BBQ

I had a very relaxing weekend after a very hectic week. It hit the right balance between socializing and zoning out on the couch.  Friday afternoon, I did crazy weight training, I don’t know if it helped but I am still sore. J and I also went to a friend’s house for a BBQ and I took my summer corn salad.  One of our friends had set up a Wii so we played Wii most of the night. Although I had started out weak, by the end of night I was a major contender. J and I ended the night by meeting up some friends and playing pool.

Saturday, J and I went to register at Macy’s because my mom’s friends think I should register there. They actually have a pretty good registry program and they have nice discounts for registry completion as well! While we were there  J found a suit that he loved and we ended up buying his wedding suit as well. His suit is a greyish brown color; an artsy name for it would be “slate”.  I’m happy he found a suit and that he is actually excited to wear it. Sat night we had to go to another BBQ/Baby shower and I made another batch of my corn salad, only this time it was a huge hit and some people didn’t event get to try it.

I also had a cucumber/vodka drink that was amazing. According to the drink’s creator, it has Vodka, cucumber juice, lime juice, mint and ginger and I’m determined to recreate this soon. We also played Bocci in the dark and our hosts had set up their Wii on the lawn and a giant screen, so we played even more Wii.  Wheeeeee

Sunday, I relaxed and studied a little for a test and I also bought a cute brown dress. Overall, it was a fantastic weekend. Now its back to the grind of work and stressing for school.

Weight

I have been working out fairly regularly , just trying to get in shape for the wedding. Have I lost any weight? Nooooooooooooo

Do I feel skinnier? yesssss What does this mean? I don’t know. I ‘m so frustrated about this.

Finals

Grrr….I am so stressed right now about finals. Plus when I get this stressed, things seem to go south between J and I too because neither of us handles stress very well. However after a rather difficult week, we have patched things up and come to several compromises. Lets hope we can stick to them.

Wedding plans are coming along. I’ve been procrastinating on making Save The Dates for a long time ,but I think after my finals, I will just have to *do the damn things*

Our guest list seems to be growing by the day. I really don’t mind, because most of the people I haven’t seen in a long time and they are old family friends who have watched me grow up. I don’t know whats going on with my inlaws guest list. I feel bad that most of the guest will be from my side of the family but we are also paying for the whole wedding and they aren’t even helping.

We have also asked my MIL for a guest list many times now and we haven’t heard anything from them. Ofcourse I know there will all of J’s family but I’m wondering how many friends they will invite.

Late

My mother is a very strange woman! She wasn’t excited about the utah wedding till just last week! I don’t really know why and I don’t really understand her sometimes. But I guess she went and got some wedding books from the library and all of a sudden she is super excited to plan this wedding. Better late than never I guess.  Maybe she was just sulking that J and I didn’t want to do things her way in the begginning.

In other news, I got my dress, its a David’s Bridal/Galina gown from last season but it looks identical to the one I totally fell in love with at the store. Its halter neck with a mermaid/tulip style silhouette and it has some embellisments right under the boobs. I tried it on the other day and I’m very happy with it. I will have to get it altered a little though.

Boone NC

J and I went to Boone last week for a mini getaway. It was really fun to be taking a sort of impromptu trip. We spend all day tuesday exploring the area and hiking around. We did a killer hike called Linville Gorge and the river at the bottom of the gorge was beautiful. We also drove on the Blue Ridge Parkway for a bit and of course we managed to get lost. That night we went swimming and hot tubbing and it felt so good after our day of hiking.

The next day, we went on another little hike around a lake and explored some more.  J had to go to his conference in the afternoon, so I just relaxed and in the evening J played with his band- Awake Behaving Animals. It was a really cool show and I think everyone there had a really good time. I was so proud of J and I was really excited to be the hot drummers fiancee.