The Story of Jason and Sarah

While Leezard may be great (and quite possibly more interesting than my next topic), I thought it important to introduce you to myself as well as my husband, Jason. 

If it is not already obvious, my name is Sarah Brinker (formally, but always at heart, Sarah Sheeley).  I grew up in Bryan, Texas and graduated from Texas A&M University in May 2005 with a degree in History.  I spent 2 months after graduation backpacking by myself through Europe which was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.  I have worked for the same company for the past 4 years and am blessed to hold the position of Corporate Recruiter.

Jason grew up in Jackson, Michigan but his family moved him to the Las Vegas area during high school.  You may ask, “What brought Jason to the great state of Texas?”  The answer is: taekwondo.  During a tournament, he was approached by the A&M taekwondo instructor to move to College Station and assist with coaching.  Though he is no longer involved with the A&M taekwondo team, the sport is still a large part of his life and he continues to teach others as often as possible.  Jason is a Communications Technician (don’t try to understand what that means, just know it is fancy computer stuff) for the same company I work for.

 

We did not meet at work, but met out with mutual work friends.  We began dating in May 2007, were engaged on Thanksgiving in 2008 and were married on January 23, 2010 in Bryan.  The day couldn’t have been more amazing.  I hope to someday have my wedding photos to share with you but as some of you may or may not know my photographer has disappeared off the face of the earth (a topic which I am guaranteed to blog about at some point).

We are Christians first and foremost.  We love our church and are involved in our young married couple’s class.  We having amazing friends and family and we love to travel as much as possible.  I love doing our finances which is something I picked up from my mom, the financial planner.  We also love working out and being active.  Most recently we've been spending time fixing up our house which is coming along quite nicely!

As I am inspired I will be sure to express myself in blog form…hopefully not waiting as long as I did this time to post.  Topics will range but I will do my best to keep them interesting.

As my good friends the Ghost Hunters would say...on to the next!

My Pet Leezard

It's 11:40 pm CST and I should be sleeping.  Tomorrow I am to impart my wisdom of interview skills to 10-15 Aggies by conducting mock interviews.  Rather than turn off the lights (and the current showing of Criminal Minds) I've been inspired by my good friend and former officemate, Amanda Joiner, to start my very own blog!

I know absolutely nothing about blogging.  In fact, Amanda's blog is probably the only one I've ever truly read.  I thought about introducing myself and talking about my reasons for starting a blog, but I decided instead to introduce you to my pet Leezard!

My husband Jason and I were married back in January of this year.  I never thought in a million years that I would inherit a reptile for a pet, but here I am.  I am now the proud owner of an albino leopard gecko named Leezard.  Leezard is almost 4 years old and despite the "albino" part of his title he is a beautiful mixture of yellow, brown and a purplish/pinkish color.

When Jason and I started dating and he took me home to meet his gecko (okay so he didn't literally take me home just to meet his gecko) I thought he was the ugliest thing I had ever seen.  Needless to say I am not the biggest fan of reptiles so it took a while before I warmed up to him.  It was well over 6 months into our relationship before I agreed to touch Leezard - with one finger only of course! 


About a year into dating Jason, I decided it was time for the next step in our relationship.  I went to Jason with my hands extended and said the words I'm sure most guys wants to hear "I think I'm ready."  Confused, yet interested, Jason's reply was "Okay....ready for what?"  I answered, "I am ready to hold Leezard."  He laughed and proceeded with helping to place Leezard in my hands.


Most people are surprised when I tell them I have a pet gecko.  I'm really more of the cat type and I dislike slimy/scaly things (I don't even eat fish).  I have to admit that Leezard is pretty cool.  He's hand trained so I never have to be scared picking him up.  He keeps me company when Jason travels (in an I sit in the bed and he just hangs out in his cage kind of way) and I often refer to him as Leezard Boo.  I am a pro at feeding him crickets and I do my best to do so with out actually touching them.

I chose Leezard as the topic of my first blog because on Friday, I bought him a new rock for his cage and it makes me happy to see him enjoying it.  I was a little worried he was getting bored with his old set up.  As I am approaching 12:30 am I think it is time for me to bid goodnight.  Leezard however will be awake until the morning.