Funny story for the day

I designed our programs. It's been a work in progress, because of stupid stuff. At first the font was too hard to read in an image, so it all had to be edited. And then this morning, the ink was showing through, so we had to do some rearranging. But we got it all worked out and Renee from Mom's office printed all 400. Yes, 400. So I start reading the verse in the image to Mom in the car on the way home. It's Ephesians 5:31--"For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh." Except I had put "and shall be joined until his wife..."

It wouldn't really be that big a deal, but it was enough to bother me. And now I'm stuck getting them redone in the morning. All 400. Oh boy! :)

I need a t-shirt...

...that says "Of course I'm excited!"

Seriously, why does every person I encounter ask if I'm excited that I'm getting married in less than 3 days? If I wasn't, getting married probably wouldn't be a good idea. "Are you nervous yet?" is also getting old. Because as of right now, I'm not.

Sure, there are some last minute details that I'm stressing over, and I'm stressed over the moving and all, but the marriage; nope. I'm ready. It's not going to be easy, but I'm ready. After all, I'll be going through life with my best friend.


On the moving front, we're unpacking now. Pretty much everything is put away except for stuff we've received. The kitchen only has 2 cabinets, so it's a struggle to figure out how to store everything. But it's all stuff that we'll use; we just have to get creative. And we need to get some curtains, or at least shift some blinds. There's a three-inch gap between blinds on a big window in our bedroom. It kind of freaks me out that people can see in on me.

And I'm still looking for a job. I think right now I would be happy if I could just get an interview. I'm starting to feel like I don't have anything to offer, even with a college degree.

Packing

I finally got started. So far, I've hauled two bags of clothes to Goodwill, and thrown away a bunch of stuff. It's a new life; I don't want to carry some old stuff with me. I want a fresh start, so only a few things will be going with me.

But anyway, I hate packing. I hate having to decide what to keep and what I don't need. I hate having to reduce my life to boxes. I'm excited about what this all means, but it's still sort of bittersweet. It's not like packing for school, where I could leave stuff at home. Instead, this is it. The only other time I can remember moving was in fifth grade. This is different. This is me moving, and not my family.

Don't get me wrong. This is what I want to do, need to do. It's just tough to think that I'm an adult now. But I know that everything is going to go alright, and that I'm just starting a new chapter. I just wish that it didn't mean I had to revisit old chapters to get there.

A week and a half

We're a week and a half away, and I've still got stuff to finish. Mainly programs, so it shouldn't be too bad. I also have to pack up my entire life and move it this weekend and early next week. And then figure out how we're going to fit everything into our tiny tiny house.

If you come to visit us, know that it'll be slightly cramped. We're going to do our best, but there's just not a lot of storage. Except in the bathroom. So if you come over, do be surprised if you see a griddle in the bathroom. It's got the most shelving space. :)

Oh, and for anyone who wants to know if I'm nervous yet, no, I'm not. Why should I be? I'm marrying the man of my dreams, my best friend. Sure, it's a major life change, and we've got a lot going on right now, but it's all good. I'm going to be able to figure it all out with the one person who knows me better than anyone, and who always knows how to make me feel better. So, no, I'm not nervous. I'm ready for the ride of my life!

Home Sweet Home

Sean and I (well, Sean) put a deposit down on a rental today. It's about 15 minutes outside of Asheville, but we're going to save quite a bit being out of the city. It's tiny, but it's cute, and we do have the opportunity to work on it some.

So we start moving in next Saturday. Looks like I'll be spending the next several days packing up my life, and getting rid of more stuff. I also have some stuff to return that were doubles of wedding gifts. Then we'll look for curtains and such, try to make it homey.

Here's the pictures of it. The front section with the big windows is the living/dining room. The kitchen is at the side door, and the bathroom and two bedrooms are all off the kitchen. And yes, I know. It's green.

Oh, and the treadmill Sean ordered came today. I had an excellent 2 mile hill workout, and did it faster than I normally do. I typically run at 1.5% incline at 5.4 mph. Treadmill conversion charts say I'm running about a 10:40 pace. Today I did 2%-4% incline at 5.7 mph. That's between a 9:00 and 10:00 pace, depending on the incline at the moment. And I felt like I could have kept going. I think there's a speed demon trapped inside me, and it's just waiting to get out. One day!

Sick

I've gotten a lovely cold. It's wonderful. I woke up on Tuesday with a sore throat, and it's just kept going since then. At least today I'm just stuffy, and not feverish like yesterday. That was miserable.

Sean's family came up yesterday and gave us a giftcard for a wedding present. All total, they collected $600. There's $500 on the card and $100 in cash. In all honesty, I think I'm happier with that than if it had been a lot of stuff. We've got plenty already.

I still need to sort through stuff from the church shower. There were a lot of doubles on stuff like 4-sided cheese graters. We also received 10 or so can openers. I have a feeling I'll be in the customer service line at Wal-mart for a long time.

We also have to start looking for a new place to live. Sean's landlords have already found someone to rent his place to, so we have to be out by February 28. But since that's the day of the wedding, we need to be out the week before at least. It's going to be tight. So we'll be making phone calls today to try and find something. If we can't, we have a last resort option which may save us some money, but it's not our first choice. I'm not putting that idea out there though unless it happens.

There's just so much to do in the next few weeks, and I still have to find a job. Of course, we need to find a place first. If we find something that isn't in Asheville, then I don't want a job here. I want to find something close to wherever we wind up living, so that only one of us has the long commute. Ugh.

much better!

Oh yeah, this is much better. I resized my name in photobucket so it's not quite so large and obnoxious! (Not that I'm obnoxious...)