If Kiki is still reading this...

I know, I know. I'm that girl. The one who gets a blog and the promptly ignores it for 2 months. Or maybe a little more, but who's counting?? So, the monogram has officially changed! New SS card and everything! I have to say, I'm pretty excited to get all of my new credit cards/IDs/etc. in the mail (even my insurance one). :)

So...about the wedding...

IT WAS MARVELOUS. I know, it was my own so I'm a little biased, but I had a spectacular day! I know there will always be little things that go wrong or not according to plan when in the throes of such a big event, but anything that made me even the least bit nervous left my head immediately when I saw my fantastic groom for the first time.

My bridesmaids were amazing. So calm, cool and collected.

And of course Katie, our "coordinator" extraordinare!

My mom was beautiful and cried at the drop of a hat which actually just made me laugh most of the time.

Even our youngest attendants were angels (99.99% of the time...apparently Peter had something

to say during the objections part of the ceremony...haha!).

I am so thankful to have so many photos and there are SO many more that are held only in my mind (even with so many photographers, they couldn't catch EVERYTHING). The moment that is probably the most memorable for me was just after we finished taking photos at Wren after the ceremony. All of our family and friends had headed to the Alumni House for the reception. Diego and I took our first married stroll under the trees lining the Sunken Gardens. Part of me is sad that we don't have photographic evidence, but another part of me wants to hold it forever in the recesses of my heart where time cannot tear it or leave water marks. It was perfect.

All in all, the whole day was a whirlwind, as everyone has always told me! But it was fun and relatively stress-free. We got to dance the night away with our closest friends and family and will always cherish the day we became our own little family!

Maybe it's all of the changes happening in my life right now, or maybe it's my obsessive facebook stalking, but I'm having a day of teaching nostalgia. I'm SERIOUSLY missing my kids, the classroom, the challenges of it all. I think

I want to beeeeee them.

Almost 2 years ago...

And now... I CAN'T BELIEVE that the wedding is 3 weeks away! And less really, because I count the beginning of wedding festivities (my mom arriving in DC on Tuesday the 17th) as the real beginning. Mom and I will hang out in DC Wednesday (we'll check out the zoo and my pool) before heading down to the 'burg. Thursday we have to get our marriage license, have a meeting with the caterer, massages and wine (courtesy of one soon-to-be husband :)) and finally the SATC movie and cosmos at ACarroll's. Woohooo! Friday I think we're hanging out with my dad for pics in CW, having coffee with Sandy (the priest and close friend), then lunch and nails followed by the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner! And then of course, Saturday will be packed full of fun activities with my bridesmaids, family and friends!!! I've told quite a few people that I'm really not nervous about anything...except about NOT being nervous. Seriously, I think 98% of everything is done and I just have a few tiny things (wrapping gifts, double checking times with vendors) to do in the coming weeks. Sigh. Yay!

About this post's title...a few weeks ago, Diego and I went to dinner for my cousin Amy's college graduation (she's a ROCKSTAR) and met some Rizzotto family friends, Brian and Caroline. And Diego and I are in love...or something :). They are this amazingly fun and put together couple, both W&M grads, they have an 18 month old son who is cute and really well behaved and they just have it all together! Amy and her BF and Diego and I are going over to B & C's tonight for a BBQ dinner and I'm pretty excited. First of all, my Ames is moving to CO for the summer and won't be at the wedding, so any time spent with her is always superb...and of course meeting the BOY...and hanging with B&C. Woop! I'm psyched. And hungry now too...hmm...

I know I've been really really bad about posting on here, and I should be better. I mean, I know that when I blog-stalk and there aren't new posts, I'm always disappointed! I'd love to know if you ever check out my blog...the only person I know of is Lizardbreath :). We're totally blog-stalking soul mates!!! Although that may change when she and her hubby have their baby girl in 2.5 weeks!!! OMG I'm so excited to meet her, probably a few days before the wedding. In all honesty, I may be more excited/worked up about meeting the new baby than the wedding (not that I'm not psyched for myself, but how AWESOME is the gift God gives in new life?????!!!). So...if you blog-stalk me, leave me a comment! Just FYI, I totally blog-stalk all the people linked to Liz's blog, as well as Eva and a few others (I HEART Google Reader because it tells me when updates are posted...although I still check manually...I'm laaaaame).

XO to you all. :)

Drizzling

I feel like the weather is a reflection of my mood. I'm just kind of blah today. Work is fine...things are a bit busier than normal (this is all relative, hence me writing a post to kill some time) with Aman gone. She's off on her honeymoon and I'm in charge of her work until she gets back in 2 weeks. But it's also a super-quiet time of the year. Apparently until like August, things will be chill. No complaints from me...well, maybe just that I'm bored. I have felt so torn lately between staying at this job because it's stable (um, anyone checked out our horrid economy lately?) and finding something else where I'd feel more fulfilled (I don't want to spend the little time I have on Earth unhappy for at least 8 hours every day). Holding pattern, here I come? My prayers have not yet been answered, at least not that I can tell, but really who am I to say? Maybe they have. I have ALWAYS struggled with patience and accepting things in God's time. I continue to struggle with this. A lot.

So, on to less depressing/frustrating topics...44 days!!!!!!! I really really really can't believe that the wedding is getting so close. We got engaged over a year and 9 months ago! Wow. I've been very pleased with how everything is falling into place and think that once the big day has arrived, I won't be too stressed because it will all be done. I think what I'm most excited about is the honeymoon!!! I just can't wait to be married and completely relax, not worrying about family, the apartment, med school (for Dieg), etc. etc. etc.

Until then, I'll be counting down...:)