Thursday Thirteen

I stole this from Lindsey (the3rowlands) because I thought it was too cute not to continue! 13 random facts about what is going on in your life--or just fun facts.

1) We are going on our vacation with Jordan's family for the 4th of July and it CANNOT get here soon enough! I am so ready for the beach and for some quality time with the in laws. I am very blessed to have married into a wonderful family, and consider myself lucky that I actually look forward to spending time with them when many people dread seeing their in-laws.

2) I met Jordan 5 years ago next month. Some days it seems like it has been longer than that, but most days I cant believe how the time has flown by! I dont deserve the wonderful husband that he is to me, but I am truly thankful that I am the one he chose to build a life with.

3) Next Wednesday is our girls' night at Habaneros with some of the gals that I used to work with along with my mom (who technically I also used to work with I guess). I am so excited about it as always! It seems to come at a time when I need some girl time the most.

4) I have recently reconnected with an old friend. When I say that, it doesnt seem to do our relationship justice. She was my best friend in high school and a huge part of my life; and we just fell out of touch over the years for no particular reason at all. I am very thankful that she contacted me and definately look forward to alot more catching up with her :)

5) Our newest addition--Berklie is getting spayed Tuesday and we are desperately hoping that she will calm down a little after this happens. She is really no more hyper than Roxi was at her age, but she is about three times bigger than she was so it's a little different when she jumps on you.

6) This is probably the most random of all, but I cannont tell you how excited we are about the new Harry Potter movie coming out in July of this year. See, we used to be that couple who made fun of other grown-ups for liking the moveis but then we decided to see what all the fuss is about because we got tired of hearing people talk about it--and now we absolutely LOVE all of them! Jordan has added the Harry Potter series to his top 10 list of all time favorite movies-- and that is really saying something for it to be right up there with Shawshank Redemption and The Program. He doesnt just put any movie in that category :)

7) I have two very close friends who are expecting babies right now. One in May and the other in November. I am so excited about both of them being here, but oddly enough it doesnt make me want one. I honeslty thought that being around all of the baby things would make me change my mind, but it hasnt. I guess we will know when we are ready to be parents--we just really love it being the two of us right now and still want to do so much together before that happens....

8) My Dad will be 50 this year! 50! For those of you who know my mom, this also means that she will also be 50 two months later :) But technically that will be 2011. I have been trying to think of things to do for his birthday. My dad is not one for parties really, and to tell you the truth, he probably doesnt even realize that he will be 50 this year. But nevertheless, it is a huge milestone and if you ask him he never thought he would have lived to see the age he is at. More to come on that one.

9) Speaking of birthdays, mine is next month. I will be 23. Alot of people say that they feel older or younger than they actually are, but for me 23 feels about right. I pretty much fall in the middle of my friends who are 23. I have some who are still in school, married or getting married, studious, etc. Then I have some 23 year old friends who dont get in before 2 am every night. Ok maybe I dont exactly fall in the "middle"--I am probably much closer to the first example.

10) I blogged a few weeks ago about my headaches and a medication that I am on called Topamax. Sill on it--works great! Headaches are essentially gone. However, this medicine gets a bad wrap because of the fact that it makes you lose your train of thought or not be able to think of a word. I dont know if that's what you would call what I have experienced. I have found that I will say something completely off base (usually like a famous name or something) and then after being corrected, when most people would realize that they were wrong, the correct name still doesnt sound right to me. For example, the sports announcer on Fox 6--his name is Rick Karle. I called him Mike Karle the other day and Jordan said "no, it's Rick". It still did not sound right to me. We watch this guy every single night and I KNOW his name, but we had to wait until 9 so he could show me that I was wrong. I would have sworn that it was Mike for some reason! Just stuff like that. It's actually quite humorous afterwards--and sometimes during the argument.

11) Every month I have been buying a swim suit for the beach. Last year I waited until the last minute and then rushed to Target to try and find some cute ones, and ended up spending a ton of money all at once. I am on Victoria's Secret email list and get coupons from them alot so I started two months ago ordering them from there--just because I know that I like their brand and that most of the time they fit right. The last one I got was $20 with shipping and tax included (for both pieces)! Just thought I would pass that along :)

12) The person that I look up to more than anyone on this Earth is my Meemaw. She is an overall amazing woman and just a saint in general. She will be 88 this year and still goes dancing weekly! Meemaw has always taken the opportunity to let you know how much you mean to her in the moment--living as if each day could be the last. I admire that quality in her more than I could ever express in words. I consider myself blessed to be her grandaughter.

13) Finally....and perhaps most importantly, it actually took a long time to think of 13 things that are going on right now in my life. And the truth is that I like that. For so long my life was rushed and scattered and consisted of nothing but school and work. I consider myself extremely blessed that I now  have some sort of calm. But who knows what God's plan is. My world could be turned upside down tomorrow. The only difference is that I know that I could handle it now, and that I couldnt say that a year ago.

Hope everyone has a great week!