What Ever Happened To.......

Oh dear - here we go again! After little thought and many complaints around the office, I have asked to keep the job that I currently have but was supposed to give up tomorrow. This afternoon, a co-worker and myself were talking and she was very unhappy and even more overwhelmed about everything that has taken place this week because she was going to be the one to mainly feel the "brunt" of it all. She expressed the fact that she was most likely going to take a job somewhere else because she didn't want to handle everything. So, me, her and one of our attorneys decided to have a meeting. After much discussion, we called in the main attorney and I announced that I would like to keep my job. We then called in the girl that I was supposed to be switching jobs with, had a long discussion again and the bottom line is that I am staying where I am under whatever stress I am under. UUGGGHHH!!!!! I do really love my job, but on nights like tonight, where it is 7:00 and I still have not left becuase a closing is still taking place (that started at 5:00) I really do wish that I did something else. Oh well. I do still have my week off to look forward to..............

Well, as if there hasn't been enough drama in my life to last me a lifetime, it seems there has to be more. The last 3 months have been very interesting, different, happy, sad and stressful for me. Andrew resigned from the church that he was previously at, then we found out that we were pregnant, then we lost the baby and now my doctor tells me that I must quit my job becuase it is causing so much stress on me that it is causing heart palpiations, acid reflux, heartburn and causing my throat to spasm in and out making me feel like I am suffocating. My goodness!!!!! That wears me out just reading it!!

I have had several meetings with my boss this week and my new role has finally been decided. I do not want to quit my job because I truly do love where I work. We have a GREAT team here and we all work well together. So, after many different suggestions and many more conversations, we have decided that it will be best for me to switch jobs with another lady that I work with. Her title is "post closer" and mine is "closer". Basically, in a nutshell, I'll be under less stress just by doing that job.

I did tell my boss also that if I do not get a break that I am going to just lose my mind. He so very graciously has agreed to let me take next week off. It will be without pay of course because I have ran out of vacation time............and it's ok with me - - I'm just grateful to have the time off!!!

If you have a free minute, please pray for me that things will get better in life!!!

I thought that today I would show pictures of our happy family......Andrew and I have 2 yorkies that we are very proud of. The oldest one is 2 and her name is Grace. (Elizabeth Grace) Her brother (not by blood) is named Blake and he is 1. (Austin Blake) They play very well together despite their very different personalities. Grace is very wild and crazy while Blake is extremely calm and a HUGE momma's boy! (Andrew can't stand that) He's the cutest little thing though. When he gets in trouble or does something he knows he isn't supposed to, my lap is where he comes running to!

This is almost the comical part of our wedding.....Andrew and I seriously had VERY LITTLE to do with our actual wedding. Because we didn't actually want the ceremony and we were only going through with it because our mothers wanted us to we pretty much just let them handle it. My mom was hilarious. She would call me every day, some times several times in a day, and asked me if whatever she had found was ok with me. My answer was always the same...."Whatever you think is fine with me." The only actual request that I had was that we have magnolias in it. Christy was my only maid of honor and Andrew's dad was his best man. Christy even picked out her own dress! Ha! Ha! I look back and see how funny the whole situation really was but then I was pretty upset about it all. By the time November 6, 2004 rolled around, we were ready to get it all over with!

After I moved back down to Columbus, Andrew and I got to see each other every day. It was wonderful! We had a few family members that became quite jealous of our time, but it all worked out fine in the end. We dated for almost 2 years before he proposed.
WOW! It was awesome! I worked that day and was used to talking to him several times a day - but this particular one, he didn't call me at all. I was so worried all day that he was planning to tell me that we needed to see other people - - - or make up some other excuse to get rid of me.

I lived in a townhome at the time and when I got home from work, I walked in the door to a puddle of rose petals at my feet. I did not see him anywhere but when I looked to my left, where the staircase was there was literally a trail of rose petals leading up the stairs. So, screaming "ANDREW, THIS IS NOT FUNNY AND IT'S NOT A VERY NICE JOKE!" all the way upstairs, I kept walking. When I got to the top, there was a note on the door that said "Do not come in until you read the computer." So, I walked over to the computer to find the most precious and awesome love letter that a woman could have ever been given. At the end, it said "Now, open the door....." I opened the door to find the true love of my life bent down on one knee asking me to marry him. I was so completely shocked and speechless! It was absolutely incredible!
Now, you have to know that my husband is not the romantic type - so for him to have gone to all of this trouble just to see me smile basically (because he already knew my answer!) was just so special to me! After many tears and a big fat "OF COURSE I WILL!" we called all of our family and most of our friends to tell them our news and went out to eat together to celebrate.
That same week, we decided that the date of our wedding would be in just a few months on November 6th!

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So here we are again. We left off with me telling you how Andrew and I met. After I heard him sing that time over the phone and decided that I was going to marry him, I figured it was about time that we meet. Dad called me and invited me to their debut singing at Lakewood Baptist Church in Phenix City. So, I went.
Andrew was running late for the concert so I didn't see him until The Advocates were announced to go to the stage. WOW! He was all I expected and more!!! After the concert was over I introduced myself by saying "Hi. I'm Dwayne's favorite daughter, Amy." He laughed, my goal, and then we started talking a bit. We went out to eat with the group afterwards at Applebees and I asked 20 questions at least just trying to get to know him. (he says now that he felt like it was an interrogation!) That night, we swapped numbers. I was not raised being allowed to call boys, so I drove back to Atlanta and did not call him. Surprisingly, he did not call me either.......................until 2 WEEKS had gone by!!! (I was heartbroken in the very beginning! LOL)
Well, when he finally did call me, I acted like I didn't even care that he had not called. He had just gotten home from a baseball game that he was coaching (Babe Ruth) and proceeded to tell me why it took him so long to call. EXCUSES, EXCUSES! Ha! Ha! From that night on, we talked and talked and talked every single night for hours on end. I tried to make frequent visits to Columbus becuase it was painfully obvious that he had absolutely no interest in going to Atlanta.