My Hardworking Man

So it is pretty much official that I am the luckiest girl because I am engaged to this handsome man, Michael Christopher Garrard. Tonight he is working til 2am, and when he is done he will have worked 13 hours today! What a hardworking man. I am so grateful for the sacrifices he is making for us, and so glad that he wants to do everything he can to make things easier for us in the future. So ladies be jealous because I am in love with the most amazing man out there. ;)

Warning: This may be boring...

So I have no idea what to blog about other than the daily activities that occur in my life, hence the reason for the warning of preemptive boredom.

So I have been working at Spanky's again, 40 hours weeks, getting paid to stock the store with clothes and ring up sales. I like my job, mostly because of the women I work with. They give me my daily dose of the need for female companionship. I work the closing shift, 1-8pm which stinks at times because I miss out on games, and making dinner, but it is a job that will pay the bills. I get to either walk or ride a bike to work. I enjoy it because it is the daily exercise that I need.

Mike just started working at Borders! He has about 40 hours there this week, and we are hoping that it will stay that way. He is also working for Ben Gassaway, doing odd jobs that he needs done. Pretty much Mike is a working man and I am so proud of him and everything that he has been doing to provide for our life together. I honestly couldn't be a luckier girl.

One thing that I have been doing is wedding planning. As of today it is 46 days until the BIG day, which feels forever away, but still feels like it is coming fast. It is a weird feeling. I can hardly wait to be sealed to Mike and for us to really belong to each other. There is a lot of stress that comes with wedding planning and the closer we get the more I am realizing that I really don't care about a lot of the details anymore. What really matters to me is just to be able to finally be married to Mike!

I am battling a cold that was given to me by Mike. It is terrible and I hate being sick, especially because I feel like there is always something wrong with me lately. I am trying my hardest to be happy and not be sick but that can be difficult sometimes.

Mike and I went on a date last weekend to the Portland temple and just sat outside and talked and walked around. We went to Deseret Book afterward. I loved being there with him and feeling the spirit after a hectic week of work. It was so calming for me to be there. One of the things that I am the most excited for about getting married is receiving my endowment. I am very excited to be able to make those covenants, and to feel the spirit that resides in the temple. I am excited to share this experience with Mike. I really feel that it will bring us so much closer than we already are. I am excited to kneel across the altar and be sealed to him for eternity. There is not anything out there that can really signify love more than the covenants we will make together. There are many things that I want in life but there is nothing more important to me than being sealed to Mike and creating our own family together.

Anyway, that is my life lately. I need to take pictures more often mostly because I am sure that It will make this so much more interesting. But I am progressing. 

Frustrated

So since my Junior year of high school I have been plagued with back problems, due to a car crash that was in no way my fault. I was just obeying the laws of the road and waiting for a pedestrian to cross the street so I could turn, and next thing I know I am hit at 45mph when I was completely stopped. I wasn't in immediate pain  as I recall that day but little did I know that I would be doomed to be in pain for probably the rest of my life. It is discouraging at times because it can prohibit me from doing things that I do desperately want to do but refrain from doing it because of the fear that I may re-injure my back and more pain will ensue. I am almost 21 years old and I should not have to worry about hurting my back, or be kept awake at night tossing and turning because I can't find a comfortable position. Most of the time I can deal but there comes a time when my back pain flares up and it prevents regular function. I am going to the chiropractor right now to fix the problem hopefully for a good long time, but we will see what happens. The chiropractor says I have a sway back which is commonly known as Lordosis. What is ironic about this is that this occurs when the back muscles are stronger than the abdominal muscles. Who would have thought? I always thought that I had weak back muscles. Here is a picture of my problem:

So I am thinking that my butt looks bigger because of the exaggerated curve of my lumbar probably not but still it is a good theory. I also have a pain in my neck called a lack of curve. I literally have no curve in my neck, in fact it is starting to reverse curve in the wrong direction. This explains things like headaches just pain in my neck in general. Here is what it can look like:

Ya, not the most fun problem in my life. It is one that I do not wish on anyone. I have wondered many times why I am subjected to this, and I have failed to find the answer. All I can figure is that I just have to push through and endure. I am trying to not complain about it and not let it affect my daily life, but there is only so much you can do. But I am learning that things that do help correct these problems are exercise and healthy living. So I am going to call the doctor today and add physical therapy to my back correction regiment. I am going to do what I can to help heal this problem because I will not let this ruin my life.