oh, what a beautiful life

Amanda Celeste is the name I was given. I am passionate about life and loving others. I live by the belief that there is beauty in everyone and everything; so I shall spend my everyday looking for it and appreciating it. "We never know when the bus is coming."

[millionsknives]

please make sure that wherever you’re at in life, you don’t treat it like a transitory period. don’t waste your college years wishing to already be graduated & have a job. don’t waste your single years wishing for someone to be in love with. if/when those things come, they will come in due time and they will be good. but there is nothing like looking back and feeling empty because you wasted literal years ignoring what you had because you were hoping for something better. while it’s important to better yourself and reach for your goals, don’t neglect the present because that’s where you are now and it’s your now that determines your future. 

[arandomthot]

Everything’s cute until you check the price tag

[amandacelestea]

ME

[amandacelestea]

Current life situation in bullet points:

-Still have zero friends here and it sucks.

-Started only making coffee at home since the coffee shops around here are all pretty mediocre and we’ve probably saved $80 a month since we started. Whoops.

-School kind of sucks. Mostly because you expect to get into grad school and be straight into what you love but there’s always a foundation to learn first and given that I want to work in peds, many of the foundation things aren’t super applicable for my passion. Just trying to remind myself that this is all a means to the end goal.

-Funny story, Ricky and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary a couple of weeks ago. Guess who celebrated their wedding on the same day? Jake. Yup, my ex that I dated for 6 years got married on my one year anniversary. The second shooter from our wedding was also his wedding photographer. I mean, if you still don’t believe God has a sense of humor, there it is.

-Speaking of Ricky, I’m just super grateful for him. This move here has not been ideal for either of us but he is so positive, doesn’t complain, and is SO supportive. Literally the best husband through all of this that I ever could have hoped for or dreamed of.

[heartsborrowedyoursblue]

[amandacelestea]

Grateful for a weekend with my bff and the whole fam but someone remind me why I moved 2,300 miles away from my best friend? 😭😭 https://www.instagram.com/p/BqoFZyxllpB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7j3mtt2latwh

[snowflakesandsleighbells]

[amandacelestea]

It’s been forever since I’ve posted on here but since I’m in Florida now and literally know no one and do nothing but hang out at home, nanny, and school work, I figured I’d come back on and share and write. Maybe it will help me through this rough time. 

Basically, we moved to Florida in August for me to get my masters in occupational therapy. I was accepted to programs back home but at the end of the day, those programs were extremely expensive, M-F all day for the most part, and we would have to pay all our bills on one income/take loans out for living expenses and not make any dents in our student loan debt. So we made the super tough choice of moving in with my parents and accepting a seat in a flex program (online classes with 6 weekend labs a semester 2 hours away) here in Florida. Neither of us ever ever ever ever wanted to live in Florida and that hasn’t changed since we’ve gotten here. I’m nannying currently but my hours are crap so I’m looking for remote work during the week because going from working full time to this along with all of the other changes has been rough. I hate not contributing and feeling like I don’t have a purpose other than school I guess. The hubs doesn’t seem to mind his new job but he’s working with people that are all older so he hasn’t been able to make any friends. So other than each other and my parents, there’s no one else we spend time with which really gets to you after a while. Also, going to Miami for school is a mess. I hate it. Miami is just gross and not at all the place for me. To add to all this, it doesn’t help that it’s never ending hot here. I literally feel like it’s crushing my soul. All of it is really. I’m just struggling to see how to make it through 2 more years of this. 

[perrfectly]

[amandacelestea]

It’s been less than two weeks since I left Arizona and I miss it so much. This cross country move thing is tough. Especially when it’s to a state you never wanted to live in. Trying to remember this is temporary and for a good reason and that everything has its season but man is it tough.

[amandacelestea]

Vanessa Ward

Vanessa Ward posted a video to her timeline.

One of my biggest wedding regrets is not getting a videographer :( But here is a cell phone video of most of our ceremony that I wanted to share with all of you! (the sound is better if you put on headphones)

[amandacelestea]

It’s been forever since I posted on here but I was feeling myself in my new bodysuit soooo

[funnyjoke]

[amandacelestea]

(via (25) Pinterest)

[77lllll]

[theyarenotaboy]

Put this in the MOMA

[witchdaggers]

a year later this is still the funniest video on the internet and i can’t even adequately explain why

[lewisaur-deactivated20210222]

wow

[onion-souls]

It’s a perfect blend of several major kinds of comedy: confessional, relatable observation comedy (who hasn’t had someone make an incorrect presumption based on your appearance?), absurdist prop comedy, and character comedy revolving around her looks, voice, and mannerisms. And reclining (almost) out of frame is the perfect button on the skit. It’s comedy genius.

[amandacelestea]

Before I ask my question I have to let you know that your wedding photos are GORGEOUS. Y'all are perfect together. Congrats! I saw your goals for 2018 and I noticed one was getting another degree. What degrees do you already have (subjects) and what is your career goal/field? Congrats again!!

Hi friend! Thank you so so much! You are so sweet!

Currently, I have a BS in Family and Human Development as well as an MS in Science of Health Care Delivery.  I am wanting to get into occupational therapy! So that will be another masters or doctorate degree :)

[markv5]

Каждый имеет право на образование

[softcannoli]

[miseducatedmelanicmuse]