Coming to an End

Wow I think this is the longest I haven't written. I'm so sorry to any that follow me on this blog(if any do). Johnny has been a studying fiend, so no internet for me.
I feel like I have been so busy the past two weeks. I've gone to the beach a couple times, been going on a lot of walks with Katie, and trying to get an apartment in Dominica. I also performed at the Relief Society Birthday so I practiced for that too. It made the weeks go by so quickly. We only have two more days left. I think I'm really going to miss it here in Florida. I really liked it here. I will miss the warm weather the most I think. Its going to be 49 degrees in Idaho on Tuesday. Yuck!
We did finally get the housing figured out, which releases a lot of stress. We will be living in Shillingford Apartments. Thank you to my sponsor Monique for finding it for us and for all the advise.
Yesterday we did a lot of celebrating that MERP is over. We took the Taylors out for lunch at our favorite restaurant. We had a good time! Then last night we went to a game night with some friends. Johnny thought it was ironic that we had a game night our first weekend here and then our last weekend here.
Now its time to pack, clean up and move out!

Housing Department.

If you want to hear a nice pleasant story you should probably skip this one. I have been having the hardest time finding a place to rent in Dominica. I heard it was a pain so I don't know why I was shocked by it. So I had this list of places I wanted to rent. They were all available on the Ross website, but I had heard that the website availability is never right. I decided to call the housing department and book them(if they were in fact available) over the phone. I called, stated the reason for my call, was transferred, it didn't help I could barley understand their accents, and again stated the reason for my call. The lady told me that I could just go to the website and book them. I told her I was told by others to just call and get it done. Then she told me everything could just be done through the website so go there and then she hung up. So I followed her instructions and went and booked them on the website. Once you book a place you are supposed to be contacted by the landlord and sent the lease to sign. Guess what they were not available. The land lords wrote and let me know they were already taken. There were some apartments I liked that were not available, but the only way to find out if a place is actually available is to call the housing department, but they won't talk to you. How is anybody supposed to find an apartment in these conditions? Anyway, its probably not as bad as I think it is, but I'm really frustrated with it. I vented to my sponsor and she found a place that we are thinking we are going to rent. I'm just trying to get a lease from him, but now I have to call the housing department to get the lease. AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

The Day After Yesterday

We yesterday was a great day! Johnny decided for our anniversary and before he disapears into the books he would take me to the beach. The bus ride there seemed to take forever. We got there and swam. There weren't really wave but the water was a perfect teal blue. I was so sad we didn't take the camera. After we swam we decided to just walk down the beach. I think we probably walked three miles. My legs are killing me now.
One of my biggest pet peeves is littering. I HATE when people just leave their garbage all over the place. It made me so sad that there was so much garbage in the water. Anything I saw I picked up. I am not a tree hugger by any means, but I do think we should take care of the earth and not throw trash everywhere. Its not that hard to throw stuff in the trash. I know some poeple probably thought I was a crazy person, but one person told me that it was a great thing I was doing it and she was glad people my age still care. That made me feel great and I didn't care about what those other people thought. If everyone just picked up THEIR trash the world would be a lot cleaner and more beautiful.
Johnny also took me out to eat at our favorite buffet. I will miss eating there. I ate SO much crab! Shout out to Kyojin! We will miss you when we' re gone.

Two and a half years in the making!

So I started sewing this in October of 2007. I finally finished it last night. Its a little crocked but i heard they can stretch it straight when they frame it. I am so proud of myself! It was so hard. It is so beautiful in oerson the picture doesn't give it justice.

Tracy In Wonderland

This is my favorite picture of us. You can just see our personalities coming out.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!! I have been married for three years today! It has been the best years of my life. I feel like there was my life before Johnny and my life since Johnny. He makes me so happy and I can't (and don't want to) imagine my life without him. I knew he was it form our first date. We didn't do much. We went to Disney World in January and that was our Christmas/ Anniversary present to each other. We did go and see the Alice in Wonderland movie. I thought it was really good. It was fun and entertaining. I'm a big fan of Tim Burton and it was very much one of his movies.
We also went to a question answer session at Johnny's school. They reiterated a lot of things we already new, but I talked to a lady one on one and she made me feel a lot better about us not wanting to ship any barrels down. We also got to enjoy Papa John's Pizza. I ate five pieces! Papas in the house!!!!! I know I set myself back in the weight loss department, but I think it was worth it.

Professional Traveler

I finally got my passport. I have always wanted to have one. I don't know why but it just makes me feel like now I can go anywhere I want. And if you know anything about me you know I love to travel and I want to see the whole world. I really don't think I could pick just one place I want to go.














I promised Lisa a picture of my new bangs. Nothing to special.

Alligators and Bangs

Sorry about making a title and then not posting anything. I was trying to post a video and it wouldn't work so I gave up. So on Wednesday I went with the Taylors to Shark Valley. Its in the northern part of the Everglades. It was a lot of fun. We saw a mama alligator with all of her babies. There were a ton of them. Here's the video.



I also gave myself bangs. I wanted to change my hair but I know Johnny likes my long hair so I thought bangs was the way to go. I'll post pictures later.
I'm starting to freak out because I realized another week is gone. Our adventure here is winding down. We only have three weeks.