After graduation I spent the last two weeks of May in Houston. To be honest, these two weeks were very emotionally and physically draining. I was trying to split my time between my family and friends in Houston before moving off to Fort Worth. I wanted to give everyone a last goodbye visit and well it turns out I had a lot of people to say bye to! I tried to get everyone, but apparently 2 weeks isn't enough to fit that all in as well as a lot of dr. appointments. It was A LOT harder than I expected. I have been so excited about moving to FW and starting school...but these 2 weeks made me realize that I'm going to miss my parents and friends a lot. I didn't really experience this at the start of college because College Station is only 1.5 hours away from Houston. I could count on coming home whenever I wanted and seeing friends on breaks. Fort Worth is about 4.5-5 hours from Houston and the difference now is that I don't see myself coming back nearly at all because of school. Most of my friends will also be in Houston permanently so that just adds to it. However, I have an AWESOME roommate (Nicole) next year and we will be spending loads of time with all new people the next 4 years. I'm looking forward to the change :)
On June 1st, I officially moved out of Houston and into Fort Worth! I will be living with my sister, Jana, brother-in-law, Drew, and their kids: Bryson (11), Jackson (7) and Addison (3) until July 9th. Both Jana and Drew are teachers so they get summers off, except Drew who is teaching summer school from 8-12 four days a week. I chose to spend most of my summer with them because we can do fun stuff with the kids and play in the sun!...mindless fun and relaxation are on my agenda. Another thing on my agenda is to workout and shape up! Good thing my sister is a HOSS when it comes to fitness and athletic ability. If you think I am in shape....you should check her out. I can hardly keep up with her! She has so much energy and I just love it. We both have memberships at 24 Hour Fitness so we have been going about 2 hours every morning and doing 1-2 classes, some of which include: turbo kickbox, piloxing (boxing and pilates), boot camp, body pump (weight training). We are also running about 3 days a week to keep our endurance up for the White Rock Half Marathon on December 4th! Yes, we're doing it again and this time Nicole will be joining us! Our big decision for the day is what we're going to do at the gym and when. Next decision....to go to the pool/waterpark or to stay in and play with the kids?...tough life, right? :) Here are a few pics of what we have been up to lately:
Riding bikes to go climb the "rocks" aka: construction zone!
Watching Jack at baseball practice
Hot, sweaty, June afternoons :)
Addie practicing her letters on "Toiling Tuesdays"
Jack doing crossword puzzles
Slides, wave pool, lazy river, lunch...all fun!
We have more of the same planned for the next month...looking forward to it!
I also have a few trips to take before school starts and we just got back from Oklahoma: backwoods version! Stay tuned for a post about the wonderful time I had in Octavia, OK :)
Now onto one of my summer reads!
Hey there! Just thought I'd drop you a little note to say how much I've enjoyed reading your blog! I know you're super busy, but I'm definitely looking forward to your next post. I hope all is well with you. I think about you often and pray that you are not too stressed. Take care:)
ReplyDeleteMuch love, Leandra