Craziness!
It’s already the last week of February! Wow! This month has been a blessing which is crazy to me because I had been dreading this month for a while now. So many updates and amazing things have happened. Angel and I have been enjoying our new home and loving life here in Cali, it’s a little colder than we’re used to but we manage.
Valentine’s Day was amazing. Angel and I went to the beach to lay out and enjoy the weather, however we froze a little and cut that visit short. We then came home for a bit and Angel told me to prepare for the evening’s festivities. I had no clue what his plans were. I was only told to dress comfortably and warmly. He had a surprise in for me. He disappeared for about half an hour while I prepared. When he came home he told me to stay upstairs while he prepared, he then ushered me downstairs and outside. Instead of making our way to the parking lot to the car, we went the opposite direction. I was confused but upon rounding the corning I saw that he’d set up a candle light picnic under the stars. He ordered Olive Garden take out and had set up our little romantic dinner all on his own! It was an incredible night!
A couple days later, my mom flew all the way from FL to visit! She was here for 5 days and it was incredible. I showed her around and introduced her to our life here. She was able to experience Del Taco (which I’m obsessed with) and she loved it! We went to downtown San Diego and to Disneyland and just enjoyed each others company. It felt good to have her here and show her Cali and let her see for herself how beautiful it is here. I have fallen in love with this place and wanted so badly to share it with her. It was a great and much needed visit.
February was a month full of blessings and one of the greatest blessings was finding out that Angel would NOT, I repeat NOT, N-O-T, be deploying due to a hernia. Praise God!!! We have been dealing with this for the past two months and had been getting mixed information about their diagnosis and whether or not he would be deploying with his unit. And then at the last minute, they finally figured it out and made the decision. It was such a relief. Not only for obvious reasons, but I was relieved that he wouldn’t be going because I’d been scared that the pain from the hernia would hinder his ability to protect himself out there. I want him to be at 100% whenever he is deployed in the future. That gives us more time together and I couldn’t be more grateful for this blessing.
There’s still a week left of February and more opportunities to grow and be blessed. We’re working towards starting a family and getting back on track with our degrees. I’m excited to tackle these challenges head on and see what God has in store. :-)
