The Countdown Chart

WOOHOO :) It's all finished.

Tomorrow!

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya! Tomorrow!

You're only a day away!!!!!!

I can't believe it.

Brady leaves at 9:30 AM for his first flight,

which means tonight, while I'm sleeping,

he'll be boarding his plane to come home.

I am so excited.

It seriously feels like Christmas to me.

1 day everyone.

I know some people are looking forward to this post.

Some people know I'm going to post about this,

and most people are annoyed just knowing there is a post following.

Hahaha, oh how I love blogging :)

I can't believe in just a little over 30 hours, my sweetheart will be home. The love of my life will be coming down the escalator, with a name tag symbolizing his 2 years of very hard work. I am so proud of him. I've had lots of friends give me encouraging words, advice and tips on how to make it through the end of this experience. I have a lot of anxiety, and worries. I stress over it, because I want this to be easy for him. I can deal with me and my emotions, but I want him to feel comfortable when he's home. I just really hope it doesn't backlash and turn for the worse :/ I will definitely experience my patience being tested, that's for sure.

I really am, so excited to see him again. I'm ready for this to be over. This has been a great experience, but boy am I glad he's coming home tomorrow, and not a month from now. When I think about how I used to have 6 months left, or 2 months left, it just makes me nauseous because I can't believe I used to be that far away from the homecoming date. Yuck.

Anyway, a thank you post to all my supporters will be coming this weekend.

I promise I'll post lots of pictures. I promise I'll tell everyone everything.

But in the mean time, I hope you all have a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving tomorrow.

I know I will ;)

November Thanks 3

1. I am grateful for my car. I miss Gilbert sometimes, and I sometimes feel bad that my sister now owns this car that is on the verge of dying, but I am grateful that I was able to help, and that I have a car. period.
2. I am grateful for my mom's side of the family. I love getting together with them and it's always a blast. I grew up with my cousin Skye and so being with her family always makes me really happy. We had a baby shower for her yesterday, I'm so excited to meet her little one!
3. I am grateful for my mom. I love my mom. I cannot say it enough. This woman's middle name is sacrifice. She's a shining example, and has always loved me unconditionally. She never gave up on me, no matter how much I felt like I had failed her. No matter how many times I wanted to rebel, and just thought how I didn't like her, and that she was being too strict on me growing up. No matter what I put her through, she never failed me. She never gave up on me. She always loved me, asked me how my days was. She still cared, and for that, I will always be grateful. To have a mom so loving and forgiving, as she is. LOVE YOU MOM.
4. I'm grateful for my home :) I'm so grateful for my bed, and my room, and my clothing, and my dishes. I'm grateful for my bathroom, being able to shower, for my coat. I'm grateful for many things, especially my home. To have shelter over my head, to protect me and keep me warm.
5. I'm grateful for food. And that I can choose what to eat to take care of my body. That there are foods out there to keep me healthy and my tummy happy :)
6. I'm grateful for blogging. For being able to record things as I please.
7. I'm grateful for music. It often speaks words that I cannot say. It keeps me happy, and I love it.
8. I'm grateful for all of my friends.
9. I'm grateful for ice cream:)
10. I'm grateful for rainy weather.
11. I'm grateful for the Sacrament. That I get to take it every single week.
12. I'm grateful for socks, sweats, and hoodies. They keep me warm :)
13. I'm grateful to have my brother-in-law in my math class. He has helped me a lot.
14. I'm grateful for my sisters. for our friendship, and all the good times we share.
15. I'm grateful for memories. They are some of the dearest things to me.
16. I'm grateful for my nephew Evan, for always keeping me laughing. For Sawyer, and his sweet, heart-melting smile that I love seeing.
17. I'm grateful for church leaders who love me and support me. I'm grateful for their service and their example towards me and others.
18. I'm grateful for the Ensign. to receive it each month, and be able to reflect on the conference talks that helped me so much.
19. And last but not least, this week, I am thankful for Brady. I am thankful for this 2 year experience. I am thankful it has brought us closer, I am grateful to have had a missionary to write. I love him so very much and I can't believe in just 4 short days, I'll be seeing him coming down the escalator. He will no longer be in letters... He will be real, and he will be mine again. I'm grateful for his service, and for his decision to serve a mission. He has changed my life, and inspires me to be better and to be closer to my Father in Heaven. I am grateful for his unconditional love towards me. He has never given up on me, and I'm so grateful that he didn't write me off. That this waiting experience wasn't a nightmare. I still have no idea where this road will lead the two of us.. But I know that the Lord is in it, and I want to be with Brady. I love him very much. I'm so grateful for him :)

Airport Posters

I had told my sisters, friends, family, coworkers, that I did not want to hold a poster at the airport. I just didn't want to have to worry about holding something, cause I know I'll be beside myself, just crying. But, I changed my mind. My sister and I made some posters today. She's very proud of hers and is excited to hold it at the airport :) I made one, super cute, and I'm gonna have to hold it, because it'll be weird if like... my sister held it or something. Hahaha anyway, thanks so much Lins for helping me make the posters :) I can't wait for Thursday!!! Hopefully it comes as fast as this week has gone by!! :)

My Very Last Letter..

Super bittersweet, and I cried. I can't believe this is coming to an end. I'm seriously, just in shock. I made a video because my cute friend Desiree makes videos all the time, so I decided I would make one about letter writing, and what not. Hopefully Brady will let me start taking videos of him, since I didn't do that before he left. And please, feel free to laugh at me in this video, I did it for fun, and I'm a dork so.....  Anyway..

Here is my 77th Letter....

"Can you believe this is my last letter to you? I can't! ;) I'm so excited to be with you in ten days!"

"I want to learn how to bake more... So I'll just have to help my mum bake all the stuff for my homecoming!"

"Wow, I don't even know what to say in this letter.. I just can't conceive of coming home! I can't believe it's happening!"

"I'll have to spend time with my family as well those first few days, but my Babe can be there with me all the time!"

"Well Babe, I don't think I have much else to say. Thank you so much for writing me and being the best girlfriend in the world! Love you so much!"

I explain more about this letter in the video, which I don't expect anyone to watch, but I really am so happy that this is over. But I'm very sad at the same time. It is habit for me to start writing a response to this letter, but I don't need to. I can talk to him in just 5 days. 5 DAYS. It is so bittersweet.

He also asked in the letter, how well I was sleeping. And well, not very well. I have a harder time falling asleep than staying asleep, but I am sleeping. I just can't express how weird this all truly is. I feel so like... normal. I freak out, and I am WAY excited, but again, I feel numb. Which means it prolly hasn't hit me yet. My cute friend bubbles called me the other night to talk with me about it (she waited and married her RM) and I just love her, she totally helped me out with what to expect at the airport. I'm grateful for her love and support.

Anyway, I will add this last letter to my binder, and hold on to them for the rest of my life. Maybe I'll still write Brady letters, even when we're together... I love writing letters, and I always will... :)

A Thousand Years

This song, by Christina Perri, is one of my very favorites, and has been since the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1 came out last November. It has also been my ringtone for a very long time. It has made it's way into my heart, as I relate it to my waiting experience. It seriously makes me cry whenever I listen to it, as if it's describing my feelings for me, since I cannot speak them.

Honestly, I'm just gonna say it feels like it's been a thousand years since I've been with Brady. Any MG can attest to that, but I just love that it's such a cute love song :) It will always be my favorite. I will always love it. I am so happy this waiting journey is over. I made it. I stinkin' made it. I'm anxiously awaiting my last letter for today, or tomorrow... :/ Bittersweet.

At 12:20 AM today, I went and saw the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 2. By far the best of all 5 Twilight movies they've ever made. I could watch it a million times over and over. Well, the song A Thousand Years by Christina Perri was written and recorded for the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. They didn't have it in the first part, so I wondered if maybe it was just an extra song they threw onto the soundtrack.

But I was wrong.

Now I won't spoil anything for those who haven't seen it yet (even though I really want to). They added a "Part 2" to the Thousand Years song, and I absolutely ADORE it. And the clip they played it with in the movie, just makes me want to cry, because I just could see myself in that. Just reflecting everything that I've been through with Brady, and how I've always known that I loved him since the very start. And how I get to love him forever. A Thousand Years and more... :) So, I'll be kind enough to share the song with you ;) It is available on iTunes too! :)

Happy morning everyone :)


"We have a very long time." - Bella "Forever." - Edward "Forever." - Isabella

1 Week

I can't believe two years ago, I wrote this, knowing I would only have 1 week left of being with Brady, and 2 of those days would be spent 2 hours away at school. I can't even express to you my feelings during that week. They're prolly the same as this last week for me. I was so anxious, I cried a lot, I really really didn't want Brady to leave me. We didn't talk much about him leaving, because it made the both of us sad.... but the very last day, I lost it. I felt so bad, but I couldn't pretend like it wasn't bothering me.

I can't believe this very day. Next week. My sweetheart will be flying home and arrive roughly around 10PM. So I pray his flights leave on time, and there aren't any delays. I want to say reality has hit me, but I'm sure it'll get worse the closer it gets. All I truly care about right now, is the fact that my boyfriend, comes home in just 1 week. I am extremely happy. It's my turn you guys. It's finally my turn... :')

In just 1 week...

This will happen again.

He'll be home.

AAAAHHHH.

Someone pinch me.