikes Hard. It was good.

Derrek is passed out next to me and I am going to join him...tomorrow promises to be FUN as we are going to Hershey, PA! Look for that update. Pictures to come...

XOXO,
Megs and Derrek...kind of :-)

Came together rather nice

Well I am off to DC in like 8 hours. Even though the last 24hours have been very overwhelming i have to be thankful it has come together so great. I found a pretty good plane ticket out price wise. I will meet Derrek at the Ronald Reagan airport where we will rent a car. Then we got a hotel for Wed and Thur night near by for a good deal. We will sight see and spend time together. Then Friday we will go somewhere a little closer to the resort and find something fun to do Friday and Saturday...a little unsure where we want to go. Then on Sunday we will check into the Poconos and stay there till Saturday! Then Saturday we will drive to the Ronald Reagan airport (about 4 hours) and turn in the rental car and fly out EARLY Sunday morning. The rental car was only $50 more to keep the car for 11 days rather than just the 3 days before the honeymoon trip. It was crazy. Needless to say after everything is sad and done we will ahve used most of our tax money and nothing else. So that is good and we got some good deals thanks to the military! It was stressful finding it all but my mom and Derrek were very helpful.

Am I happy I am leaving in two weeks for Bliss....NO! But I am grateful that everything worked out for our trip and Derrek and I get this time together. I wish we had a little more time home with friends and family before we leave but luckily I have had that for two months now. The most important thing is that we will be together again! I am all packed and ready to go! Hopefully I can get some sleep. Very excited to see Derrek in like 15 hours!!!!

XOXO,
Megs

Army life can BITE BAD!

So I guess April is not going to be another GREAT month like March. Derrek found out today that when he is released from Aberdeen (where he is at for school right now) on Wednesday or Thursday we have 15 days to get to Fort Bliss. Orginally his orders said the 10th of June. Do not ask me questions on how and why they did this but they did. It is the Army so you can not ask many questions and they do not give many answers. So our ENTIRE plans changed!

Stupid me did not get insurance on his plane ticket for Wednesday so....they gave us a credit through travelocity (where I bought his ticket) that has to be used in the next year under Derrek's name and the same airline. So there goes that $150 till a later date. So I bought a ticket for $180 to Ronald Raegan Airport for Wednesday. And got a rental car. We will sight see and hang out until Sunday. Then Sunday we will go to the Poconos for our honeymoon trip....thankfully we were able to change the date we had set for May to this coming Sunday. No difference in price or room or anything. So that worked out. Now I need to find plane tickets back to CO from PA next Saturday and we will be home for only a few days then on our way to Bliss.

I am thankful that most of it worked out with the honeymoon trip and all. Thank god i saved ALL our tax money for this trip, because we will be using it ALL. So we are forking out more money with extra plane tickets, hotel and car rental but sometimes you have to enjoy time and not worry about money. I am obviously overwhelmed and stressed as this was not the plan and I can not imagine having to leave by the end of this month. So stress is the apartment hunting and such goes up. But I will try and take it day by day.

Well gotta get some homework done and then start packing as I leave Wednesday morning!

XOXO,
Megs

What a wonderful world...

As I sit here and it is almost 1am I have so much that I am thinking of. I had a wonderful birthday and I have to say it was because I have such amazing people in my life. Between the texts, calls, comments and the lucky ones who got to party with me that night, I was just so lucky to have so much love. That is honestly the best gift a person can have. It is not about material things, but the people who share with you in that special day and I had many.

It makes me just keep thinking back to what I have been through the past two and a half months. I know I have said it before but I am just so grateful for what I have gained through it all. Some amazing friendships that will last a lifetime. The positive outlook I have gained through all the sadness and reality of the things I have faced. The motivation I have to make my future bright and successful. The amazing love and strength Derrek and I have gained as a couple. All of these things came from something that is honestly the worst thing I could have imagined to happen at that time in my life.

Often times lately I have jumped to conclusions and have gotten concerned so easily over things that are not worth it. Because I have had so many great things lately I am so use to something going wrong so it is as if I am on guard for that thing to happen. So sometimes I catch myself trying to hard to please people in my friendships because of the fear of losing them. I am trying to stop this as it will cause problems if I keep questioning things. It is not the person or people at all! It is my past. I think that is my hardest thing is leaving the past in the past. So that is what I am going to be working on for a little while...trusting life is good and that something bad does NOT have to happen. Enjoy what I have and think about the present not the past or even future. That is my goal for this month.

I can not say thank you enough to the amazing people in my life who are still by my side on my bad days when I break down. For the people with countious encouraging words and not the statements such as "I know how you feel" and "it will all be okay". You know who you are and I am blessed to have you!!!

XOXO,
Megs

Twitter??

Well I just joined the world of Twitter.....http://twitter.com/MegsHeartDerrek! Not that I have any clue what it really is! Between my blog, myspace and facebook...I do not know if twitter is any difference. It seems very confusing to me. Anyone have any insight for me?
Oh and I did find a actress who was Punky Brewster!!! I loved that show and have almost all the seasons on DVD! She is so pretty. It was crazy to see her name pop up on twitter. HAHA Well hopefully I will learn what this is and what the buzz is all about!

Off to bed as tomorrow is my BIRTHDAY!!!!

XOXO,
Megs