Well readers, as usual, it has been far too long since my last post.
School started last week, and I am happy to say I am back in the classroom this semester. I am enrolled full time, and add that to my two jobs that I have, I am a very busy woman indeed. I find if I am super busy it is easier to keep up with everything I need to do. As they say, here goes nothing...
Financial aid, as usual, has been a total lifesaver. We paid off some debts we had, finally whipped our office into shape, and got a much needed software update. House-wise, all that is left is getting the rest of our boxes unpacked. Sadly they are mostly only half-packed now, and a lot of what is still in boxes is books, which now have a new home on our bookshelf.
Peach days starts today, and I am excited we are going. We are still trying to decide whether or not to take Sally, because she is due to go into heat any day, and we aren't ready to have granddogs yet. I'm just excited to see my mom more than anything. I haven't seen her in weeks.
Sky and I have made it another month without getting pregnant. Needless to say I am very happy about that. Granted, the idea of having a little us becomes increasingly less horrifying the longer we are together, but I'm still just not quite ready to be a mom. We are talking about trying when I am done with school or within a semester of being done with school.
So there's a timeline for you. I know some people out there are starting to worry because we have been married over a year and still no talk of a little Gubler on the way. We just aren't really in a hurry to start a family. We are only 24. There is plenty of time to make a baby still.
Anyway, I am now in my Lifespan Development class, and I think it's best to pay attention. Coincidentally, we are talking about conception today.
Keep it real readers.
The random, often far-too-honest ramblings of everyone's favorite "chicken".
Friday, August 31, 2012
Friday, August 03, 2012
Oddly Deep Insight From an ABC Family Movie...
Well readers, get ready for a trip.
A few nights ago, I was folding laundry when I decided to thumb through Netflix to find something to watch to pass the time, when a title called "My Future Boyfriend" popped up. I thought to myself, "What the heck, it's kinda short, so I might as well." It turned out to be an ABC Family original movie, starring the deliciously curvaceous Sarah Rue (I have a thing for redheads, what can I say?) so I decided to stick it out.
It's about a man from 1000 years in the future where love doesn't exist anymore, and everyone is ruled by reason and logic. It was all very Vulcan. However, this man discovers an old romance novel, reads it, and has all kinds of questions that no one seems to have the answers to. So he decides to travel back in time to the year 2011 to meet the author and receive all these answers about love and sex. Anyway he meets the author, and in his pursuit for knowledge and understanding of foreign concepts, he ends up falling in love with her.
Where I found my insight was at an interesting point. The author becomes engaged to her longtime boyfriend, and while future man is bemoaning the loss of this woman he has fallen for, who has also fallen for him, but feels stuck because she has been with this man she is engaged to for so long, author woman's coworker talks about how author woman met her boyfriend. They met when he caught her hat just before it fell into a river on a windy day. He says, "Sometimes falling in love is about being in the right place at the right time to find that right person."
Then my brain exploded.
If I hadn't gone to that party at the end of May 2010 at Lindsay Ferrin's house, and played "Baby do you love me," and felt this strange spark inside of me as I leaned in close to Skyler's face, I don't know where I would be now. If I hadn't gone to the movies a few weeks after that with my friend Cherisa to see the karate kid, I wouldn't have sat next to him and shared my apple chips and talked to him the whole time, which led me to want to hug him at the end of the night. Three weeks after that was our first date, and five months after that he asked me to marry him.
Sometimes you just have to let yourself be led, because next thing you know, you are standing in front of the one person who will love you in spite of yourself, who will hold you when you are upset no matter how much you thrash and fight to allow you to calm down.
Well readers, that's all for me.
Keep it real.
A few nights ago, I was folding laundry when I decided to thumb through Netflix to find something to watch to pass the time, when a title called "My Future Boyfriend" popped up. I thought to myself, "What the heck, it's kinda short, so I might as well." It turned out to be an ABC Family original movie, starring the deliciously curvaceous Sarah Rue (I have a thing for redheads, what can I say?) so I decided to stick it out.
It's about a man from 1000 years in the future where love doesn't exist anymore, and everyone is ruled by reason and logic. It was all very Vulcan. However, this man discovers an old romance novel, reads it, and has all kinds of questions that no one seems to have the answers to. So he decides to travel back in time to the year 2011 to meet the author and receive all these answers about love and sex. Anyway he meets the author, and in his pursuit for knowledge and understanding of foreign concepts, he ends up falling in love with her.
Where I found my insight was at an interesting point. The author becomes engaged to her longtime boyfriend, and while future man is bemoaning the loss of this woman he has fallen for, who has also fallen for him, but feels stuck because she has been with this man she is engaged to for so long, author woman's coworker talks about how author woman met her boyfriend. They met when he caught her hat just before it fell into a river on a windy day. He says, "Sometimes falling in love is about being in the right place at the right time to find that right person."
Then my brain exploded.
If I hadn't gone to that party at the end of May 2010 at Lindsay Ferrin's house, and played "Baby do you love me," and felt this strange spark inside of me as I leaned in close to Skyler's face, I don't know where I would be now. If I hadn't gone to the movies a few weeks after that with my friend Cherisa to see the karate kid, I wouldn't have sat next to him and shared my apple chips and talked to him the whole time, which led me to want to hug him at the end of the night. Three weeks after that was our first date, and five months after that he asked me to marry him.
Sometimes you just have to let yourself be led, because next thing you know, you are standing in front of the one person who will love you in spite of yourself, who will hold you when you are upset no matter how much you thrash and fight to allow you to calm down.
Well readers, that's all for me.
Keep it real.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Playing Catch-up
Well readers, I admit it has been far too long since I have updated my blog. Let's catch you up to speed, shall we?
Well, Sky and I have moved into a charming little apartment in St. George, and it doesn't look like much on the outside, but it is quite fantastic on the inside, if I do say so myself. :-) Pictures will be posted to Facebook soon I promise. We have been slowly adding to our living room area to make it more of a home for us, and it is looking amazing.
We got a puppy in March. Her name is Sally Mae, and she is a fun little ball of energy. She is a Yorkie-Poodle mix, and she is utterly adorable. We love her very much, and for now, she is as much kid as we can handle.
I got a job working for the Recreation Division for the city of St. George, and while it was daunting to start out with, I am really getting pretty good at it, and I really enjoy my coworkers. I'm still at Lane Bryant, but I took a second job to help bring in some extra moolah for the time being.
Sky quit his job at Ashley Furniture for a full-time position at the school district. He is one of a handful of full-time custodians in the district, which means better pay, and even more exciting, benefits. :-) Very happy time for the Gubler house.
Things have been a little tight for us, but our struggles have made our relationship stronger, and we are closer than ever. I love my man more and more every day, and I continue to feel like the luckiest girl in the world because he's mine.
I promise not all of my future posts will not be this glazed over. I just wanted to catch you all out.
Keep it real readers.
Well, Sky and I have moved into a charming little apartment in St. George, and it doesn't look like much on the outside, but it is quite fantastic on the inside, if I do say so myself. :-) Pictures will be posted to Facebook soon I promise. We have been slowly adding to our living room area to make it more of a home for us, and it is looking amazing.
We got a puppy in March. Her name is Sally Mae, and she is a fun little ball of energy. She is a Yorkie-Poodle mix, and she is utterly adorable. We love her very much, and for now, she is as much kid as we can handle.
I got a job working for the Recreation Division for the city of St. George, and while it was daunting to start out with, I am really getting pretty good at it, and I really enjoy my coworkers. I'm still at Lane Bryant, but I took a second job to help bring in some extra moolah for the time being.
Sky quit his job at Ashley Furniture for a full-time position at the school district. He is one of a handful of full-time custodians in the district, which means better pay, and even more exciting, benefits. :-) Very happy time for the Gubler house.
Things have been a little tight for us, but our struggles have made our relationship stronger, and we are closer than ever. I love my man more and more every day, and I continue to feel like the luckiest girl in the world because he's mine.
I promise not all of my future posts will not be this glazed over. I just wanted to catch you all out.
Keep it real readers.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Finally On Our Own!
Oh my gosh readers, it has been way too long, and I must apologize.
First of all, let me happily announce that we have finally moved into our own place! It is in a development made of duplexes and it is quite fantastic. Of course, I live there so I'm a little biased. We have turned it into a wonderful little home for us, and it is slowly becoming more and more wonderful every day. We got two cats named Teddie and Gus, and they are our kids for now. They are great little buddies and we love them a lot.
After a lot of thought and soul searching, I decided to change my major to Psychology, and drop this current semester to help Sky pay off some of our bills before he starts school in August. I will graduate next May with my BS, and the following fall I will be enrolling in graduate school to get my Master's in School Psychology. Holla!
Sky is still working himself to the bone, and in the meantime, I am working on finding a second job to get some more hours, and more importantly, more money.
We are loving living on our own. I found out that I am fantastic at cooking and keeping a clean house. The funniest part about all of it is a number of family members were positive that I would be living in squalor and I would let my husband starve to death or make him live on bologna sandwiches. In their faces!
BAM! I rock this wife thing.
At any rate, we are facing the future on our own, and we are relying on each other like real live big people.
Again, I'm sorry for how long it has been.
Keep it real readers.
First of all, let me happily announce that we have finally moved into our own place! It is in a development made of duplexes and it is quite fantastic. Of course, I live there so I'm a little biased. We have turned it into a wonderful little home for us, and it is slowly becoming more and more wonderful every day. We got two cats named Teddie and Gus, and they are our kids for now. They are great little buddies and we love them a lot.
After a lot of thought and soul searching, I decided to change my major to Psychology, and drop this current semester to help Sky pay off some of our bills before he starts school in August. I will graduate next May with my BS, and the following fall I will be enrolling in graduate school to get my Master's in School Psychology. Holla!
Sky is still working himself to the bone, and in the meantime, I am working on finding a second job to get some more hours, and more importantly, more money.
We are loving living on our own. I found out that I am fantastic at cooking and keeping a clean house. The funniest part about all of it is a number of family members were positive that I would be living in squalor and I would let my husband starve to death or make him live on bologna sandwiches. In their faces!
BAM! I rock this wife thing.
At any rate, we are facing the future on our own, and we are relying on each other like real live big people.
Again, I'm sorry for how long it has been.
Keep it real readers.
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Still Learning I Guess...
OK readers, I admit it has been FAR too long since I last posted. (Cringe for impact of rotten fruit) But life has been, in a word, nuts.
Let me catch you up since the last post.
First of all, the tournament in Phoenix was really great, and I took two bronze. Go me! Sky took two bronze and a silver. Go babe! One of Sky's black belts took Junior Grand Champion, which basically means she was the best competitor under 18. She's freakin' amazing to watch. Go Kelsy!
The house we were supposed to move into dissolved before our eyes. The landlords disappeared, as did their "For Rent" sign. The house still sits empty. We found an amazing townhouse right by the college later that month, and it turned out to be income-based, and well, we made barely too much money. Then we found a house by Quail Lake that seemed great. Good space, decent location, slightly more expensive than we initially planned, but still doable. We were supposed to move in November15th. Then the 20th. Then, for sure the tenants were going to be moved out and the carpets would be cleaned by the 27th. Well, then they officially said December 3rd. When the 27th rolled around and we still hadn't moved, it was time to do some serious thinking. Was this worth our time and all our money that would be folded into utility deposits and first month's rent and security deposit? Was it? Right before Christmas? Well, as we pondered this together, and included a little guidance from the Big Guy Upstairs, we began feeling worse and worse about the situation, so we called the landlord, and politely and apologetically let her know our decision.
So we are spending Christmas in the Gubler basement. We will find our perfect place shortly after the new year, and hopefully in a little less debt. I was almost devastated at first, but as the decision has sunk in and I've been working through everything with Sky, I'm feeling better about it all the time. There is some reason why we still have to be here, and I guess I'm still learning what it is.
Happy side note, Sky and I will be married seven months on the 13th, and we are still not pregnant. *Happy Dance!*
Other than that, and school basically sucking the life out of me, life is pretty good for ol' Mrs. Goob. I love Sky more and more every day, he makes me laugh all the time, and I'm really enjoying work right now. In spite of everything, I still manage to find my happiness. Granted, I have my gloomy days, but all in all I'm happy. I got my best friend and partner in crime at my side, and together we can do anything. :-)
Keep it real readers.
Let me catch you up since the last post.
First of all, the tournament in Phoenix was really great, and I took two bronze. Go me! Sky took two bronze and a silver. Go babe! One of Sky's black belts took Junior Grand Champion, which basically means she was the best competitor under 18. She's freakin' amazing to watch. Go Kelsy!
The house we were supposed to move into dissolved before our eyes. The landlords disappeared, as did their "For Rent" sign. The house still sits empty. We found an amazing townhouse right by the college later that month, and it turned out to be income-based, and well, we made barely too much money. Then we found a house by Quail Lake that seemed great. Good space, decent location, slightly more expensive than we initially planned, but still doable. We were supposed to move in November15th. Then the 20th. Then, for sure the tenants were going to be moved out and the carpets would be cleaned by the 27th. Well, then they officially said December 3rd. When the 27th rolled around and we still hadn't moved, it was time to do some serious thinking. Was this worth our time and all our money that would be folded into utility deposits and first month's rent and security deposit? Was it? Right before Christmas? Well, as we pondered this together, and included a little guidance from the Big Guy Upstairs, we began feeling worse and worse about the situation, so we called the landlord, and politely and apologetically let her know our decision.
So we are spending Christmas in the Gubler basement. We will find our perfect place shortly after the new year, and hopefully in a little less debt. I was almost devastated at first, but as the decision has sunk in and I've been working through everything with Sky, I'm feeling better about it all the time. There is some reason why we still have to be here, and I guess I'm still learning what it is.
Happy side note, Sky and I will be married seven months on the 13th, and we are still not pregnant. *Happy Dance!*
Other than that, and school basically sucking the life out of me, life is pretty good for ol' Mrs. Goob. I love Sky more and more every day, he makes me laugh all the time, and I'm really enjoying work right now. In spite of everything, I still manage to find my happiness. Granted, I have my gloomy days, but all in all I'm happy. I got my best friend and partner in crime at my side, and together we can do anything. :-)
Keep it real readers.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
So Much...
Well readers, next weekend Sky and I are travelling down to Phoenix for a region karate championship, which I am super excited for, and at the same time I'm super nervous. I've never competed in anything like this before and I'm freaking out just a little. :-p Sky has complete faith in me though, and if he has faith in me then I must not be nearly as mediocre as I think I am.
We're still figuring out the particulars of the trip, but hopefully that will all be ironed out this week.
The weekend after that we are hoping to finally move into OUR OWN PLACE!!! We found this adorable little house by the temple, and the landlords seem really nice. It's not going to be anything fancy, and it has a few interesting little quirks, but it will be ours, and that makes it perfect. Right now we are just busting our tails to save up the deposit and rent for the first month.
With all this extra working, we have hardly gotten to see each other, and the few minutes we do, we are usually doing something like seeing a piece of furniture that someone has for sale or seeing a few friends we haven't seen in a while, or he's sleeping. I miss him so much it's insane. I think I'm going to finally bite the bullet and go to Biolife and sell some plasma. Getting stuck with a needle to take some pressure off of Sky is worth it. I've scheduled an appointment, and I'm scared out of my mind, but hundreds if not thousands of people are doing it every week, so it must not be all bad. I haven't told Sky yet because if I don't go through with it he will be disappointed. Again.
I'm just trying to man up a little for the next few months. They are going to be tough and I have to be brave.
Keep it real readers.
We're still figuring out the particulars of the trip, but hopefully that will all be ironed out this week.
The weekend after that we are hoping to finally move into OUR OWN PLACE!!! We found this adorable little house by the temple, and the landlords seem really nice. It's not going to be anything fancy, and it has a few interesting little quirks, but it will be ours, and that makes it perfect. Right now we are just busting our tails to save up the deposit and rent for the first month.
With all this extra working, we have hardly gotten to see each other, and the few minutes we do, we are usually doing something like seeing a piece of furniture that someone has for sale or seeing a few friends we haven't seen in a while, or he's sleeping. I miss him so much it's insane. I think I'm going to finally bite the bullet and go to Biolife and sell some plasma. Getting stuck with a needle to take some pressure off of Sky is worth it. I've scheduled an appointment, and I'm scared out of my mind, but hundreds if not thousands of people are doing it every week, so it must not be all bad. I haven't told Sky yet because if I don't go through with it he will be disappointed. Again.
I'm just trying to man up a little for the next few months. They are going to be tough and I have to be brave.
Keep it real readers.
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Surviving...
Well readers, I'm rounding out my third week of school, and so far so good. I fell a little bit behind due to my first cold in almost a year and a half, but I am gallantly making my way back into being on top of my school work. Work is going fine. It makes for a bit of juggling, but it keeps me on my toes, and I appreciate that to be honest. Sky and I had an opportunity to have a whole weekend alone, which was magnificent. I got to make dinner for my husband and be an awesome little wifey. I loved it. Walking all over the house in my undies is awesome. We are apartment hunting later this afternoon, so that little taste I had over the weekend of what married life really could be will be an every day reality. My own kitchen, where I know where everything is. I can't wait! I love cooking and baking.
I love embracing my weirdness. I've really let it hang out since I've been with Sky, and since we've been married it has really been great. He loves me. Even my weirdness. All of it. And I love him and all of his weirdness too. I don't think I have ever been quite this happy in my life. Not even as a kid.
However, I went off of one of my psychotropic medications a few weeks ago. It was the longest week of my life. I got dizzy and paranoid, and I felt so...ugly. Every day was worse than the previous. I finally had to call the pharmacy and get it filled. By the end of the night I felt less dizzy. Two days later I felt calm. Then I felt happy and normal.
I'm so happy for better living through chemistry.
There is no shame in antidepressants.
Keep it real readers.
I love embracing my weirdness. I've really let it hang out since I've been with Sky, and since we've been married it has really been great. He loves me. Even my weirdness. All of it. And I love him and all of his weirdness too. I don't think I have ever been quite this happy in my life. Not even as a kid.
However, I went off of one of my psychotropic medications a few weeks ago. It was the longest week of my life. I got dizzy and paranoid, and I felt so...ugly. Every day was worse than the previous. I finally had to call the pharmacy and get it filled. By the end of the night I felt less dizzy. Two days later I felt calm. Then I felt happy and normal.
I'm so happy for better living through chemistry.
There is no shame in antidepressants.
Keep it real readers.
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