Most likely to be on MTV's Real World....**

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Today the coolest thing ever happened to me.....(but we will get to that in a second)........

As for my daily weather report: Its soggy, but semi-dry in Portland, Oregon.....would you expect anything else?  

We got up earlyish....I finally had to put my foot down with LEGS last night.  I was not going to get up super early and show up to his family's house tired, cranky and ticked off.  We were going to be normal for a night.(And by normal I mean in a hotel room with three dogs)

Three days in the car was really getting to me, I was feeling horrible for the dogs, I had cankels, and I was starting to feel like I was losing touch with reality.  I demanded that we relax, and get up at a more reasonable time.....at his resistance to this idea I balked and told him he could leave me in Boise, Idaho...... 

I did get my way but it wasn't as easy as it should be......This morning we woke up at a more human time of 630am.  We had a nice breakfast at the hotel.....Got the dogs loaded up and headed out.  In the car LEGS and I decided that we wanted a 'do-over' of our anniversary, which is sometimes necessary in marriages, so today was actually going to be the day of our anniversary. 

The GPS lady that tells you where to go, we call her 'B*tc*in' Bette' (that is what pilots call the automated voice that gives them commands in the cockpit) she sounds like she is constipated, when she says 're-calculating', this is said when you get off course to go get gas or whatever......it sounds like 'Re- CAAALLLLL-culating'.......do you get it? Totally weird....

We saw this little Toyota truck driving today.  It was holding up a bunch of traffic because it wouldn't pass the plow truck.  When we passed it was this Lisa Loeb looking chick with glasses....and we totally mean mugged her as we passed her the first time.....

We couldn't figure out why she was so afraid to drive- yes...the road conditions were really bad....but sometimes driving slower is worse.....we decided she was probably driving a two wheel drive vehicle...we stopped to get gas, and passed her again along the way, sure enough in my side mirror I watched the poor girl spin right into the ditch.....I wish we could have backed up and helped her but it was really dangerous to do so.....now I feel really bad.....

Okay so about the coolest thing that has ever happened to me......

When I was in high school, I was voted 'most likely to be on MTV's Real World' of course I was shocked and honored, that show was like the best show on television back then....well......today I was contacted by a show on MTV.....

I fell asleep in the car.  When I woke up, LEGS said 'Somebody called you...' Sleepily I looked at my phone and saw NY, USA.  I figured it was a relative of mine in NY.....so I called the number.  It turns out its this super awesome chick named Cheryl.  

Cheryl: 'Hi, I am Cheryl and I am with a show called 'World of Jenks' are you familiar with it?'
ARMS: All pistons are not firing in my brain yet due to just waking up out of a coma- as I am struggling to get with it.....I start racking my brain, man it sounds familiar, I don't want to disappoint her by not knowing....'Uh, I think I have heard of it...' NICE......I sound like an idiot! 
Cheryl: 'Its a documentary show, where we follow somebody for a few weeks...and tell a story about their life. We came across your name because we want to do a show on female boxers and want to do a show on you...would you be interested in that?'


ARMS: Okay in my mind I am in SHOCK....is this for real?  ' Uh....I am not really actively boxing right now, I am getting ready to move to GERMANY with my husband, but I can give you a few names of some girls that I think would do an amazing job representing female boxing, but can I call you back after I have thought about it?'


Cheryl:' Sure, yeah that would be great.'


I called her back and basically told her I had a serious falling out with my last Coach, which is why I am not training at this time, due to the fact that once you reach this level you can't just train with anybody.  

I told her that my last Coach was a great Trainer, but I had a severe falling out with him on a personal level.  She confirmed that when she spoke to him some of the things he said were not making sense.....at this point I don't need to bog down my blog with somebody that I no longer associate with for various reasons, although, I cannot take away the fact that he was an excellent trainer and I learned many things from him.

I gave her the names of some dynamic female boxers I know, whom I intend on giving a heads up to, and we had an amazing conversation....


She told me the reason that they wanted to do a story on me was because of the military wife dynamic, and that she was really bummed out that I was moving to GERMANY, because I sound like a real spark....


At first I was a little bummed out too, for only like a minute, I am always shocked that they would want to do a story on me, and of course I would be thrilled.....and I told Cheryl if they ever did a story on a military wife, I would be grateful to represent that world.

Boxing is an amazing sport, and I love it.  I fully intend on boxing in GERMANY and getting some international experience, it has brought me an extreme amount of notoriety, and has allowed me some opportunities and experiences that are once in a lifetime.  

But......I have so many things I want to try and do with my life.....I want to be an Archer, a Ninja, I want to design and make my own clothes and purses, writing a blog for a living would be cool (Cheryl did say she would follow my blog....who knows if she will but it would be pretty radical if she did)....I want a life of Renaissance.......

LEGS was really excited about the possibility, he said that he wished they would still pick me.......I could tell he was bummed out.  He said:

LEGS: 'What amazes me about you...why you are such a spark, and not a self made star already is because you would rather follow me around and take good care of me in exchange for unconditional love.....he started to choke up and so did I.....LEGS just wrote his 4 year wedding anniversary vows.

I sat there and thought about high school, college, all the jobs that I have had......I have never been the popular girl, or the one with a lot of friends.....all of this started when I met LEGS.  He makes me a better person, and the reason that I follow him around and take care of him is because he gives me the security to be who I really am, and.....in the mean time, he is showing me the world.......just this week I went through 11 states in the U.S.  In a few short months, I will be in NEVER NEVER LAND......



Random Thoughts:

I tooted twice today.  They were pretty fruity.  Karmella just laid in my lap and endured it.....is it wrong I find this pretty damn funny?


Even though its not my family, it feels good to be around family.....


I am so glad to be out of the car......the last 100 miles of the trip were the most worst, horrible, agonizing miles of my life......


LEGS and I drove 2700 miles, in the worst road conditions ever, through 11 states, with 3 dogs, 2 duffle bags, 3 dog kennels, an undisclosed number of guns, 2 computers, 1 knitting bag, my purse, a cooler, and a bunch of other random other sh*t........we MADE IT!!! What an adventure!!!


George is really glad the trip is over and so am I.....

Just another day in the life of an unlikely military wife.....**