Brrrrr! Man oh man has it gotten chilly down here within the past few weeks! It makes for a refreshing time standing on the train platform at 6:45 each morning. Even after 7.5 years here, it still seems crazy to be this cold in July. Everyone from back home is posting about beach days and their 4th of July plans and it makes me crazy jealous, but life around here is going well.
MOTH and I have been having some fairly mellow weekends. We have become obsessed with this tv show, Sons of Anarchy. We got through the first two seasons in two weekends so I told him we needed to take a break from it or we'd be all caught up to season 5, the current one, in no time. We now have said we'll watch one season in July, one in August, then save one for the honeymoon in October. Have you guys seen this show? It's about a fictional motorcycle club in Northern California. I love the characters and the plotlines are always super intense. My sister said she's been hooked on it since the beginning but I don't remember ever hearing about it before. Anyway, it's one I'd definitely recommend.
We're lucky because our little house has a combustion stove heater and we've got a firewood connection by way of Steve's great uncle so nights when we are home early enough and on weekends we get it going and it makes the house so warm and cozy. We pull out camping mattresses and eat dinner and watch Sons on my laptop in front of it. I was home sick today from work-had the worst headache all weekend and thought I was getting a cold-and MOTH will be home early so I'm hoping he'll get the fire going for us because my nose is freezing right now.
We're back to eating low carb through the week as it's the only thing that really seems to help us shed the weight. Dieting through winter sucks as all I want to do is eat comfort food! But hopefully it'll pay off with a couple less pounds on the both of us in time for the wedding at the end of September. If anyone has any low carb sites to recommend or any recipes to share, I'd appreciate it!
Friday was the 3 month to go mark....eeeee!!! We're both really nervous but comfortable enough to say that to each other and we're both really, really excited. The budget is a hot mess. It's about 3x more than I had originally hoped to spend, BUT we can afford it, nothing is going on credit or anything. It's just we were hoping to keep things low key and cheap. The day will still be low key and no one will be able to tell we spent as much as we have because it's all going in to boring infrastructure type stuff...bringing in fancy portapotties, heating, lighting, hiring a shuttle since there's no parking, etc, etc. Oh well, on the day I think we'll feel it was all worth it to have a really fun party with a lot of the people who mean the world to us.
We've sent out the invites over the past two weeks and it's been super exciting to get RSVPs back already. So far there's only been yeses and I can't wait to get the full picture of who can make it and who can't. It's been a good mixture of people who have responded- my old surf coach and his wife, an old family friend, a neighbor, a bridesmaid, some people who live within 20 minutes drive of the venue, some who will have to drive 6 hours, some who will have to fly 15. Let me tell you, there is probably nothing more flattering in life than having these wonderful people willing to give their time and their money to come share our special day with us.
The whole registry thing is really throwing us. I've always thought doing the whole scanner gun thing that you see in movies looks fun but most people here do wishing wells where they straight up ask for money. It's just a different cultural thing and I've told my friends here that that would go over like a lead balloon in the States, although in our situation money really would be easiest. Because wishing wells are so popular here, no home stores or department stores have really set up registry systems and because we will have limit luggage space, we can't exactly register for a bunch of stuff back in California. We finally found that a large department store called David Jones does do registries, but the system is a bit clunky- our guests can check our list and then they email DJ's their top 3 gift preferences (wtf? I guess it doesn't get updated daily so their first pick might've already been bought) and then someone will email them back to tell them what gift they can buy and then they email back their credit card details. And for the luxury of having this clunky system, they also have to pay $14 for registry upkeep and shipping and whatnot I guess. I hope, if people want to give us a gift, they skip the hassle of this system and give us money as we will then go buy homegoods with them or put it towards our trip to visit Nae in South Africa next year, but Mom says some people just really, really like to give tangible gifts. We'll be pleased with anything we do get.
Work has slowed down and gone in to this kind of groove that I'm getting the hang of. In other words, I didn't sink! Now that I'm in the groove though, it's nearly time for the whole process to start again and for us to start gearing up for the next intake of students. Luckily this next semester will only be 70 students from two different schools as compared to the 160 students from 8 different programs we had in this round. Because I know what to expect as far as work flow leading up to the next groups' arrivals, I feel much better prepared to handle it. I think I'm doing a decent job and I like the women I work with. Tomorrow I have my 3 month review and I think it will go well. I have a list of things I feel I could've improved on from the last intake and a list of things I think I did well in.
With all that being said, MOTH is now home and it's time for me to warm my fingers and toes in front of the fire. Good night!
Monday, July 2, 2012
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