The past few days have been pretty amazing. I had an awesome weekend celebrating Adam’s graduation from medical school. Oh yeah and we also celebrated our engagement. (Double whammy!) What a weekend! I’ve been overwhelmed with feelings of “Wow- life can really be exciting!” and “Wow- I am so content, blessed, excited, lucky…and holy cow there’s a lot to do” – okay so I had a lot of thoughts and emotions this past weekend. But mainly it was just really, really cool. I was fortunate enough to have my parents come visit for the occasion, and we had a great time together. It allowed a nice opportunity for both sets of parents to spend more time together as well. Adam and I are thankful that we both love each other’s family. It certainly makes things easy. I thought I’d share a couple of pictures from the momentous occasion. I’m so proud of Adam! To be honest I’m only slightly irritated that Adam is now Dr. Adam – in my previous life I worked with a lot of Drs. And let’s just say I feel it’s my personal responsibility to make sure Adam doesn’t turn out like a lot of them. He knows about my crusade, and I have accepted my role wholeheartedly!
A huge room…And a LONG ceremony!
What a goober face! Cracks me up.
Does this mean I need to call him Dr.??
This week we also got moving with wedding planning! Yes- I know…so soon?! But here’s the deal: We’re type A, we don’t want to procrastinate, we aren’t patient…and I want to have the stressful planning parts done. Then I can just relax! Additionally, the big driver: Adam is moving to Nashville in June. The more we get done before he leaves the better for all involved parties :) And truthfully…we aren’t going to have a long engagement. We are thinking a winter wedding – let’s get this show on the road!
Wedding Updates:
- Location/date almost decided! (We’re this close to nailing it down- truthfully our discussions started pre-engagement)
- Dress done! I found one off the rack, on clearance (almost 50% off), under my budget, and requires no alterations. I call that meant to be! I take after my mom and I don’t particularly enjoy shopping. Major score I didn’t have to search endlessly, or really at all.
- Photographer almost decided – this is the most important decision (yes more than the dress)…taking our time on this one. I’m obsessed with photography so I want it to be perfect! Can’t I just have three photographers?? :)
I’ll try and keep the wedding posts to a relative minimum, but I mean come on…buying a dress?? That’s big news! The good thing- a short engagement means this won’t turn into a wedding blog! :)
I said ‘Yes to the Dress!’ You’ll have to wait until January to see what’s under the stars.
The one downside to all this personal excitement…oh yeah… ummm I’m running a half marathon on Saturday. Haven’t really thought much about it (except that I’m scared and it will be slow). Oh and finishing P90X! Adam and I have done a good job of not getting totally side-tracked. But we have been slightly less strict – you only get engaged once!
“Here Comes the Bride” cupcake Adam and I enjoyed Tuesday.
I love May – the weekends will only continue to get better. Birthday, friends, graduation parties, family, wedding planning! Oh my! Yep – I’m thinking May will be a little “Ramble” heavy. But hey- that’s why it’s in the title! June will bring the beginning of Insanity and the start of short runs again (I’ve essentially stopped running normally/regularly due to my knees). I’m really excited to start chronicling my thoughts of Insanity and doing a post-P90X wrap-up, results, and review of the program. Man alive – there is excitement all around. When it rains it pours!
Have a wonderful week – we’ve already made it to Thursday!
-Kelly
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