Lots of NEW Updates!

So for those of you who haven't heard- I GOT THE JOB at UCF (University of Central Florida)!! I will be the Coordinator for Career Development there, mainly doing career counseling with students, doing presentations and workshops, etc. I'm so excited!

It's been a whirlwind lately. I graduated two saturday's ago, left on the following Sunday for SoACE (southern association for colleges and employers- my old boss and I co-presented there!) which was through Wednesday. We got to stay at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville! Got back Wednesday night, left Thursday night to stay at my parents for the night so my Dad and I could get up early to head out to Orlando to look at places for David and I! David can't take any time off right now... the holiday's are so busy and he's getting ready to be tranferred to a store in orlando.

After 3 full day of seeing apartment after apartment (and after 1 small mental breakdown on my part), we decided on a place! I uploaded pictures every night to share with David! LOL. In the midst of all that, we took an hour or so to go see the campus so I could show my Dad around a little bit. He even got to see where I'd be working!

Ultimately we decided on a townhome that is in an apartment community near the international airport. It's a pretty good midway point, as David and I are both on the opposite ends of orlando basically with our jobs. We're so exited to have more of a "house" feel and a GARAGE!! yay! lol

The official move-in date is the 31st of this month, so I have a LOT to do! Unfortunately David wont be able to come down until probably a week later, so it's going to be interesting to say the least trying to get everything down there and unpacked.

Oh and the half-marathon is in like 2 weeks?? UM CRAP! haha. The past couple weeks I have had NO time to run or do anything, which sucks considering I'd been training for months... I finally managed to run this morning for a pretty good 5 miler. I'm hoping to do 10 miles this weekend, 11 the next, and then hopefully be ready for the half the following weekend (13.1 miles). Wish me luck! Should be interesting.

So, LOTS of changes, that are exciting but scary and overwhelming all at the same time!

Oh, and yesterday was my birthday! Dad and I decided last minute to go to Disney for my bday while we were down there anyways, because this year on your birthday you can get into Disney for free, AND military and retired military get free tickets as well... so we had a wonderful day at the Magic Kingdom and soaked in the magic and Christmas spirit! It was much needed after a very stressful past couple of days.

I hope to post regularly on here about things going on with us while we start a new adventure! I'm excited to share with everyone. Please leave us comments! :)

Love,

Laura and David

I'm baaack- been TOO long!

Sorry to go MIA to anyone who is still reading this!

I really should be going to bed, but wanted to give a few quick updates...

1) I GRADUATE with my masters of education in college student personnel administration on SATURDAY!! I can't believe how fast this snuck up!! I can sign my emails Laura Crouch, M.Ed!! lol

2) I am going to SoACE (southern association of colleges and employers) from Sunday (day after graduation)-Wednesday to present on my offices Career Exploration Teams! It's in Nashville and I get to stay at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel- so excited!!

3)I LOVE Christmas time!! Here is the tree all set up. It puts me in such a good mood to come home to the place all warm and cozy and christmas feeling! Also, I've recently learned my love for Black Friday!!! Mom and I went this year and boy did we shop til we dropped!!!

4) I'm actively in a job search! Being that I will be done with school in a week, I can no longer work in my role as it as a "Graduate Assistantship." I just got back from an interview today with University of Central Florida for a Coordinator of Career Development position there and I am really excited about this potential opportunity. If you have a moment, think some positive thoughts for me! This could be a very excited time for David and I!! I had a great interview so ultimately even if I don't get this position, I'm so excited that I feel confident about it and that I really put my all into it, no regrets.

5) I don't think I've posted about this since I've been gone for so long, but I got to visit one of my best friends in DC last month and that was AMAZING!!! I am already dying to go back!

6) One of my good friends just got married to David's younger brother Dean a few weekends ago! Now I have two awesome sister-in-laws who were already my great friends.

I think that's all for now!! I will leave you with an adorable picture of "Princessosaurus" getting her bath LOL.