FINALLY, an interview!

We finally received the rest of our stuff today from the Army. Everything made it okay, except for the dishes :/ We ended up with 7 broken dinner plates, 1 broken bowl and 1 broken cup. They told us to keep whatever is intact and they will replace the broken ones at some point. Other than that, everything seems to be A-okay :)

I also FINALLY got a call from a local hospital for an interview on their TCU (telemetry care unit), which is part of the ICU. Full-time nights. This is seriously like my dream, because 1) it's the ICU, and this will help set my foot in the door if I plan on doing the full-fledge ICU later on 2) I definitely prefer nights over days and 3) it's cardiac! which I love.

Now the important thing is, DON'T EFF IT UP! I'm so scared they will ask me something and I won't be prepared to answer. This is my very first nursing interview and I have no idea what to expect! Ahhh!

Please pray! pray, pray, pray!

I apologize for the lack of blogging again! I'm just still trying to get settled down here and we have some friends visiting - our best man Bryant and one of E's groomsmen Ryan. Last night we decided to go to The Salt Lick BBQ in Round Rock which is close to Austin. The place was featured on Man Vs. Food and I remember Adam raved about the beef brisket on the show.

Yummy yummy plate of MEAT. Beef brisket, pork ribs, baked beans, potato salad & cole slaw. I did not eat the latter 3 items haha. But the BBQ meat was DELICIOUS.

NOM NOM.

E got the beef ribs plate. They were freaking huge. But oh-so-tasty. The BBQ sauce was very good, kind of tangy. And unlimited bread. And a side of raw pickles & onions, which I also didn't eat haha.

This place definitely got our approval.

We headed to Austin afterwards. And saw Shamu on the way.

:)

I demanded we get froyo afterwards, so we went to Red Mango, which is Austin's #1 froyo place. I got dark chocolate-hazelnut swirl with slivered almonds, sliced strawberries and mochi. It was heaven in a cup, but then again, froyo always is! I'm seriously obsessed.

We walked around, went to the outside of the UT stadium, then hit up some of the bars on 6th Street....on a Monday night haha. It wasn't very lively, but we had a good time. They have a lot of outdoor bars there which I really like, especially with the gorgeous Texas weather. We will definitely have to go there again on a weekend when it is more lively...but unfortunately Bryant & Ryan will not be there with us.

Bryant is on his way back to LA for a month before he goes to MIBOLC and Ryan just decided to come with him for the trip lol. Unfortunately, Ryan isn't going to MPBOLC for another 9 months and GOLDBARing isn't an option for him.

E & I need to start meeting some people out here...

furniture!

For those that follow me on Twitter (come follow me @wh0aitsmel! the 0 is a zero) know that we got our furniture delivered to us today! We went furniture shopping yesterday at the AAFES on-post and finally decided on a set. We got a sofa, love seat, man chair, coffee table and accent table for like $1800-ish which I think is a pretty good deal, plus we didn't have to pay tax! We also decided to open up that Military Star credit card just for this purchase to save 10% - so we saved about another $200.

The color is pretty true, too :) The love seat and 2 end seats on the sofa recline, along with the man chair :) The accent table matches the coffee table, but we didn't put that one together yet.

For awhile our place looked like this o_O

But we cleaned everything out :) That chair belongs to our dining room set. All of our chairs are assembled - we just need to assemble the table and our accent table. The dining set came with 6 chairs as opposed to the usual 4, which I really liked.

And our TV stand:

I love how everything is starting to come together :) Household goods should be here by Wednesday to deliver all of my stuff haha...including the rest of our kitchen stuff.

We went to Sombrero's for dinner and then I made E take me to YoYo's for some more froyo haha. I made my wedding cake concoction - almond-flavored froyo with fresh raspberries and I also added mochi, which is a type of rice cake...I have noticed a lot of froyo places carry that now. It was sooooooo good. E also loved it, but after a few bites it was hard for me to share it with him lol.

WeBit Wed.

{one} do you watch the history channel? if so, what’s your favorite program?I love the History channel AND the Military channel :) I don't have a specific favorite program, though...hubby & I just like enjoy watching it together.
{two} what is your favorite thing to do on a rainy day?stay inside. I'm like a cat - I hate rain lol.

{three} what does your dream house look like?I'm not even thinking about a dream home at the moment...we're currently in the process of getting our disheveled apartment in order! We did get a washer & dryer today (I have NEVER been so excited to do laundry before!) and we are having a furniture set (sofa, love seat, man chair, table & end table), dining room table set and TV stand delivered tomorrow :)

{four} what state were you born in?North Carolina

{five} do you have a change jar? if so, what do you use it for when it gets full?Nope
{six} what’s the first website you look at when you get on the computer?Facebook. Then Twitter & Blogger :)

{seven} what is your favorite breakfast?I like making my own healthy version of the egg mcmuffin :)

{eight} what’s the most memorable trip you’ve ever taken?probably my trip to Seabrook, SC last summer :)

{nine} do you prefer your coffee black or with cream/milk/sugar?soy milk or non-dairy creamer and some splenda, even though I'm allergic to it

{ten} have you ever done a professional photo shoot?yup! senior pictures and wedding pictures :)

Texas.

The wedding was an absolute blast, and I can't wait to see the professional pictures. I'll post some of those soon once I get them :) I also can't believe it was over in literally a blink of an eye. All of this planning and then it's like, "what? that's it? I want more!" haha.

We left Tuesday morning at around 0730 central time. For awhile we were not sure if we were going to stay the night somewhere or drive straight through, but we ended up just driving. We switched drivers at every rest stop. KY, TN & AK are all very boring...especially AK, which I believe is trying to strive to be like other states, with city names like Arkandelphia and Texarkana. Really, Arkansas? lol. We got to the apartment at around 0650 this morning, central time. We crashed, got up a couple of hours later, then went to Chopstick to get some yummy pho <3

The pho wasn't as good as the pho I am used to back in Ohio, but it was still very yummy. I went next door to the froyo place and got some taro froyo with slivered almonds and chopped walnuts. There is another froyo place in Harker Heights on the Central Texas Expressway called YoYo that I want to try.

And speaking of Harker Heights, EVERYTHING is there! Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, 2 Walmarts, a USAA bank, Old Navy, Ulta, tons of places to eat, etc etc etc. Nothing like Missouri. I know I am going to love it here :) Especially with the gorgeous weather! We were in the upper 80's today.

E & I also spent over $500 today at Bed Bath & Beyond on necessities. We still need to buy more stuff. It's hard starting out. I think tomorrow our goal is to go to the AAFES on-post and check out their furniture because we do not have a couch. We also do not have a washer/dryer and that is something we desperately need as well. I can't decide if I want to buy them brand new or buy them relatively brand new for a heck of a lot cheaper on Craig's List.

just some pictures from the wedding...

...until more of my friends post my pictures. I should get the professional pictures in about 2 weeks :)

with Ashley @ the rehearsal dinner

My beautiful calla lily bouquet :) the flowers were real.

:) can't see the Army garter tho :(

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Eddie is finally home. He actually came home on Monday! His flight kept getting delayed, though :( He was supposed to land at 1300, so I left at around 1050 to drive about an hour to The Galaxy to submit the final payment for the reception. The Galaxy is kind of in the opposite direction from the airport he was going to, so after doing that I drove about another 20-25min to the airport. Then I got a call from him telling me that he wasn't going to leave until 1345. I decided to head out to The Strip which is very close to the airport. They have a lot of stuff there...Starbucks, restaurants, Border's, Old Navy, Bed Bath & Beyond, etc...and down the street is the mall area. I decided to kill some time at Border's.

He called me again and said he wouldn't depart until 1500. Then again, telling me he wouldn't depart until 1600. I was getting pretty annoyed at this point, not at him, but for the the airliner or whatever that kept delaying his flight! I just wanted to see my damn husband haha.

I went to his house just to hang out for awhile. The moving company came to "assess" the amount of stuff we had. I believe they're coming on Monday to pick up our stuff and start the move to TX.

E finally made it, so I drove back to his house. He immediately went to sleep lol -_- We went to the bar that night and that made up for it, plus I got to spend alllll day Tuesday with him :)

I used up sooooo much gas, though. From my house to The Galaxy is about an hour. To Canton from The Galaxy is about 20-25 minutes. From Canton to E's house is about 20 minutes. Then I drove back to Canton to pick E up (20min), back to his house (another 20min), back to Canton that night to our favorite bar, then back to his house...then the following day we drove to & from Canton a few times, to Akron to get his haircut (which is about 20-25min), back to his house, and then finally my hour drive back home o_O

I am going to lunch with my roommates today and then I'm getting my nails done. I have family coming in tonight and then tomorrow = let the wedding festivity begin! I probably won't be blogging much over the next few days because of the wedding and shortly after we will be driving to Texas.