Fort Lauderdale & 4th of July

Now I have just less than 30 days left in my last semester and it was a roller coaster ride so far. My capstone class is extremely time-consuming and adding to that I have a second class as well. These two are keeping me really busy and with all our daily stuff - work, household, trying to maintain a social life - it got kinda hard.

This and the reason what happened with my dad, JT and I decided that I needed a break. After a long talk we agreed that I would fly down to Fort Lauderdale and see my family. Luckily, we had the day before 4th of July off at work, so I decided to take half day off on Thursday and head to the airport. My flight had an almost 3hr delay, but that gave me some time to study for my mid-term which was due that Sunday. My aunt and uncle picked me up at the airport and it was so nice to finally see them again after over 3 years :-) It felt like we just saw each other yesterday! Back at their house I was able to say hi to my dad's cousin and her family. So glad I made the trip down there. We had a blast. I relaxed at the pool, had german breakfast in America, had some time to study and even do some sightseeing in Fort Lauderdale with the whole family.

In three days my aunt, uncle and my cousin will fly to Maryland and spent one more week with us. I am super excited for them to see our life here ;-)

Nothing comes as planned...

As the title says... nothing comes as planned... I received a call from my mom beginning of June and this was a call I was dreading the most... My father had a heart attack - one day before his birthday. My uncle, aunt and cousin were luckily there since they wanted to surprise him on his vacay with a birthday party. When my mom called and told me, I was under shock. I felt so helpless.... It was a few rough weeks. But after two surgeries and his rehab he is finally getting discharged next week. This is the reason why it became so quiet here. I had to figure a few things out, worrying about my dad and struggling to keep up with school and work. But I managed it somehow...

My lessons-learned that nothing comes as planned... but we can managed it :-) I am glad everything is fine. June just wasn't my month I guess *haha* I don't know who remembers, but someone rear-ended me a week before eastern and guess what?! I just got discharged from physical therapy and two days later someone rear-ends me again... This time it was a hit and run and unfortunately the police wasn't able to locate the person. Anyway everything will go uphill from here ;-)

I wanted to share with you guys some pictures from our Memorial-Weekendtrip to Connecticut. We also went for a day-trip to Boston and my friends decided to get married that weekend. German beer, sushi, bbq's, sunny weather, great people :-) We had a blast and JT handled his first flight great considering the bumpy right we had to CT :-/

First Day...

... of my last Semester. I still can't believe it, but I am almost done. 12 more weeks and I have my Master of Science finally done.

But before that I have to finish two more classes - a Management Capstone Class and Direct Marketing. The Capstone class is pretty intimidating, but I will manage this somehow. I have a few things to look forward too.

First our planned Weekend-Trip coming up this Memorial Weekend: we will fly to Connecticut to see my friend B, spent some time, celebrate that there are getting married pretty soon and do some sightseeing stuff. This will be also hubby's first flight and he is pretty excited. I figured that a flight to CT is easier to handle as first flight than an 8-hr-plane-ride to Germany :-D

Aunt, Uncle and Cousin will be arriving a little bit after July 4th for their first visit in Maryland :-) I am pretty excited. For July 4th we will prob head to O.C. and enjoy a nice weekend with our friends.

After finishing my classes my focus will be just on Germany :-) I am so excited. Already in the middle of planning our trip and the Reception for our family. It will be awesome :-) Can't wait! I will start going on Job-Hunting after Germany. I will have more time to focus than ;-)

Mother's Day

Yesterday was Mother's Day and I spent most of the day facetiming with my Mommy while Hubby was fishing. We all got together later that afternoon at  Kristen and Mike's Place for a Steak-Lunch. We had a wonderful afternoon but I missed my mom so much that day :-/ next year she will be here for a week after Mother's Day so I can celebrate with her. But we also see each other this coming September :-)

Camping Trip and other things :-)

We In the beginning of April Hubby and I went camping with my co-workers. We had a blast. We stayed at a cute campground an hour drive from our place.

We stayed for one night and prob had food for a week with us haha we enjoyed the time so much, hanging out around the campfire, talking, playing games :-)

It was just a great getaway for two days :-)

What else happend? We had some crazyness happing in Baltimore. It is all quite now and the National Guard left again, but we actually went to the Orioles Game that Saturday when everything started. We didn't even know that Camden Yards went under lockdown. We left the game early just to be safe.

We also worked a little bit more on our little balcony paradise :-)

I also have a new hobby haha fishing :D who would have thought?! :-D on our first fishing trip together, unfortunately we didn't catch any fish. But Hubby catched a turtle :D

One time Hubby got six trouts and he cooked them deliciously :-) He catches many fish but he can't all of them home. He just has a fishing license for trout. I hope we have more luck the next times. 

My very first Car Accident

Happy Monday for me? Nope I don't think you. I should have just went straight back to bed when I shook my drink that morning and forgot to close the lid and everything spilled around in the kitchen.

I left for work and just got on the ramp to the highway when it happend... The car in front of me decided to come to a full stop for a truck that was on the emergency lane and wanted to merge on our lane. I was able to stop with squeaking tires, but the Minivan behind me didn't see it coming and rear-ended me. Yay!

I am kind of okay and the car is okay as well, but I wanted to start my week different than that :-/ Our bumper has scratches now and some broken spots. Unfortunatly the car pulls now to the left... We are hoping to get an estimate this week. I, for myself, went yesterday to the doctor. I was fine after the accident but later on I had so much pain... I opened a PIP claim and saw one of our doctors at the facility I am working at. He diagnosed me with a cervical strain and whiplash... :-/ Yesterday was a bad pain day. I got some ibuprofen, muscle relaxen and a month of Physical Therapy. Now I can see how the PT looks from a patients view :-D

Spring Time :-)

I hope this will be the last snow picture I post from this winter. We really one more time snow... On the first Day of Spring?! Really?! So annoying :-D

Since than we had pretty nice weather. Thursday thunderstorms in the morning and 70 degrees in the afternoon. Awesome :-D JT and I went straight to Lake Elkhorn for a nice walk and afterwards we grabbed some dinner and drinks at Green Turtle. We had a blast :-)

We are working on decorating our balcony to get it ready for the wonderful weather. Last weekend we got an outdoor couch and two lampions from Ikea. I think we have to go back soon to get the pots so we can start planting our veggies :-) I think this year we stick with tomatoes, basil, Thai peppers, chives and cress. We might try salad and beans. I heard that is pretty easy to take care of. We will also try planting some plants that are natural repellents for mosquitoes. I hope it works. They can be so annoying in Maryland.

College is going great. We are mid way through. I finished both my midterms last week. I got an A in the leadership class and sadly a B (88%) in Marketing Research. Everything else - participation and assignments - I received A's :-D yay! So I am pretty happy how everything goes :-)

For Memorial Weekend we have finally something planned :-) This year we are flying to my friend in CT. I visited her in the beginning of March for her Bridal Shower and than she invited us to spent the weekend with her husband and her. B and I had a blast and she had such a wonderful shower. My flight Sundays got cancelled so I got to spent one extra day with her :-) So I am pretty excited for Memorial Weekend and I think JT also. Prob more nervous since this will be his first flight ever! I think this will be a good training for the flight to Germany.

Words of Wisdome

Bridal Shower Cake

Beautiful Decoration

Beautiful Bride :-)

Future Mr. & Mrs. :-)

Unfortunately we cannot make it to her wedding. It is a Destination Wedding in Mexico which is why I am pretty happy I was able to celebrate her shower with her. They are having a reception in August or September and we will join the celebrations. And actually B and my coworker gave me the idea of celebrating a reception in Germany as well. I can invite all my family and friends that were not able to attend our wedding in 2013 and we can celebrate :-) I finished the guest list last weekend and I have to get the invitations out soon. Really exciting and I am already in the middle of planning :-D 168 days left until we are going to Germany!!!

Wedding Wednesday's on Instagram

Lately I am participating to share some wedding stuff on Wedding Wednesdays on Instagram :-D I wanted to share pictures with you guys since it shows some "background" things, like putting on wedding dresses. :-)