"Done & Dusted"

as Matt would say. 

The 13 days are over and thank goodness for that! 

Now I just can't get enough of my Skype dates with him but only 74 more days till I get to see his face in person. I am so glad that that February is coming to an end, the time is actually moving right along. 

He emailed me these pictures from Nicaragua. 

 This was his host family he lived with for 5 days.

 He said this is what he rode to and from work. 

how serious he was, I am not sure.

 The biggest pig I have ever seen! 

500lbs!!
apparently these are the pigs that get donated to science when they are babies

I love seeing pictures from his adventure

hope you guys do too : )

Other news:

I had my first soccer game as a coach last Tuesday.

We ended up losing 2-1 but it was the first scrimmage they have had

and I thought they did well. I am really surprised to say that I am actually enjoying it!

Tomorrow I have my first "Meet the Players Night" as a coach too.

Should be interesting. Also I have 3 more games this week.

I am so glad I have this to keep me busy.

1/4 Completed

Yes, another Matt update. : )

As of this past Monday it has been 4 weeks since he has been gone. We have 12 more weeks to go!
I have had a lot of people ask if I have been able to talk to him. The answer is yes. We have been able to to skype and gmail chat quite a bit. However, the last time I have talked to him was Saturday night and I won't get to talk to him until the 18th or 19th. So far I have been okay with this but I am sure in a few days it will hit me.

The reason why I can't talk to him for 13 days is because he is in Nicaragua staying with a host family for 5 days and then doing "touristy" stuff the next 5 days. There are 2-3 days of travel in there to get back to his QUERC station.

He emailed me these 2 pictures from a hike they went on. 

I think after these 2 weeks are done time will fly by and Matt will be home. I have staying busy with work, soccer, and babysitting Rhys. My free time, I am getting to spend time with friends and I have actually enjoyed my alone time! I have a Valentine's date with Lori that I am super excited about too.

thirteen weeks to go.

So I just redid my blog.
I like it.
And that house up there in the picture is where Matt and I will live.
Yes, I Randi will live on a farm.

Anyways...
Back in September I was asked to help coach the Yukon JV soccer team. At first I though "absolutely not!" But after I thought about it I decided I should at least try it out.
So far it is going good, I am actually enjoying it.
I always remembered spring soccer flying by when I played so I am hoping it will keep me busy and then Matt will be home. *fingers crossed*

As far as wedding planning has been going we have the date, the venue, the dress, the DJ, the photographer, the flowers and a bridal shower set. Pretty much everything else we have left we can do throughout the next 6 months and when Matt comes home. It is still so unreal to me. I can't wait to marry my best friend, but I think I am more excited for him to come back home.

3 weeks down, 13 more to go.

1 down, 15 more to go

Weeks that is. 

15 more weeks till my cute fiance comes home.

I know it has only been a week but I am doing a lot better than I thought.

As long as I get to skype with him at night I am okay.

Don't get me wrong, I miss him like crazy

but I can't dwell on that.

I just have to be strong. And I have been so far.

I can do this, I CAN do this.

So Matt has left the country.

He left yesterday morning.

It was hard, man was it hard.

Yesterday was a so-so day. I only had 2 major break downs 

one was in the morning and then one at bed time.

I was lucky and I could fall asleep, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to.

But I had to pull out my teddy bear and snuggle with it to do so.

Today was a good day.

I went dress shopping AND found THE dress.

(I will share that story another day)

I had a girls night and watched Beauty and the Beast.

It was much needed.

I am so scared to be without him.

He is my best friend, we are always together

and not just because we HAVE to be but because we WANT to be.

The longest we have been apart is a week, so this is a whole new experience.

I can't imagine when it comes to be March and 2 months have past and I am use to being without him.

I hate looking forward to March and knowing that will be my new "norm"

We are able to email each other and skype but in 2 weeks they are taking away their wireless.

Which is understandable because he doesn't need to be skyping, emailing, or facebooking

all the time while he is there but I know once that is gone, communicating

will be less.

I am scared.

I have cried every time we say "good night" while skpying.

Pushing the end button is so, so hard.

 

 

(113 days to go)

Goodbye October

 

October has flown by too fast for me.

Usually I am super excited and ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas

but this year I am hoping for it to slow down so I can 

enjoy these last few months of 2010...

Last Sunday we spent the afternoon at 

Parkhurst Pumpkin Patch

with some friends. 

It was fun!

Then we came home and carved pumpkins!

Of course I had to clean the pumpkin out

because apparently pumpkin guts are gross.

And Matt celebrated his senior night last Tuesday night.

(i'm a little happy that soccer season is almost over,

unfortunatly,  

we will be living at hat trick playing indoor on Sunday afternoons.:) woo-hoo.) 

...I found out that Matt will be leaving January 10th 

for Costa Rica until May.

So...

Dear Time,

SLOW DOWN.

Thanks,

Randi

Costa Where?

So Matt left yesterday to go to Black Mesa for his Ornithology Class.

Ornithology = the study of birds. 

Well I have mentioned before he is a Environmental Studies nerd. : )
But I do love my nerd. Very much.

Anyways he left yesterday. The last time I heard his voice was 
Friday 10am. (okay so I did talk to him today for like 1 minute, but that doesn't count)
I had texted him through out the day but I was busy and I didn't
want to be that girl who has to be texting or calling all the time.
Well last night me and my friend took my sister out to dinner and a movie.
When the movie was  about to start I get a text from him saying
"this may be the last I love you for awhile."
(shut up if you are laughing right now, making fun of me.) ( :


I am thinking okay, I will get to talk to him later.
Oh no! I didn't get a text until 8:30 this morning.
Where he is staying is in a canyon and no cell service.
Not Okay.


Well I did get to text him a little today but
there was a period where he was out of service again.
Then I get another text.
(I couldn't talk to him because I was at work and it was 
pretty busy) 


But this afternoon was when I started getting really sad,
because you see, next January he will go to Costa Rica
for field studies for the WHOLE semester.
I don't know how I am going to do it.
He gets so mad at me because I am constantly thinking about it.
Which I shouldn't because that is in 9 months and I should
be just enjoying the time we have now. 


BUT I CAN'T!


It is always in the back of my mind.
Its just like today when we are in the same state
and I can't even talk to him, what am I going to do
next year?

I miss him.
I'm in need of some Matt right now.
And to think that this time next year I will be 
thinking back at this moment right now and 
laughing about how ridiculous I am being 
because that Randi, a year from now, will have been
in need of some Matt for 4 months....