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I found the dress.

I'm alive!!!

Hello family, friends and well-wishers!! Just wanted to let you know... I'M ALIVE!! After a month and a half of taking my physics class I am finally (almost) finished. So I will have a lot more time to blog now. Tomorrow morning my family and I are leaving for the Outer Banks. So I may update on that during the week including more pictures!! My life was dull this last month so I didn't really have much to write about. When I said I went to work, went to school, came home and slept and woke up and did it again---I was serious. But now that that is over (YAY) I can focus on actually enjoying life again and planning out my weddin'.

Hope you're all having a great start to your weekend!!

Kbye.

The 1st Big Wedding Post

Ok Ok I get the message...I'm really bad at posting. I mean I've gotten into a one-post-a-week rut. However in my defense, I'm holding down a job plus night school three times a week. The other days I just want to sleep, so usually I just post on the days I have off from work. It's a lot harder than I thought because I'm not the best at managing my time, but I'm beginning to learn how to do so. Wedding planning has unfortunately slowed to accommodate my studies, but we can't hold it off too long because Ben will be in Jordan visiting his older brother for the second half of the summer. This past weekend Ben and I began looking at places we may want to register at. We may just get register-crazy because I bet picking things out that you want for your new house could have a snowball effect. So look forward to that.

But while the planning has slowed, the ideas have not (-sigh- the internet is such a wonderful invention). If you google the words "wedding pictures" you get 38,100,000 hits; meaning the ideas for our 2009 fiesta are endless, so be ready to party! I'll show you some of my favorites:

Here is a beautiful reception! I doubt we'll have one like this in an old house as there aren't many up here in Northern Virginia...

This reception seems a little more catered to our situation. Basically our surrounding area consists of: hotels. The bows on the backs of the chair seem a little much, but not something I couldn't get used to. Seems to be a big trend now.

These flowers are so pretty and I love the photography--also a big thing we are searching for right now.

I. Wish.

Beautiful cake!!

Cute picture :-)

That's all for now, just a few ideas I've been thinking about. Weddings are so much fun aren't they?

Kbye.

The week is half over!

So today I got the day off from work.... HALLO! After driving all the way to Manasty, VA. (thanks for the term, Julie) and back home, they told me I could have the day off. Needless to say, I've had a good time. I studied for my physics test (which is tomorrow), and caught up on some much needed sleep. I'm doing really well in my physics class so far, thanks to my posse of phythics-- or science--wizards (Ben, Tom, and Julie). Tonight I have that class from 4:30-9:45; isn't that a fun time slot? So, I should probably get on the road for that. Some day I hope to teach my children the fun and enjoyment I get from completing a physics problem.

Kbye.

2 thou-hundred

I can't believe people actually get mad at me for not being able to speak their language.

Just take that line in for a minute. Read it again, and process...

So here's the reason for my comment: Yesterday I had a lady actually yell at me (in Spanish) for not being able to communicate with her. I spent at least 10 minutes trying to convince her that "2 thou-hundred" is not a denomination. She could not request "2 thou-hundred" to withdraw. Is it 2 thousand? Or 2 hundred? Because that's a big difference. THEN after I finished what she wanted me to do and gave her her "2 thou-hundred" dollars, she gave me the dirtiest look and proceeded to move down to the next teller down the line. Are you serious?! You're going to come to the place where I work and not be able to communicate with me and then you're going to blame it on me like it's my fault I don't speak YOUR language???? Wow. As a personal note to said lady (even though I know she won't be able to READ THIS), "Thanks for the dirty look. It really made me feel good, and definitely got me in trouble at the end of the day."

Can you believe that!? I actually got in trouble for possibly causing her unhappiness...

I need a sticker that says "I love my job".

It's Time for an Update!! Geez..

Hello faithful readers. I enjoyed my half-week of free time last week and am now back to working already this summer. Where am I working you may ask? Let's just call it hell, I mean a bank. Sorry, freudian slip. It only helps to think sometimes that I'm just using them for their money (haha). So I have a few things I need to update you on:

On Saturday, mom kk and I went to David's Bridal to try on dresses (well they went to help me out). Sadly I must report that I did not find any there...but I found close to what I was sort of looking for. Maybe that will help. Who knows when we will go next; this summer is going to be so spontaneous it's going to be hard to get any wedding work done. I also tried on one of the most hideous dresses ever created to make a woman look particularly hideous on her wedding day. I actually had to think about including the picture for a while because it was so disgusting but as a disclaimer: my clothes don't normally fit me like this. But I thought it was too funny to pass up, please feel free to laugh. You can even see the look of disgust on my face. Perhaps if I had decided to walk down the aisle in this one, Ben would change his mind. And don't worry Ben, I promise I will not look like this.

So today at work I committed one of the major fashion faux-pas: I wore navy blue shoes with black pants to work!! I don't think anyone noticed--at least I hope not. But if they didn't it was worth it because I looked totally cute, if I do say so myself, in my pink argyle sweater and pearls. They were mom's shoes (because if you have another closet to choose from, your looks are endless!).

Also, Napoleon Dynamite's grandma visited me at the bank today!! She talked with that raspy voice and completely looked the part; I had to restrain myself from laughing and walk to the back when she was talking to her son on the phone.

So that's pretty much it. I'm sure I'll have more updates on the plethora of unusual people I meet at my job.

kbye

Girls' Weekend

Well, i did it. Exams are finally over!!! It's so exciting to not have to study anymore...at least for another couple of weeks until Physics starts up again. I stayed up all night last night studying for my exam today and finishing my paper. I think I did a pretty good job on both, if I do say so myself. I'm more awake now than I thought I'd be, but I'm expecting to crash pretty soon. Perhaps I should take a nap before I start packing to go home.

Although it's incredibly nice to be free of any more exams, I am starting to get sad about missing some of my friends this summer. Especially Hannah. She's transferring to UNC next year. At least it's not too far away to visit (which I definitely will be doing!) But hopefully I'll see her more often this summer than I think (especially for wedding stuff!!).

On Sunday a bunch of the girls got together at a local bed and breakfast (Maison Beliveau in Blacksburg--soo beautiful, here is their website) to celebrate being friends with Hannah before she transfers. It was also a nice way to see everyone before summer started. It was such a beautiful day, so the pictures turned out really nice. Honestly, the whole day was picturesque.

The girls enjoying a beautiful lunch under the grape arbor veranda:

I included this picture because it gives a really good view of the bed & breakfast in the background:

Just bein' sassy:

All of the girls together:

This picture is one of my favorites!

And here's a final picture of me and one of my best friends, Hannah:

After such a lovely weekend, I really couldn't complain about studying for exams too much. Well I guess I'd better get to packing up so I can go home tomorrow! Ideally, I will keep up with the blogging more now that my life will be getting so much more exciting during the summer! (Can you say wedding planning??)

Kbye.