Done!

So we can happily say we are done with wedding stuff. It was fun and not as stressful as I had expected but still, we are glad to have them done. This weekend we were in Baton Rouge for the open house there. Ross' mom and family took care of pretty much everything and it turned out really very nice. I took my dress and Ross took his suit and we did a ring ceremony for his family and then we were able to change into casual clothes, which I very much appreciated. During the ring ceremony I was looking out at the people that were there for it and there was quite a few people and everyone but my family that went, Ross' mom, grandparents and great aunt were wearing LSU colors, clothes and jewelry. I hadn't realized how into football the south is. I thought it was kind of funny/cool. They had so much food there too, most of it Southern foods. I got to try some new things and it was really good. I am totally ok with embrassing the Southern side I married in to. I also felt very comfortable there. I have had friends here and people that I dated and their families weren't very open and it could be very uncomfortable but for the most part I felt very comfortable and welcome and I am excited to get to know more of his family. I don't think I have hugged so many people before in my life (we aren't huggers in this state) but it was nice and I felt like part of the family, but it will take some time before I remember names, I had a lot of names thrown at me :)

While we were in Louisianna we took my family to New Orleans which was a lot of fun. I got to see some places that I hadn't seen before on other trips and I got to experience some other new foods. I used to never try new foods but I have learned to like to try new foods and man did we eat this weekend. I got a chance to try to try a lot of new things and I could attempt to tell you what they are but would totally butcher the spelling and no one would know what I am talking about. My parents really enjoyed themselves and felt very welcome and are now thinking of going out to Mardi Gras. I never thought in my lifetime I would see my parents going to Mardi Gras. It was a very fun trip but its also good to be back home and now its time to get our apartment in order and get back to real life for a couple weeks before we go to Florida.

Finally!

I know I just got back from a break but I am so ready for another one, especially after this week. I've been working long hours to get all 40 hours done by the end of Wed cause we are going to Louisianna on Thur. I am really excited to meet Ross' extended family. Ross' mom has told me what they are doing for the reception out there and I am looking forward to it. I will get to try some different Southern foods and we are taking my family to New Orleans. That and its a vacation, I love to travel. But I am sure after last week off, and a "short" work week this week next week will be difficult. On a bright note though its starting to cool off and I love watching the leaves on the mountains change colors and the ski season is right around the corner. I don't think I have been this excited this early about the ski season, I think its because I just ordered my Silver card for Alta (save, I think, $30 each time we ski at Alta). I hope this year is better than last. Last year the resorts weren't able to open until like the first week in Dec, but they did stay open until the middle of June this year. I wanted to go so I can say I skied in June but didn't get a chance. I'm sure the snow wasn't very good and I would have chewed up my skis even more. Lots of things to be excited for this year. Its been a very good year so far, I can't complain at all.

Welcome Back!!

Its been a very busy week and a half since I last updated this. We have been a bit busy with wedding and honey moon stuff. Both of which turned out amazing. Even though it ended up being darker than planned the reception turned out just like I wanted, its what I had been planning for. The weather for the most part cooperated as well, it was a little chilly but not too bad. The lovely family that we have totally trashed my car. I am sure we will be picking confetti shards out of my car until we get rid of it. But it was a great day, I now get Ross for eternity and that is a very exciting thing, I may wonder about it later :) but its a very good thing.

On Sunday morning we flew to Cancun Mexico. I always forget how bad humidity is until I am in it. I could feel it a little in the Dallas airport during the layover but got hit hard when we walked out of the airport in Mexico. I was very excited for the hotel in Mexico cause its so fancy and we hadn't stayed in such a fancy hotel before. When we checked in and went to our room Ross was going in first and he put the key card in the door and opened it and I could see a little past him and there were things on the bed. Ross backed out and closed the door, a little concerned cause they gave us the key to someone elses room and they had their clothes out already. To get to our door you had to go through another door, then a short hall with two rooms off it and one was ours, so we tried the other door next to ours. We tried ours again and looked closer and the hotel had turned the bed down, laid out robes and slippers for us and had mints on the pillow. Again, way more than we are used to. The room had a huge king sized bed with feather pillows, feather mattress cover, tile floors, Ipod player. The shower was amazing too, it was very big with one of the shower heads in the ceiling that feels like rain and some other water attachements too, complete with a naked lady etched on the shower door. We were looking over the mini bar prices and freaked out, $200 for a package of hat, $150 for a bottle of water, then we realized that was probably the price in pesos. We didn't get a lot of pictures while we were there cause the activities we did we weren't able to take a camera and if we weren't on an activity we were chilling in the pool, the ocean or the room, not too exciting, but relaxing. On Mon we just chilled and on Tue we did this jungle zipline thing. We went ziplining through the jumgle, we even got to try it upside down for a part, a lot of fun, then we mountain biked through the jungle to a big hole in the ground full of water where we did cliff jumping then they fed us lunch and took us back to the hotel. On Wed we got to take wave runners out and play a little on the way to snorkeling. Snorkeling was a lot of fun, it did make me want to get scuba diving again, which Ross wants to get certified so that is a huge bonus. We came home Thur, we were both ready to be home where it was cooler and drier.

Friday was so much fun. Neither of us had to work so we went to Ikea and had a shopping spree with some of the money we got for our wedding. We got some much needed furniture and accessories. It was so much fun having money to spend and we both have pretty much the same tastes. Then we spent the rest of the weekend putting things together and trying to clean up the apartment and find space for the new things and be ready for this week.

We both had to come back to work and its going to be a short week, sort of. We are going to Louisianna on Thur for the open house there and I get to meet the rest of Ross' family. I am just hoping the humidity isn't too bad.

Day After Tomorrow

So this week is almost finally over and Sat is almost here, the day that I have been anticipating for the past 6 months. But the week leading up to it has been crazy. As those of you who have planned weddings know what the week before entails and how busy it is you may understand. On Monday I had wedding things to do, which Ross has been very patient about, but I was unable to do anything. About noon I ate my lunch and very shortly after I got some very bad stomach cramps, they almost felt like gas pains or hunger pains. I tried to fart, which wasn't happening, I tried to eat more, which didn't help. The pain just got worse and worse and by 5 I was on the couch doubled over. By 7:30 it hurt so bad I was in tears. Ross, being the amazing guy that he is, called my dad over to give me a blessing and my parents fearing that it was appendecitis or worse felt I needed to go to the ER. It was hard to get to the ER cause I was in so much pain I couldn't breath or walk very well. I have never felt pain like this in my stomach and really wasn't excited about the ER. When we got there I warned them that I was getting married on Sat and going to Mexico on Sunday and that whatever was wrong they needed to hurry and find it. 4 hours later and many testes, x-rays and ultra sounds later they still couldn't find anything and sent me home with lortab. On a bright note, when they were putting the IV in my arm the nurse stuck the needle in my arm and didn't cap it fast enough and I was gushing blood. It was pooling in my elbow and running down my arm and the sheet I was on was drenched, that was kind of cool. The whole night Ross was great and stuck beside me and got me more pain meds and blankets when I needed it. So, I have been trying to get caught up and getting wedding stuff done this week. But I still haven't been stressed, which is kind of weird considering all that needs to be done. Its been a fun week, over all, and a week full of lasts.

I have also been watching hurricane Ike. Not too encouraging. Yesterday when I was watching the http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?5day?large#contents it showed Ike was projected to hit Dallas Sunday a couple hours before we land there for our layover. I have been teasing Ross that we will have to stay here and end up back at work Monday. But looking this morning the projected path has shifted East, which is a better thing. It looks like it still might hit Dallas but it is no longer a direct path. So, hopefully things work out. I have learned from a friend at work that even if you have to be cut out of your dress at the temple and your cake falls over its ok, it gives a good story, so whatever happens happens, I can't control everything and I am not sure I want to, I want to enjoy the day.

So, its my last day at work until after the honeymoon and so I am not too excited to get to work but I probably should so I can leave sooner. Ross is already asking me to leave and I have been here for 34 min :) So the sooner I get done the sooner I can leave and enjoy the festivities.

Virgin

So this is my first time ever writing a blog. I have read others and been entertained and figured, hey, its a good way to pass the time at work and keep a journal of sorts. We will see how well I keep this up.

So as you all know these days I am preparing for my wedding, 4 days to go, and so far not really stressed. I have already gotten a lot of things done. But I am ready for it to be over and to be sitting on a beach in Mexico. Looking back, it would have been a lot easier for me to elope and deal with the angry mothers. They can't stay mad forever. It started out fun and now I'm ready for it to be over. Then Sunday we are off to Cancun, hurricane permitting. I now see why its good to take a honeymoon and relax from all the work.