you know when...

you stress & you stress & there is this looming date and it takes up so much room in your brain... and then it comes & BAM, the day is over. and you are left being like "well that wasn't too bad" & "why was i so stressed?"

that was today.

today was a day when i turned to pete and said "you were right babe." 
because for the last couple months i've been a total basket case worrying about this big move. because it's not like we are packing up a few things & moving to another part of the state. it's not like one of those moves where you forget something & it's no big deal because you can grab it later on. connecticut to san francisco isn't a hop, skip, & a jump. and we are bringing with us a lot of stuff. and a lot of that stuff has been scattered all over different parts of my parents house over the course of a year. so in my head, it really overwhelmed me thinking about how we were going to pull this off. how was i going to box up all of our crap & get it into a corner so that the movers could easily load it and be on their merry way?

and so, they arrived this morning and (of course) started un-doing ALL of the packing i have done over the past few weeks. like literally taking every single cup, spoon, plate out of the boxes & re-wrapping them themselves. because the military (like pete told me many times) packs up your stuff themselves so that they are responsible if anything breaks. so that made me do an inside "ughhhh!!!" ...but then things went so smoothly!! & the movers were wonderful!! & really the only thing that went wrong was somehow my purse got mixed in with our things & is now chilling at the bottom of a box with my wallet & keys. so thank god for my passport otherwise i won't be flying on friday!!

and so, this day is done. and i can breathe a nice sigh of relief. & the next couple of days i can just relax and spend time with my family. and then we fly out friday, close on our condo the 17th, & the moving truck comes a week later. and then the fun part really begins: getting to decorate our beautiful industrial style loft in SoMa!


*below are the online pictures of our condo. this loft is an investment that pete, my in-laws, and i are making together. after much debate we agreed that it didn't make sense, from a financial standpoint, to throw away any more money on renting apartments (which is what we have done for the past four years).  with the help of an amazing realtor and our complete trust in my father in law's taste, we saw these pictures below online, fell in love, & now feel extremely blessed to call this beautiful place our first home!

i will be sure to post more pictures with my camera once we are moved in!

over the past week...

i turned 26!!!!!

 i went & watched my little brother's soccer game with his girlfriend 

& busted out the saltwaters.

husband celebrated his last day at coast guard station sandy hook!

& celebrated in nyc while i saw my college roomies in poughkeepsie.

(anddddd kept the sun off my face with some Utah love!)

i fell in love with this new essie color "go ginza"

 & snagged this gnomie candle for california to remind me of my gnomie roomies!

and i found the prettiest soaps that come in the cutest reusable tins 

& started re-reading outlander... cuz it's that good!

the past week started with the best roomie reunion. it was much needed time spent with two people who i love dearly: miss mary & minna. my birthday followed two days later & then pete celebrated his last day in the coast guard on wednesday. i just have to do this right quick:

AHHHHH HUSBAND IS DONE WITH THE COAST GUARD!!!!!!! 

HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE EVERRRRRR!!!!!!!

ok i'm good. 

i seriously can't believe he is done. well not totally done, he is going to stay in the reserves for a little bit, but the ridiculous crap we have both put up with for the past 4 years of him being stationed in nj has come to an end. an END! i don't even know how to react i am so excited. it is sunday night & i keep thinking pete has to go to work tomorrow but he DOESN'T. it's so crazy! only military wives can understand what i'm talking about. it is so hard to wrap my head around the fact that i get to see my husband everyday from now on. it's so exciting i can hardly contain myself.

and then, on friday, pete and my best guy friends brett & keith planned a little surprise going away party for us & that was just the best. talk about flip cup, salt 'n peppa pandora station, & mixing dunkin donuts fruit coolada's with vodka (my greatest idea ever!), mixed with my favorite people... it was just a great night with great people & i am so thankful. so thankful i have a husband who has become friends with all of my friends because he knows how happy that makes me, & just genuinely loves seeing me smile. i don't know how i got so lucky.

and sooo... happy sunday everyone!! we are getting ready for some serious game of thrones action... can't wait :)

see ya tomorrow!