Day Seventeen.

Day 17: A favorite photo of yourself and why.

I definitely do not have a favorite photo of myself. I kept trying to find one of just me and besides some wedding pictures, it was a no-go. In my search I found that my favorite pictures aren't necessarily great ones of me --- but include those that I love.

 

(linking up with Jenni)

this happy.

 I get to see my favorite person in the world today, my Momma! She is my bestest friend and I want to be just like her when I grow up. I am soon getting on an airplane and headed to Flo-rida for a little vacay. There will be tears of sadness from leaving my boys behind and tears of happiness from seeing this lady & my brubba. Happy, happy, happy. (Duck Dynasty anyone?)

I hope you have something happy in your day today! 

Day Fifteen.

Day 15. Your day in pictures

This is definitely not a normal day because work and class are not involved, but I'm technically on a mini vacation before my summer job starts up but I'm not reaaaaallly on vacation because that would include a beach or mountains. Tomorrow I get to say hello to the beach.

-A quiet day in the life of Elle & Cooper take via iPhone-

7:30 am rise & shine. 

J says goodbye, he'll be back late and leaves me a heating pad for the pinched nerve in my neck

Coop is staring me down.

This is real life.

Cooper is working on his third nap of the day

Breakfast & quiet time

9am dressed for the day

(as evidenced by wild morning hair above - I live for the sock bun)

Coop & I go out for a morning walk and then end up sunbathing on the sidewalk curb for a bit.

It's cool.

Borrowing my daddy's old convertible while he's fixing mine --

 perfect day for the top down while running errands.

1pm Get home, eat lunch, and walk the dog again. 

Silly guy loves the wildflowers.

2:30pm Poolside and reading Glass Castle

Spent the afternoon organizing closets, putting away winter clothes, and making Goodwill donation piles. Feeling neat & tidy.

6pm Coop & and I go for a run because homeboy is bouncing off the walls

7:30pm J's still not home so I make dinner and chow down.

8:30pm J is finally home from the clinic (yay!) I fix him tacos and he tells me about his long day.

9pm curled up with my boys, eating a fruit roll up and watching a cheesy Netflix movie.

Give up on movie, canoodle, and go to bed.

The end.

(linking up with Jenni)

Day Fourteen.

Day 14: 10 things that make you happy 

(10 is hard. I wish it were 100 things!)

-My husby-

-Cooper's cute face-

-My brothers-

-My faith-

-Time with family/friends-

-Fresh flowers-

-When J doesn't have to study and instead hangs out with me-

-Iced coffee-

-A clean apartment-

-A really good book-

(linking up with Jenni)

rambles.

Well it is done. I made it through this year. We celebrated Saturday night at a friends wedding with a whole lot of dancing! I have to say it was touch and go there for a bit this year. These past two semesters were tough. Tough classes. Tough job. Tough personal change. But I've made it. I came out on top and am better for it. During my finals week I finished up my core classes for my program (only a couple electives and my clinical experiences left!), I ended my graduate assistant contract, and I terminated counseling as both a counselor and a client. My own personal counseling experience has been really rewarding and I think I will write about that at some point.

While my mini summer break finally beings (woot woot!), J starts his third-year of optometry school today. I cannot believe he is a third-year. It really seems like we were just getting married and starting graduate school. I think I finally believe people when they say that time flies as you get older. Before we know it J and I will have grey hair and be sitting in rockers watching the grandkids. Or maybe we should start with having our own babies first. Or maybe I really should start with graduating and getting grown-up jobs. That's probably a better place to begin the whole "we're getting old together" thing. Either way, it's happening and I am totally okay with it.

Anyway! J starts working with real patients this week and I am so excited for him. Next year is going to be different for us because we will both have a few classes, but most of our school load will be working in the field. Student slave labor, really. We had some minor freak outs over the weekend as we  forced ourselves to look at where our loans are at. It's a big number, peeps. I cannot imagine what some of J's classmates loans look like though because I know we are extra stingy with ours in comparison. We didn't live in a crap hole for a year for no reason! It's also a little scary because we won't have an income at all this next school year. I have a job this summer that will help us squeak by, but during my practicum and internship, I won't be able to work. Big downer. But we are just praying and trusting that our stinginess early on will help keep that red debt number in a realistic place for us to eventually pay off. 

This post has been all over the place. I apologize for that (does that count for the Blog Everyday in May challenge prompt for today-- issue a public apology??) I also apologize that there were no pictures included. All words? What was I thinking? 

I hope you had a great weekend (especially you mothers out there!) and have an even better Monday (wishful thinking, right?).