am I the worst blogger ever?!?

Yeah, I NEVER think to actually share stuff here now that we're all settled into life in South Carolina. But, let me say that again for all you west coasters---Settled. Into. Life. In. South. Carolina.! We've been in our new house for 3.5 months now and it's finally finished (except for the nursery and that's an ENTIRELY different story!) It looks amazing and we love love how it turned out. It's comfy and stylish and totally us :-D

Daniel's been permanently here since the end of August and it's so great to finally be together after his 7 months in Nowheresville, Alabama. I got to fly over to visit him in Aug and he made the loooong drive to Charleston every few weeks. He's finally settling in and starting to go back out on travel a little more now. After taking a co-lead on a blade repair project in AL for the month of August he's proven himself as quite the smart leader (at least I think so and I'm highly un-biased!) There's even a new repair job coming up that's going to require ultrasonic testing and he told the big-wigs he wants to take the lead on it and they agree! Awesome!! I married such a smartypants <3 On the bad side, he tore a disc in his back doing the Marine Corps Mud Run a few weeks ago but, after 2 weeks of walking crooked, he's on the mend and recovering well. He's got PT to do and can't run, but he'll be back on his bike this weekend for a nice long ride. Hopefully it'll be the beginning of him getting back out there.  At least we squeaked in one sprint triathlon this summer and, for not training all year, he did awesome! My wave started way before his so I even had the energy to go back and re-run the last half mile with him to the finish. He always did the same for me!

James Island Sprint Tri July 2010

USMC Mud Run 9/25/10

As for myself, I'm back serving at the Renaissance Charleston and loving being back with Marriott. I'm not super stoked about the insanely early mornings, but after 5 months I'm finally used to it and love that I get off in time to enjoy the daylight. Hopefully I'll move into another department soon; one that allows me to sit down some. These long days on my feet "walking the pavement" have my ankle so damn sore and swollen it's not even funny. I really don't want another surgery, but I need to see a specialist sometime soon to determine what to do. I don't want to be that 30 year old using a cane! I joined a tri club back in March and have met some awesome workout buddies. I've been riding at least once a week, but it's hard on those days when I work 6-9 hours on my feet! Now that the weather is cooler and nice out it's so much better out there!

Of course, on the family front, I miss my family and my home state much! I dream of sunny CA with it's green hills and (soon to be) snowy mountains. I can't wait for my mom and dad and the Hier-Lennons to get here for Thanksgiving. It's gonna be a fun filled week!! Then we'll be going to CA for Christmas and I'm super stoked there---Tahoe here we come!!! Daniel and I have been off the snow now for too long--even he's itching for it! We're already planning our trip to Sugar Mountain in NC to board for my birthday in Jan and we're planning a trip to Sugarbush in VT for Feb. Who knew there was a mtn on the east coast with 2000' vert rise??? I certainly didn't and I'm excited to check it out . (and when did law start requiring all mountains to have "sugar" inthe name??) If we can survive the crap icy snow of Mt Ruapehu, NZ then we can certainly shred it up in the Atlantic NE!


That's all for now, a quick update to cover the past 6 months! Hopefully the next post will have exciting news on the baby front--it's becoming a journey for us but definitely looking positive now!!