Can you see me now?

I was just on the phone to my friend Leslie and was telling her all about our trip. I was half way through this story when I thought to myself "I can't believe I haven't blogged about this". Anyway, now that I've set it all up it probably won't even be funny but just the same, here goes. So, I mentioned before the trip that I was very concerned about going on the cruise because of my motion sickness. I was afraid that Dramamine wouldn't do the job, so I went to the doctor and was prescribed two little patches that were supposed to work like a charm. I was instructed to place this tiny little band-aide looking thing behind my ear approximately four hours before we got on the ship. I was very careful about timing the placement just right, because I didn't want to spend ANY amount of time nauseous. I calculated and re-calculated and doubled checked my calculations with Justin until I was absolutely sure this thing would be working by the time we were on board. All was going well, except that every now and then I would reach back and scratch it because my hair would get caught in it and tickle my neck. Those of you that have ever been around me much know that my eyes are always itching, of course making me feel the need to rub them. Do you see where this is going yet? Little tip from Devy: Never ever under any circumstance put your fingers in or anywhere around your orbital area after you have just touched a motion sickness patch. It will cause your eye to DILATE only to return to normalcy six to eight hours later. My friends out there who visit the eye doctor on a regular basis know how uncomfortable it is to have your eyes dilated. If you don't, it stinks and the only thing worse than having both of your eyes dilated is having only one! So much for avoiding the dizziness! And the worst part of it is I looked like a crazed lunatic! I literally walked around for hours with one really large pupil and one teeny tiny one. I am sure that anyone who got close enough to me was sure I was about to go crazy and jump overboard or something. Justin kept his head down through an entire meal to keep from laughing at his new wife on their honeymoon. It just goes to show if there is any chance, any at all that something could go embarrassingly wrong, if I'm involved, it SO WILL!

I wasn't kidding

Our cats could care less where I am or what I'm doing. As a matter of fact, I don't even think they care if I'm even home at all, I can go all day without even seeing them and we live in the same house, but they follow Justin EVERYWHERE. Here they are eagerly waiting for him to get out of the shower, if it didn't have a glass door, they would probably jump right in there with him. He gets a kick out of the fact that they don't really like me. I told him to enjoy it, because when we have kids they're going to like me better...:)

I can't believe I'm saying this..

...but I'm fairly certain that I'm ready for school to start. All year I couldn't wait until this summer because it would be the first summer that I didn't have to work since I can remember. Justin and I had talked about me working a summer job, but with the wedding and honeymoon and house buying I thought it would be a little less stressful to not have to worry about working around a schedule. Well, all of that is over now and I AM DYING HERE! You can only play on the computer so many hours a day before you get sick ( I get dizzy from scrolling up and down, I'm a freak I know) and I've wondered around this house until I'm crazy! My cats sleep all day which really doesn't matter because they like Justin better anyway and my friends are not teachers so they, of course, are working. Now, one of these days when we have children, I am going to LOVE this free time, but I will definately be working a part-time job next year. So with all of that being said, bring on the meetings, bring on the paper-work and bring on the early mornings for goodness sakes because I AM READY and I miss my kiddos believe it or not.

Call me, Call me anytime

Or just wait until I call you.

Simple question. Why is it that I can go days without receiving a phone call, but the minute I have a fairly heavy bag in one hand, my purse and car keys in the other and am trying to return an empty shopping cart (like any polite shopper) back to it's appropriate home my phone will ring? This happened today and unlike most times I chose to answer the call and if all of this wasn't hectic enough the alarm goes off in the store because the nice sales lady forgot to remove a security tag from my duvet cover! This situation alone is just one of the many reasons I a.) don't like to shop and b.) hate to talk on the phone.

Side note: Don't worry honey, I still love you even though I've told you at least twenty times the year my car was made and how many miles it has on it and you can rest easy knowing that I finally exchanged the duvet cover and silverware that has been sitting in our entry way for almost a month now.

St. Maarten

That little froggie looking thing would be my husband.

Or St. Martin, depending on which side you're on. These pictures are from the Orient Beach which is on the French side of the island. This was our favorite port.

St. Thomas

Nassau

"Cruisin"

On our way

Just getting started
Happy Honeymoon to us!
View from the top

We're In

Ok so we've been in our new house for almost a week now. We love it! Our cats on the other hand aren't so sure yet. I love to go for walks around our neighborhood and get ideas for the yard. As you can tell, ours is pretty blah it needs some serious color I just can't figure out what would look the best. Any suggestions would be great! We leave on our honeymoon (I know almost a month later) on Friday. We were initially going to be in Mexico for two weeks, but since we bought the house and closed on it so soon we decided to push it back a few weeks to give us time to move in. We are now going on a cruise to the Eastern Caribbean (Nassau, St. Maarten and I can't remember the other island). Now those of you that know me know that I suffer from extreme motion sickness, I'm not over exaggerating here, I get sick pulling out of the driveway. Nevertheless, I am a tiny bit nervous about the cruise. I have been assured that Dramamine is the cure so please pray that I don't spend the entire seven days with my head hanging over the side of the ship. At least I'll be vomiting into the Caribbean I guess. Pictures to come! (not of me vomiting)