I have never been big on counting down to things. Christmas, maybe. And even then not until about a week before, and I count how many sleeps, not how many days. So, when people ask me (in really high-pitched excited voices) "How many days until your wedding!!!?" I simply say "uhhhhhhhh ... about a month?"
So today, Paul and I were talking and I got excited when he announced that there is less than 4 weeks until we get married. Then we decided to figure out how many days there were until our wedding. "Okay, so what day is it today?" "The 27th" "No, isn't it the 28th?" "Oh yeah, no wait" "Okay, Sunday was the 25th" "Oh right, so Monday the 26th" "Tuesday the 27th" "Wednesday the 28th" "Is today Wednesday?" "Yeah" "Okay so it is the 28th" "Right" "Okay, so what were we trying to do?" "Count down to our wedding" "Oh Yeah" "And we're getting married on the 21st" "Duh" "So that's at least 21 days" "Uh huh" "Plus, 31-28" "Okay, so that's ... " "When was the last time you took a math class?" "Uh, high school, but seriously, we can do simple subtraction" "Okay so 3 days in October, and 21 in November" "That's 24" "24 days until we get married!" "Wow, that was hard" ...
10.28.2009
10.09.2009
YES!
I love registering for classes. I found out today that I could see the BYU class schedules and have spent the last 3 hours (in addition to 2 hours at work) perusing all of the classes, making tentative schedules and coordinating with Paul. I love it. Registering is probably my favorite part of school. :D
10.06.2009
PS
I am getting the travel bug again. Annie's going to London next semester and I am jealous. And Dr. C/Don/D. Chap is my ELANG teacher this semester and always mentions our study abroad 2 summers ago. AND I met a Chinese guy at work and he was so nice and friendly. AND my roommate is taking Chinese. AND I just looked at pictures from China and just plain miss it. So yeah, I have the travel bug.
Feeling Bloggy
So this weekend I again realized that I am NOT a morning person. I hate waking up early and if I do I am tired until mid-afternoon. Then, even though I woke up really early, I don't want to go to bed when it comes time. I'd rather stay up and do all of the things that I can't justify doing during the day when I feel like I should be productive. These are things like blogging, looking at my photographers pictures, looking at wedding cakes, playing games, making lists, perusing other peoples' wedding photos to get ideas, etc. And tonight is one of those nights.
So what to blog about? Oh wait, duh ... W. E. D. D. I. N. G.
Plans are going really well. I have my dress, I have my invitations ready to be addressed and sent out, I have a reception venue, I have a photographer, I have a hair appointment, I have plane tickets and I'm going home next weekend, I have a mother at home who is basically doing all of the reception decorating and details, and a mother-in-law-to-be and sister-in-law-to-be taking care of everything that needs to be done in Boise, I have a honeymoon planned, I have registered for gifts, I have an apartment to move into, I have Paul.
Speaking of Paul, I never actually gave any details about our story. Done.
How we met:
Paul and I met last September (2008). We had a class together and we sat in the same general area (in the back, of course). Paul remembers that on the first day of class he noticed my hair. I remember stealing his seat (in the back row) a few classes later. We got to talking during class and eventually made a deal that whoever did worse on the next test should owe the other person ice cream. Days of flirting went by until finally Paul suggested hanging out on Halloween. The "hang out" date flopped when Paul's friends decided to watch a movie instead of going out, and he called me to apologize. I reminded him that he owed me ice cream and asked if he could take me out the next day. He agreed, and voila.
Dating:
After a few dates Paul and I were "official". We fell fast for each other cuz we're just so darn compatible! After school got out in December, Paul came to Oregon to visit me. Then I visited Provo before I left for China. And we talked on the phone every day. 3 months in China were rough, and I think we broke up before I left, but I guess not because we talked everyday and called each other boyfriend and girlfriend. I got sent home early, so Paul got to come visit me in Portland before he left for Kiev for a month. Even after all the distance and time apart, we had become closer and fell more in love. awwwwww. Once Paul got back from Kiev, it was a matter of visits and phone calls until July.
How we got engaged:
Paul came to Oregon for the Ragnar Relay in July. We had a blast and shortly after we drove to Paul's home in Boise on our way back to Provo. This is where is happened. One day (July 31st) we decided to go to the mall because I had a gift card that was about to expire. As we walked through we kept seeing jewelry stores. We had already talked about getting engaged and I had told Paul that I wanted him to pick out the ring, but wondered if he didn't need a little help and encouragement. So, we went into Zales for a bit and I answered all of Paul's many questions. Being the curious girl that I am, I asked him later if he had ever been into any of those stores. Not being able to keep ANY secrets, he told me he had. After some friendly prying I figured out that he already had a ring! And that he had been trying to trick me into thinking that he didn't so I would be surprised. tsk tsk. Anyways, that did it for Paul and he knew that he had to ask me that night. We drove up to Bogus Basin to go star gazing. We got there just as the sun was going down and hiked a little up the trail to watch the sun set. All the while, Paul was being as cute as ever. Once it got dark we grabbed the guitar and went to watch the stars. It was a beautiful place. I suspected he would ask, but when we were both yawning and it was getting cold, I sighed and guessed that it wasn't happening that night. We walked back to the car, and put the guitar in the back. As I was about to close the door Paul stopped me. "Can I ask you a question?" And there he went, down on his knee. I was so excited and made him get up to give me a hug! Of course I said yes. He is the best thing ever.
So there you go. Like I said, the plans are going really well. It was nice to have all of August to get everything under control and now everything is falling into place. I get excited about every little thing related to my wedding. eek!
All right, so that was officially dumb of me to stay up. I have a HUGE list of things to do and a busy day tomorrow. Oh well.
So what to blog about? Oh wait, duh ... W. E. D. D. I. N. G.
Plans are going really well. I have my dress, I have my invitations ready to be addressed and sent out, I have a reception venue, I have a photographer, I have a hair appointment, I have plane tickets and I'm going home next weekend, I have a mother at home who is basically doing all of the reception decorating and details, and a mother-in-law-to-be and sister-in-law-to-be taking care of everything that needs to be done in Boise, I have a honeymoon planned, I have registered for gifts, I have an apartment to move into, I have Paul.
Speaking of Paul, I never actually gave any details about our story. Done.
How we met:
Paul and I met last September (2008). We had a class together and we sat in the same general area (in the back, of course). Paul remembers that on the first day of class he noticed my hair. I remember stealing his seat (in the back row) a few classes later. We got to talking during class and eventually made a deal that whoever did worse on the next test should owe the other person ice cream. Days of flirting went by until finally Paul suggested hanging out on Halloween. The "hang out" date flopped when Paul's friends decided to watch a movie instead of going out, and he called me to apologize. I reminded him that he owed me ice cream and asked if he could take me out the next day. He agreed, and voila.
Dating:
After a few dates Paul and I were "official". We fell fast for each other cuz we're just so darn compatible! After school got out in December, Paul came to Oregon to visit me. Then I visited Provo before I left for China. And we talked on the phone every day. 3 months in China were rough, and I think we broke up before I left, but I guess not because we talked everyday and called each other boyfriend and girlfriend. I got sent home early, so Paul got to come visit me in Portland before he left for Kiev for a month. Even after all the distance and time apart, we had become closer and fell more in love. awwwwww. Once Paul got back from Kiev, it was a matter of visits and phone calls until July.
How we got engaged:
Paul came to Oregon for the Ragnar Relay in July. We had a blast and shortly after we drove to Paul's home in Boise on our way back to Provo. This is where is happened. One day (July 31st) we decided to go to the mall because I had a gift card that was about to expire. As we walked through we kept seeing jewelry stores. We had already talked about getting engaged and I had told Paul that I wanted him to pick out the ring, but wondered if he didn't need a little help and encouragement. So, we went into Zales for a bit and I answered all of Paul's many questions. Being the curious girl that I am, I asked him later if he had ever been into any of those stores. Not being able to keep ANY secrets, he told me he had. After some friendly prying I figured out that he already had a ring! And that he had been trying to trick me into thinking that he didn't so I would be surprised. tsk tsk. Anyways, that did it for Paul and he knew that he had to ask me that night. We drove up to Bogus Basin to go star gazing. We got there just as the sun was going down and hiked a little up the trail to watch the sun set. All the while, Paul was being as cute as ever. Once it got dark we grabbed the guitar and went to watch the stars. It was a beautiful place. I suspected he would ask, but when we were both yawning and it was getting cold, I sighed and guessed that it wasn't happening that night. We walked back to the car, and put the guitar in the back. As I was about to close the door Paul stopped me. "Can I ask you a question?" And there he went, down on his knee. I was so excited and made him get up to give me a hug! Of course I said yes. He is the best thing ever.
So there you go. Like I said, the plans are going really well. It was nice to have all of August to get everything under control and now everything is falling into place. I get excited about every little thing related to my wedding. eek!
All right, so that was officially dumb of me to stay up. I have a HUGE list of things to do and a busy day tomorrow. Oh well.
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