Let's start from the beginning..

So this is my first attempt at trying to keep the rest of my friends and family updated with my life by means other than in person, over the phone, or facebook. I began 2010 as a completely different person than I am now, well, sort of. I was living with and engaged to my high school sweetheart, planning our May wedding, starting the spring semester classes of my junior year of college, researching towns to call home for my new family, all while working about 2 1/2 jobs! Needless to say, life got pretty darn stressful at times. I was in desperate need to get away from the MN dreary weather when the opportunity to take a once in a life time road trip to California with my best friend fell into our laps. There was no way I could say no to that, heck it was my idea in the first place!
On that trip: I seen the amazing scenery of the West, laid out on an actual beach, made two new friends, learned more about myself as a person, had the BEST time of my life with Megan, changed my entire perspective on happiness, and ended up finding someone that I thought never existed. It was a bit of an eye opener for me when I returned back to MN and took a good look at my life. Things weren't the way that I had always wanted or hoped that they would be, so I started making some changes. Just little ones at first, and then eventually the biggest one of all. I ended my engagement, moved into a new apartment with a complete stranger, and began falling in love all over again with out wasting much time. Crazy I know, but I was finally starting to truly feel happy with myself and my life for the first time in a long time. This of course didn't come without bumps and bruises, but that's why I am so lucky to have some of the amazing friends that I do.
So after making two more trips out to California to see Bryan, we decided that we never wanted to spend another day of our lives without each other. With that, he proposed, and we were married three days later on Del Mar beach near Oceanside, California. We are well aware that we jumped head first into this crazy long distance marriage, but we know we can do it. He is unable to move here since he is finishing up his active service in the Marines at Camp Pendelton, and I have one more year left of college. We have what I like to call a "frequent flyers relationship" but that too will end soon enough.
I am now down to just 2 jobs, working full time this summer, and spending as much time with my friends and family as possible. I know that this post got a little long, but like I said, A LOT has happened in these past 5 months and it just wouldn't be fair to keep you in the dark :) I will do my best to post frequently. Until then, I hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July weekend!
~Bridget Conwell~