I could write a whole blog about how those two years were. (In fact, I did. Refer to my old blog for depressingness).
But I will try my best to sum up the best and craziest 2 years of my life.
First few months (Jan10'-March10'): Crazy mess. Cried a lot and didn't really know how to function. I drove by the MTC almost every single day he was there. The landlord of the place I was living it when to prison for fraud and we had to move in 30 days. Then our heat broke and no one would come fix it without our landlord's permission.. who was in prison. Things started looking up when I found a Facebook support group for missionary girlfriends. (Seriously, I did. And it saved my life. Don't judge me). Met some of my very best friends in that group and things started getting better. I was teaching preschool during the day and going to BYU at night for my Special Ed degree.
Nathan was craaazzzyy into the work! He worked so hard and seriously had no trouble becoming a missionary. He was the bomb. He told me he was so busy he didn't miss home very much and it made me so happy! He wasn't a depressed, whiny missionary. He was a stud missionary.
Rest of the first year (April 10'-Dec 10'): Nathan moved up in leadership positions very quickly and fell in love with Missouri. I progressed in my schooling and was offered internships that I ended up turning down. I finished out my time at BYU and fell into the swing of having a boyfriend who wasn't really a boyfriend. I felt really excited about my future career, branched out and made new friends, and really started to build a new life.
Beginning of second year (Jan 11'-April 11'): The beginning was ROUGH. Similar start to the first year. I started student teaching which was wonderful but a challenge. I was teaching 45 minutes away, commuting in the winter and I got seasonal depression bbaadd. Then I went through a letter drought. 6 weeks, no letters. I know for some missionaries that is normal. But Nathan was only 2 states away and he had written me every week up until that point so I freaked out. But he made up for it later. He was just a busy man. Can't blame him. Although I do. I came out of my funk in April, just in time to finish student teaching, graduate BYU, get a job, and move out to the big city with my friend Ashley!
Rest of second year (May 11'-December 11'): The rest of the year flew by! And it was some of the happiest memories of my life. I started a summer teaching job and a permanent one in the Fall. I had one of the funnest Summers of my life and even dated a little. Nathan became District Leader and continued kicking butt. He was so strong and so consistent his whole mission. It made things so much easier for me. He also got a release date in late September. His mission president decided to send his whole district home 2 weeks early so they could be home for Christmas and in time to start school. That was probably the most exciting news I had ever received. We both worked hard through the fall and got ready for each other.
We wrote weekly and consistently.
I sent a package every month.
We passed a recorder back and forth.
We had very little miscommunication.
We follow the rules by the book. When his mission president changed the email rule about 8 months into his mission saying ti was now family only, it was hard, but I am proud of the way we knew it was time to sacrifice our love for something greater. Our time would come.
By the time Fall 2011 came was ending, I really had few doubts about how my life was going to end up.
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