Vacation is nigh! Huzzah! It has been such a long week at work, primarily due to tight staffing, that I cannot wait until the end of the day on Friday.

Tonight is our last day to run silly errands -- we're looking for new backpacks at Eddie Bauer which was having a sale last Friday. I hope it's still going on -- $20 off each backpack is pretty good! I don't really need anything else, and I am hoping to do some shopping with Mom and Jenny while in Wisconsin.

It seems like such a long time since we were last on vacation, although it was just in July that we went camping. I guess since this will be an extended vacation -- 12 days -- it feels extra special. And I'll get to go the fair, a Brewer's game, Door County, and Chicago. We've got a pretty packed schedule planned for Chicago -- seeing the Art Institute and the Field Museum, going to Fronterra Grill for a fancy dinner, eating deep dish pizza and Chicago-style hot dogs, riding the ferris wheel at Navy Pier, and seeing "No Country for Old Men" at The Second City. Should be awesome and jam-packed!

Jenny will also be in Wisconsin for the first few days of our vacation. Initially she wasn't sure if she would be able to stay in Plymouth that long after getting back from Ireland, but I guess it will work out. So the whole Immich family and us Sullivans will hang out and do something next Monday. I assume it will also include a birthday celebration for Jenny -- her birthday is August 28.

Can't wait! I hope to also have some fun pics to share, either here or on Facebook.

Another Friday off, what a good feeling! Well, of course tomorrow I won't be super stoked to work Saturday, but that's another thing. I've got all kinds of interesting plans for today -- maybe making some jam (lemon-blueberry or peach), vacuuming, grocery shopping, and stopping at the mall to look for a new purse. Trip and I are going to Chicago in less than two weeks (!) and I want to have a nice bag that isn't too big but can sling across my chest rather than just stay on my shoulder. I just have issues with weight on my shoulder. I think it's an inherited thing from my Mom.

We're going to Bengies tonight with the Young Adult's group from church. It should be a fun night with a couple good movies. I am probably the last person in America who hasn't seen The Dark Knight, but that will be rectified tonight. Plus there is Henry Poole is Here, which sounds interesting. Maybe not as good as Wall-E (which I'd love to see again), but still interesting. And I like Owen Wilson. This time I am planning to purchase the "outside food pass" for our car -- for only $7 I can then eat good popcorn, candy, and whatever beverage I want to bring. I was super surprised, but the popcorn at Bengies is not so good -- kind of salty and dry. And they also use the gross buttery stuff that ends up being too gloppy.

Most of all I am looking forward to vacation that is coming up in just eight days! Sure, we've been able to take a few long weekends here and there, but this will be twelve days off in a row! Yay!

I had a great weekend in Gettysburg. It both felt like a really long weekend and a super short weekend. When I got back, I felt like I must have taken a day of vacation or something. I definitely had not -- the really short part of the weekend was due to the fact that I was away from home from 8 am on Friday morning until 6:30 pm on Sunday night!

So what was I doing this past weekend? Discerning! A big fancy word, but I am trying to figure out where God is calling me. I have over the past ten years felt like I should consider...public ministry. Yes, it's scary and overwhelming and totally not the right time to be considering another four years of school*. I just got married and am doing well at my job. There really isn't a local seminary (Gettysburg!), so we would more than likely have to move for me to do this. Regardless, I do feel like there must be something there.

So my big plan is to discern for the summer and then figure out what to do. I learned some suggested techniques for discerning a call and the process of what to do after a call has been discerned. The process is pretty daunting -- candidacy and applying to seminary. So we'll see where it goes. I'm actually pretty excited about the process (not to mention the possibility of getting another master's degree, woot!), and I want to come to the right conclusion and not just rush into planning it out as I often tend to do. It's both overwhelming and awesome to consider this as something that I could maybe be called to do. I know it will all work out for the best in the end!

*Technically it is just three years of school and a year of internship, but still! Four years of stuff!

I think I'm coming down with a summer cold. Trip was feeling kind of yucky last week and we blamed it on allergies. But since I am now tired and sniffly, it probably isn't the pollen count. Boo.

Anyway! I can't be sick. Must be at work and a retreat this weekend! No rest for the wicked.

It's been a busy couple of weeks with the family reunion over Memorial Day and last weekend having fun with the ladies. I saw a couple of movies last weekend too -- Indiana Jones and Sex and the City. Both were fun and enjoyable, but not the best movies ever. I'm hoping to see a few more movies this summer -- maybe Iron Man, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the new Batman, and maybe Get Smart. Trip and I are planning to go to the drive-in movie sometime this summer. If you can make it through nine hours of being in the car, you can watch three feature films on Friday or Saturday night. A pretty good time too, for only $9!

I've got lots of pictures of the vacation in Minnesota that I should put up, but it will have to wait until later...

But the big news is that I'm all signed up for the Baltimore Women's Classic 5K on June 22. Yup, I'm back to training despite spraining my ankle a few weeks ago. I think I can do the 3.1 miles in a decent time, although to break the 10 minute mile mark I will have to train harder (and perhaps run a 5K in early fall!). So we'll see how it goes!

What a weekend!

I got to country line dancing which was actually pretty fun. I do not believe that I am quite coordinated enough to really get the intricate steps of many dances, but after a few beers, I tried and was actually pretty successful.

Saturday started out as a super nice lazy day. I made Trip breakfast in bed (apple oven pancake and fruit salad with Greek yogurt) and we watched 27 Dresses. But while we went for a run in the afternoon, I sprained my ankle and fell down. I have serious road rash on my leg and hand that's still kind of painful. The ankle seems to have healed surprisingly quickly and is only a little stiff now.

But I soldiered on! My friend Kelly got free tickets to Madame Butterfly so I went to my first opera in a foreign language. It was good -- the music was great! The Baltimore Opera Company has projected scenery rather than actual sets for this performance, which was distracting at times. But definitely an interesting concept!

Sunday was confirmation Sunday -- our confirmands got confirmed! It was great to see them dressed up and doing faith statements. Trip and I went straight from church to visit Grampy in the hospital in Delaware. He's doing pretty good, but doesn't want to eat, which doesn't seem like a good sign. We'll see what happens... I think we might go visit again in a couple of weeks and try to bring a hamburger and milkshake to encourage him to eat.

I'm excited for this week to be over with -- we're going to Trip's family reunion in Minnesota on Friday! I'll get to see my family and be on vacation at the same time! It also sounds like the whole trip will be lots of fun -- a boat trip on Lake Minnetonka and some horse racing. I think we might also go to a museum on Monday. Trip and I are spending Monday night with Jenny, so he'll get to see her super cute neighborhood. Maybe we'll even get breakfast at the Finnish Bistro!

Blargh.

It's THURSDAY! The happiest day of the week! YAY! Post from me!

Okay, excessive use of exclamation points is over. It's Thursday. I'm pretty stoked because I got a free(ish) Southern chicken biscuit sandwich from McDonalds today. It was pretty darn tasty, although not as good as Chick-fill-A. Chicken should've been a little crunchier. I also got a surprisingly good coffee -- it was buy a medium/large drink, get a chicken biscuit free! But I ended up overpaying for my sandwich. I confused the poor girl by giving her 50 cents after she'd rung up my coffee and she forgot to give me an extra dollar back. So instead of spending $1.50 on my breakfast, I spent $2.50. Not too shabby. Today is also free iced coffee at Dunkin' Donuts, so stop by if you get a chance. I'm not a huge fan of the DD's iced coffee, so I'm going to pass.

Today I will also get reflexology done by a friend. She took a class this spring and is now working on getting 100 pairs of feet to be certified. She did my hands a month or so ago and it was sooo relaxing. I hear that it might hurt at first especially when she is working on the toe joints, but that it will be worth it afterwards. We'll see. Trip and I made dinner for her as our payment. It's actually leftover homemade mac 'n' cheese. Normally I make mac 'n' cheese with ham in it, but I had forgotten to take out the ham to defrost. So I thought we'd just have plain mac 'n' cheese. Trip remembered that we had some bacon left -- so he cooked it up (took FOREVER it was sooo fatty) and we put it in the casserole. Soooooo tasty! Of course bacon makes everything better, but it is so fabulous in gooey cheese and noodles. Yum yum yum yum! I will definitely do it again. The thing is that we didn't even cook that much bacon -- just 5 pieces for around 6 servings of macaroni!

So I can't believe that Memorial Day is coming up next weekend. Trip and I will be in the Twin Cities next Friday for his family reunion! I'm really excited for it -- I think it will be lots of fun and it'll be good to see my family too. I just can't believe that it is coming up so soon. The downside is that we are flying out of Philadelphia so we are driving up on Thursday night to stay with Trip's aunt and uncle. Guess what is next Thursday? The big LOST finale! So yes, wah-wah, we might not be able to watch the LOST finale live. :( Oh well! Minnesota, land of no sales tax! Woot, woot!

Summer/fall travel plans have also been taking up a lot of my thinking time...mostly budgeting for them. Trip's cousin Amy is getting married in New Mexico and it seems that flights are just getting totally crazy. And we're driving out to Wisconsin in late August. My parents will be working during the week, so we need to figure out what we want to do to entertain ourselves. I'm hoping we can work out a day or two in Chicago (hotel stay!). The original plan was to visit Jenny and see the Minnesota State Fair, but I'm not sure that will work any more since her housing will be more temporary at the time. But who knows? Any suggestions as to what we should do in the Wisconsin area in late August? We are definitely going to the Sheboygan County Fair over Labor Day weekend -- it will be awesome and we'll eat cowpies and corndogs and other super tasty fried things. Yum yum!

Wow! A month between postings. I am a blog slacker.

My excuse is mostly that I was away from work for a week at the Public Library Association Conference in the Twin Cities and then I spent a week visiting family in MN and WI. But really, that only accounts for a few weeks. I guess the last weeks have been busy at work and whatnot. I'll pretend they have been!

Lately there has been a lot of planning for wedding travel. I'm in Jenny's wedding this fall. Trip will not be attending the shindig in Boston -- two of his college friends are getting married the same day in Hanover, PA. So we're splitting up to celebrate the nuptials of college buddies. But we've got four weddings planned so far -- Jenny's and Kate and Jason's wedding in September, church friends in July, and the latest one, Amy and Ana's in New Mexico in October. I wasn't anticipating going to New Mexico, but Trip has determined that the only major price difference is with the flight -- and since Southwest flies there, it looks like we could travel fairly inexpensively. So! I get to cross New Mexico and Texas off of my list of states to visit!

Today I tried some of the Pike's Place Coffee at Starbucks. I thought it was supposed to be smoother or lighter or something than their normal dark brew. But yikes, was it acidic! My stomach feels all weird now and I didn't even finish the cup! Not recommended.

I also started reading a book today -- The Fiction Class. It's about a woman who teaches a fiction writing class and is having difficulties with her mother. I am quite enjoying the chapters about her class. She is making me wish that I could take the time to write on a regular basis -- the real solution to becoming a writer. But I think I might look into a class next year. I think having assignments and whatnot might be a good prod to get started.

But lately I've decided to become more crafty -- partially for wedding gifts, but also for something to distract me from work. Work has become more routine and it's difficult to do new stuff with the smaller staff. So I have decided that I need to have outside interests -- other than new TV shows! -- to keep me busy. With four weddings coming up, I definitely have a lot of opportunities to be crafty! I like crocheting people afghans as presents -- they have been a hit the three times that I gave them as gifts. And I have a really neat pattern for Kate and Jason -- it's solid colored granny squares arranged to form the colors on the television test pattern screen. It's pretty cool looking and the fact that the granny squares are solid colored should make it crochet pretty quickly!

Well, work calls. Lots of questions about the economic stimulus payment. Woot, woot.

I seem to always get sick right before I leave to go on vacation. At Christmas time, I had a bad cold which I got to sleep off when our flight was delayed. And the same thing happened this week -- I had a bad cold and ended up needing to sleep many, many hours yesterday!

But now I am feeling almost 100% better. I'm still feeling a little sniffly, but at least I'm not super tired.

My big goals for today are to go grocery shopping for the upcoming Easter dinner, do laundry, and send some wedding pictures to Target or Walgreens so I can bring them along with me to Minnesota.

I'm heading out for the Twin Cities on Tuesday for ten days of work and vacation. I'm pretty excited for the conference -- PLA was really good two years ago, and this time there is a whole bunch of workforce development related programming. It should be fun to be in the Twin Cities too -- I've got plans to get together with some college friends and staying with my sister for a few days. I'm planning to bring one of the Ugly Dolls -- probably Jeero -- to take some fun pictures of to post on Flickr! :) He definitely had fun last year when we went!

It's Thursday!

I can't wait until Friday is done. Work has just been busy with lots of desk hours. I don't have any real big fun plans for the weekend, but am looking forward to having time off. Two days in a row! Actually, I think our most fun plan is making Trip's checking account a joint one! Woot.

But I have fun stuff coming up -- my trip to Minneapolis/Wisconsin is coming up in less than two weeks! So I've been trying to figure out what I want to do, where to eat, and what sessions to attend. Plus I should get in touch with friends to see when a good time to go out for dinner or whatever is.

We're also working on plans for Trip's family reunion, which is also being held in the Twin Cities. Minnesota is getting a lot of love from me this year! We're going over Memorial Day and staying at the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel. Gambling fun! I'm also looking forward to spending a night with my sister -- Trip hasn't ever been to her super cute apartment and neighborhood, so it'll be good to sell him on the awesomeness of St. Paul.

Lately it's been mostly vacation dreaming...but I'll be on vacation (kind of!) in just two weeks!

Trip and I were watching the Project Runway finale episode last night. Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham was the guest judge. I found her cheeks to look more round than I was expecting -- she always seems to sharp. Trip kept saying she looked reptilian and angular. Finally, he said she reminded him of the Geico gecko. "Cup of tea anyone?"

Other than weird gecko looking guest judges, it's been an uneventful week. Last weekend was great with the retreat. The highlight for me was s'mores. So tasty and delicious and I thought to hide the chocolate bits inside the toasted marshmallow so they would melt....yum! I love marshmallows and chocolate and graham crackers. So I have decided we will definitely need to go camping this summer. I will eat your s'mores up!

I did come out with a bit of a war injury. We ended up turned around a bit on our way home and so Trip wanted to turn around. While attempting to do a three point turn, we got stuck in the mud. So I got out and attempted to push the car unsuccessfully. The other girls helped and we did get turned around. But I think pushing the car really hurt my arm! I've had this weird pain in my wrist and bicep above my elbow. I am hoping it gets better soon, or else I'll have to see the doctor!

Tomorrow I am off, so the big plan for dinner is to make mini-burgers and sweet potato fries. It's kind of nice to have home-made snacky food for dinner on Friday nights. Plus we've got some beer and a copy of Ocean's Thirteen. It's great being married!

My day did not start out well. As Trip and I were heading out the door and discussing which car we should take to work today, I realized that I had totally forgotten about the oil change I had scheduled for today. We probably would've been able to get to the dealership to drop off the car and to work on time, but my car is practically on empty. I wasn't quite comfortable with getting to and from the dealership.

Right away at work I ended up with an unusual question about tax liens (contact the MVA I guess) and several stock price look-ups. Busy, busy, busy!

But the day got better! I got to discuss hiring freezes and Facebook with a fellow librarian. I think I might've convinced him to sign up for Facebook because of the awesomeness of Scrabble. I love playing Scrabble on Facebook. I think perhaps some of my relatives (ahem: JENNY!) should sign up so I can attempt to play them there!

The reason that the oil change slipped my mind is because I am going on a retreat this weekend and last night we finally got organized. (Yes, we are leaving on Friday...it's a little last minute!) So this morning and last night I was busy with retreat preparations -- typing up our agenda, the food list, and the list of what to pack. This morning I was making a list of things that we have to do tonight and what not to forget in the refrigerator (bacon and cheese!). With my mind on making flourless peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies tonight, I just forgot about oil changes!
I hope I have time to get everything prepared -- tonight I have to go home, eat dinner, teach Confirmation, go home again, watch LOST, make cookies, prepare a short devotional, and pack for the weekend. Can it all be done? I don't know, but I'll be busy tonight!

I went for my first run in quite some time today. Wowsers, was it rough! I am seriously out of shape and probably won't be ready for the St. Patrick's Day 5K. I mean, I could probably do it, but it would mean doing A LOT of walking! And that's not my style.

I wasn't going to go -- it was gloomy and grey outside this morning when I got up. But around 9 am it started getting sunny out. Since I have today off, I figured I could take a half an hour and just do a 2 mile run. No worries about time (although I did pretty good, probably running about an 11 minute mile when I was running and doing 2 miles in about 24:30 minutes!), just trying to make sure to get the two miles in. But it was sooo warm! Probably the mid-50s! I had dressed for a bit colder weather, hat, long-sleeved T-shirt, short-sleeved T-shirt, and lined pants. I ended up losing the hat before running, but I wish I'd worn shorts! I ended up rolling up my pants in an attempt to stay cool, but it was a toasty run!

Today I might be going to see 27 Dresses with Shayna. It's still playing, so if she's feeling up to it, that's my plan for this afternoon. I'm also planning to make pasties for dinner tonight. Luckily, it should be getting colder this afternoon, which means that the winter-y food will still be palatable!

I finally saw Pulp Fiction this weekend. I didn't really like it all that much. The movie was much longer than I was expecting (2:30!) and while I enjoyed the fact that the stories wrapped around each other (the beginning came into play towards the end) and the overlapping narratives, it wasn't really all that interesting. I am guessing back in 1994 it was quite revolutionary, but it just didn't do much for me. I have enjoyed other Tarantino movies -- I liked Reservoir Dogs a lot and Kill Bill and Kill Bill 2 were pretty awesome. But this one...not so much.

I'm still listening to the WTMD countdown of the top albums. I was really surprised to see that Bjork's album Debut was several hundred albums ahead of Post. I have both of them, but I definitely prefer Post. In fact, I don't really remember the songs off of Debut, other than the really awesome last song where she is in the bathroom of some bar. Wait! There's the other one that is called Foghorns or something like that. What a good memory I have, right? Well, I haven't listened to the album since the beginning of college. Maybe tomorrow I will dig them out.

Happy Valentine's Day! This morning has been a fairly busy one. There were various problems with the computer, so I didn't get done with a lot of the stuff I needed to get done. Specifically, I am applying for a conference this summer. The application must be post-marked February 15 at the latest. I have to finish up my essays before tomorrow so I can mail it. The question that has me stuck is "What inspires you?" Argh! What a hard question to answer cohesively! Any suggestions on what to say?

I don't have any Valentine's Day plans for tonight. Trip and I will exchange our presents and on Saturday he's going to cook me a fabulous dinner. And we'll drink a bottle of champagne! And that's how I'll celebrate Valentine's Day -- on the 16th!

Another exciting weekend!

We bought a vacuum cleaner yesterday. A Eureka one to be precise. I don't know the name, only it was $138 at Wal-Mart and is a pretty green color. The vacuum also did a fantastic job on our carpets, sucking up way more dirt and stuff than I thought possible. But the fact that we didn't really have a proper vacuum cleaner until now might explain it as well. I also got a bunch of house cleaning done over the weekend -- bathroom, floors, dusting, etc.

I also attended my friend Kelly's annual duckpin bowling birthday party. It was a good time, lots of snacks, awesome rented shoes, tasty Costco cake, and excellent games bowled by me! I think I broke 90 on my last game -- it was either 89 or 93 that was my top score! I was hoping to hit triple digits, but breaking 70 was huge!

I am sooo full today. This week has been all about holiday parties at work, which means big, filling lunches. Tuesday was our department party, which featured gigantic pizza slices, salad, and cookies, and today was the manager's lunch which featured a tasty Spanish omlet, a gigantic almond nut roll, and (ssssh, don't tell anyone!) sangria. I didn't finish the nut roll, but I'm still feeling huge. There will probably not be any dinner for me this evening!

I also planning to discuss more wedding fun soon. I have it on good authority that I will be getting my wedding videos transfered from mini-DV tapes to regular VHS tapes! Yay. It'll be fun holiday viewing. I also should be getting the laptop sometime in the future, perhaps tomorrow, but it's looking more and more like it'll be after Christmas. Darn Dell!

I don't know they I have any coherent thoughts really. Perhaps more later...

Wedding fun will be posted soon, along with some pictures.

In the meantime, enjoy this: The Superest! Hilarious!

I'm all moved! Yay! But not quite unpacked yet. It's kind of weird to be living by myself. After three years with a roommate, it's somewhat unsettling to come home to an empty apartment. At least it won't be for long!

I also miss having the little furball around. I am not really a cat person, but there is something to be said for having a pet around. Even a kitty who is scared of everything! And it was nice having her around when I came home at night. When we'd get home after working Monday nights, the kitty would always greet us at the door, looking for her dinner! But someday I will have a doggy.

Wedding planning is getting into full swing. Trip has his bachelor party this weekend. He'll be going to play laser tag and spending Saturday night in a cabin! How exciting! My friend Kelly (whose boyfriend is joining them) is throwing a girl's night in for me. It should be quite fun. We'll drink wine and give each other manicures and pedicures. A girly spa night!

I have also finally set up hair and makeup appointments for me and the rest of the girls. I'd really been putting it off, but I finally did it on Tuesday morning. I'll be having my makeup done by Aveda and everyone will get their hair done at Salon Ceilo (or something like that) at the Towson Mall.

Now I've got all kinds of silly things to do -- bulletins to finish, touristy packets to mail, favor tags to make, and cookies to bake! Plus find some platters for the cookie table and order bags for the cookie table. Wow, my to-do list just keeps getting longer! And it's almost three weeks away!!!!

In other news, the most exciting thing that I have been doing lately is looking for a new pair of jeans. I have a problem with back gap -- my jeans are usually too big in the waist but fit fine in the hips. I am hoping to find a pair at Eddie Bauer -- they've got some new jeans that are supposedly a size smaller in the waist. We'll see if that solves the problem...

I've been busy packing for the big move this Saturday. In some ways it's hard to believe that I won't be living in Towson any more. It's been three years at the same apartment, probably the longest I've lived any where since high school! And it was with the same roommate -- the longest I've ever lived with anyone and her cat! I know I am going to miss Petra. It won't quite be the same not having a little furry kitty to pick up and cuddle with, plus I won't have her to play with. Someday Trip and I will get a puppy or dog, but probably not until we buy a house. So no more furry pets for me!

It's also just one month to the wedding, which is super crazy. There is so much stuff to do and I haven't had the time to do any thing lately since I've been busy packing. Also, most of the wedding crafty stuff is now over at Trip's house. There's still favor tags to be made, yards and yards of ribbon to be tied, cake plates to be decoupaged...plus silly things like making an appointment to get my hair and makeup done!

The upside to moving is that Trip and I just bought a brand new bed that is getting delivered on Monday. A queen sized bed! Quite a change from our twins! I'm interested to see how having a softer top on the bed will help me sleep. I imagine it will probably help a lot -- it'll be like drifting off to sleep in a cloud!

Total slacker, I know. It's been a loooong time since my last post.

Wedding planning seems to take over a lot of my life. Last weekend was also super busy, due to seeing Chicago (the musical), a Young Adults cook-out, and birthday lunch with Trip's mom. It was hard to find time to get some of the wedding stuff done. But I've got a list and am slowly working at whittling away things. And I'll be moving next weekend into our new apartment! It's good, but there is another list of things I need to do -- changing addresses and setting up gas/electric, phone, and cable!

The wedding shower was lots of fun. Jenny was there, which was a big surprise when I picked up my Mom at the airport. They threw a really nice event with TONS of food and several fun games! It was nice having my Mom here too. We managed to buy me a dress for the rehearsal dinner (it's cute and casual) and find centerpieces! Plus we got her a super cute silver purse for her dress and did lots of shopping.

This weekend I am focusing mostly on packing, wedding stuff, and a little bit of "back to school" shopping. I need some new pants and tops, and maybe a skirt or two for fall/winter. I participated in a focus group for Lutheran World Relief this week that paid $100, so I've got some cash to finance my shopping spree! Should be fun!

I'm also hoping to get a pair of brown flats this fall. I LOVE that flats are in and there are two pairs that I really like. Maybe y'all could help me pick out which ones to get.

These are Luan from Naturalizer and are super cute! I love that they're tortoise shell which means they'd match both brown and black pants/skirts. But the price is higher, $60!

And there are these from Payless, though not the ones I originally thought. Cheaper, but not quite as cute. Thoughts?

Where on earth did August go?

I don't know, but it's already September and I'm getting married NEXT MONTH. People have said that to me and it is a little scary! I mean, sure it's seven weeks away, but it's next month!! Yikes.

So that's why I haven't been blogging. Too busy with other things online. Mostly wedding planning. I've been having fun with Craftster, which is an awesome website for crafty things. And I'm putting together a guest book with pictures using Shutterfly. It should be really neat once it's done, but getting it all online is time consuming!

Other than wedding things, I've been busy with work. It's only September, but I'm already having to figure out programs and stuff for January of next year!

And with September comes the beginning of new church stuff -- Confirmation and Young Adult Bible Study are starting up in a few weeks! Busy, busy!

Best of all, I'm having a Bridal Shower thrown for me this weekend. My mom is coming out from Wisconsin and we're going to do various wedding-y things on Monday. Should be a good time! I don't really know much of what is going on with the party, other than my sister is planning it and there will be games. Honestly, those parties wouldn't be much fun without games! And present opening -- good times!!