My brain is all fuzzy today, and I'm going to write the better part of a dissertation chapter today. Wonder how that will go ...
Tonight FI and I have gaming, probably for the last Friday this semester. Knit baby afghan. Try to find something on my Netflix queue that wouldn't be completely embarrassing to watch in front of other people. Maybe I've got some documentaries or something.
Tomorrow is the sanctioned college student drinking festival in town, which is way more obnoxious than you think. Everyone within a 10 mile radius will know all about it ... we're staying in at my place. Clean and pack, clean and pack, sort and clean and pack, try to ignore the loud-ass music, clean and pack. I'm some distance away and I'll know all about the party all day long.
Sunday we're trying a new church out. FI and I haven't found a church home (we share the same faith), and a pastor who knew me well in college had a couple suggestions we haven't tried yet. Further good news: she's agreed to officiate my wedding!! Her church was the only one I ever felt at "home" at, but it got weird for me to be going to church with college students when I was a lot older than many of them.
Anyway, May the 4th also means it is Star Wars Day, and FI has gaming with my BFF/MOH in the PNW via Skype, so I'll have one of those "OMG I'm getting married and you're my MOH and life is amazing" moments with her, then head upstairs with my laptop, Star Wars DVDs, and boxes to start packing up FI's things upstairs. Clean and pack, clean and pack ...
Also, my DAD has had "our song" picked out since I was a child. "Little Miss Magic" by Jimmy Buffett.
I have to work today & tomorrow, which I know shocks everyone.
BF's best friend & her husband are coming to visit. I'm like, 73.6% sure that she's bringing the ring with her. (Her dad is the jeweler BF is going through, they're both in NJ, WHY ship it if she's coming here?)
And that's about it.
ETA: Best friend isn't coming this weekend. Next weekend instead. I got my nails done yesterday for NOTHING. Sigh.
@buddysmom80 and @lapeanut108, I'm jealous too, my dress is also not in until July. I am really looking forward (and slightly nervous) to see how it looks when it actually fits, I hated trying to envision dresses through all that clamping business! Hooopefully it won't look like a sack in the right size...
Those of you whose dads are sending them dance songs, that's so cool!! I'm close to my dad in the sense that we love each other a lot, but we have nothing in common and don't talk much. He has shown zero interest in the wedding and I can't really even picture him dancing. The only song I've imagined using is God Only Knows by the Beach Boys. We listened to them a ton when I was growing up, on vacations and on the boat. Unfortunately the song does kinda remind me a little bit of that polygamy tv show where it was the theme song, but at least that was a few years ago now (I think.. that's not still a show, is it?)
@Hummingbird125, I hope you love the venue too! It's such a huge relief to get that part out of the way. I was going absolutely BSC looking for a venue because most places were either way too pricey or already booked for the time of year we were looking for. Once we finally booked I felt like I could breathe again.
Tonight I'm doing nothing as usual. Is it sad I look forward to Friday afternoons because I get to come home and do NOTHING? Tomorrow I'm getting my nails done with my friend and maybe getting some Mother's Day gifts. Sunday I am trying on wedding dresses with my MOH and BM
@goldenpenguin - That sucks! I was reading that and was thinking "Yay! It will happen soon!" until I got to the ETA. Boo
This weekend is going to be so busy. Next week is the last week before finals, so all of my end of the year projects are due. And one professor sprung a surprise one on me, so that sucks. I'll be spending all weekend working on those and not doing fun things.
BF is working almost all weekend (not that I'd be able to see him anyway...) but his 21st birthday is Sunday. I have zero clue about what to get him. He knows this and expects it from me now as I always do this. We already had his family birthday dinner, which is good because his dad and brother will be out of town and his mom is currently in the hospital (nothing major and should be out by tomorrow at the latest) so she probably wouldn't feel up to it. I'm going to try and take him out to dinner to our favorite Mexican restaurant. Or at least find one with really good margaritas as that's what alcohol he wants first.
@peaseblossom55 I'm not a fan of your dad's choice either- the words yes, but I get what you mean about it sounding dated.
I'll be trying to think of a good classic rock song for me and my dad. Although I don't know if there's any with quite the right words..? we both want it to be emotional. I've got plenty of time to think about it though.
Tonight, BF and I are picking up his car! Finally! It only took a month and a half (and apparently the insurance company hasn't paid for the repairs yet, but sent a notice to the dealership that they will be paying soon and to release the car). Yay happy dance! I get my car back (that I have an unhealthy obsession with...seriously I stare at it a lot....but it looks so cool and I'm so proud of it because I bought it on my own with no cosigners brand new right out of college), and BF gets his back, which means we won't have to spend as much time together when one of us needs to go somewhere. That's a good thing, because now I can go in early and leave early without having to wait around (and be stuck at work for 10 hours!). After that, we will probably go home, drink wine, eat dinner, clean a little, and watch tv.
Tomorrow, BF and I are going apartment/condo hunting downtown, and then staying overnight in an awesome hotel. We will probably go out to the local bars and/or clubs and go wild because we both had crazy weeks.
Sunday, we might look at a few more places downtown, and then go back to our current place and clean more and relax.
BF majorly improved our Friday night with cupcakes and wine! I really should be washing a huge pile of dishes but instead I am sitting on the couch drinking wine. YAY!
Re: FRIDAY!!!!
@irishdreamer happy early birthday!
@dignity100 I looked at the lyrics damn work block you tube. What a cute song!!
BF's best friend & her husband are coming to visit. I'm like, 73.6% sure that she's bringing the ring with her. (Her dad is the jeweler BF is going through, they're both in NJ, WHY ship it if she's coming here?)
- I'm sitting here pouting now.
@buddysmom80 and @lapeanut108, I'm jealous too, my dress is also not in until July. I am really looking forward (and slightly nervous) to see how it looks when it actually fits, I hated trying to envision dresses through all that clamping business! Hooopefully it won't look like a sack in the right size...
Those of you whose dads are sending them dance songs, that's so cool!! I'm close to my dad in the sense that we love each other a lot, but we have nothing in common and don't talk much. He has shown zero interest in the wedding and I can't really even picture him dancing. The only song I've imagined using is God Only Knows by the Beach Boys. We listened to them a ton when I was growing up, on vacations and on the boat. Unfortunately the song does kinda remind me a little bit of that polygamy tv show where it was the theme song, but at least that was a few years ago now (I think.. that's not still a show, is it?)
Tonight, BF and I are picking up his car! Finally! It only took a month and a half (and apparently the insurance company hasn't paid for the repairs yet, but sent a notice to the dealership that they will be paying soon and to release the car). Yay happy dance! I get my car back (that I have an unhealthy obsession with...seriously I stare at it a lot....but it looks so cool and I'm so proud of it because I bought it on my own with no cosigners brand new right out of college), and BF gets his back, which means we won't have to spend as much time together when one of us needs to go somewhere. That's a good thing, because now I can go in early and leave early without having to wait around (and be stuck at work for 10 hours!). After that, we will probably go home, drink wine, eat dinner, clean a little, and watch tv.
Tomorrow, BF and I are going apartment/condo hunting downtown, and then staying overnight in an awesome hotel. We will probably go out to the local bars and/or clubs and go wild because we both had crazy weeks.
Sunday, we might look at a few more places downtown, and then go back to our current place and clean more and relax.
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