New Month and Vacation

All of a sudden, it's October! I feel like it came out of no where, and now it's already almost two weeks in.  It's amazing how fast this year is going. At least this month has been good so far.

Last week we were in New Mexico. We went for this:

We had an awesome week and did a lot in the Southwest that we'd never done before, even though we lived there for four years. It was really fun to be a tourist.

We went to Four Corners...

We went to Santa Fe on the train, and even had the most amazing frozen yogurt place in Nob Hill. The most exciting part of the trip for me was hiking up these bad boys:

The top is 10,378 feet up. We started the hike around 6,000 feet and made our way up. It was an intense hike, but it was amazing. The views along were worth it, let alone the amazing feeling of having made it to the top. Just last year I probably wouldn't have made it more than two miles in, and two years ago I would have never even tired. But I did it. It took a while, and I wanted to go back down more than once. But it was so worth it, and I'm so happy we made the decision to do it.

Now we're home, with a some what less spectacular view, and back to the grind. I'm happy to be home and feeling the crisp fall air here in the city. I love being on vacation, and I absolutely love New Mexico, but there's nothing like home and my own bed.

Vacation

It seems as though I've taken a blogger vacation. That was an accident. I did also go on real vacation though, and that was on purpose.

I went with the hubs-to-be and his married cousins down to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for a week, and it was a wonderful week. We relaxed and got sun (maybe too much). We enjoyed the spring break drink specials, but made sure everyone knew we were NOT on spring break.

It was really nice to get away for a while. It was so warm. It will make it easier to get through the end of winter since I was able to have a nice break from it all. And the hubs-to-be and I have never been on vacation together before. We travel a lot, but always to visit family or go to school, so this was the first real getaway we're ever had. I loved it. I will definitely do it again.

But now it's back to reality. Back to work. Back to the cold (although it's much nicer than when we left the city). The work has piled up more than I can handle, and I'm hoping I don't have a breakdown before the end of the week. I know vacation is supposed to be great and relaxing and rejuvenating...and it was...until I got back and see everything waiting for me. It makes me wish I didn't leave work for so long. But I did. And it was so worth it. :)

For now I'm still in vacation mode. My brain is still on the beach and I'm dreaming of starting my mornings like this again...

gone, but not forgotten

Sorry for the lack of blogging, I've been on vacation. Hence why there were no new post, and no Monday Madness. It was so nice to get away, but it's also nice to be home.

Our vacation was to New Mexico to see the family, as usual. We had a wonderful time seeing friends and hot air balloons. I have so many pictures of balloons, and basically nothing else. Hopefully I'll get around to posting them soon.

On said vacation, I did two pretty major things. One, we bought our wedding invitations! We're doing all the typing/decorating ourselves, and that's not even close to started, but we bought the actual invites we'll mail, and all the fun stuff we'll need to put them together! We has something else in mind when we went to the store, but we came out very happy. I'm really looking forward to starting the process! It's going to be a lot of work, so we'll have to start soon. Luckily we got a new typewriter ribbon.

The second thing I did was get a tattoo. It's my second tattoo, but the first one I can actually see (tattoo #1 is on my back, and I never even think about it). This one is on my wrist. It's the longitude and latitude of my Alma Mater. I'm happy with how it turned out, but I slightly freaked last night, realizing what I just did. I think not being able to see my first tattoo didn't make me realize the longevity of these things. Oh well. It's not that I don't want to have it, because I wouldn't have gotten it done in the first place, but it's just so weird to see still. The hubs-to-be also has an arm tat, and he says it just takes some getting used to. He did a little panic dance at first too, but now he doesn't think about it even being there. I like that, and hope it comes soon for me. I'd like to stop staring at my wrist all day.

So now it's back to work and back to the grind. I love visiting, but home is comfortable. Too bad for us, we came back to winter starting in Boston. It was a chilly 35 degrees this morning, with an eventual high of only 47 today. It's days like these that I wish we never left the warmth of the desert!