Today I had one of my all time favorite meals. All you can eat snow crab. :-) This meal has a special place in my heart (and stomach) from the good memories back in Valdosta with Jamesha and company. (It changed each time, but Jamesha was always down for the crab. Today I got to eat all I could of crab and shrimp at Hyman's downtown. Hilarious name I know, but it really is a great seafood restaurant. One of my all time favorites.

I am on their email list and earlier this month they gave me a coupon for all you can eat shrimp AND snow crab legs for $20. Also includes coleslaw, hushpuppies, friend green tomatoes, and a side item. Pretty awesome deal for the price! 

Well, the month is almost over and so this was our last chance! I am so glad Rusty took me! When you do this alone you just look fat lol. 

I LOVE going downtown. I hope that I don't regret not going enough once we leave Charleston. It is a beautiful place. 

Ah, and here are some of my favorite pictures to take... pictures of my food. I am so food motivated lol.

Coleslaw. It was some of the best I have ever had. This was after I started digging in.

Hushpuppies... for free! :-)

All you can eat crab and shrimp. I would have just been happy only getting the crab all you can eat. The cajun shrimp was super good though.

Finishing up the meal. This was three extra plates of crab later... I can tear up some crab. I only ate a few shrimp. Like I previously stated, I would have just been happy with all you can eat crab!

That gave us tons of stickers. Apparently if they see you wearing them you may get a gift card. We didn't wear them though. We weren't going to be in the area much longer. 

I was soooo stuffed after that meal. It was almost painful to walk back to the car. The hubby decided he wanted to go to the Apple store when we were done though. After he gave me that much pleasure in the form of food I couldn't say no!

He really wants to get an iMac soon(ish) like in the next year. I'm not crazy about the idea, but whatever.  I made a video in the apple store, yall can check it out here.

Now I am relaxed on the sofa with my man and my pup watching the Oscars. This was an awesome Sunday. :-)

Rusty and I are in downtown Charleston for a late lunch/early dinner. :-) He didn't want to leave until we went to the apple store! I recorded a little video for yall!!

Rusty is hardcore judging me right now. :-)

This is my first video post, so I am not sure really what to say or do. There were people staring, which is why I was blushing. I stopped recording when people came to the other side of the table lol.

Tonight was kinda rough for me. I was really tired from work and then Rusty and I got in a fight. He spent all evening sleeping upstairs (he is still up there as I type this). Don't worry, it isn't something that we won't get past. It just hurts. 

Today my friend from VSU, Jake showed me the conference bid for the conference that was supposed to be our "baby" before I decided to get married and leave my college life. He did such a good job and I am so proud of him and VSU as a whole. Reading the bid made me REALLY homesick for my college life at VSU. I miss my friends, my involvement in housing, SAACURH, and GRHO. I got really upset about how I am having a hard time keeping in touch with everyone. I made it worse by stumbling upon a FB profile of a guard friend that I had a falling out with at the end of my time at VSU. Just everything that I left behind last semester was hurting. I do not regret leaving, but I wish I could have both worlds sometimes.

So I have spent the evening feeling really down. I tried to sleep it off, and was to restless to fall asleep. I couldn't get Rusty to wake up and get dinner with me and we didn't have anything in the house to eat. I wasn't feeling up to getting dressed in jeans and even getting take out. I decided to cheer myself up a bit by just eating ice cream for dinner. Somehow our freezer was cracked open for idk how long and my ice cream was melted. :-(

Thankfully my friend Morgan sent me a facebook message and really cheered me up. Her hubby was also being kinda lame tonight and so we decided instead of sitting alone in our PJs on our separate couches we would go out for frozen yogurt in our favorite place, "The" Mount Pleasant. Nicole's man was out late with silly school things and her and Morgan were already talking so she joined us on our adventure. Our one rule, no fixing our appearances. We went as we were on our couches :-)

I had to take Jasper on our adventure, because he cheers me up. I can't cry looking at that sweet face on my car floor. 

After Jasper and I picked up the ladies we headed over to Mt. Pleasant to this frozen yogurt shop called Menchies. 

They had tons of flavors to choose from! I went with apple pie! :-)

Here is Morgan with her tasty treat! It was fun trying to figure out what to put in our yogurt.

There were so many choices!

Yummmm....

Here is mine. Apple pie yogurt, cinnamon apple bits, cheesecake bites, and graham cracker topping. DE-LISH! 

Here is an awkward picture of the three of us. :-)

Those people behind us were super annoying... Jasper agreed lol...

These two ladies totally turned my night around and I am so very thankful that they are in my life! :-) I do want to give some credit to my friend Jessica too, because she checked up on me when she found out my night was less than to be desired. I may not be surrounded by tons and tons of friends up in SC, but the few that I consider my actual friends sure are wonderful.

It was raining this morning, that gave me a nasty little headache and a bad hairday! It started pouring rain right when I had to get Jasper to pee before going to work. That was not a pleasant experience. 

Well, little did I know in SC we need to prepare for rains like Noah did. Thankfully if you head to Northwoods mall you don't have to build your arc... you can just buy one... in the middle of the mall....

Yeah... This was right outside of Gloria Jean's in the mall. 

It entertained me watching the GJ customers (and employees!) climb on the boats. I have a feeling this will make tomorrow especially busy for a Saturday.

GJ is going better, I am doing a lot better with the drinks and I feel more confident. I am no longer in training after my manager realized I have been working for nearly a month. :-) Tomorrow is my first day off training. I think.... I hope... I am ready. Bring on those chillers!! :-) My coworkers are still really great. My boss is unlike any I have ever had before and I am overall really happy with my job! 

Please wish me luck tomorrow!! Busy busy Saturday!! 9 hours... Oh and to my visiting friends... I get to share the tips now... cough cough... ;-)

I now leave you with a fantastic navy themed video! 

Before I start with today let me share two pictures that made my day better from Tuesday I think.....

Yep, Tuesday. I had to take Jasper to the vet & petsmart. I now really love having an extra excuse to go to "the" Mt Pleasant. It means I get McAlisters and Cupcake. I got the white chocolate raspberry cupcake and it was by far my favorite cupcake so far! I loooved it! 

The second picture was of the classical music pandora station for my puppy. I hate leaving him home alone. It was suggested that I leave classical music for him when I leave. I don't think it helps him, but it helps me drown out his cries when I am locking the door. 

Wednesday was an especially traumatic day for my little pup. I couldn't find anyone to let him out while I worked a 7hr shift so he was alone all day. He got himself stuck behind our dryer and messed up our dryer vent. We rearranged the laundry room a bit so it won't happen again. I also found someone who lives in my apartment complex to help me out and walk him on my long work days. 

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Anyways. Today was a wonderful day. I had a full day off and got to spend it with some wonderful ladies. 

First Morgan, Kristen, Nicole, and I went to Mt. Pleasant for a trip to Cupcake. it was super fun. I tried Death By Chocolate. I couldn't finish it, it was so rich! I should have gotten a picture, but I was way too distracted by food.

(I just found this picture on their website. My cupcake looked better than this one actually!)

When we got back to the Goose. We dropped Kristen off and then I tagged along with Morgan and Nicole to "Spouse INDOC" It was actually a crappy day to go since a few of the speakers dropped out at the last minute. But we had fun. I took a few random pictures...

Going on base. Really nothing special now that I have a military ID, but since it was the start of our "adventure" I felt I needed to document.

One of our "guides" I think this was when he was telling me one of our speakers was MIA.

Nicole, Morgan, and Sarah. :-) Wonderful navy wives! I was going to get a picture of the 4 of us, but totally forgot. According to Sarah, my outfit wasn't up to par anyways. It was my day off so I was wearing my comfy "white girl" nike shorts. Mmm... comfy clothes <3

They gave us so much info!

This was the tricare lady... she is so cool she wears her shades on the inside. It cracked me up!

I am glad I was able to go, I did learn a lot. It did make me thankful I am taking a semester off of school though! I forgot how much it sucks just sitting and listening to someone talk lol. 

After Spouse INDOC we went to SUBWAY! I was so excited about food. You have no idea. Unfortunately the staff was hecka rude and the dude only gave me like 8 olives for my whole footlong. Booo... 

It was still a fantastic day off. :-)

Totally forgot to publish this yesterday!

I gave my little Jasper a bath yesterday. He did so good in the tub. Just stood there (looking tortured) and let me do my thing. He didn't try to escape. He is so itty bitty under all of that hair! I wish I would have gotten a picture of him in the tub, but I didn't want to risk ruining my phone or camera. I guess I could have asked Rusty, but he would have just laughed at me and called me dumb. 

Sooo... here is the after-bath shot! He was hilarious. I wish this captured the full humor! He is still super cute though!

I didn't get an after picture, because I had to get ready, but here are a few shots that my friend Bethany took of him at the cookout yesterday!

This one is my favorite! :-)

If you ask me in private why I am making this face I will tell you. But for now let's just say the sun was in my eyes. 

Sorry yall, I am cheesing over this puppy. I am just so excited! He is awesome!

WARNING! POST IS A LITTLE GRAHIC...BLOOD!

Today was a pretty good day at work, except I kept hurting myself. I guess I was extra clumsy today! 

First when I was sealing a lit I cut my finger a little bit.  It was during a rush so I used a sticker to cover it up. My coworker got a good laugh out of that one. We were out of bandaids and we were too busy for me to go to the shop next door. 

Then later this happened.... Sorry it is a little bloody/graphic. 

I took a picture, because it KEPT bleeding! And I have NO idea how I did it or when I did it! Thankfully the lady gave me TWO bandaids when I went for the first cut.

Fixed that one right up! Tomorrow I am going to go get some extra bandaids before work. Who knows what I am capable of... 

It is super weird going from a desk job to a job with no desk... or even chair. Moving all the time. If I am standing still at Gloria Jeans.. I shouldn't be lol. I miss my desk, but I am having a great time.

Server v. Barista- I like it better than serving, because you don't deal with the douchebags for longer than about 5min. When you are serving they can be there for hours at a time. It is also nice getting paid hourly instead of hoping your tables will give you a good tip.

I really miss my coworkers from VSU. Like, they are the biggest thing I miss about VSU. However, I am so thankful that I like the coworkers at Gloria Jeans. I think I have finally met all of them and they are all wonderful. I am not sure if they care for me though. I don't think they *dislike* me, but I am not sure if they like me either. I think there have been a few moments where they were talking about me (and/or laughing at me) when I came over... :-/ I do have confidence that they cannot be as bitchy as some of these freakin navy wives. I hope they like me, but I know I have a "different" personality sometimes. I was invited to go bowling with some of them tonight, but I think it was a halfhearted invite. It's whatever. As long as I continue to enjoy the actual job, I should be fine.

There are several moments where I just feel in the way. It really sucks. I am trying my hardest to catch on quickly so I can actually feel like I am helping out. I hate asking questions every two minutes, but I hate messing up more. Being the new guy sucksss.

I really enjoy the actual job. It is pretty fun and I LOVE working again. That unemployed, non-student thing was not working for me. It is really fun when it gets busy. Until, I mess up. :-/ Then it throws me off. Today was stressful, it was my first Saturday. There were so many moments where I just felt in the way. I am not sure if I was ready to handle a Saturday. I still feel like I don't know enough. Last night was kinda stressful too, I helped close and I didn't have a clue what I was doing. I was shoved in the back to do the dishes. At least back there I was out of the way of those who did. :-/

Overall it is hard, but fun. I am still trying to figure out if I fit in with the coworkers. Thankfully though I get to go home at the end of the night and leave all of my work in the mall. (Something that I could NOT do as an RA). I am so very thankful that I was given this opportunity. I will meet some interesting people, get out of the house, make a little money, and learn some new things.

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OH! One super exciting thing about my job is one of my closest friends up here got hired! Morgan, the one I worked with at Edible Arrangements. I am like crazy excited about that. Apparently it may cause a problem with another Morgan, but idk her very well. I am just happy that I was able to help out and get Morgan a job and on top of that a job with ME! I doubt we will work together very much at first since we are both the new kids. Fun will be had when we DO work together though!

In case you aren't from the Charleston area or if you missed the memo... today was freakin GORGEOUS!! Such amazing weather. :-) When I got off work I really wanted to go take Jasper to the dog park. I got home and the hubby was sleeping on the couch. It took awhile for him to get moving. But then we got in the car to go get Jasper to socialize! It is sooo important to me that we get Jasper to be a good sociable dog. Ugh I don't want to have "that dog".

Since Jasper is a fur ball he likes to be on the floor in the car. This way he can get some direct AC action, but still be with "the pack." Look how happy he is on the floor.

Unfortunately, the park apparently CLOSES at 5pm... wtf is up with that?? I don't know if that was just the park we went to or if it is a Charleston thing. Back in Snellville the parks don't "close". ALSO! It is like $1 to get in to the park. What is up with that? AGAIN is that just a Charleston thing?

Rusty knew how disappointed I was so he tried to fix things by taking me to a huge field on base. We had a great time. Although, it of course didn't do anything for socializing Jasper with other dogs, it was a really fun time for the three of us.

 Here are some pictures of Rusty and I:

Then I wanted to get some pictures of Jasper. Unfortunately he moves a lot so pretty much everything came out blury. I was using my phone for the pictures, so my expectations weren't super high lol.

Rusty running with Jasper.

My hubby holding Jasper so I could get a pic LOL Poor baby.

Once again my hubby saved the day and we had a great time. I love him for not giving up and giving me a great afternoon. :-)