Oh, Wisdom Teeth.

I woke up this morning with a swollen face and aching jaw... to the point where I was in tears.

It was my darn wisdom teeth.

I already have 4 that have broke the surface... but I guess the 2 on the bottom are impacted. That basically means they are coming in sideways. All I can say is, its one of the worst pains EVER.

This a decent image of what my teeth are doing inside of my head right now.

Alex called a dentist office a few minutes before it was closing and told them what was wrong... and they said they should see me tomorrow morning at 8:30 as soon as they open.
WHAT!? I mean, I'm glad that I'm going to get this taken care of... but I haven't even had time to mentally prepare. YIKES.
When I go in tomorrow, they are going to take x-rays and then check the area and see if there is any infection. Since there is swelling, theres a good chance of infection which means that they can't operate until that gets better. So, I guess we will see!

The dentist preforming the "maybe" surgery said that I couldn't eat or drink anything but water at least 12 hours before the surgery...
Which would be fine... except Alex and I didn't call until 5pm and the food cut off would have to start at 8pm.
So the only thing I got to eat all day was a slice of pizza and a granola bar.
lets just say, I'M STARVING!

I tried to go to bed at a decent time... but its hard to sleep when Alex is working the midnight shift. I'm not too fond of sleeping alone. And then my mom called at like 11... so I stayed up and talked to her for about an hour.
I guess I finally ended up falling asleep... but then I woke up at 2:30 am... and CANNOT get back to sleep. I dont know if its because I'm nervous or because I'm starving! lol

I'm not sure if I want the surgery to happen tomorrow or if I want there to be an infection so I can wait a week. But if I do have to wait a week... the first thing I'm doing when we get out of that office is going to Olive Garden & getting the never ending pasta bowl!!! nom nom nom!

my poor confusing blog.

So, recently it's been brought to my attention that my blog is a bit confusing to people who dont really know me.
And I guess thats understandable... but I mainly write to keep my friends and family back home updated on my life.
Well, I've been a bit hesitant to write lately... because knowing that my blog was called "confusing" kinda upset me. So I spent the last few days, trying to fix it up a bit. (: A redid the ENTIRE thing... even though it looks the same lol I started from scratch. In my "I am Sam" tab, I added some information under each picture. I also think that I'm going to start refering to Alex as "Alex" rather than "A" because I guess thats confusing lol
I'm not sure what other changes will be taking place here in my blogland... but I want to make it easier for everyone to read <3

I love you guys!

November in a Nutshell

Quite a bit has happened in November... and I've been pretty busy. My phone is not sending pics for some reason so there will be no pictures in this post ): but anyway, here's November in a Nutshell:

BFF

On 11/11/11, my verrrry best friend, Ashlyn flew up to New York to visit me (:
The second I saw her in the airport, I busted into tears. It's been 6 months since I saw her... and thats the longest we've been apart in 5 years.
I'm not gonna lie, it was pretty tough getting used to 3 people living in a 1 bedroom apartment lol But only at first. After a couple days went by, it just became normal.
We all woke up pretty early every day & Alex would pick us up some Dunkin Doughnuts coffee before he headed off to work (: It became a morning necessity lol
We explored 3 malls! (Colonie Center, Crossgates Mall, & Clifton Park Center) And we made it through the Christmas Tree Store ALIVE! lol
Most of the week we just relaxed and watched tv & made christmas ornaments (: It felt so nice to always have someone around. And my apartment has felt empty since she left.
If I learned anything from her visit, its that we CANNOT go that long without seeing each other ever again!

Turkey Day

Alex and I planned on spending Thanksgiving in our apartment with a meatloaf instead of a turkey lol
But our amazing friends, Amanda & Ben invited us over for dinner with them.
We ended up having it the day before because they had a family emergency come up.
I spent the day with Amanda and Ben helping cook... but mostly just sitting on the floor and eating delicious homemade cookies ^____^ yum! 

Dinner was AMAZING. Something about being with them made it feel extra special. They are are "Navy family" and I wouldn't have had Thanksgiving dinner any other way <3
On the "real Thanksgiving", Alex and I had chicken nuggets and french fries accompanied by a movie (A Walk To Remember) and it was actually a lot of fun (: leave it to us to eat like kinder-gardeners lol (:

One Year

November 27th was Alex & I's one year anniversary! And wow... A YEAR! I can believe it's been a whole year. It's been an extraordinary one though (:
I woke up and went in the living room & sitting on the table was a huge bouquet of white daisies and white lilies (: And next to it was my favorite- maple donut from D&D (: Alex had written all over the bag. All the wonderful things he loves about me & a poem (: I love this man!!

So, November came and went pretty quickly. It always seems to for me lol 

and in One week from today... 

I WILL BE 21!!! :D

half a year.

It has been a whole 6 months that I have been living in New York.

6 months that I haven't seen my family & friends in Florida.

So,most of you know that A & I were supposed to be up here in NY for 6 months. Well... lets just say in Navy time, apparently that means a year. Let me explain;

We moved here in May which means that would leave in November. BUT when we got here, A didn't start his "classes" till a month later... (+ 1 month = 7)
So now we would leave in December. Yeah, NOPE. Apparently his graduation got put back about 2 months later. (+ 2 months = 9)
And well, on top of that... the class that graduated 3 months ago... they are STILL HERE!
(+ 3 months = 1 YEAR!)
Thats right... A whole year.
Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE New York. love love love love.
But there are a few reasons why I didn't want to (plan to) stay here for so long....
-We decided to rent furniture because it would be less of a hassle to move with it & a 6 month lease was reasonable. But now we have to keep getting extensions put on the lease. (bye bye money)
-We are outgrowing our apartment. When we first moved in... it seemed so big. But I swear every day the walls are closing in a tiny bit more.
-I want to be somewhere that I can properly "root" myself. I'm not too fond of this feeling of not knowing when we're leaving.
-I want to be on base... where I can have more friends and get out & do things.
-We don't want to or even know how to deal with snow. We barely knew what to do with the 3 inches we recieved last month... can you imagine adding feet to that?? 
But I think the biggest reason why I want to leave is because I want his orders to come in. I want to know WHERE we are going to be stationed. I just wannnna knoowwww!!!

A was given 7 options of where we could be stationed, and then had to make a "wish list" from what he wanted the MOST to least.

1. Hawaii

2. California

3. Washington

4. Connecticut

5. Virginia

6. Georgia

7. Guam

I pray every night for Hawaii or California. EVERY night. But honestly, as long as I end up in a nice area with a nice house... I would go anywhere.

But until then, I'm gonna keep on lovin' me some New York! (:

those autumn leaves,

Autumn

This cold weather in New York has been so refreshing. I've always been a fall/winter person, so to experience a true fall foliage and then have it snow... PURE BLISS (: 

The snow storms seem to be over for a while. And we are so blessed that we didn't get it really bad where we're at. We received less than a foot of snow each of the 2 days... enough to make a snowman but not too much to snow us in. So, now that the snowfall has subsided, its back to regular autumn days 

( but they are just a bit on the chilly side)

A and I had a picnic down by lake & I managed to take some pics of the beautiful scenery:

Have I mentioned that its absolutely breath taking here?? (:

seriously;

I ♥ NY

thanks Pinterest

Frozen Dinner Blues

About a month ago, our garbage disposal in the sink broke. A decided it would be a good idea to turn it on and dump fish rocks down it. Yeah... lets just say it didn't end well.
Sooo the sink couldn't be used at all because it couldn't drain the water. After a few days, the food that was stuck in there started to smell REALLY bad... and still no word from maintenace. So we had to cover the sink with a trash bag and seal it up. (ghetto I know lol)
I attempted to wash dishes in the bathroom sink, but it just didn't work out. So for the next couple of weeks, we had to eat frozen dinners & use plastic utensils. (anything to not dirty dishes).
IT SUCKED.

So now that my sink is FINALLY fixed (and Alex is actually home for dinner), I have been cooking up a storm (:

I've been using recipes from Pinterest and I've come across a few that I MUST share with you.

Last night, I made Mexican Stuffed Shells. It sounded a bit weird, but it is actually SO delicious. Adding cream cheese to the taco meat is pure brilliance. If you like tacos, you really need to try this recipe out.

Tonight I made, Crispy Cheddar Chicken. Its one of my favorite chicken recipes now. I am in love with it! (: A ate about half of the pan lol o I'll be making this often.


Let me know if you guys try these recipes & if you enjoyed them as much as we did! (:

let it snow!

Let it snow!
On Thursday, I experienced snow for the first time in 12 years. (:

A and I grabbed our coats, gloves, and ran out the door. It was his first time actually seeing snow fall and his face lit up so big. (:
I'm sure everyone thought we were on something because we were the ONLY ones outside and I was running in circles going crazy lol -it was quite a scene!

I scooped up some snow and pelted it at A... he caught on quickly because before I knew it... snowballs were flying everywhere. Within about 10 mintues, we were covered in snow and thats when the chill started to sink in.
But we were far too excited to let any cold stop us, so we decided to take a walk down to the lake. There, we made a little baby snowman together on a picnic table and named him, Philbert Icicle. (: By time we were done, our hands were frozen and stinging under our soggy gloves. so I scooped up Philbert and brought him home to sit on our balcony. 

It continued to snow through the night and then eventually rain. The next morning (at 5am) we headed downstairs to scrape the snow off of the car before A had to leave for work. Well, it took over 30 minutes... and A LOT of patience. Thank goodness Amanda picked us up a snow brush thingy the night before... because we would have been screwed.

He's clearly not used to this
snowy weather haha (:

view from the balcony when the
snow first began to fall.

  

But, it was a pretty fun experience overall (: The snow had a day to melt away. BUT we're expecting a snow storm today from about 4pm till Sunday morning. I'm not sure how much snow is expected... but lets just hope we dont have dig our way out of the parking lot... and that we have no trouble with black ice.

We're not quite ready for the snowy season... but just wish us luck!!