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| view from the ferris wheel |
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| ice skating at LA Live |
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| view from our seats |
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| a panormaic view of it's a small word. BEAUTIFUL, right? |
Monday, December 15, 2014
Jingle Ball and Disneyland
Like I said in my last post we found out December 2nd we had orders to Ohio. December 5th I had plans to go to the Jingle Ball with a friend (she won tickets, but wasn't able to go. Her husband still wanted to and she gave him a list of ppl who he could take...he picked me! hahaha). We left around 2 and ended up getting to Los Angeles around 3:30ish. We decided to see what the vendors were like at the pre-show, rode a ferris wheel and then went to dinner at Lucky Strike. I'm not sure if that's a California restaurant or a chain, but if there's one near you go!
While we were bowling and eating someone came to bowl on the lane next to us. When I looked up it was a man and his two kids. He looked super familiar, but it didn't really hit me until I went to bowl that it was Chris Harrison. The bachelor host Chris Harrison. He's much more handsome in real life. Everyone kept telling me to take his picture or ask for one with him...but he's just a normal guy out bowling with his kids and I'm sure he gets that a lot so we didn't. I didn't even say a word to him. We bowled, finished eating and then left. He was one of my only celebrity sitings while in California. We still had some time before the doors opened so we went ice skating at LA Live and listened to some of the pre-show. The Jingle Ball by KIIS FM was so much fun. Our seats weren't the greatest, but we had a great time. It ended around 12:30 and we were leaving Staples at 12:40 AM. I didn't get home until closer to 2:40.
Since our weekends are limited we had made plans to go to Disneyland the following morning. I was EXHAUSTED and it was BUSY. Dominick was a little grumpy (I think he was tired), but we managed to ride some rides and have a good time too. I'm going to miss all these fun California adventures.
Friday, December 12, 2014
Ohio
So I think I'm finally to the point where I've accepted the news I'm about to tell you where this post won't be TOO negative.
Last Tuesday Ryan got orders...to Ohio. Ryan was vectored up for a position at Wright-Patterson back in September/October time frame. We knew the possibility of it actually happening was pretty high, but we also knew there could have been quite a few other applicants who were much more qualified than Ryan. I'm not sure if it's unfortunate or fortunate, but some of our friends knew the two people who did the selecting for the position.
I was told that we would know by mid October.The date came and went and I thought that MAYBE we were in clear and started to breathe a little easier. November came and Ryan said that they still hadn't selected anyone for the position and our friends talked to their friends and Ryan was the number one candidate. CRAP! Thanksgiving came and went and we still hadn't heard anything, but at that point everyone was pretty much treating it like we were getting orders. Rumor had it that the report no later than date was mid February/March.
December 2nd was kind of a crazy day anyways. Things at work were REALLY busy and my friend in a group text said, 'Al, I'm having such a hard day' and my response was, 'do you know something I don't know' and I immediately sent Ryan a text saying, ' did you get orders'? Come to find out...he did and my friend had no idea...she was just having a rough day too. Our report no later than is the end of January. We have less than 50 days before we hit the road east.
To say I'm NOT excited about this move would be the biggest understatement of the year. I never imagined loving California so much, but I can't see my home being anywhere else but here. Ohio and California are VERY different. It's going to be very different. I understand that our families are in the midwest and we will be closer, but our home and the life we've built are in California. It's hard to leave that behind. It's hard to close this chapter of our lives when I feel like we've just started writing it and it's already over. I think with such a short notice I'm having a hard time finding the closure I need and the optimistic outlook. The pressure is building and it's only going to get a lot worse before it gets better. What will be will be. Whatever happens, happens for a reason. God has plans for us and we are meant to go to Ohio so we will go and see what the future has in store for us.
Last Tuesday Ryan got orders...to Ohio. Ryan was vectored up for a position at Wright-Patterson back in September/October time frame. We knew the possibility of it actually happening was pretty high, but we also knew there could have been quite a few other applicants who were much more qualified than Ryan. I'm not sure if it's unfortunate or fortunate, but some of our friends knew the two people who did the selecting for the position.
I was told that we would know by mid October.The date came and went and I thought that MAYBE we were in clear and started to breathe a little easier. November came and Ryan said that they still hadn't selected anyone for the position and our friends talked to their friends and Ryan was the number one candidate. CRAP! Thanksgiving came and went and we still hadn't heard anything, but at that point everyone was pretty much treating it like we were getting orders. Rumor had it that the report no later than date was mid February/March.
December 2nd was kind of a crazy day anyways. Things at work were REALLY busy and my friend in a group text said, 'Al, I'm having such a hard day' and my response was, 'do you know something I don't know' and I immediately sent Ryan a text saying, ' did you get orders'? Come to find out...he did and my friend had no idea...she was just having a rough day too. Our report no later than is the end of January. We have less than 50 days before we hit the road east.
To say I'm NOT excited about this move would be the biggest understatement of the year. I never imagined loving California so much, but I can't see my home being anywhere else but here. Ohio and California are VERY different. It's going to be very different. I understand that our families are in the midwest and we will be closer, but our home and the life we've built are in California. It's hard to leave that behind. It's hard to close this chapter of our lives when I feel like we've just started writing it and it's already over. I think with such a short notice I'm having a hard time finding the closure I need and the optimistic outlook. The pressure is building and it's only going to get a lot worse before it gets better. What will be will be. Whatever happens, happens for a reason. God has plans for us and we are meant to go to Ohio so we will go and see what the future has in store for us.
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