peace.love.zumba

I heart zumba. Its been an adjustment from going to being active my entire life with soccer and cheer and busy college life to boring old married life ;) I've had some life transitions lately- I got married, graduated college, moved to another state, lost part of my husband to med school, and have my first full-time job. As you have probably already imagined there is not much to do here in wisconsin.. esp in the winter. There's just not much to get excited about these days. I've tried being crafty but I would so rather just buy something (on sale) then spend the time, energy, and usually more money to make it. luckily for scotty {and my sanity} I have found something that I love doing!

Every monday and wednesday night I go with my girls Jen & Jess to get our dance on. We joke that its probably the closest we will get to an actual dance club out here. We have found the BEST instructor at the Y. We have to get there early cause our class is always full with over 100 people! She plays new cool songs and is all sexy fun with her booty shakin moves. My fav dance is "hey girl your turning me on" or "drop it low" ...We request them every time ha! Not kidding when I say I feel so much better about life after a good zumba workout and I can totally notice I'm more in shape! Plus we have meet some friends there and we push eachother to go everyweek. I get excited about my days now knowing that not only will I see my girls but I will get to release my stress/anxiety/boredom through shakin it.

ps my lil sis just became an instructor! so jealous. I've been considering it for like a year now, but its just so expensive and given our budget I'm not sure if it would be worth it. Maybe I will soon..

e nuff is e nuff

at least that's what my nail polish color is called. But it pretty much sums up my day. For all of you who don't know me well I love painting my nails and have a different color like every week. There is just something about new nail polish that goes on easily and a pop of color that sets my mood and completes an outfit. This past winter I have worn a lot of dark purples, greys, and nudes. But I decided its time for some color cause I am sick of blah.

Speaking of blah I need to vent about my day/life. First off don't get me wrong I am so grateful that I have a sweet job and do love working.. it keeps me busy out here and I feel good that I am providing while I can. But...i work with the queen of all F bomb queens. I love her but I don't love her language. I'm not joking when I say I hear the f word every twenty minutes. Its usually the first word I hear coming out of her mouth first thing in the morning. If its not the f word its any other swear word you can think of.. all day, every day, all week long! You have to keep in mind that even though I'm chill, I came from a very conservative environment and if you know me at all I hate swearing. (When scotty and I were newly married I literally made him put a quarter in a jar every time he swore ha!) I'm not all molly mormon and don't get offended easily its just I hate swearing for no good reason. Sure I get it when you stub your toe and it slips out OR you get in a car accident/ speeding ticket and your fumed. Or any other LeGit reason to be ticked. But just to swear to swear makes me cringe. Like physically my back tenses up and I get a look of disgust on my face. Not cool, ever. So back to my coworker... I know your thinking "just tell her, her language is not appropriate for work" its not that easy people! I've been here for almost a year and that has gotten me no where. I can ignore most of it but it totally wears on me and by the end of the day/week I am in a weird mood not to mention I swear all the time in my head now. There is just so much you can do before the outside world just gets to ya. I can avoid R movies and bar scenes but I can't avoid work. Here's the unfortunate part- I work in this gorgeous new cancer building, with an amazing view but I've learned that no matter how fabulous your environment is.. the mood is set by the people who you are with. But don't worry I'll continue to remind her and I'll continue to keep positive no matter how many f's I hear... if I don't go crazy and quit on the spot. Wish me luck.

is it spring yet?

I can't believe its the end of march and its snowing outside. It is so deceiving because its sunny but still cold enough to be snowing. I'm done. I can't wait to get tan and not wear so many layers. Scott and I had a great weekend :) We went to Bayshore mall (like gateway but better) ate at my fav cpk and shopped around. Scotty let me spend like an hour in forever21 while he was in barnes n noble ha.

On Sat I did major spring cleaning... so needed. I went through all my clothes and I have two big bags for goodwill and I'm putting all my winter attire in storage. My closets look so much better. I talked to my long time friend kat, who I haven't talked to in way too long, it was fun to catch up. We have been close friends since elementary school and its crazy to see where life has taken us and how fast time has gone by. I feel so disconnected living away... and facebook just doesn't cut it sometimes. Its refreshing to actually hear a voice and have a real convo. I need to be better at staying connected to old friends.

Goals for this week: Call someone I haven't talked with in awhile just to say hi

friends

i love being social. I feel so good when I am around the people I love and who support me. I have been so blessed out here to meet amazing life long friends. My girls are what get me through the long weeks when I never get to see my husband. We always have end up laughing and talking about whatever for hours. Without them I would seriously go crazy out here... i feel 'alone' as it is with a husband in med school. My girls are always there for me so i wanted to say

Thank you!

winter update

we are almost done with our second wisconsin winter... finally. Its been the coldest most depressing last few months. The weather has been crazy all over the of the country. Unfortunately we were hit by the biggest snow storm they have had in years and got over 2 ft of snow overnight. Scottys school and my work were closed so we decided to make the most out of it and went snowshoeing and saw the crazy waves on icy lake michigan. snow day!

This is one serious downside of living in the midwest. I'm so ready for spring!

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since scotty gets so busy with his study schedule throughout the week we have made a rule that we always have our date night on friday nights. I always look forward to spending time with the husband I hardley get to see and treat ourselfs to a nice dinner.. we love trying new restaurants and yummy deserts (which means no cooking or dishes for me!) After being married for almost three years we have learned that its so important to still 'date' eachother. Make the effort to get dressed up and go out. Being a wife of a med student is hard enough... I can be supportive any other day of the week but I get my friday night :)

that's amore

the other night scott and i went downtown to see the moon rise since it was really close to the earth and it only happens like every 20 yrs. It was huge! It was so neat to be on the shore of lake michigan and wait for the moon to make its big appearance. It was fun to play around with our camera and takecool night shots. I love living so close to lake michigan... it looks just like an ocean so i feel like im on the beach, very peaceful. We walked around until it was too cold to stay outside. I just love any second I get to be with scotty.. esp if we are out doing something new and wondrous.

We then were able to check out this tia restaurant that we have been wanting to go to for so long. Its call e e sane and its in the cool part of upper downtown (by uwm, so its like a college feel with tons of cool places to eat and shop) Right when we walked in we knew it was legit because it was this small little place and you could tell it was family owned. YUM. seriously delish. Best curry we have found here (though nothing beats sawadee in slc) I'm craving it just typing about it. Worth the parking ticket.

baby hungry

is it mating season? I feel like everyone and their dog is preggo. I just have to keep reminding myself- I'm still young, I'm still young, I'm still young. Somedays I want a baby so bad then the next day I'm totally like no way. I guess people are right when they say there is never a "good time" to try but I just can't help but think when is our right time. I just love babies and can't wait to be a mommy. Given my situation its so easy to just look at the now and not our long future of school ahead of us. I have time. I'll have my turn... down the road.

where I am in my life

hello blogging world. Here's a little bit about myself... I'm turning 24 next week and I can't believe how fast time goes by. I still think I'm 18 and probably still act like it sometimes and look like it. crazy. I've been married for almost 3 years and love being in love. Its been an adventure living in ghetto milwaukee but I have officially survived my second winter here (I guess you could call me a cheesehead). Even though scotty is super busy I can't complain too much cause I have the best girl friends out here, seriously the best. I can honestly say we are here in wisconsin for a reason.

I was born and raised in ut and I miss my bubble. Its hard being away from my family. I got my bachelors in Child Life from the University of Utah (go utes!) and hope to get my master in social work. For now I am working full time as a admin assistant. I miss school but I am grateful I can support my lil fam and pay the bills. I just say I'm putting in my time. I can't complain too much- My job is not demanding at all and I have a pretty sweet view. plus I get to walk to work cause we live across the street from the hospital.

I am currently an advisor in the young womens and I LOVE it. Our ward out here is great! We joke that its like going to ut every Sunday but thats what I love about our church. I always feel like I am 'home' at church no matter what state or country I'm in. It was such a blessing to move across the country and have instant friends and family. Don't get me wrong.. its been nice living away and have new crazy experiences. One of the perks of living in milwaukee is that chicago is only hour away... I just love traveling and exploring new places. I love that my husband is spontaneous/adventorous and makes the most out of life. My lovely parents got us a really sweet srl camera for christmas and I can't wait for it to warm up so I can take more pictures! I really love photography and hope to get better at it... another reason to blog- to get me to take more pictures!!

I'm looking forward to going home for a week in April. I'm going go see janet jackson in vegas with my sisters :) I'm in serious need of a vacay.

why now?

I said that I wouldn't blog until I had something to blog about... but I was blog stalking the other day and decided I would give it another try. I guess its only fair that I give updates as well. Our life is pretty 'same old, same old' these days. Scotty is in his second semester of the second year of med school, which they say is the hardest since he also is studying for step 1 that he will be taking in June. Our life doesn't change much but I guess I am grateful for that. We are happy and finally adjusted into this new city. I hope this blog can be a place where I can give my two cents and vent about the ups and downs in life. Plus I can blog at work... :)
enjoy