February 2012

February - not a whole lot or anything really exciting happened this month.  Life got pretty busy with work and Danny's classes.  This was definitely an intense semester for him with lots of reading and essays, and especially in ROTC with lots of weekends training and tough drills because this was the last semester left before all the juniors went off to Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) this summer, basically the last big training session for all future army officers to see how well they know their stuff.  Plus, this was the last semester's grades that would count towards his final gpa sent to the army for officer rankings, all of which made for a lot of extra pressure.  So, along with all that, plus the fact that both of us were sick off and on for a lot of the month, the month just sorta passed us by.  We didn't even really celebrate Valentine's day.  It got so busy and we just didn't have much energy for anything outside of work and school, so, not many pics for this month, but here's a few.

And, a little proof that spring does exist in Texas ... these just happened to be taken in February.  I loved seeing all the blooming flowers and budding trees and the baby ducks on my way to work and loved the beautiful spring weather that stays for a week or so.

so cute!  there are several ponds right outside my office building and lots of little duck families.  One duck even nested in a grass median in the middle of the parking lot. kinda freaked some people out at first when they get out of their cars and then get quacked at by a distressed mother duck, haha.

... and, one "upside" (I suppose you could say) of getting sick a lot was that I've losing a lot weight.  I finally fit into my skinny jeans and my favorite sweater from high school!  that was kinda a mini epic moment of the month  :)