I've been home for 2 weeks. Drew gets home tomorrow. We leave for Virginia in a week. We close on our first home in 9 days. There's a LOT going on. A lot, but none of it has seemed blog worthy.
I've been catching up with friends and family. Thrifting for treasures for our new home. Getting ready to buy and move into our new home. Deciding on final details for our wedding reception. Going crazy with anticipation. Moving. New house. Reception. Cruise. Fourish years in a brand new place. Ahh. So much going on in such a short amount of time. So just because I'm going through blogging withdrawals, here's a short post about what's happened since I left Korea!
So let's go way back. Our flight home was great. For those that don't know, Rooney was actually IN the cabin with me! He went through security and all that jazz. All eyes on US. He was SO GOOD. He even walked on the moving sidewalk, rode in an elevator, and got on a tram. The only thing he wouldn't do was ride an escalator. He was not having that. We had a seat in a bulk head row, and he laid at my feet for the whole 12 hours. He was very drugged. He was so well behaved that ALL of the flight attendants commented on his behavior each time they walked by. The only problem was that he did NOT fit in the bathroom on the plane. That was inconvenient since I have a bladder the size of a raisin and I couldn't just leave Rooney unattended in the cabin. We did make one trip to the handicapped bathroom at the very back of the plane, but it was such a long walk WITH A DOG that I decided to deprive myself of water for the rest of the flight. That was fun. Rooney and I shared ice cubes whenever the flight attendants brought drinks around. Other than the bathroom issue, everything went better than expected. I was a proud dog momma.
I've been catching up with friends and family. Thrifting for treasures for our new home. Getting ready to buy and move into our new home. Deciding on final details for our wedding reception. Going crazy with anticipation. Moving. New house. Reception. Cruise. Fourish years in a brand new place. Ahh. So much going on in such a short amount of time. So just because I'm going through blogging withdrawals, here's a short post about what's happened since I left Korea!
So let's go way back. Our flight home was great. For those that don't know, Rooney was actually IN the cabin with me! He went through security and all that jazz. All eyes on US. He was SO GOOD. He even walked on the moving sidewalk, rode in an elevator, and got on a tram. The only thing he wouldn't do was ride an escalator. He was not having that. We had a seat in a bulk head row, and he laid at my feet for the whole 12 hours. He was very drugged. He was so well behaved that ALL of the flight attendants commented on his behavior each time they walked by. The only problem was that he did NOT fit in the bathroom on the plane. That was inconvenient since I have a bladder the size of a raisin and I couldn't just leave Rooney unattended in the cabin. We did make one trip to the handicapped bathroom at the very back of the plane, but it was such a long walk WITH A DOG that I decided to deprive myself of water for the rest of the flight. That was fun. Rooney and I shared ice cubes whenever the flight attendants brought drinks around. Other than the bathroom issue, everything went better than expected. I was a proud dog momma.
Once back in the US, I got busy, busy, busy traveling all over Indiana seeing people I'd missed for the last year! Rooney got to return to his first home in Muncie and Hoosier got to enjoy the luxuries of a fenced in yard for the first time. Meanwhile, I got to see all of the new additions to Muncie and my two best friends, Cassie and Sarah!
I also discovered that Muncie has an amazing amount of thrift stores and flea markets FULL of treasures.
After Muncie, I got to meet the newest edition to the Schillinger family, Eloise Christine! And I got to see Momma Schillinger and big sister Harlow! Totally and equally excited about all three!
After one week at home, I was mostly adjusted to the time difference and 100% ready to travel to Virginia for a weekend exploring our new home! I had to sign some papers for our new house, go to a job interview, and FINALLY see our house in person! (Yes. That means we basically bought a house without ever seeing it. BUT we found a realtor from heaven who was able to send us videos and help us SO MUCH through the whole process. We got very lucky. And we LOVE our house!)
I am sure you're dying to see the inside of the house, but I'm going to make you wait for it! I have some videos, but I think I am going to wait until we get into the house to show pictures. It's so perfect. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. A 2 car garage with a 3 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom apartment above it! AND we have an acre of property. The dogs will LOVE the yard! I cannot wait to show you all pictures.
The area around our house and around base is perfect. There's SO much to do! Shopping for days. Any restaurant you could ever hope for. And WAWA.
The area around our house and around base is perfect. There's SO much to do! Shopping for days. Any restaurant you could ever hope for. And WAWA.
Base is also GORGEOUS!!! It's so huge compared to Osan, and so pretty. My mom and I walked along the water and went picture crazy.
We're also SO close to Virginia Beach! So, my mom and I drove down there to touch the sand and see the ocean.
Seriously cannot wait to get to Virginia with Drew! There is SO much to do. I did not want to leave to come back to Indiana, but i dragged myself onto the plane. When I got back, my BEST FRIEND was waiting for me!
Since then, I have seen our reception venue, tasted some of our reception food, tried some reception cupcake flavors, decided on centerpieces for the reception... I think the reception is ready to go!! :)
I did some more thrifting, basically planned interior decor for our entire house, spent a lot of time on Pinterest, and hung out with Rooney and Hoosier.
I also got to go up to South Bend to visit my friend, Ally, who student taught across the hall from me last year! That girl saved my life. Whenever my teacher made me cry, she was there to vent to! We spent our mornings talking shit in the copy room. Spent our lunches quietly listening to the teachers talk about each other. And we had amazing Panera dates to plan our units and lessons! It was great to get to see her again!
I did some more thrifting, basically planned interior decor for our entire house, spent a lot of time on Pinterest, and hung out with Rooney and Hoosier.
I also got to go up to South Bend to visit my friend, Ally, who student taught across the hall from me last year! That girl saved my life. Whenever my teacher made me cry, she was there to vent to! We spent our mornings talking shit in the copy room. Spent our lunches quietly listening to the teachers talk about each other. And we had amazing Panera dates to plan our units and lessons! It was great to get to see her again!
I know, I know, this post is not nearly as exciting as mysokolife posts, but I just felt the need to post some sort of an update. Soon, I will have DIY posts, house updates, and fun posts about new adventures!
I am SO excited for Drew to get home tomorrow night and FINALLY get ready to head to our second duty station! I'm counting down the hours until we move. I can't wait to show you our new house, our new city, and our new adventures!
I am SO excited for Drew to get home tomorrow night and FINALLY get ready to head to our second duty station! I'm counting down the hours until we move. I can't wait to show you our new house, our new city, and our new adventures!