Well our anniversary was last month.  (August sixteenth)  And it was amazing.  He surprised me with a trip to Disney World & then took me out to eat at this expensive Cuban resturant in Downtown Disney. This month is our Michigan trip.  And we're getting a puppy! A yellow lab to be exact. My sister's baby is due in seven weeks so that is also exciting. I really hope nothing happens and she has the baby early and I'm not home to see.

I've been so busy with work & preparing for school & planning my sister's baby shower...  I hope that next month will be much calmer because as of now I am severely stressed out.

Chao!

August sixteenth is our two year anniversary.

I am pretty excited. Not only have we been together for almost two entire years. But technically we've been together almost six months straight. Which is the longest period of time we've managed to collect without breaking up.

I've been brainstorming as to what I could possibly do that would measure up to what an accomplishment we've made and I'm coming up empty. I have a list of gifts that I know he'd love, but it just doesn't seem to do a second year anniversary justice. I feel as though I should do more. Something sentimental, not just materialistic.

My insurance is due in September. Almost nine hundred dollars going to the deep pockets of the Florida department of transportation. It makes me sick to my stomache to think of all the other things I could do with that money. It also makes me sick because I haven't saved a dime thus far.

Also. September 30th through October 7th Travis, his parents and myself are taking a flight to Tawas, Michigan for vacation. I'm thoroughly excited, I've never flown before. But again, money is an issue. With our anniversary, my insurance & shopping money all due around the same time... I'm definitely feeling some anxiety. Not to mention we've got rent due for August, September and October. I'm seeing debt more than I am surplus these days.

Regardless of financial issues, I am doing great. I quit Home Depot. I got my job back at Beef's. (Just a different location) And I'm going to FINALLY be starting Cosmotology school in the late fall. Travis got a great new job making more money than he and I did put together when we both made $9+ an hour. Because of this I get to drop down from full time to part time and focus on something I've been off for about a year and a half.

Our apartment is absolutely wonderful. We are almost finished with our bedroom. It looks like something out of In Style magazine. (Much like the rest of our home) We've adopted a black goldfish. And after our Michigan trip we have made plans to purchase a Westie Terrier. We haven't decided on a name quite yet, but I think we're still leaning towards Alexis. We've even gone so far as to buy puppy clothes so that she's the hippest pup on the block.

My mother and I are doing great. She has finally accepted Travis and I. We hang out with her a lot.

My sister is doing well. Adrian is growing quickly and I'm really looking forward to holding him and clothing him and giving him candy before bed. Travis and I are looking forward to being "cool" and taking him to amusement parks and buying him lots of toys. I think she'll just be happy to have him out. LOL.

Tomorrow we are going wakeboarding with Eric. I'm excited. We haven't hung out with Eric in a long time and I most definitely need to get myself into the sun. Hopefully there isn't a storm. I think I'd die if I got stuck on a boat out in the middle of the ocean during a storm. I think Travis would too.

Anyway. I thought I'd give a little update. Mostly because Myspace AND Livejournal are down and there's nothing else for me to do. Besides sleep I guess. :) Just wanted to let the few that read this know that I am more than happy. And that Travis and I are doing more than wonderful. And that I am living more than a fairytale.

So everything is going perfectly. Work is fine... I won't lie, if I could find something else that paid as much I would definitely do it. But for the money and the fact that I live five minute away from work... It doesn't get much better.

We've completely painted the kitchen, dining room and living room. Next it our bedroom, the front bedroom and the two bathrooms. I think we're going to take our time considering how much money we've spent recently. Travis' savings acount took a four thousand dollar dip just in the two months that we've lived here. And I'm finding it hard to put money away because I keep finding stuff for our place that I want to spendddd it on.

My sister is pregnant. She is due October 25th. My next big purchase is going to be a crib and bedding set for the baby (Adrian is his name). Because Abe (the father) thinks it's stupid to "waste" money on a crib and wants to get a regular bed. But that's unsafe. So yeah... That's going to be about four hundred dollars alone. Not to mention the fact that she'll need a dresser and baby changing "station" as well. But she's worth it. I love my sister to death and in the past couple of years she's been more than just a sister. She's been a best friend, a mother; everything.

Travis and I got a fish. His name is Nigger. He's a black goldfish. hehe. It's adorable.

Just thought I'd check it. Later.

we got the apartment.

we have FABULOUS furniture.

i know that's kind of stupid, but. we really fucking do.

i'm so happy.

=)