BOOKS!

I think the worst thing for a college student isn't paying the tuition. It's paying for books that are way too much! The last couple semesters I took I have spent an average of 300.00 per semester on books. So this semester I was ready for anything. My Chemistry book is listed at 98.00 new and about 75.00 used. The College Algebra is listed at 120.00(just the book not the solutions man.) new and 105.00 used. Well I went to the bookstore to buy my books on Thursday but as I found the chemistry book they only had one copy left on the shelf and it was new, no used ones were there. Then I had a feeling to ask my friend if she still had hers. Which she did! So I bought it from her for 20.00 saving me 78.00! I was so excited. Then on Friday the lady I work with finally got back to me and she had the math book still.
So she brought it over to me at work, I asked if she wanted me to pay her for it and she said NO! yahoo!!! So I saved 120.00 there and she even gave me the solutions manual(which cost another 50.00 I believe). So all together I saved around 248.00!!! I can't tell you enough how happy I am I didn't have to spend that much this year. So thank you MINDI and BRENDA!!!!!

On a side note, Adam takes his qualifications on the M-16 tomorrow!!! I know that he'll pass with no problem. If he doesn't then something is wrong.

I'm a proud Army wife

I know, I know all I do is brag about my wonderful husband but I am so proud of him. Today I got a letter from him...an 8 page letter! Yes, it was for a couple days that it was written over, but still it was a letter from ADAM. Last week they started white phase and they were put into squads with squad leaders. Well those squad leaders didn't last long. They were all fired and Adam was made a squad leader! So now he is on duty squad and he's a squad leader. He says that his squad is really good and he feels lucky to have them in his squad. I already know that he would be a great leader. The only bad thing is that he doesn't have any personal time, so he has NO personal time to even think about writing letters. It makes me sad because I have to wait a little longer between letters from him. I am so proud of him and every thing he does. He is the best person I have ever met and I know that he loves me!

On another note I did start back to school. I am taking Math 1050 and Chem for health science. So far I think that I have really good teachers. I even told both of them right away that I would be gone for one or two classes due to the fact that I will be going to Georgia. Lucky for me I won't be missing any exams or tests. They are both willing to work with me too. Now all that is left is to get my books! That's the ugly part really. Lucky for me my friend is going to sell me her chem book for really cheap and hopefully a lady at work will still have the same math book and I can get that from her. That would save me a good amount of money.

When I was telling my chem teacher that I would be missing two classes because I would be flying out to see my husband since he is in the army. I almost started crying. I got a little emotional and thought of how happy I will be when I see him for the first time in over two months. I already know that I will cry a LOT!

FINALLY!!!!

So today at work we went live on our first day of a new system. It was really frustrating! I really mean that too. We did the training and everything but we still had a lot of questions and the Doctors were didn't really know what to do. Well right before my last patient left I felt my phone start to vibrate. I thought it was someone texting me back because I had just sent one to someone, and I was going to just silence my phone, well I'm glad I looked before I did it...Because to my SURPRISE and super happiness...IT was ADAM! I quickly answered the phone and I started crying! I got the words out I LOVE YOU! but I kept crying....

Here is my sweet, sweet husband!

Then Adam told me, "Crystal I don't have a lot of time to talk, so you need to stop crying" I then got myself a little uncontrolled and was able to talk to him for 5 mins before he was told her had to hang up. He would have gotten to talk for 10mins but his phone would not load up and so he was having issues with it.
He is doing good, and they got to go to the shooting rang today for the first time and shoot.

This is the gun that he is now shooting and has to take with him everywhere, except to bed.

He said he was amazing at shooting, which I already knew he would since we own that gun and he loves to shoot it.
I love this man so, so much and can't wait til I can talk to him again. I also can't wait for October 5th, because then I get to fly out and see him and talk to him, and hug him, and kiss him.

I love you ADAM!!!!

GAS CHAMBER!

So yesterday Adam got gassed in the gas chamber. Not the funnest thing in the world to have happen to you. I believe it's just tear gas, but it looks like it's not a fun thing to have happen to you. Click here to check it out the pictures of his company going though.

Today Adam starts, what I think will be his best area and favorite, marksmanship. He loves to shoot and he is really good at it too. They are shooting rifles and it happens to be the AR-15, which Adam happens to have one at home and shoots really good with it.

So yes, this is my little update for now. Only 3 days left and I hopefully will get a phone call from him. It's been 2 WEEKS since he got to call me. I miss that man so much and can't wait to hug and kiss him. I'm afraid that he might hug me too tight and squeeze me to death. JK I know he won't, but I can't wait for that hug.

I'm finally an ADULT!!!

So I just have to say that Adam is no longer married to a teenager....Because I'm 21!!! I'm pretty excited about it because now I am no longer the baby of my friends. They have all been 21 for months now, and I am finally the same age.
Don't get me wrong it was a sad day too, because Adam is not with me to wish me happy birthday. Well....I was wrong....He planned something for me even before he left....Today I had to train at work for a new system that we are going "live" with next week. So right before we got to go to lunch one of the front office girls brings this up to me...

Daisies!

I absolutely LOVE them! They are my favorite. My first thought was that they have to be from Adam.
Then I read this...

I'm sure all you girls out there know exactly what I did next...CRIED!
I didn't even mean to it just came. I know Adam loves me so much. For him to take the time to get every thing figured out for our anniversary and my birthday. I Love him so much and only wish that he were here with me, or even getting a phone call from him would make me so so Happy!....I did get the next best thing to a phone call though....I got a letter when I got home from work!
Adam truly is the best Husband ever to me. I miss him more and more every day and come to realize just how much I love that man!
Only 50 days til I fly out to see him!

This was also my birthday present from Adam. I have had it on here before but just to show you again. I got a gun for my birthday! I love it and can't wait to take my concealed permit class when Adam gets home in December for Christmas.

OK so here is my little brag moment....About my so, so, so cute niece Ella.
Last week was Salem days and my sister in law entered Ella into the Baby contest. On Friday we went to the park to hear if she place. Alli didn't think that she would because she was not that happy on the day of the contest. I mean she was happy but was not doing any of her cheesy grins.
Well when they call the girl winner for the 4-6 month old it was...ELLA!
Here is her and my sister in law in the Salem days parade on Saturday.

She is right in the middle right above the "E". The only time that she started to cry was when he was right in front of us...I guess she just missed us all that much that she was sad.

Not just ONE...But TWO!

Today after work I came home to find not one but TWO letter from Adam in the mail! I was like a little school girl trying to open them fast enough. I have learned that letters from Adam now was like getting a text message from him when we were first dating. You get all excited when he get them and can't help but smile. Of course mine is also followed by tears of happiness.

Adam told me he is surrounded by young idiots and retards so he is having to exercise a LOT! I think Adam is doing a lot of good so far. The first Sunday he went to church, the buddy that went with him is not LDS. (when you go to church you have to have a buddy go with you) When they got there they gave those who were LDS little Book of Mormons and Bibles that they could have. Those who were not LDS went back into a room where......are you ready....the missionaries were. Adam had no idea that they were going to do that and he felt bad for his buddy. Turns out that his buddy was given a Book of Mormon. Well this last week he went again with Adam and is now taking the lessons and he told Adam how impressed he was with the Mormons for going out of their way so much to put on church for them. His battle buddy he has right now went with him also and he liked it too and will go again next week. Adam says he feels like a missionary again, only people actually talk to him. Ha ha, I guess it's a better experience then having the door slammed in your face.

On his letter he wrote on Sunday he said that he was sore for the first time. He said he thinks it was from doing the Confidence Course. Which you can see here.

Today when I check the facebook page and one lady had asked when they might get to call next. Well turns out that they have to be out of RED phase(which is the first three weeks of training) before they can call. They said they might get to call on the 22 and they get about 30mins to talk. Adam is only into one week of Red phase and the 22 is 11 MORE days away! UGH the next 11 days better go fast. I am excited to talk to him for 30 mins instead of the 4 I got last time. Any amount of time to talk to him is better than nothing. I have learned to cherish every phone call and letter I get.

ADAM!

Well it has now been 6 DAYS since I have gotten to talk to Adam and it's been 5 since I have received a letter. I keep thinking that I will get surprised with a letter in the mail or feel my phone start to vibrate at work and it'll be him calling....BUT NO, it has not happened. The Company that Adam is in has a facebook page and the head Drill Sergeant will post things all the time of what they are doing that day. Well last Saturday he said that he would post pictures, and I was so happy. I kept looking all Saturday but no pictures were ever put up. Come to find out that camera would not upload to the computer, so I had to wait for Sunday to come to see them. I looked though the two files they had and not ONE single picture of Adam. Well later on Sunday night I checked again and there was a new file!....and you know what?! I found a couple pictures of ADAM!

Here is just one of them.

Can you see him???

I sure can! It totally made my day to see him. Even if I couldn't talk to him, it was still nice to see him. If you can to see more pictures of Adam click here.