It's interesting how life presents things. And how timing is everything. And how much you can miss a person.
Missing you, and thinking about you, Friend.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Almost 2 months out + sunny California!
Wow!
I've been SO busy lately! Not so much with work (although things are picking up, as they always do in the summer!) but busy with life and wedding planning.
It's nearly 2 months out from the wedding (2 months on Monday!) and nearly everything is set and in place. We have a few other details to sort out and work out, but it's not of huge concern. This weekend, I'm working on assembling invitations (which, getting even to this point has been quite the ordeal!) I'm hoping to have everything done and ready to go to mail out on Monday. We'll see if that actually happens, as I'm still waiting on about 30 addresses from my mom. Again, that's a whole different ordeal in itself.
Other than that, my dress is in (looks amazing, of course!) and I'm coordinating with my bridesmaids about the shoes they'll be wearing.
We are probably adopting a new kitty soon! This has been in the works for a while, but things are finally happening on Friday! One of Sean's friends is a foreign exchange student and has a kitty named Amira that he adopted from the Humane Society years ago when he first got here. Well now that FES has to go home to his country of Jordan, and Amira needs a new family. Poor Roxy has been so lonely since Ginger passed away, and we had been talking about finding a new addition to our home, and Amira has basically fallen into our laps. I hope that Amira (about 5 years old) and Roxy (3 years old) get along well and play and have lots of fun together. Roxy used to pester Ging and she happy about it. It took over a year that we had them together until Ging wouldn't hiss and run away when Roxy was nearby.
I recently took a trip to California for work, which, aside from having to attend the conference (which was interesting, but sort of a drag....let's be real) was INCREDIBLE. California is amazing and has perfect weather (actually, it was surprisingly chilly due to being right on the coast), and there's so much to do! I was gone for 4 days, and traveled for 2 of those days. One of the days was set aside for conference-attending, but the other day was set aside for FUN!!! Part of the conference included a "fun activity". I chose deep-sea fishing.
Interesting choice for me, huh? Yeah, I really didn't think it through, but it was so worth it!
1.) First of all, I had recently purchased boat shoes with no boat to wear them on. It was a sign from God that I was meant to be on the deep-sea fishing trip.
2.) Secondly, I don't touch fish. This kind of fishing involved baiting up your line with a live anchovy, which meant that every 3 to 5 minutes, I had to have one of the deckhands come and help me with my line. Yes, I was that girl.
3.) Thirdly, I hate/have a huge fear of birds, and I didn't think about the fact that with all the fish we had on our boat, and the bait fish we were disposing of would result in MILLIONS of birds swooping and swarming around us ALL DAY LONG. (OK, maybe not millions, but there were a lot and they were unpredictable and massive, and that makes me really really really nervous and anxious and scared of getting pooped on/swooped at.) Happily, I survived and made it through the day without getting shat on (at least to my knowledge.)
While I caught only a mackerel and calico bass (both too small to keep), we did get to see a HUGE pod of dolphins, and a guy named Omar Owen caught a sting ray, and a guy named Chad caught a SHARK. It was incredible. I spent most of the day (after quickly tiring of always bothering the deckhands to change out my bait) watching the horizon for the BLUE WHALE that had been spotted in the area. The largest mammal in the world. That would have been incredible. But, alas, we saw no Moby Dick.
I spent that "fun day" evening eating delicious food and drinking (a lot) compliments of the conference host. Let's just say a select group of us took advantage of the limitless drink supply.
All in all, I met some awesome new friends from all over the country (so I can stay at your houses when I come to visit, right guys?) and had a super fun time. It almost makes me wish I could move to somewhere where the weather is sunny all the time, and there's hardly ever a cloud in the sky. I think I would do well in California....(and go deep-sea fishing everyday!) except when would I be able to snowmobile or snowboard? It's nice to be able to go right down the road to do those activities rather than travel to, say, Colorado!
Keeping it real in Milwaukee,
xoxoxo,
Kate
I've been SO busy lately! Not so much with work (although things are picking up, as they always do in the summer!) but busy with life and wedding planning.
It's nearly 2 months out from the wedding (2 months on Monday!) and nearly everything is set and in place. We have a few other details to sort out and work out, but it's not of huge concern. This weekend, I'm working on assembling invitations (which, getting even to this point has been quite the ordeal!) I'm hoping to have everything done and ready to go to mail out on Monday. We'll see if that actually happens, as I'm still waiting on about 30 addresses from my mom. Again, that's a whole different ordeal in itself.
Other than that, my dress is in (looks amazing, of course!) and I'm coordinating with my bridesmaids about the shoes they'll be wearing.
We are probably adopting a new kitty soon! This has been in the works for a while, but things are finally happening on Friday! One of Sean's friends is a foreign exchange student and has a kitty named Amira that he adopted from the Humane Society years ago when he first got here. Well now that FES has to go home to his country of Jordan, and Amira needs a new family. Poor Roxy has been so lonely since Ginger passed away, and we had been talking about finding a new addition to our home, and Amira has basically fallen into our laps. I hope that Amira (about 5 years old) and Roxy (3 years old) get along well and play and have lots of fun together. Roxy used to pester Ging and she happy about it. It took over a year that we had them together until Ging wouldn't hiss and run away when Roxy was nearby.
I recently took a trip to California for work, which, aside from having to attend the conference (which was interesting, but sort of a drag....let's be real) was INCREDIBLE. California is amazing and has perfect weather (actually, it was surprisingly chilly due to being right on the coast), and there's so much to do! I was gone for 4 days, and traveled for 2 of those days. One of the days was set aside for conference-attending, but the other day was set aside for FUN!!! Part of the conference included a "fun activity". I chose deep-sea fishing.
Interesting choice for me, huh? Yeah, I really didn't think it through, but it was so worth it!
1.) First of all, I had recently purchased boat shoes with no boat to wear them on. It was a sign from God that I was meant to be on the deep-sea fishing trip.
2.) Secondly, I don't touch fish. This kind of fishing involved baiting up your line with a live anchovy, which meant that every 3 to 5 minutes, I had to have one of the deckhands come and help me with my line. Yes, I was that girl.
3.) Thirdly, I hate/have a huge fear of birds, and I didn't think about the fact that with all the fish we had on our boat, and the bait fish we were disposing of would result in MILLIONS of birds swooping and swarming around us ALL DAY LONG. (OK, maybe not millions, but there were a lot and they were unpredictable and massive, and that makes me really really really nervous and anxious and scared of getting pooped on/swooped at.) Happily, I survived and made it through the day without getting shat on (at least to my knowledge.)
While I caught only a mackerel and calico bass (both too small to keep), we did get to see a HUGE pod of dolphins, and a guy named Omar Owen caught a sting ray, and a guy named Chad caught a SHARK. It was incredible. I spent most of the day (after quickly tiring of always bothering the deckhands to change out my bait) watching the horizon for the BLUE WHALE that had been spotted in the area. The largest mammal in the world. That would have been incredible. But, alas, we saw no Moby Dick.
I spent that "fun day" evening eating delicious food and drinking (a lot) compliments of the conference host. Let's just say a select group of us took advantage of the limitless drink supply.
All in all, I met some awesome new friends from all over the country (so I can stay at your houses when I come to visit, right guys?) and had a super fun time. It almost makes me wish I could move to somewhere where the weather is sunny all the time, and there's hardly ever a cloud in the sky. I think I would do well in California....(and go deep-sea fishing everyday!) except when would I be able to snowmobile or snowboard? It's nice to be able to go right down the road to do those activities rather than travel to, say, Colorado!
Keeping it real in Milwaukee,
xoxoxo,
Kate
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