Checking in

Wow.

So much has happened since my last post.

I guess I should catch you up in a way that doesn't turn this post into a massive wall of text though.

So.

March 7, 2015
Chris and I were married at the Chapel on Tinker Air Force Base
{That was a whole fiasco in its self like most weddings}

I took my two board exams that week right before the wedding and passed both.

School was starting to pick up with clinical rotations at the Dental school and everything was in general moving along quite quickly.

Now for big news #1.

Chris is being stationed in Japan for the next few years. As in the country Japan.
Totally excited and now begins the process of getting all of my personal ducks in a row so that I may go with him. I had doctor appointments and other legal responsibilities that I had to take care of in addition to continuing my school schedule which was making everything else harder to accomplish.

Big news #2.

I got really really sick.
I lost weight really quickly, looked like I had never seen the sun in my life and could barely stand straight for any given amount of time.
Yup, as the older generations used to say "I am with child".

Not going to lie, I have wanted children since I was 19 but Chris and I had already discussed that we were going to wait until after we had been a married couple for at least a year. I was scared and happy all at the same time.

So, lets count this up shall we?

1-Still in school
2-Got married
3-Husband {and I} will be moving to Japan in the near future
4-Going to have a baby

I think 2015 is turning out to be a damn good year for us and it is barely half way over at this point!

Fast forward a bit and I am currently writing this post from Japan, my baby bump is becoming more and more obvious by the day, and I have completed my Dental Assisting program and passed all the Board exams that make me a Certified Dental Assistant.

Granted I have only been in Japan for three days and am still adjusting to the time difference {14 hours ahead of Oklahoma} but I already feel extremely blessed to have met my wonderful husband and to be exploring the world with him {I never dreamed I would actually get to leave the country and look at us now! We are living in Japan!}.

I intend to pick up this blog and my photography blog very soon and am looking forward to sharing our adventures with you again!

Here is a little sneak peek of what is to come!

Finally got my toes in the sand and water! Got to work on my tan, those are some pale legs I've got there!

Stay tuned!

School is rough, ya'll

Sorry I haven't been posting much well anything, really.
School is crazy with lectures, tests, essays, competency evaluations, guest speakers, and outside of class requirements that are taking up nearly all of my sane time. By the time I get home, I can barely think about what to make for dinner much less anything else.

PLUS!
I'm getting married soon. How soon, you might ask?

wait for it...

wait for it...

March 7th.

As in 18 days from now!

Yup so I have completely lost my mind to anything except school and wedding details.

Luckily, I have had my Mom to help keep me from pulling my hair out and on track and Chris' Mom will be in town the week of to help me with any last minute stuff while I am taking class exams and board exams.
Yup, BOARD EXAMS.
As in "if I don't pass these I can no longer continue with my program and will curl up the fetal position and cry myself into a stupor" board exams.

Why did I do this, you might ask? Why did I plan to get married in the middle of my last semester?

Well, I didn't intend to... it just kind of worked out that way to my chagrin.

Originally, they (the teachers) told us (the students) that our board exams would probably take place during spring break which would have fallen two weeks AFTER my wedding.
I was cool with this. Then we were contacted by the board informing us that we would be taking it the week OF my wedding.
Lovely. 

So! After I had a near meltdown at my parent's house and profusely apologizing to Chris if I bite his head off in the next two and half weeks, I realized that this was just another test.

Yes, it is a very important test, but a test nonetheless and that I should treat it as such.
Since I have come back to school in 2012, I have had straight A's so clearly I am doing something right. I know how I learn and how I study for tests so I need to stop freaking out and put my big girl panties back on.

Anywho! That is where I am at right now.
I have so much stuff going on and sooooo much news to share but they will all have to come to light at the appropriate time and not a moment sooner. :)
{Even though I am DYING to spill the beans about the AWESOMENESS that is about to be bestowed on us!} You will just have to wait! ;)