day seven.

day 7- a picture of someone/something that has had the biggest impact on you

this is a tough one. how do i pick one thing that's had the biggest impact? every person and every experience has lead me on a journey that made me who i am today.


but i'm going to go with:

picture from the westwood college website.

after our freshman years (mine and his, not doing it twice) hubby decided he did not want to continue at the four year school in san diego he was attending. he spoke to his parents and decided to go to westwood college, with a location in anaheim. this meant he was going to move. i had to make a decision: would i stay at my school or transfer to orange county to be with him?

i decided to transfer. but at the last second, hubby couldn't go to westwood. so i moved to anaheim and he stayed in san diego. we were long distance for a semester. and just when we were about to crack from the strain of a long distance relationship, he decided to move to orange county, too- school or no school. we spent the next semester hanging out, going to disneyland constantly, and spending every free second with each other. he got a part time job at a movie theatre (that he hated) and took classes part time at the community college. it was so fun and so exciting, he asked me to marry him. i accepted. duh.

the reason, though, that he wanted to move to the oc for school was that his dream company, the one that he had wanted to work for since he was in the eighth grade, was in the oc. he hated his job, so i knew i had to help him. i sent his resume in for him. and he got the job. the same week he started there, i attended the club fair on campus and met a nice professor, from whom i heard the words "speech-language pathology" from for the first time.

so even though hubby did not attend that college, from it:
-he got his dream job
-i got into the perfect major for me (which was not available at my first college)
-we spent a semester apart (which stinks) that solidified in our minds, and hearts, how much we were meant to be together.
-we moved out of our parents houses and saw that we could do it on our own, proving we could handle being married. if we still lived at home, we probably wouldn't even be married right now
-we started our own life in a city away from every one else we know. we got to make our own path, rely on each other, and be exactly who we want to be.

thanks, westwood college.