Hello World, How Ya Been?

I'm starting to look like a Cullen. I've never worked so hard on something in my entire life. After upwards of 500 hours, 88 pages, and 19,116 words, I have finished my thesis. I really enjoyed working on it until the end. Towards the end it was really discouraging and I hated it all. Well today I submitted it and there's nothing I can do to change it, so let's enjoy life and get to plannin' this wedding!

What have I been up to the last month or so? Lots.

I had 2 wedding showers in 8 days.

The first shower was the Tulsa shower. It was "vintage" themed and I could not have imagined a more perfect shower. We had so much fun. Well at least I think we did. I had a great time. It was soo wonderful to see people that I hadn't seen in a very long time. My gifts were breathe taking. It was just a great day.

Here's Lucy and I at the shower. I'm Lucy's hero. You get bonus points if you know what that means. I was soooo happy to see her. She lives in Kansas these days so I don't get to see her nearly enough.

The second shower was in Duncan and it was a "display" shower. What's a display shower you say? Well, that's what I said anyway. Well I'll show you.

This is a display shower. Essentially you register at local stores (woo local economy!) and they put ribbons and cellophane around your gifts and put tags on them so you know who they came from. It's like the eco-friendly shower. It's also space friendly. There were a lot of people who came in and out of the shower. I had the opportunity to meet a lot of lovely women that Matt has known his whole life. Oh, and above is only table 1 of 2. We're blessed. Too blessed.

And just for grins here's a picture of Matt and I at the shower. He came to load up the loot. Then we drove down to Midland where I stayed for a couple of days to celebrate Matt's birthday and use up the last bit of my vacation time. 

Matt's birthday surprises! Matt turned 24. You know what's good about that? We'll both be 24 when we get married. Hopefully it takes our kids a long time to do the math and realize that Mom is older than Dad. That's going to be an irritating day. However, I'll have been lying about my age for YEARS before that happens. So maybe it wont be an issue.

Since I came home from Midland, I've been making last minute touches on my thesis and enjoyed an amazing weekend of next to nothing. It was divine!

So here's to more blogging, wedding planning, and general joy and satisfaction with life! Woo!

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