Yes I'm Around

Been a while, hasn't it? Quick recap of my last three weeks:

We mvoed the last weekend in February to a condo that's a little smaller than our townhouse was, but the rent stayed the same, we're not being charged for the kitties, AND (bonus!) we're a Hell of a lot closer to work, church, and our families than we were before. We're really seeing Sebs' personality come out, too. In the old house it was really HIS home. It smelled like Paulie everywhere, so who could blame him for not feeling like it was his? He hid under the bed ALL THE TIME. In fact, in the week we've lived here, I think I've seen him more than in the two and a half months we had him while living at the old place.

I've got some posts to write about stuff I've been thinking about, thanks to our sermon series on the Spiritual Disciplines. It's been awesome, and has really given me (and, I assume, the rest of my church) a LOT of food for thought.

Our youth group's 30 Hour Famine is this weekend. It's basically a 30 hour period where we fast to bring recognition to the fact that BILLIONS of people are starving in the world. On Friday night, we're going to the City Museum and on Saturday we're doing a lot of service projects. Such a fun activity, and it's a great way for our kids to learn about poverty throughout the world.

My job is going well. Those kids have me laughing everyday, and it's awesome. Like little J yesterday who started singing "Pants on the ground, pants on the ground." Ha. Or K who is our "problem child" but her biggest problem is just that sometimes she doesn't listen, and she is soooo cuddly! Or another K, who will give you a big big bear hug, and then when you say "Mouse hug" will wrap her arms around you for half a second. Don't get me wrong, I'm still looking for a teaching job for the fall, but I'm loving this while I'm waiting.

That's all for now because I have to go to work. (Yay.) I'll catch up with you all later!

Time to Enter Into Adulthood

It's moving day! Today and tomorrow, J and I will be working on moving out of my parents' house and his family's house into our own townhouse. It's all very exciteing and new and scary and all of the above. If you've entered into this phase of life already, you know what I mean.

I'm more excited than ever about Wedding Day. I had three wedding nightmares last night. Yes, three. (I visited some old friends and they had me talking about it for three hours, so I think I had wedding on the brain.) But before I woke from each one, there was a time when J and I would look at each other and call each other "husband" or "wife." in one dream, he picked me up and twirled me afterwards (which is TOTALLY not something J would do) and I just felt so elated.

Sorry, I'm a broken record. I know I've blogged about that before. Hee hee. I'm just soooooo excited!

Anyway, this weekend will be a busy one and we won't have internet at our place for a while (GASP, I know!), so my blogging will probably be few and far between for a while. We're hoping to get internet and cable hooked up by the end of January, once I'm working more and have a more stable income. But don't worry, I will keep you all updated.

For now, MERY CHRISTMAS!!!

Woo hoo!!

I am officially done with school. I turned in my final paperwork on Friday and I found out that I'll probably be getting a check in January for as much as $329!! My housing deposit should all be returned to me as I have never torn up a room or left it a crazy mess. Woo hoo! I spent most of last week moving out of my campus house. This wasn't hard for me, but it was quite a feat to move out my roommate, best friend, and maid of honor Jen. She and her daughter Makenzie have lived in that house since the end of our sophomore year (2006), and she is a pack rat. Oh, man. That was a lot of packing and a lot of late nights/early mornings trying to get her out of the house by our 4:30 deadline on Friday. She didn't make it. And then she found out that our RD isn't even there this weekend because of a family emergency. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? We stressed out about getting her out on Friday for NOTHING??? Grr... Oh, well. She moved back in with her mom, which means a lot of furniture is currently in storage to be moved into J's and my new townhouse. SHe needs somewhere inexpensive to store her stuff and we need our townhosue to not look freaking empty, so it's a win-win deal.

Now that school is over, Jen and I can actually sit down and start planning my bridal shower. She keeps asking me questions about what I want to do and a lot of my answers are, "I don't care." Ha ha. I'm pretty easy going. She's throwing me a recipe shower, where everyone prepares a dish and then brings it, the recipe, and something you need to make it (as the gift). I got the idea off of STLWed a few months back and I thought it was genius. J and I have an astonishing amount of those little gadgets on our registry, so people don't have to buy us our pots or whatever right off the bat. Like, if the recipe calls for a baster or whatever they can get us that. I'm getting real excited, though, especially because the color scheme is what I wanted for the wedding but didn't do 'cause that was one of the things J expressed an opinion on, so I caved. :-) I'm such a good fiancee, aren't I??

I can't believe how fast time is flying by. My school countdown is over, I have 3 days till moving day, and we get married in 2 months and 29 days. Ha. I only know that last one because yesterday was exactly 3 months. :-D

J and I drove down to Memphis this weekend to spend some time with my stepfamily. I haven't been down there in about 6 years and I can't believe how big my youngest cousin has gotten! SHe's 13 now. Holy moly. J and I went to a HUUUUUUGE church on Sunday morning and heard a nice sermon about slowing down and remembering time to reflect on Jesus and rememberring time to enjoy with our families. Slow down amidst all your planning and shopping and just enjoy everryone's company. He used the story of Mary and Martha to illustrate the point, and I loved that correlation. We heard our own pastor preach on Mary and Martha a few months back and I enjoyed hearing the story again from a different approach.

I guess that is all for now. I should post again before CHristmas, but just in case it isn't a substantial one, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I'm movin' out!

Jerome and I found a place today. We're moving in on December 18. Woo hoo! If you can believe it, it's in West Pointe, which is the same complex he lived with his cousin David (the one who took his life in March). We scored a 2 bedroom, 1100sq. ft. townhome for $642/mo. yes, you read that right. I'm stoked. I can't wait to live with him. And very shortly after that, I'll be his WIFE!! yay!

Address will be given out to those who need it. (What, you really think I'm dumb enough to put it on the internet??)