fail.

total and utter failure. i meant to keep this blog up to annotate everything i would have to go through while getting out of the army. haha. that didn't last long. i am now working out to get my pre-afghanistan body back. so far i'm on my 2nd session of 24 with a personal trainer at gold's gym. feeling awesome. i'm thinking of posting pictures of my progress along with my measurements. maybe next time... and my workouts. :) ahhaha here's my motivation. this picture was taken about 2 years ago.

my goals: lose about 12-14 pounds (goal weight: 118) trim about 6 inches off my waist (goal 26" waist) lose 2 dress sizes and lose about 14% body fat (goal: 14% bf) i think i can do it. i know i can do it. ~Aja

brrrrrr...

it was NEGATIVE 11 degrees this morning when i went to work. i could NOT believe it! it has since warmed up to a blistering 2 degrees fahrenheit. we were given an unexpected day off because we were locked out of our buildings. :) perfect day to go and get some chores done.

my tasking is coming to an end this week and i will be getting about a week off from work since i haven't had a single day off since january 5th. i will probably finally pop my VLOG cherry and post one. if i can get on a roll, maybe a couple. i could do a bi-weekly vlog? and a weekly blog? we'll see. this is a lot of work.

so, i'm really starting to get some stuff done for my exit from the army. i had an MRI on monday on my right shoulder because i've been having some extreme pain for the last 8 months. it revealed that i have a tear in one of the muscles and a bone growth in my joint. i'm going to need surgery to repair the tear and to smooth away the bone growth (osteophyte). but, i opted to wait until i'm out of the army to do it. i will have a recovery period of 4-6 months, and since i'm getting out of the army in 2, i don't really have the time. i've gone this long with it, i can handle 2 more months.

so my major projects... i have this blog, i'm starting a vlog and i will be writing my 'military memoirs' with a friend. i just hope this all pans out. it's all for fun, i'm not looking at all of this as a way to make money. just something to do with my time. i also have home renovations to do with my husband and possibly selling/buying real estate. i'm excited for the future. :)

this is what it looks like out here...don't let the sun trick you, it's freezing! but the sun does make it look a lot prettier.

stay warm! stay blessed!
~AJA

dirty 30

so i had an amazing time last night with my girls! we went out to celebrate my birthday. we started at one of my favorite restaurants here: ALEXANDER. it's a greek restaurant. and while we were there, the server gave us a couple of free shots, and a table of guys bought us a round of shots and i got some free birthday champagne! i should have known that was just a sneak peak into the rest of my evening.

we stopped by a bar that was around the corner from the restaurant call KK's. it was smokey and the guys were creepy, so we bolted! we drove to grafenwoehr to a bar called Ed's. we walked in, and it was a total sausage fest. there wasn't anyone on the dancefloor, but we stayed, bought a round of shots and grabbed a table. then the drinks started appearing. random guys were buying my table rounds of drinks.

this blog has been taking me a while to post... i've been a little bummed out because i thought i lost my camera. but guess what! i just found it! :) i just posted pics to my fb. now i just have to find my friend's wallet!

anyway...my birthday was amazing! so glad i could spend it with a bunch of wonderful and gorgeous girls!!!

we're like the united colors of bennetton. hahaha..

stay blessed! ~AJA

let it snow!!

omg! the weather is crazy here! well, not so crazy. it's just snowing and freezing. the roads are scary. right now it's just snow flurries, but i still have to go to work tomorrow and this isn't looking good.

it's making for a very pretty landscape though. here's a picture of what it looks like right in front of my house...

other than that, everything is going pretty well. it's nice that the only thing that worries me are road conditions! :)

i've been missing my husband a lot lately. i guess since it's definitely cuddling weather, i'm missing him more than usual. APRIL cannot get here fast enough! it'll be nice to finally be back in the states where stores are open 24 hours a day and people speak english...well, it's texas. haha. i'm just going to enjoy the rest of my time here and look forward to the near future! there's so much in store!

let me know what else you guys want to know about me, i'm an open book! STAY WARM! STAY BLESSED!

keeping it positive! :) SMILE!

a quicky

sorry i'm so terrible at keeping up with this blog. i've been so busy with work and trying to catch up on my rest and keeping up with my husband who is in a completely different timezone. i just have to keep reminding myself that i only have a couple more months of this left and i'll be back in my husband's arms.

it's about 0400 right now, i'm about to start my day. i took a shower last night so that i wouldn't have to do it first thing in the morning, and so that i can take my time to get ready. i don't feel rested, but i'll be okay.

two days ago, i had to go in and see my 1SG (first sergeant) about getting a written counseling about being in my re-enlistment window. i laughed through the whole thing. i'm getting out. i need to make my husband my priority, not that he never was. it's just time to really focus on my marriage. we've been married for 2 years, and we've lived together for only 6 months in those 2 years. by the time i get out and move to texas, we will have been separated for 5 months! aaah, the life of an army wife.

alright, i gotta get out of bed. it's friday! i hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed day!

this is me: bored, at work. :) enjoy!!!

life is what you make it

today went pretty well. i got off work really early and relaxed all day. i finally caught up on some sleep. i haven't been sleeping well lately. i have a history of sleep deprivation, but it's been really bad recently. i might get 2-3 hours of sleep at night, but it's not continuous. so, by the time 8AM hits, i've been up for about 10 hours. it was brutal. but in the last two days, i've been a little better.

i got home around 1030AM and fell asleep around noon. i woke up at 545PM thinking it was 545AM! i was freaking out for about 15 minutes until i realized what time it really was. i have to be at work by 6AM. so yeah, it threw me off a little bit.

i made a lunch date for tomorrow afternoon with a couple of my girlfriends. i haven't been around at work because of this tasking, so it'll be nice to hang out. even if it's for a couple of hours. AAANNNDDD, if i get off work early again tomorrow, we're going shopping! i need it so bad. i also need to get my hair redone and my bangs re-cut.

i got news that my husband just crashed his brand new toy: a harley davidson fat boy. it's his dream toy and unfortunately, he was hit by a car. my husband is okay. his bike, not so much. HD has the bike now, and will be doing repairs. COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS! it could've been much worse. he's pretty upset about it, but at least he's not hurt!!!

i also ordered flowers for my sister-in-law's birthday! her favorite flower is the tulip, so i got her a huge bouquet of them. i hope she loves them. :)

i'm going to end my day with some chinese take out then get ready for bed. my life is so boring these days. hopefully by the time this detail is over, i'll have some plans to put a little pep in my step. :) i can't wait to get to texas!!!!

this is a picture of me and my two best friends on new year's eve. i miss them like CRAZY!!!! in a couple of months, we'll all finally be in the same COUNTRY. :)

life is what you make it. if you sit and complain and not see the beauty that surrounds you, then life will be miserable. why dwell on the little things that make you unhappy when you're surrounded with more that could make you smile? stay blessed.

~AJA

busy busy busy

there's so much going on in the next couple of months. lots of major decisions as well. but i can only face what's right in front of me. i can sit and try to plan out the future, but in reality, it's always changing.


as of the 5th of january, i was put on a tasking that requires me to be at work from 0545 until 1830. makes for a very long day and not a lot of time to rest. oh, and NO weekends for the next month. it's okay though. it's the army, and it could be worse. when this tasking is over, i'll be back at my unit and going through the process of getting out of the army. i'm excited, anxious and nervous about the whole process!

like i mentioned before, there will be some major decisions for me to make in the coming months. i'm sure that i will figure everything out in time, i just hate NOT knowing exactly what's going to happen. but i know i definitely want to go back to school and i have to start applying.

this is a picture of my sister and me during my birthday party while i was home on leave. i miss her so, so much! i try to talk to my sister everyday. it's a little difficult to plan a good time to talk since i'm 9 hours ahead in germany and she's on the west coast. but i find that i can skype her while i'm getting ready for work (at 4am!) and she's on her lunch. so it works out.
sorry that this wasn't so exciting. it's just a quick update. i'm going to try to blog everyday, but where i'm at, we don't have internet. and by the time i get home, i'm usually too tired to do anything. i will try harder!!! hope everyone is having a blessed day!

this is a picture of me at work!!! so exciting! :)

~AJA