time is tickin' away

wow. the big day is only seven days away. this time next week i will be heading out of my reception as a married woman. sometimes i can hardly believe this is really happening to me. every girl dreams of her wedding and is planning for years (even before the boyfriend) and it's finally coming true for me. what a blessing. people keep asking if i'm nervous or stressed and really i'm not. there are only a few more items to buy for the ceremony and i'm pretty much packed and ready to move the final boxes into the new apartment. my honeymoon suitcase is full and ready to go to barbados :) so definitely no stress. and i know nick is who God has had in mind for me since i was born. i've been thinking about the times in my front yard out under the big tree when i thought "i wonder what my future husband is doing right now, maybe he's on the other side of the world". he really was! and living a completely different life from me in many ways. but here we are, we found each other and complement one another so well. he treats me like a princess and i couldn't ask for anything more. so here go my last few days as a single woman...i can't wait for the next chapter of my life!

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i feel pretty...oh so pretty...

today i had my trial run of my hair and makeup. boy was it fun. i realized i'd never had anyone else do my makeup and a professional made it even better! after i paid $80 for what i thought was going to be a free consultation (or at least half price) i was a little bummed. but after i took pictures of myself so i can show the lady next time and to get second opinions from my friends i was in much better spirits. you see, i wear the least amount of makeup possible. i mean, my "foundation" is just a liquid powder and i really can't even tell when i have it on. so being this done up was a treat. of course it didn't look like glamour shots up close or anything, (you know, the 5 inch mask they put on those folks, no wonder they look so hot - the artist just built them a new face) but when i looked at the pictures i felt like it was a new me in that little camera of mine. the first thought that came to my mind was "i really can be a timberwolves dancer!". this may seem odd to some of you reading, so allow me to explain. you see i plan on trying out to be one of minnesota's nba basketball team dancers and i wondered if i would make the physical appearance cut mentioned in the tryout details. after seeing what i look like with real make up i know i can make the cut ;) now to work on the athletic appearance and ability...

rain rain go away

it has rained for the past week straight! well it seems like it atleast. every morning i wake up to rain and think to myself, "how can there be anymore rain up there?" today the sun came out for a bit and i was so excited. i was at nick and i's new apartment and decided to head home then since it was clear. as soon as i walked outside it started sprinkling again and then it got a little harder. soon i realized it was one of those rains that suddenly becomes a downpour. i only had a block and a half to walk, and it didn't take long for the sheets of rain to begin. and following that was hail! i haven't run that fast in a long time! i'm just praying all the rain comes now and in two weeks there is none left so i can have a beautiful wedding day. two weeks! that's all that's left. how did it come so quickly? i still have a few little things to do and at least once a day i freak out that nothing will get finished, but nick is great with pep talks and i make it through. i'm really excited about the reception because the lady taking care of it will do a fantastic job, but im a little nervous about how the decorations at the ceremony will turn out. the budget has been spent, but it is outdoors and it doesn't need too much. i just can't visualize it in my head is the problem i think. well it's back to packing. kinda. i have to go through all my education stuff and figure out what i really need and what i'm just clinging on to. not much room in the new apartment with both of our stuff :)

wild and crazy kids

nick's parents have arrived and things have been insane ever since. first, i got lost on my way to the airport picking them up. now, i have been to the airport numerous times and using several different routes, but when i got into the car i realized i had never done the driving. i did not trust myself with the directions i had recalled and got turned around quite a bit and later almost hit by a car - and when i went to put on the breaks my foot missed! who does that? so i used my mad swerving skills ;) come to find out several people have gotten mixed up in the same place because they have finished the years of construction in that area finally. that is only a portion of the story of that night i will spare you the rest of my adventure. yesterday was a frenzy of shopping in which the end result was fabulous, but the process was killer. nick's parents bought our bed which is put together, his brother and church in italy purchased all of our dinnerware, we exchanged some of our wine glasses to make complete sets, and nick and i bought the rest of our bedroom suite (dresser and night stands). our house is ready to go! well as far as the big things go. being around nick's family is reminding me of all the things that need to be done before the big day. it's stressing me out! i have been calm all along and i know things will get finished, but his family seems to make everything so stressful. it's like everything is an emergency and yet they can never decide on what they should do. i'm just glad they won't be this close to us for the whole month. just through graduation and then they'll come back later. glory! :)

mexican sunday

what a fantastic weekend - and it's not complete yet. yesterday i had a "real saturday" again. this means i was able to sleep until i was no longer tired instead of my alarm commanding me to rise and attend class or a bridal shower (this has been the case for several weeks). normally after a few hours of wasting time i bring myself to do some homework, but there was no need for that. i only have to take one final and give a presentation on tuesday and who really does anything on saturday that is due on tuesday? i spent the rest of the day watching the entire third disc of the first season of friends with nick, dinner with megan, and "just married" with dawn. today was church of course, but on the way home the weather was out of control. in the 20 minute drive we encountered freezing rain, rain, snow, rain and clear skies (in that order). it's may for cryin out loud! what the heck? then it was the last sunday day of tacos at nick's apartment. :( it has become tradition to make tacos (we fry the shells and everything) with nick's roommates and chrissy. since nick and andre are moving this week and chrissy will be in her new apartment it was our last supper together as a family. and after watching the national geographic channel for a few hours i was invited to eat enchiladas at lydia's during extreme makeover home edition. it's just a mexican sunday! i suppose we could say it's an early celebration of cinco de mayo :)