Good riddance

Good evening from the wee hours of the morning.

I haven't updated this is forever. Oops. If I were ever to be in the mood to write about life tonight would be it hands down.
Today has been...a utter pain the ass to put it plainly. I spent yesterday morning throwing up and then sleeping the rest of the day. This "morning", 2-something in the afternoon, I woke up and promptly was bombard with complete bullshit, having my way of life scrutinized by an individual who by no means has the right to judge my life. Honestly, it amazes me that people take the time to sit and worry/get upset about my life when in all reality they should look in the mirror to deal with all the problems they should be solving in their own life. I don't sit around pondering, criticizing the way you live because, for one, it's not my business and for two, I don't really care. Trust me, I have plenty of things I could point out to you about how you do things and how things run in your house, but that's just it...it's YOUR house. What goes on there is for you and your family, then same goes for me. It doesn't matter if you understand it or accept it, you don't need to. I'm sorry that you feel the need to put me down to make yourself happier about yourself. In that respect, I can honestly say I pity you.
In the end, all you have managed to do is make yourself look like a complete fool/judgemental petty bitch. Harsh? Yes. The truth? You bet.

I'm really excited that Josh and I are going to be going home for Christmas. I can't wait to see everyone and be around family and friends who love and care about me. If this whole stupid unneccesary ordeal has showed me anything it's... 1) Live life the way YOU want, anyone who has issues with it can move along because your opinion has no value. 2)Real friends and family truly do accept you for who you are and don't judge you for it.
Obvious things, but once again reinforced by individuals who contribute to the negative energy of the world.
I'm thankful to have the negative energy out of my life. Lord knows I don't need it.

On that note I'm going to escape into Musicland until I fall asleep.

Good night :)
<3 Amber

Current Location: Yuma, AZ
Time: 1:45 a.m.
Weather Conditions:53 and clear
Quote/Lyric/Thought: "Karma moves in two directions. If we act virtuously, the seed we plant will result in happiness. If we act nonvirtuously, suffering results."

Getting Used to "Fall" AZ Style

Well hello lovely reader. Welcome back :)

Another week has gone by since my last novel-esque blog. I'm actually surprised at how quickly the days passed. There are probably several reasons as to why this is.

This week I've been hanging out/ getting to know another Marine wife. She lives in the same apartments as I do so we've been doing stuff just about every day. It's nice to have another girl to interact with, especially one that is in the same situation as me and understands how things are. Plus, she's from Wisconsin so she knows how things work "up north" like corn mazes, apple cider mills, pumpkin patches, etc. We have a lot in common and she's pretty cool so far. So yeah, having someone to do stuff with has definitely passed the time.

Josh and I are still in the process of settling in. Everything is unpacked, minus a couple of my boxes. Now we are getting things organized and set up. I still have to put my clothes away. I am so glad that we have the washer and dryer now. It's definitely convenient. I'm really grateful for all the generous donating people did before we moved. Josh and I appreciate it. I'll take some pictures and post them after I get my camera charged.

Josh and I are doing well. Josh works long hours during the week, but we get to spend the weekend together. He's a brat but I love him. Benji is his normal sleepy and crazy self that loves to chew on everything.
We're still working on potty training him. Hopefully that won't take much longer.

I forgot to mention this is my previous update, but I now have the use of a car I can actually drive. A guy Josh knows deployed and needed a place to keep his car so he left it with us. It's a mustang and an automatic (yay!) so I can drive it. It will be nice to have so I can go places during the day. I still will have to learn how to drive Josh's car eventually, but now I can take my time in doing so.

It's getting "cooler" out. By cooler I mean like high 80's- 90's which is fine by me. I can definitely live without the 100+ temps. The only thing I don't like as much is it getting colder at night. However, it does allow the option of opening the windows at night which could be nice. I kind of miss the way fall is supposed to be with the trees changing color, having a reason to wear my rain boots, and all that stuff. I bought some apple cider from the store...it just wasn't the same. Ooohh well...

Alright well I am going to go enjoy the rest of the weekend. I'll try and get pictures posted up this week *fingers crossed*. I hope all is well wherever you may be.

Until next time, Stay classy San Diego. (sorry I couldn't resist)

<3 Amber

Current Location: Yuma, AZ
Time: 1:55 p.m.
Weather Conditions: 81 and clear
Quote/Lyric/Thought: I want uncle john's donuts and cider :(

MASSIVE UPDATE-A-MAH-JIGGER

I apologize for it being almost 2 months since I updated this. In all honesty for the majority of the time away I didn't have much to talk about beyond "I don't know when Josh is coming." "Benji is super cute" and "I'm bored." I figured none of that is particularly note-worthy or interesting, hence the lack of posts.
I ended up leaving Yuma to go back to Michigan by myself around the 11th of August. I had to move everything out of my apartment in East Lansing. All the paperwork and military b.s. hadn't been complete yet for Josh to be able to come with me so I came home alone. After moving out of my apartment on the 19th I was relocated to my parents house. It was nice to be home, but I got kinda stir crazy. The majority of my day I laid around and played with/watched Benji. I did spend sometime seeing family and friends in the evening, which was fun.
Over a month after I returned, Josh finally came home to pack all our stuff into a U-HAUL and drive it back down to Arizona. Unfortunately, the Marines only gave him 7 days away from work so he only had a couple days home. He arrived on Wednesday the 16th of September. That evening we went to my sister Laura's house for a get together after my grandmothers memorial service.
The next day we started loading up the U-HAUL. We had lunch with both sets of his grandparents, which was good since Dana, mother-in-law, makes delicious food and of course the company was nice. I had to take Benji to get some more of his puppy shots, including his rabies vaccine. He loves the baby food that the vet spoiled him with. After that, the day concluded with massive packing and then crashing. I'm still surprised that we were able to get everything into that seemingly tiny U-HAUL truck.
We started our journey that Friday, after giving final hugs goodbye. Josh's grandma dropped off some awesome maps, including one that had step-by-step directions. It took us a while to get around in the morning and we didn't end up leaving town until 2-ish. We drove down through Michigan down into Indiana. After many hours of driving, we decided to stop to sleep at the Drury hotel in Tarre Haute Indiana. The hotel was really nice and even had hot breakfast in the morning, which included make your own waffles! Yum :)!
Saturday we helped jump someones car then we started back on the road. We traveled through the rest of Indiana, the bottom part of Illinois, a tiny part of Missouri and 99% of Arkansas. This part of the trek included TWO bridges going over big rivers, one being the Mississippi. I spazzed out, which should go without saying, especially because I had to drive over one. UGGGHHHHH. Not. Cool. Beyond that the drive was smooth with the exception of a little bit of rain. That night we decided to stop at Texarkana Arkansas. This hotel did not have a waffle maker :(. I had some oatmeal. Hardly comparable with waffles, but you have to make due with what you are given.
After a good nights sleep, we continued on from Arkansas into Texas. If you didn't know the state of Texas is freakishly annoyingly GINORMAS!!!!!! You'd think that this massive state would be filled with a lot of different things to look at along with new scenery every so often. This is not that case. Texas consists of flat land with desert shrubbery, cows, oil pumps, occasional wind turbines, and the occasional town separated by nothingness from the rest of civilization. In Michigan, you'll have maybe 15-20 miles between towns at the most. The space in between towns in Texas is at least 50+ miles at least. There was the occasional gas station plopped by the side of the highway. Beyond that there were no signs of civilization anywhere with the exception of the semi-trucks and other cars on the highway. That night we stopped off at a hotel, maybe Comfort Inn, in Odessa Texas, a setting in season 1 Heroes for those who are fans. We had to sneak Benji in because they technically didn't accept pets. Thank god he is one of the most quiet dogs evar and didn't make a sound the entire time he was there. This hotel was extremely awesome because not only did it have a make your own waffle thingy, it had a Better Batter dispenser and the waffles came out as the shape of Texas. I was extremely amused by this.
Monday was thankfully our last day of traveling. We went from Odessa Texas through New Mexico to Yuma Arizona. New Mexico was just about as boring as Texas, though it had some mountains. We had to go up and down a couple big hills, but nothing compared to what we drove through last December. I would have died if we had to go up and down those slopes in the U-HAUL. We made it into Yuma around 10 p.m.
Road trips are fun, but I was definitely ready to be out of the U-HAUL for good. Benji did really good traveling. He slept a lot, but I made sure he drank water and tried to feed him when he wanted to eat.
When we arrived to the apartment we discovered that they had recently repaved the lower parts of the carports. The cement looked dry, but they were still blocked off. Because of this, all the cars that would be in the ports were on both sides of the street making it impossible to drive the U-HAUL through. We ended up parking it down the street.
Tuesday night we started unloading the truck...from down the street. Needless to say it was a major pain in the ass. Josh, with the assistance of the dolly, moved stuff from the dolly up to the car port. I carried what I could from the carport into the apartment. We got about half the truck emptied. The next day, they decided to reopen the car ports. All the cars that were on the street went back into the ports leaving the street open for driving. This made unloading the rest of the U-HAUL that night a lot easier. The rest of this week and now weekend we've been unpacking and putting things together. Once everything is set up and organized I promise I will take pictures and post them.
Phew...that was quite the massive update. I apologize for not doing this in smaller parts. I will make me updates much more frequent, cross my heart.
All this writing has worn me out. I might take a quick snooze with Benji, who is already napping on the couch. I'll be sure to write again this week. Keep your eyes peeled.

Current Location: Yuma, AZ
Time: 4:54 p.m.
Weather Conditions: 107 and clear
Quote/Lyric/Thought: “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.”

Insomnia strikes back

Heyyyyyyy

So not much has been going on lately that is overly exciting. I chill during the day while Josh is at while and preoccupy myself with the t.v. and Internet. Around 5ish Josh gets home from work and then we spend time together until he falls asleep. On the weekends we hang out with Alfonso, Josh's marine buddy, go to the movies, eat... random stuff. I like the weekends because I get to leave the apartment and go out. Usually Josh is to tired to do much during the week, which is understandable, but I do tend to get stir crazy.

So last blog I was talking about the good and bad of Arizona. I realized that I forgot a couple things that I found interesting.
1) There's no cash for recycling cans and bottles. I realized this once I got down here and was very disappointed. It's sad because we have a growing collection of cans and bottles. There are only two options for disposing of them: recycling or throwing them away. I've decided on the first. I found a recycling drop off point not to far away from the apartment. It's better than nothing I guess, but it still isn't as exciting because there's not cash money coming out of it. I know you shouldn't do good things just because of a reward, but still...it doesn't hurt.
2) There are these weird cool misting thingies at restaurants with patios and outside shopping centers. It makes sense since why they exist it's so hot down here, but it's still odd to me. They feel really good actually.
3) Out by the highway, which is about 10 minutes away from my apartment, there are three huge circular structures. I'm pretty sure they're for water collecting purposes, but I could be wrong. They have multicolored mountains painted on them. I think they look cool buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut maybe that's just me.

That's all I can remember wanting to talk about, at least for now. I'm bound to think of something else eventually.

My digital camera randomly disappeared. I have no idea what could have happened to it. Last thing I knew, I put it in the front closet and it is no longer there. Sooo I guess the closet monster decided to eat it for a bedtime snack. I hope it shows up somewhere. If not I'll have to go get a new one, which isn't so tragic because I was considering doing it anyways, now I have an excuse.

With some inspiration from my cousin and my new surroundings, I've decided to re-explore my astronomy hobby that I go on and off with. I bought a couple books off amazon, which hopefully come in the mail soon. I have a pretty good view of the sky from my apartment and can see most of the sky. One of these nights I'll have Josh drive me somewhere out in the middle of nowhere where a lot more stars will be visible. It will be nice to bring my telescope down here, even though it's a cheapy thing. Having that will be better than nothing and I might invest in a pair of binoculars down the road.

GOOD NEWS!! I'm coming home sometime this week. I have to be out of my apartment on the 19th, so I will be coming home to get my stuff out and help Maria clean everything. Unfortunately, Josh won't be coming with me. The Marines are still being obnoxiously and unnecessarily slow. I'm pretty sure a ADD chimpanzee could get things organized faster than this. SUPPPPERRRRRRR FRUSTTURRATTINNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG. Though I am excited to come home and see all my family and friends, I'm a tad weary because I don't really want to have to deal with an extended period of seperation from Josh. It's not something I enjoy having to go through, but it's necessary. I can't wait to have my stuff down here and my babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!! I'm super excited about seeing my puppy, which I'm still not sure of what name I want to dub it.

Alright well it's getting late and I'm going to try to catch some zzz's. Hope all is well where ever you may be.

Goodnight
<3 Amber

Current Location: Yuma, AZ
Time: 4:49 a.m.
Weather Conditions: 75 and clear
Quote/Lyric/Thought: God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
the courage to change the things I can;
and the wisdom to know the difference.

Different Time Zone, Different Place, Same Me

Greetings from the "wild wild west" aka Yuma, Arizona.

I arrived in Yuma on the 18th and have successfully survived 9 days without dying of heat stroke. Getting off the plane was a huge shock. When I left Michigan it was in the high 60's. When I arrived here, eight hours later, it was somewhere around 115. I walked off the small putt-putt propellor plane and was hit by a wall of heat and sun. Definitely a system shock.

Arionza is sooooo different than Michigan, which I guess I knew before coming here. But still, actually being here in this foreign environment isn't something I could've prepared myself for.

I have actually been avoiding going outside during mid-day hours where tempuratures average at 115 degrees. Arizona lacks the humidity factor that Michigan has so it doesn't feel all nasty sticky outside. Instead, it's just pure heat that causes instant sweating. I absolutely hate to sweat, in fact I tend to avoid it at all costs. This is why I have resorted in hibernating in the air conditioning during the day and venturing out at night. I have been contimplating exploring the pool, which is just down the street from where our apartment is. No fear, I will be coated with gallons of sunscreen.

The ungodly heat isn't the only significant difference between Michigan and Arizona. I guess it's stupid to point out since the change is obvious going from a temperate forest biome to a desert. Before coming out here, I'd never really been to the desert. Everything here is brown. There are palm trees and cactuses everywhere. It is so strange being able to look out my window and see palm trees and sand instead of pine trees and lush grass. There isn't a lot of noticable wildlife either, at least not during the day, which understandable I suppose. I mean if I were a bird I wouldn't want to fly out in the hot sun either.

Speaking of wildlife... I'm so afraid to go outside and face all the creepy crawly creatures that are lurking about, especially black widows and camel spiders. If you don't know what they look like feel free to google at your own risk. Yuck!

Our apartment is about 15-20 minutes off base. It's a military housing community. There is a pool, as previously stated, and a bunch of play sets. I really love our apartment. It has two bedrooms and is pretty new. We have a little closed in patio area. I took some pictures and did a video tour of the apartment, but I can't seem to get my computer hooked up to the internet. I wanted to upload everything onto mine, but I might just end up using Josh's computer. I'll put a link to the video when I get it set up.

Yuma is a pretty nice town. It isn't big or anything but there are some nifty things.
There's an outside mallish-type thing called the Yuma Palms. It has a bunch of stores, restaurants, and a movie theater. It's basically like Eastwood Town Centre but with palm trees. Yuma also has all the major fast food/sit down restuarants plus some that aren't in Michigan, such as Carls Jr., In-N-Out, and Sonic. Fun fact about Yuma: it is home to the states largest Burger King playplace. OOoooooOO impressive right?? But seriously, every fast food place down here seems to have a playplace attacted to it. So far I've seen two Burger King, a McDonalds, and a Carls Jr. I guess all the military brats that live here need some form of airconditioned entertainment and avoid frying in the sun. I just found it especially amusing.

The base is also pretty cool too. It's small as well, but the airplanes are big and interesting. I had to go onto base last week to get my military ID, get signed up with medical, and meet the FRO (Family Readyness Officer?) Master Sargent(maybe) Pou. He was really kind, friendly, and informative. There are a lot of resources that are offered on base which we will definitely be putting to use.

I can't wait until I get to move all my stuff down here. Having all my stuff here will make it feel more like home. Plus, organizing everything will give me something to do when Josh is at work.

BIG NEWS!!!! There will be a new addition coming to the (Mc)Boyce family. No, not a baby, even though my mom seemed a little to excited when she thought that's what my news was. Josh and I are getting a Yorkshire Terrier. It is in Michigan right now, and we'll be bringing it back down with us when we drive back. The name is still to be decided but we've got some in mind. I can't wait to see him! I'll be sure to update when we get him.

I don't really know what else to write about. I'm sure I forgot something, but it's obviously not important enough for me to bring up here. I'll let everyone know when I'm coming home. It should be soon, I know I keep saying that, but this time it's true.

I love and miss you all. See you soon :)
<3 Amber

Current Location: Yuma, AZ
Time: 7:26 p.m. (10:26 EST)
Weather Conditions: 111 and sunny
Quote/Lyric/Thought: I should probably go lay in the sun at some point so people stop commenting on how pale I am.

Ugggggggghhhhhhhhhh

Helllllllloooooooooo.

I really jinxed myself with posting up the moving plans and making it "official." As soon as I did, everything decided to change on me. Isn't that just how life seems to go though? At least for me, plans don't stay the same for very long. I should've remembered this before announcing things to the world. But I got my hopes up that this time would be different. Oooooooooooooooooh well.

So I really have no idea what's going at this point. More waiting. It might just be that time where I hop on a plane and come back to get my stuff later.
We'll see.
I'll update when I know.

Until then...

<3 Amber

Current Location: East Lansing, MI
Time: 8:20 p.m.
Weather Conditions: 75 and partially cloudy
Quote/Lyric/Thought: I'm ready for a rooaaaaaaddddd trip!

News....FINALLY!

Heyyyyyyy.

This is a very special and exciting update about my life. After months on wondering and waiting I finally have an answer to the infinitely asked question...
"So, when are you gunna get to move out to Arizona?" Not always worded so, but it's usually along those lines. Every time this question has arisen I've had to give the same answer. "I'm not sure yet. It all depends on blah blah blah...(insert circumstances here)." Trust me when I say it has come quite often from a lot of different people.
But now the time has come where I can answer this question with more than "I don't know" which is quite relieving.
So here it is the long awaited, at least to me, time line to the move to Arizona
The paperwork for Josh to come home should be in on Monday. The Marine people want 5 days in between paperwork being in and him coming home. This put him coming out at Friday. Once he's here we have 10 days to get back to Yuma. We're going to be getting a U-Haul and moving our stuff down there that way. It's an estimated 3-4 days drive. Now that I've actually looked at a calendar it appears that it puts it at the 16th, Thursday, or the 17th, Friday. Which is a lot closer than I thought. Ecccckkkkk.
I cannot express how amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing it felt to put my 2 week notice. I have been looking forward to being able to do that for a very long time.
I'm excited. And nervous. And scared.
That's all to be expected though I suppose.
I am one of those people that is a creature of habit and definitely not a big fan of change. I try to keep things as familiar as possible. Moving to a whole new place, with new customs, new people, new climate... I'm kinda freakin out about it.
But it's a new chapter and time to experience new things, things outside of Michigan.

Hopefully all will go well. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I should probably try and get some sleep considering I have to be to work at 7:30. I would normally be dreading it, but I won't have to say it much longer which makes the situation much more bearable.

Goodnight and pleasant dreams.
<3 Amber

Current Location: East Lansing, MI
Time: 2:27 a.m.
Weather Conditions: 60 and partially cloudy
Quote/Lyrics/Thought: “Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.”

On the way up

Heeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
So this week was a lot better compared to the last one for several reasons.

Numero Uno) My friend drama was resolved thankfully. He ended up apologizing and things are good now. Everything is back to the way it was, which is great.
So that really made things significantly better. :)

Numero Dos) This is probably the most exciting news. Josh and I got a place in Arizona! It's an off base military owned apartment. It's a two bedroom apartment. I can't wait to see it. I have 3 pictures that Josh took of the bedroom, the bathroom, and the kitchen. Everything looks really nice. I'm suuuuppppppppperrrrrrr excited. I still have no idea when I'm moving out there. But it's a step.

Hopefully I'll get to put my two weeks in soon. I'm very much looking forward to that.

A lot a people have died this week. Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson... really random and sad. However, as sad as it is I'm not looking forward to the next 2 months of news reports and tributes. Juuuuuuuuuust saying.

I'm not really in the mood to write a lot tonight. I think I'm going to go crash. Mmyup sounds good.

Nighty night
<3 Amber

Current Location: East Lansing, MI
Time: 1:00 a.m.
Weather Conditions: 72 and clear
Quote/Lyric/Thought: sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

...What can yah do?...

Herrrrrroooooooooooooo

Well it would seem from all my previous posts that Thursday blogs are the new unintentional trend. So I decided to be rebellious and write on Friday. Ooooo yeaaaaah feels as dangerous and fun as skipping class, which I never did of course ;). Haha no. I actually was planning on writing something up last night, but obviously that didn't end up happening due to the ADD.

This week has definitely been a valley on the roller coaster of life. And by that I mean... complete and utter suckage on just about every level. I suppose I'll go with the bad stuff, good stuff approach. End things on a good note.

Due to a series of events I lost a friend this week, their choice. This person decided to blame the way things happened on me instead of looking at the situation for what it was. Honestly, I had no real control over anything that happened, but according to some I did. Apparently if I had acted like a "real friend" my input would have changed everything. I guess I'm fine being this persons scapegoat, giving them someone to blame instead of themselves and the people actually involved in what happened. It's just interesting how someone you spent so much time and did so much for can just turn around and throw you to the curb.

But that's just life for you. Everything happens for a reason right? ...right...?

So that's what I've been dealing with this week. Not fun at all. But I'm dealing and spending time with people who actually appreciate me and don't see me a person to dump their baggage on. Which brings me to the good stuff.

Earlier this week, Joshua feel off a jet onto his back. Yes this is a bad thing, but he's ok. He didn't break anything which is awesome. He just has some back pain, which is understandable. So I dub that a good thing, possible bad situation turned ok.

In other good news, Josh should be finding out about housing hopefully Monday, maybe sooner. The timeline is between Wednesday and Monday. So that is exciting. Also, he mentioned that he might be able to get 10 days leave to come up here, help me pack, and then drive our stuff down. I'd like that a lot more than dealing with the moving part all by myself. Hopefully I'll know soon because I'm growing very tired of "single married life."

I need to get up and be productive. I'm going to start on my thank you cards today I think. I can't believe it's been almost a month since the wedding. It doesn't feel like that long ago. Weeeeeirdddddd.
But anyways. I'm going to go figure out sometime to do with my life. I've got lyrics in my head so maybe I'll write a song? I dunno.

Adios!
<3 Amber


Current Location: East Lansing, MI
Time: 2:10 p.m.
Weather Conditions: 76 and cloudy
Quote/Lyric/Thought: Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.

Waaaitttttttiiiiiiinnnnggggggggg

Impatient is definitely a word that could be used to described me today.
That along with:
Irritated
Tired
Hungry
Grumpy
Lazy
Frustrated
Bored
Generally blaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I'm tired of not knowing when events in my life can/are going to happen. Everything is up in the air at this point and it's driving me crazy. No more "I don't know"s; I want answers.

I can't wait to quit my job. I have more than my fill of making overpriced lattes and chills for the rich-and-snobby, who seem to assume their drink order is my highest priority in life. Not so much. I'd have loved to quit right after the wedding but unfortunately I need money. So I'm stuck in Coffeeland until I hear otherwise.

In other news, I have two open houses to go to this weekend which should be fun. My cousin's on Friday and my new sister-in-law's in on Sunday. I was gunna try and be creative with my presents, but I'm not so sure about that at this point. But I don't really think anyone would be disappointed with cash.

Alright well to stop this aggravated blog from continuing I'm going to go scrounge the kitchen for something to eat. Shoving face tends to make a grumpy Amber a lot more pleasant to deal with.

Seee yahhhh laterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
<3 Amber




Current Location: East Lansing, MI

Time: 11:38 p.m.
Weather Conditions: 58 and cloudy
Quote/Lyric/Thought: "Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow- that is patience."

Yet another late night update

Hey there, hi, there, ho there!
So many things have changed in my life since my last blog-a-ma-jigger.
Unfortunately, the time in which I create entries is not one of them. That will change too.
Hopefully.
Maybe.
Ok probably not, but for all intensive purposes I'll pretend like I will someday become a normal member of society that goes to bed at a reasonable hour. A girl can dream, right?
Back to changes.
Biggest and most important change:
I GOT MARRIED :)
Yes indeedy. Joshua and I "tied the knot"* on Saturday, May 23rd.
(*Quick side note: I really don't like this saying what-so-ever. Upon thesaurusing, I found some interesting synonyms such as "conjugate", "drop anchor", "plight ones troth", and "yoke." At least I found them amusing)
Everything was as beautiful and amazing as I ever hoped or dreamed it could be. There were no major issues or mishaps that occurred that day, which was very reliving and surprising as well. I'm so happy with the way everything came to be. I can definitely say that it was worth all the stress and anxiety that came about.
Ben and Alex sang during the ceremony and at the reception. They sounded incredible. It was completely last minute, which is my fault, but they still did it. They have no idea how much I appreciate and love them for it.
The support I received was wonderful and sometimes came from the most unexpected places. My mom was truly my biggest help and guide throughout this entire process. Without her I would've been completely lost. I owe her so much for all her time and effort with getting everything put into place. She made my and my bridesmaids bouquets along with all the boutonnieres for the groomsmen and grandparents. She gladly helped me with anything and everything I asked her. I am truly blessed to have such an awesome, caring, and loving person as my mother.
For our honeymoon, Josh and I went up to Mackinaw City for 5 days. The hotel we stayed in was right on the lake shore with the bridge and island in perfect view, very picturesque in my opinion. There were a couple nice days and a couple of cold, rainy, generally "blucky" days. On the nights that were nice we had fires and roasted marshmallows. We also went to Mackinaw Island and up to Sault Ste. Marie on two separate days. The weather was less than desirable so we didn't get to do everything we had hoped, but it was still fun just being able to spend time together.
It's weird to be married.
Not in a bad way, but just strange I suppose.
Addressing Josh as my husband. Saying my last name as Boyce. It's just foreign and is definitely going to take some getting used to.
Him being gone again is also weird. I mean it's not like I wasn't expecting it or anything, I'm all but too aware of how this all works. It was like BOOM marriage, short time together, then back to "normal" life. I'll be seeing him soon enough though since I am set to move out to Arizona sometime in the next month or so. Which brings me to my next change...
MOVING.
Yes indeed. In some amount of time I will be moving to Yuma, Arizona aka the sunniest city in the USA aka desertville.
The sun and me are definitely not compatible at all. I am a perfect example of a fair skinned, blond hair, blue eye type. Any long term exposure to direct sunlight directly results in my transformation for paleish pinky white to lobster red. I cannot tan and I'm almost certain that it is impossible for me to do so. Due to this fact, I like to avoid direct sunlight as much as possible. Achievable in theory, at least in Michigan. However, I am not so confident that this is going to happen in a place with no clouds or trees to block out my frenemy Mr. Sun. I plan on stocking up on many bottles of sunscreen SPF 100000000. Summer is definitely going to be miserable with 100+ weather, but at least winter will be nice. NO SNOW, which is a definite plus.
Coming back from my random weather tangent... moving is going to be interesting. It will be nice to be with Josh and start our life and house together as a new family. We plan on getting a puppy, which I am especially excited about.
What I really dislike the most about leaving is being so far away from all my family and friends. I've always lived in Michigan and essentially in the same town. I can only imagine how hard it's going to be to transport myself across the country to a completely new environment and leaving my support system behind me. Not that Josh isn't a major source of support in my life because he is. But leaving everyone here is not going to be fun or enjoyable. My family is so close and we all genuinely love and care for each other, "full blood" or not. But I cannot help fearing that me leaving will cause my own alienation and detachment from my parents, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc. Anyone that knows me well is aware of my fear of being forgotten and replaced. I honestly do not know how I'm going to react to all of this once I'm out there. How does one deal with the thought or question if their presence will be missed at holidays or get togethers? Or the haunting thought that new or young family members will not even being aware of your existence causing a distance between that person and yourself forever due to the fact you missed out on vital parts of their early years.
I'm not the first person to deal with these feelings and fears, obviously. I know I'll adapt, but it's not going to be easy. Thank god I'll have Josh there to comfort and support me. I'm going to need it.
So yeah, those are the major changes that have taken place/are going to take place in my life.
On a much less important note I got my hairs cut yesterday and I love it. Generally after I get a hair cut I end up missing my long hair and regretting getting it cut. This time is different for whatever reason. It's shorter and lighter (not in color). It's perfect for the upcoming hot summer days, which hopefully arrive soon because I'm tired of 60's.
Alright well I've unintentionally turned this blog into novel. If you stuck through and read all of my blabber you've earned a cookie and a gold star for the day. I apologize for any errors in my writing, it's almost 5 now, and my brain is less than fully functional.
Now it's time to try to fall asleep because I really will feel guilty if I sleep all day tomorrow.

Good night

<3 Amber

Current Location: East Lansing, MI
Time: 5:10 a.m.
Weather Conditions: 46 and mostly clear
Quote/Lyric/Thought: "The end will justify the pain it took to get us there."

Late Night Monotony

Well here it is...
my first blog since my middle school Xanga days.
I guess the general purpose behind this is to keep all those inquiring updated on my life. More specifically for when I move to the grand ol' state of Arizona, whenever that may be. But I might as well break this in now; no time like the present and all that jazz.

As of now there are 9 days until the wedding. EEEEEEEEECKKKKKKKKK!
It's weird to think about really. 9 days...everything changes. Not that it's a bad change by any means. But still any kind of change is nerve racking.
Anywho...
major plans are all set and I'm basically down to the last minute details.

I really should be sleeping right now. It'd probably be a wise idea considering the fact that I have no room to be sick or anything of the sort. Lack of sleep definitely puts me in a position closer to that road. No thank you. I really wish I could sleep though. I've been weirdly awake the past couple night, random insomnia spouts if you will. I'm not sure how to get out of this annoying sleeplessness-at-night funk, but hopefully a solution will present itself soon.

I'm off to go try to catch some zzz's. I've got some running around to do before I work 2-9:30. It's my last day of work until after the wedding. YAY! I'm looking forward to my time off. I can't wait until I can finally put in my two weeks, but one step at a time.

So goodbye and goodnight.
<3 Amber