Full circle, like the ring on my finger.

Tonight, while driving home from an awesome girls' weekend with my sisters- and mother-in-law in Chattanooga, Tenn., I saw the most amazing melon and orange sunset. I have a thing for sunsets on February 6ths.

Here's why: Our proposal story. Take a look :)

On the six-hour drive home I found a mix Aaron made for me for my 21st birthday. I was terribly homesick, living alone on Cape Cod, working strange hours and learning how to be away from everything I loved. I played that CD every day for two months, and as I listened to it tonight I smiled as I anticipated the notes of every next song. The Jayhawks' All the Right Reasons started playing, which was our first dance at our wedding reception, and a winsome feeling overtook me. I chose that song to be our first dance song because it made me cry every time I listened to it without Aaron when I was on Cape. Now we're married, living in a new place, creating a new chapter and solving the intricacies of our life together. 

I looked out at that sunset and gave thanks out loud. It was a full-circle moment.

It may be silly to celebrate all of these things, but I don't care. I never want a day to come when I look back and wish I had remembered and celebrated out loud the amazing blessings in my life. There is too much good in life, and such a short time to live it, that I think we all should celebrate with each other in our joys both big and small. 

I promise an update on the awesome weekend soon, but first I need to unpack, do some laundry, etc. And give my sweet husband a kiss when he gets home from set. It's Super Bowl Sunday, but I don't feel like going out and watching the game. Sometimes not having cable is nice... 

A note about contacting me...

{this bay is about three minutes from home in yarmouthport}

{a view from the marconi cliffs}

I feel like a bad friend because I've missed several phone calls and my internet use is sporadic. Here's the best way to get ahold of me:

I work Wednesday-Sunday nights from 6 p.m. to around 2 a.m. I am off on Mondays and Tuesdays. If you want to call when I am working, I'm usually awake by 11 a.m. and headed to work around 5 p.m. Central time zoners, remember that I'm an hour ahead of you :) I'm free on Mondays and Tuesdays, so call me any time those days. 

I'll also post my address tomorrow.

I have internet at work, so during my breaks I can respond to e-mails, which might be the best way if you don't mind not hearing my voice (it's preferred, by the way). 

Love to everyone.

Week One

I finished my first week of work this morning at 1:30 a.m. Hooray for weekends! The Cape has been a bit misleading in terms of how wonderful the summertime is...it's been rainy and no warmer than 60 degrees for the last 5 days! I hear that around July 4 the warmth hits and it's beach time. I can't wait!

Today, my landlord is having surgery for breast cancer. Please keep her in your prayers. She and her family are wonderful hosts to me, and I'm going to miss their hospitality... I'm moving to a new home so she can have her three kids at their home while she recovers. Usually she takes an intern because two of the kids are gone, but with the surprising news, we had to be flexible. I'll be moving tonight and will get my new address soon.

Also, I turned 21 yesterday! I had my first drink at a local bar with the newsroom crew at about 12:30 Sunday morning: white peach sangria. It was funny to go to a bar (period) but also with co-workers at a job I'd had for only 3 days!

these are the days

This is my first post in a good while.

I feel a little overwhelmed, a little sad, a little anxious, a little eager and kind of tired. Aaron left the Cape yesterday after five awesome days of adventure and exploring. We went around the entire cape, from Provincetown to Falmouth, and saw so many great things.

We ate lots of ice cream, played in the Atlantic Ocean, saw Up and Star Trek at a REAL drive-in theater and learned some of the ins and outs of Cape Cod life. But now, he's gone. It's shocking to think that that 5-day period was probably one of the longest we'll spend together before getting married in December. I bawled my eyes out a good portion of yesterday (right up until I started my first day of work at 4:30 p.m.) 

Work was good for the first day. Everyone on the desk was very nice and very helpful. Not what I was expecting, I guess... I worked 4:30 p.m. to midnight last night, and my new shift, which starts today, is from 6 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. I'll be working true late nights and I'm a little nervous about driving home so late in this unfamiliar area. 

I have a lot more to say, but it can wait. Basically, I miss Aaron, I miss my friends and family and I miss Nebraska. It is such a wonderful place. Not that the Cape isn't, but I think Nebraska feels like home. I wouldn't doubt that in a few years you can find the Nixes living there :)