wedding

Kieren is getting married in a month and a half.

I can hardly wait.

love.

Whats new?

So whats new?

Im doing the Panhellenic thing now... and I love it. It's so much easier than my last position at ADPi (MEVP), I get paid, have more free time, the prestige that comes along with the title, the chance to make a difference in the community, the opportunity to be a leader and positive role model for other sorority women, etc. Basically so far so good. I have already- had the deans list ad designed and printed in the daily wildcat and made a 27 page academic resource manual for all 4 councils (PHC, IFC, NPHC, and USFC). Starting next week I will be having one on one meetings with the scholarship chairs from Panhellenic and begin planning the 4.0 banquet with Graham from IFC. Its going to be awesome!

ADPi is... fabulous but I'm just having a few rough parts. I think once we get into the swing this semester I will be fine. Maybe it's because this is our first week of chapter and now we're finally all back together.

School is good. Im only taking 12 units, and they're all on tuesday and thursday. Fabulous. Nothing to special about the classes tho- I'm just trying to finish up some electives now that I am done with degree number one.

Friends are great. Still love living with Poolsie, and missing brunette number 1 a ton. But good news is that we will all be reunited next weekend at my moms big 50th birthday party!!! But back to Poolsie- it's nice to have a friend I know that I can count on in the good times and bad. :] and I am so glad I will get to live with her for another year and become even closer. Nic Nak is fabulous. We still don't spend as much time together as I would like (I guess that is what you can expect when 2 people who are as busy as we are, don't live together), but whenever we are together its like we never parted. She is such a good, old friend and I am glad Im still so close with her. 9 years... wow.

Family... not so good. UE has been in the ICU for 2 weeks now. His lung collapsed 2 weeks ago- that, plus a mixture of the phenomonia, and lung cancer they diagnosed today- is not good. They'll be discussing more surgery options tomorrow... so we'll see where that goes. I've been home both weekends, but won't be able to go back this weekend. What IS nice is that I will be going home next weekend for my moms birthday party- and will be there Friday-Monday.

Speaking of the party... its going to be INCREDIBLE. I am going to wait to be able to past pictures with the blog... so I'll let the suspense build.

As far as the boy goes... literally all of our friends are breaking up. Todd and Britt started dating 2 weeks before us and broke up a few days ago. So that has me a little on edge. And then today I realized- what if while Dustin is helping Todd recover, from what I can only imagine is sheer devastation, he starts to see the single life as something fabulous? I get that whatever happens, happens- and that God has a plan. BUT, losing Dustin is something I can't even begin to consider. But I guess that's what love is all about. Putting your faith in someone and taking the chance. :]

He is my person.

Well I am going to go for now.

faith.

Winter Break

So I am nearing the end of winter break. tear. BUT it's always exciting to start a new semester.

This winter break has been absolutely incredible. Let me pick up where I left off.

So after Dustin and I came back from Flagstaff we did Christmas gift exchange with my family (Dustin/my family gifts not my gifts for my family). Then Dustin, my mom, and I went to see Avatar (it was alright).

He left on Christmas eve and I spend the day with my family.

Christmas Day was wonderful, as always. This year we had Sarah, Brandons girl friend, joining us. For Christmas I got a Forever 21 giftcard, a new double breasted pea coat, a blow drier, fishing pole, scarf, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas on DVD, cute ballet flats, an amazing robe, a bowling ball and bowling shoes from Uncle Eric, and much more. :]

My family all enjoyed the gifts I gave them which included Vans and a new Joe doll for my brother (to replace the one I ripped), "The Sprinkler Guy" stuff for my dad, workout shoes, a bunch of different things for the kitchen (including new glasses, flour canisters, dish drier, etc.), a workout DVD, and more. I got my uncle a NPR map and made him a picture frame, and my grandfather a grandparents journal where he can write down past memories of his childhood, marriage with nana, etc.- as well as give me advice for the future.

Uncle Eric came over around 11 and stayed until around 2. It is always nice to spend time with him. :]

Grandfather and Sally came over for dinner/lunch which was nice because we didn't think Grandfather was going to be able to make it over (he had gotten sick on his vacation). It was especially nice because I was able to actually have a conversation with Grandfather without Sally interrupting (Thanks to mom and dad for keeping her occupied).

The rest of the day was lovely. I got to see the Reeds before leaving for California which I did on the 28th.

San Diego-

Some of the big events included, New Years eve with Dustin and his friends at Dustins house(31st), snowboarding at Bear Mountain(29th), Playing games with Dustin and Jan, having lunch with Judge and Mrs. Harelson, the Holiday Bowl (30th), strolling around this fancy mall, and just spending time together.

Having small breaks from one another makes our time together that much more special and makes me realize how much I love him and what a huge part he is in my life.

When I got back from Cali I had lunch with Brunette 1 and 2. Most wonderful. We also did some math and figured out we have monthly visits planned for at least the rest of the semester. Wonderful. :] Love them.

I went shopping with my mom and her friend Susan, fun. And we saw Nine (the Chicago like movie- it was good but I like Chicago better). My mom and I got into a pretty bad fight about nothing (but then got over it and went to Church together). We bowled with Uncle Eric (I'm going again tomorrow :]).

My mom was in the hospital for the last 24 hours (we thought she was having a heart attack). They ran a bunch of tests on her and they concluded they think her arm being numb is just a flare-up of the arthritis in her neck. So thats good that there isn't anything going on with her heart.

I've been helping out around the house to get ready for moms birthday party... only 1 month from today! Which also, today would have been Nanas birthday. :]

Umm.. I think thats all that has been going on. But don't let that fool you- I have been just as busy as I am when I am in Tucson. Oh! I applied for a job at The Cheesecake Factory (I hate cheesecake. haha). So we'll see what happens with that. Shannon (Dustins 1/2 sister gave me a reference).

Alright well that is all for now.

new year.