Up to Now

It's been a long time since I last posted, and there is definitley lots to catch up on. First of all, Levi and I are loving celebrating with all our friends and looking ahead to a lifetime together. It's all so exciting, and fun to think about what kind of China pattern will best suit us in 50 years! Ha! In a lot of ways the decisions we seem to have to make seem so silly, but at the same time it's a great way to have a lot of conversations about the life we see living. It's also really fun to find out what kinds of things Levi really has a strong opinion about, like that the forks must be smooth and have long tines. I had no idea, but he really cares about this. So that's something to consider when registering. There is so much to think about; with every decision comes ten more, so every day brings with it a whole list of things to do.

Which brings me to my other point, I am not working anymore. I was officially laid off a couple of weeks ago due to a lack of funding, so I am living the life of luxury (if you define that as planing a wedding, trying to make ends meet on unemployment and looking for jobs and writing cover letters and resumes every day living the life of luxury!) and meeting up with friends who I normally never have time to see. It's a fantastic move. I had been really unhappy at that job for a long time, and hoping to move for a while. The bummer is that I didn't have something lined up when I left, but the timing was alright as it allows me to get a lot of planning done and at least I'm not there anymore! Many of you have heard my horror stories, but it really got to be too much when during my last days at the office they asked, more than once, for me to clean the office and get it ready for the next season, while they took vacation to decompress after the hectic camp season. Riiight. For more details, ask me in person! I will bore you to tears with story after story of absolutely shockingly poor management.

And other than that I am bracing myself for Ian's departure to Melbourne, where he will be in business school for the next couple of years. I am so bummed, I really like having him around! I think he's is relieved to not have to be part of the wedding planning, but in actuality my goal is to be a totally easy bride. I have been quick to make decisions and easy to deal with so far, so think I'm doing well up to this point. At least as far as I'm concerned. Levi might have a different opinion...??