I'm Alive!

I thought about posting a new blog post about a week ago, but I was not in the best frame of mind at the time.  I was under the impression that I would die before this deployment ended.  We are definitely in the home stretch now, but the days were dragging for awhile there.

I am happy to announce that everything is back on track now.  I have booked our flight and hotel for Vegas!!! Wooooo!  We will be staying at The Signature at MGM Grand in a one bedroom suite! I cannot wait, I'm so excited =D.  And it was very inexpensive (due to a promotion that reduced our room rate by 20%).  Sooo glad I put forth the effort to save a bunch of money during this deployment so we could have a nice block leave vacation.

Let's see.. What else?

Jack has worms =(.  I took him to the vet yesterday to get his annual shots and found out he has whipworms.  Not a good thing.  But not to worry, he has meds and heartworm prevention which will prevent him from getting worms after he's finished his medicine.

I have a lot to do before DH comes home.  I need to tan (yes I actually have to put forth effort to make this happen), find a nice top for homecoming, buy heels to go with my birthday dress and my cocktail dress for DH and I's fancy dinner in Vegas, workout (somehow I'll manage this despite my ruptured disc), and get my hair done.

Which reminds me… I booked my Japanese Straightening for July 16 with the owner of Lee's Salon, and I'm having my hair highlighted/ lowlighted at the same salon on July 30.  Super excited!

Oh and I have started a new series.  As I have mentioned before, I am a HUGE fan of Karen Marie Moning's Fever Series and of Karen Marie Moning herself.  I have even joined her message board to find other KMM fans such as myself.

Through their recommendations, I have found Ilona Andrew's Kate Daniel Series.  It is such a great series.  From every review I've read, the first book Magic Bites, was the slowest of all of the books throughout the series.  It has been unanimous among readers that the series continues to get better and better with each book.

Since I read Magic Bites and enjoyed it, I'm excited to read the rest of the books.  It is similar to KMM's Fever Series in that it is Urban Fantasy and the dynamic between the Hero and Heroine is amazing!  I cannot wait to see how their relationship (which is more of a tolerate/hate relationship at the moment) progresses.

I'm very happy to find another series/author that really knows how to bring realism to a fictional relationship, and create characters that readers can fall in love with.  That is what made KMM's Fever Series phenomenal.