'Sup AZ?

First thing's first; Kyle and I are moving to Arizona!

Yes, I know that you all just got SO excited. We are beyond excited and cannot wait for this next chapter of our lives.

This wasn't an easy decision for many reasons. The biggest - we are going to be separated for the next three months of our marriage. For newlyweds, that's a super long time! But long-term it seems to be the best decision. Kyle will be down in Arizona, working and getting residency for ASU, and I will be finishing my last semester in the Medical Assisting program up in Rexburg. Confusing? Yes. Unconventional? Maybe. But that's life.

The rest of the reasons for this being a difficult decision fall into the "once you start working towards something right everything else in your life seems to go wrong" category. Literally. Once we had made this decision, everything seemed to start working against us. My car broke down. Kyle's car broke down. We fixed Kyle's car, and then something else in it broke. I got the flu right before our finals. Kyle was turned down by several jobs in Arizona. My blood results came back positive for chicken pox that I already had when I was seven. (Yeah, what the heck?) We decided to just get down to Arizona as soon as we could so that nothing else would happen to prevent us from actually getting there. And what happens in the middle of our trip? The A/C goes out. So this happened.

We both changed into basketball shorts and tank tops, filled up a thermos with ice water, and drove through the summer Arizona heat with the windows down while dancing to the only radio station that worked - ghetto rap. I have never felt so white trash in my life.

I guess the moral of my story is, when you make a decision that you know is right, never stop working towards it even though there might be a million things in the world making you think that it's not right. Always have faith in yourself and trust that you really are doing what is right. Oh, and marry someone who can make these huge life decisions with you, will endure all of the crap with you, and who will make a miserable situation one of your best memories ever.