Summertime Blues

Yep, that's right. I've definitely got the summertime blues. I am HOT, TIRED, and work is NOT my main focus right now. I would much rather be spending my time out at the lake or here planning my WEDDING instead of sweating at Turtle Bay. I have come to realize over the summer that scrubbing bird poop off of everything-including myself-is not as fun as I had thought it might be.... What has inspired this rant you ask? I just pulled a couple of extra days for one of my friendly coworkers and just had my schedule changed so that I am covering some more days for her. I just keep telling myself "Man, that check with those full days of overtime is sure gonna be nice!"

Anyway, now that that is outta my system, everything else is going super well. As far as the wedding...As you probably now, I got the invites sent out! And we've already started to get responses back, hooray!! We chose the flowers (a lovely wildflower-ish coral-ish, blue-ish, white-ish assortment with roses, delphinium, daisies, and all kinds of other beautiful flowers), the cake (white with fudge filling and buttercream frosting in a theme matching the invitations) and my dress is done with its alterations and cleaning! Oh and I also found some lovely shoes (you know me, I'm all about the shoes!) As far as the food...Dubes Deli is leading the pack of places we've tried for catering. Their barbecued pork ribs, teriyaki chicken, and grilled tri-tip are absolutely fantastic. We have one more place to try-The Sausage Factory-but unless their food is simply AMAZING and their attitudes drastically improve, I think Dubes may be the place we get our food from!

I am a little nervous about the week before the wedding though. Somehow I got conned into going to the dentist for a cleaning (gosh, what was I thinking letting people talk me into that??!!) and they found out I needed a crown to finish off my root canal (getting the crown hasn't been so bad yet, of course I've only got a temporary right now and have to go back in three weeks for the permanent), I have two cavities that need attention (naturally they are on opposite sides of my mouth), and I HAVE to have my wisdom teeth removed on October 1st. That is only 10 days before the wedding!! How did I ever let them talk me into this (insurance-we've finally got it!)? Is 10 days enough time to recover from this? They said that because my wisdom teeth haven't broken through my gums yet and since they aren't rooted in my jaw bone yet it should be easy and relatively painfree. I still opted for a heavy dose of vallium though (is one pill really enough??). Wish me luck!

Anyway, have a good Labor Day weekend y'all!

Better Together

Guess what, guess what!!! I'm ENGAGED to be MARRIED!!!! I am SO EXCITED!!!! :D Joe asked me to marry him on July 3 after we were walking back to the house from the river! I, of course, said yes!! AHH!! I am so happy and excited!! And then he asked me again two days later and got down on his knees AND gave me a beautiful diamond ring.
And you know what, I haven't hurt it or my finger yet. :) So when is the big day?? October 11, of this year. Less than two months away!! Oh my gosh, I've got so much stuff to do! Planning a wedding definitely takes more work than what they show in the movies...But you know what, we've got the spot, the invites, and my dress, so it is all good.
I am so happy because I am so much better when we're together. Love ya, Joe.