A Girl and Her Marine: Double Oops

I did it again. I just didn't do a day. Yesterday to be exact. I'm going to blame my lack of keeping up with this on travel. Both days I missed I was driving home or back. Yes. Excuses, excuses. On the bright side I'm here to make up for the lost day. Again :)

Day 22: How have you changed in the past two years?

Let's see. Two years ago the Marine and I had just started dating. We were in that magical honeymoon type phase where we had struggled so hard to get together and we were rejoicing that it had finally happened. It also helped that we were both home. We had a fairly regular schedule and could spend countless hours together doing absolutely nothing. I was a cheerleader and the ever so lovely Pratt High School. Beginning my last ever high school semester. Celebrating the end of calculus, which I so lovingly failed. Not kidding. :) Planning on attending KU as a premed student. Dying my hair bright red every once in a while. Having a little three year old scream and cry every time she saw me. Working at my church daycare. Loving on the only baby boy I still claim as my own. Cleveland or not.

This was the profile picture at the time.

Because it does not ask what I was doing two years ago, I will stop giving you details of my life at the age of 17. Instead I'll tell you how I've changed since then, I just thought it would be fair to give you some idea of what was going on in my life at this time since most of you didn't know me. Or didn't know me well. Even the Marine's family was just getting used to me. Some thought I would be gone in a couple months considering how quickly he was blowing through girls. Ha. I'm still here, guys!

Since then, I've become a Marine girlfriend. I have become a stronger person than I ever knew I was capable of. My patience level hasn't necessarily increased any, but I am getting better. Baby steps. I have three nieces and a nephew that may not actually belong to me, but I claim them as my nieces and nephew. The little three year old? She's become one of those people that I work my booty off for. I want her to be able to look up to me and respect me. Even when she's old enough to not think I'm the coolest person she knows. I've gotten straight A's two of the three semesters I've been a college student, darn astronomy. I've become somewhat fluent in two languages. Neither of which includes French. I have found something that I am absolutely passionate about. Which has absolutely nothing to do with the field of medicine.

I guess. I've grown. A lot. I don't think I've changed too much. I think I'm still the same person. Just a couple years older. A bit smarter. A bit happier. But really? I've always just been me.

Day 23: Give pictures of 5 guys who are famous who you find attractive.

Ian Somerhalder. This man plays Damon Salvatore in the Vampire Diaries. His pretty face is complimented so nicely by the many sarcastic comments that fall out of his mouth often. Yes.